Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin, driver of the No.11 FedEx Toyota Camry was furious following the driving standards of Hendrick Motorsports Alex Bowman in the No.48 Ally Racing Chevrolet Camaro during Sunday’s race at Martinsville. The race was won by Bowman who scored his fourth victory of the season while Denny Hamlin finished the race in 24th place just ahead of Bubba Wallace.
Following the race, there was an on-track face-off between the pair.
An insane view of a wild moment.@MartinsvilleSwy | #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/Pvq1r4fPl7
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 31, 2021
Speaking following the incident, Hamlin told NBC Sports:
"I moved up as high as I could on the race track to give him all the room I could and he still can't drive." — @dennyhamlin on getting spun by @Alex_Bowman pic.twitter.com/0m2Bu124a5
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 31, 2021
Alex Bowman reacted following the race saying;
"He's been on the other side of that. He's crashed guys here for wins." — @Alex_Bowman on the post-race shenanigans at @MartinsvilleSwy pic.twitter.com/6fkgC3hciq
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 31, 2021
Here’s another look at the incident:
THE FRUSTRATIONS ARE OVERFLOWING pic.twitter.com/aAnHAhj37o
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 31, 2021
There are now four drivers in the race for the championship, Hendrick Motorsports Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr and Denny Hamlin.