NASCAR fans were split into two camps after the recent debate between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his co-hosts on the Dale Jr. Download podcast. The topic of discussion was Denny Hamlin‘s collision with JJ Yeley during the Richmond race, which resulted in a debate between Mike Davis and the former NASCAR driver. The incident was controversial, with many fans taking sides and debating whether Hamlin was at fault.

Dale Earnhardt Jr discusses Denny Hamlin and JJ Yeley’s Collision 

During the race at the Richmond Raceway that took place this past weekend, Denny Hamlin made contact with JJ Yeley, causing him to spin out and collide with the wall. The incident led to Yeley’s early exit from the race, while Hamlin continued to compete. Hamlin later apologized for the incident, stating that he did not mean to cause any harm. However, the incident sparked a debate among fans, with some accusing Hamlin of reckless driving and others defending him. 

The incident was later discussed on the Dale Jr. Download podcast, where Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his co-host Mike Davis discussed their thoughts on the collision. Describing the post-race scenario, Dale Jr, said, “JJ gets out of the car and goes, ‘The guy talking about respect is out here running over everybody, ain’t that ironic?'”

This comes after Hamlin agreed to Kyle Busch’s lack of “Respect in the garage” take, making the #11 driver look even worse.

Dale then went on to ask, “What’s your thoughts on that Mike? Do you think he did it on purpose?’

To this, Mike Davis said, ‘I’m gonna take Denny on his word and say that he didn’t, he said that I wouldn’t wreck anybody for 30th. No, that’s my response. I don’t think he did.”

“You disagree though, I can tell’

Then Dale Jr went on to add, ‘I think that he was frustrated and I don’t think that he wanted JJ Yeley to be in the fence when it was all said and done but I do think that he wanted to share or show his frustration to JJ about how he felt like JJ raced him. Literally just a, you know, 500 yards before that’ 

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Dale Jr. and Co-Host spark a debate among fans 

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Dale Jr.’s opinion prompted a debate amongst fans with several commenting in favor of his views. A fan said, ‘The video clearly shows he dumped him on purpose. Denny can lie all he wants and say it was an accident but the video says otherwise,” believing that the JGR Driver deliberately crashed into JJ. 

Another fan added to this and mentioned, ‘Of course, he intentionally wreck JJ Denny is pushing just to see how much he can get away with, I think since he isn’t winning he’s doing everything to keep his name in the headlines every week’ 

“Totally agree with Jr….Denny was ill already then JJ came alone and raced him for 30th place when Denny knew if was just slowing him down on getting back to the front…so….he popped him”

Although others were quick to defend Hamlin and argued that the incident was a part of racing. They also pointed out that Hamlin had apologized for the incident and that he had a history of clean racing. 

“I don’t disagree with @dennyhamlin listen to his pod he said he would reach out to him to see if he needed to help!! Just saying’ while another speculated that ‘Dale with true words…as always lol but like Hamlin didn’t want to wreck him I bet, but really who knows”

A fan wrote on Twitter, “I’m not even a Hamlin fan, but Yeley totally deserved what he got. He squeezed 11 on the frontstrech bad!!!!!!”

“If he didn’t do it on purpose as he said, then he has piss poor car control.”

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The incident involving Denny Hamlin and JJ Yeley has divided NASCAR fans with several theories floating around. Do you think the collision was an accident or a deliberate move?