Denny Hamlin calls out Tyler Reddick for dangerous aggression before Wild Flip

NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick was involved in a spinning car during the Las Vegas Cup qualifying race. This incident has prompted comments from Denny Hamlin expressing his disapproval of Reddick’s aggressive driving leading up to the incident. Hamlin, speaking on the “Harmful Actions” podcast, didn’t shy away from criticizing Reddick’s racing tactics.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway is known to be a challenging circuit. The accident took place after the second restart, surrounded by tightly packed cars and high pressure.

Denny Hamlin called out Reddick for what he considered reckless aggression. As a driver with numerous accolades, including three Daytona 500 wins, Hamlin’s comments carry a lot of credibility in the community.

“A rule of thumb that I found is that if you’re going to make a three-wide move, you need to set yourself up three-wide, probably at least three-quarters of the way through the corner,” he said.

“We’ve already started gassing halfway through the corner or probably 40 percent of the corner, we’re already accelerating. To ask us to change direction so late in the corner, there’s no chance to do that.” .

Reddick, meanwhile, defended his aggressive racing style, admitting the challenges associated with overtaking cars on a mile-and-a-half track. As cars are often heavily packed during these times, timely and decisive action is crucial.

The driver found himself between Martin Truex Jr. and Chase Elliott, resulting in a dramatic shift that forced him and Brad Keselowski out of the race. Reddick admitted his decision-making could have been more forward-thinking.

“You have to be aggressive on the rebound,” he said. “It’s hard to pass after a while. When I realized I was in trouble, 19 (Truex) started to slide and 9 (Elliott) was closing in, and I was pretty much on the outside at that point .with nowhere to go really.

“I needed to make the decision earlier when I saw them slide to be more conservative to avoid an incident, just not who I am, but it’s unfortunate. It took us out of the race.”

Hamlin also commented on the makeup of the tracks used for the NASCAR schedule, focusing specifically on the grass on the front stretch:

“It’s unfortunate, and we certainly don’t have any kind of consistency in terms of the grass and the infield and what we have in the mile and a half,” he said.

“I just wish we had a little more consistency or some kind of that’s the standard we want the infields to be in. I definitely think the grass was low.

“We have some tracks where it’s definitely higher. Michigan was one where you go through the grass there, you’re just going to destroy and he can definitely catch the car. Charlette is the best by far.

“They have AstroTurf over there. It’s the softest, you can walk on it, it’s the easiest to maintain but it’s the most expensive to put in initially. The grass was certainly a car wrecker and certainly cause it to fly.

“If we’re so determined to keep these cars from turning, because we think it’s a problem, what are they going to do with Las Vegas? If the other problems were a car problem, this is a track problem. Fix the track problem? “

The next few races will be critical for Reddick.

“We had a very, very fast Jordan brand Toyota Camry, it probably would have been in the mix for the whole race, but we’re going to go to Homestead, a place I’ve had to do it before, and we’re going to go there.”