“Dumbss” Denny Hamlin Delayed Ross Chastain Revenge to Save Himself From Any “Pss*d” “Innocent Bystander”

Published 03/14/2023, 5:44 AM EDT

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But Denny Hamlin stands an exception as he took his revenge on Ross Chastain in the desert heat of Phoenix. After fans, spotters, and almost everyone else was wondering and demanding Hamlin last season to deliver payback to Ross Chastain, he finally did it.

Hamlin had his revenge on the Watermelon man.

As the recent race in Phoenix was edging to its conclusion, Hamlin seemed to have apparently lost control of his car, which meant he slid up on the racetrack and pushed Chastain on the wall.

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But as it turns out, it wasn’t all that unintentional.

Denny Hamlin saw the opportunity to take revenge and did

Speaking in a recent episode of his podcast show, Actions Detrimental, Hamlin opened up on why it took him so long to take his revenge and why the conditions towards the end of the Phoenix race were ideal.

“It’s difficult because at times people want me to react right away, but I don’t want to involve any other cars. I told you guys, privately, my friends; it’s difficult to be in a position where you can get back at a person and not involve an innocent bystander,” he described. “It’s really hard to do because then you got other people pi**ed at you because you’re doing something that affected their race when they had nothing to do with it.”

“I never wanted to do that.”

Hamlin recalled how, at Pocono, an innocent driver got caught up in the mix when Chastain bounced back off the wall. But in Phoenix, things were different. “I saw we were the only people up top, so I said I’m gonna send him in the fence and door him,” he claimed.

However, having done what he did, Hamlin quickly realized he got a little bit more involved than he would’ve wanted to.

“My dumb*ss got caught up in it because I got pinned, he was between me & the wall and then so I got all screwed up and I lost a bunch of positions for my team which was stupid as sh*t,” he added.

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Ross Chastain realized he had it coming according to Hamlin

Having revealed what he did in Phoenix was intentional, Denny Hamlin also revealed that Chastain more or less knew what happened to him was something he deserved.

In fact, Hamlin gave the #1 driver props considering if the latter had known he was going to be pushed into the wall, he’d be “the hardest guy to wreck on the planet.”

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The veteran revealed how Chastain came up to him after the race and told him, “I guess I deserve it,” to which he replied, “Yeah, I think so.”

Hamlin claimed that he and Chastain are now “in a better place” in which they’re willing to put what happened behind them.

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“I think that we’re going to judge each other from this point forward, and I think that’s the fairest way to do it,” he added.

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Shaharyar is a NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. A graduate in Journalism from Amity University, he has been a passionate follower of motorsports for a better part of the decade. While Kyle Busch is always his first pick, he also considers Kyle Larson a legend in the making.

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Nischal Kandpal

“Dumb*ss” Denny Hamlin Delayed Ross Chastain Revenge to Save Himself From Any “P*ss*d” “Innocent Bystander”

Denny Hamlin saw the opportunity to take revenge and did

Ross Chastain realized he had it coming according to Hamlin

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“Dumbss” Denny Hamlin Delayed Ross Chastain Revenge to Save Himself From Any “Pss*d” “Innocent Bystander”