Denny Hamlin has warned that Ricky Stenhouse Jr. “will wreck” Carson Hocevar after the latter crashed into the rear of the Hyak Motorsports driver during the Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. Stenhouse Jr. then lost control of his car and crashed into the wall, leading him to finish the race last. Hocevar, meanwhile, secured second place.
Newsweek Sports reported Stenhouse Jr.’s post-race comments, hinting at imminent retaliation against Hocevar. He said:
“A lap or two before, he [Hocevar] tried to dive in there from about 10 car lengths back and then that time, I just opened my entry a little bit and he over-charged the corner and drilled us in the rear bumper.
“I’d say it’s not out of the norm from him, but I definitely wasn’t expecting that at that point of the race. It’s just a bummer for us.”
He added:
“Bummed our day ended like that. Definitely will have something to do about it at one point.”
Now, Hamlin has backed Prime Video’s on-air analysts, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte, who stressed that Stenhouse Jr. will strike back. Speaking on the Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin said:
“The Amazon guys described this perfectly. Like, when I listened to the post-race, I thought they did a phenomenal job of saying and Carl said, ‘Eventually, they’ll be a price.’ You’re gonna be running really well and you can take this to the book: Ricky Stenhouse will absolutely wreck Carson Hocevar sometime in the near future. That’s just a fact. I’d put this week’s salary on it. I’m not kidding you. He ain’t gonna punch him in the face, but he will absolutely wreck him because Ricky’s that kind of guy who is going to feed into people saying, ‘Are you going to get him?’”
Warning Carson, Hamlin continued:
“If you’re Carson, just know that it’s coming. So, don’t be surprised. … There’s nothing I’m more confident of right now other than Jordan [Fish] having a baby and Ricky wrecking Carson. I just feel that is inevitable. I don’t think there’s anything Carson can say.”
Hamlin also praised the Prime Video analysts for pointing out the opportunity Hocevar had to make amends. He said:
“This is where I think Amazon did a great job. Their analysts said that Carson had a shot to be empathetic to Ricky Stenhouse, who he just wrecked, in an interview and he chose not to. He [Hocevar] said, ‘He could have cut me a break.’ Hold on, this guy is wrecked, on the trailer and you’re telling him he should have cut you a break? It’s gonna come back to him.
“Carson hasn’t done anything egregious to me, yet, but I guarantee you that if he does, I’m going to get him because he has gotten a lot of people, and they haven’t done anything about it.”
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