Ryan Blaney mirrored on the contact he made with Denny Hamlin on the NASCAR Cup Collection race at Martinsville on Sunday. Whereas showing on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Blaney revealed that he spoke to Hamlin in regards to the incident.
“We had been racing exhausting on the restart. It was sort of exhausting to carry it exterior, particularly with an excellent automobile on the backside,” Ryan Blaney mentioned. “So I used to be combating for my life up there, and searching again on it, I’m holding him tight, he’s utilizing up some monitor, and he exited for greater than anticipated. He and I talked after the race. We’re all good.
“He received free off of (Flip) 4, attempting to place the throttle down. So he was greater than I believed he was going to be, and as soon as we sort of related, like my left entrance and his proper rear simply sort of related, then we each simply went into the fence. Clearly, I received the dangerous finish of it. However I don’t assume it was something intentional. We had been simply racing exhausting, and sadly, I received the dangerous finish of it.”
Ryan Blaney understood the place Denny Hamlin was coming from
Blaney then mentioned that on the time, the transfer by Hamlin was “fairly uncalled for.” However as soon as Hamlin defined his facet of what occurred, Blaney “understood the place he was coming from.”
When it was all mentioned and carried out, Blaney and Hamlin completed within the prime 10. Blaney earned a P6 end, and Hamlin completed second behind Chase Elliott.
General, it’s been an excellent 2026 season for Blaney, regardless of a number of the challenges he has handled. In seven races, the 2023 Cup Collection champion has received one race and completed within the prime 10 5 instances. Within the present NASCAR Chase standings/Cup factors, Blaney is in second place behind Tyler Reddick, who has received 4 races this 12 months.
Denny Hamlin can be having a robust begin to the 12 months. He received the Las Vegas race and has completed within the prime 10 4 instances. The one time Hamlin completed exterior the highest 15 was at Daytona, the place he completed thirty first. He’s presently third within the NASCAR Chase Standings/Cup factors.
