Kyle Larson explains his frustration with Denny Hamlin at Pocono
Kyle Larson dives into this frustration with Denny Hamlin at Pocono Raceway after he got into the wall after contact with the No. 11 on a late-race restart.
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00 We saw that aggressive racing between the 11 of Denny Hamlin and you.
00:04 Assess what happened.
00:05 Was there somebody in the right and somebody in the wrong?
00:09 >> First off, just really proud of my team to get us in position to race for a win.
00:14 We got spun early and car wasn't the same after that.
00:18 But they played the strategy really well to get us up there.
00:23 Just unfortunate, but I've been cost a lot of good finishes by him throughout my career.
00:33 I know he says I race a certain way.
00:35 I don't think I've ever had to apologize to him about anything.
00:37 So not that I'm sure he's going to say sorry after this.
00:41 But it is what it is.
00:44 So whatever.
00:45 Just move on.
00:46 Move on.
00:47 Try to go to -- I don't even know where we're at next week.
00:51 Richmond, I think.
00:52 I guess we won there earlier this year.
00:54 So try to get a good run in.
00:56 But thanks to the crowd here in Pennsylvania.
00:59 I got a lot of support here in P.A.
01:00 So always love coming here.
01:03 >> You and Denny are friends off the racetrack.
01:04 Do you have an inclination to reach out to him or wait and see?
01:08 I know you said you don't think he'll apologize.
01:10 >> No, I mean, it is what it is.
01:13 Like, yeah, we're friends.
01:16 Yes, this makes things awkward.
01:19 But you know, whatever.
01:22 You know, he's always right.
01:24 All the buddies know.
01:25 Denny's always right.
01:26 So I'm sure he was in the right there as well.
01:29 But it is what it is.
01:31 I'm not going to let it tarnish our friendship on track.
01:35 But I am pissed.
01:37 And I feel like I should be pissed.
01:38 But I'm sure tuning into action is detrimental.
01:42 He'll have a long clip about it.
01:44 >> You race him differently on track then?
01:46 >> I think at this point I have to, right?
01:49 Like I said, I've never had to apologize to him about anything.
01:53 Anything I've done on the racetrack.
01:55 I can count four or five times where he's had to reach out to me.
01:58 Oh, man, sorry, I put you in a bad spot there.
02:01 Whatever.
02:02 So eventually, like he says, you got to start raising people a certain way to get the respect
02:07 back.
02:08 So I mean, he pulled the same move on Ross last year.
02:11 Which Ross probably deserved it, right?
02:14 With all the stuff that he's done to Denny in his career, again, I haven't done that
02:21 to Denny.
02:22 So I don't think I deserve to be, you know, run into before I ever got to the wall.
02:27 So just it is what it is.
02:31 I'm going to go race the sprint car on Tuesday night.
02:34 I'm going to forget about it here in a few hours.
02:37 And that's the best medicine for a tough result.
02:40 So look forward to getting the 57 sprint car on Tuesday at Grandview and move on to Richmond.
02:46 A very frustrated Kyle Larson comes home in the 21st position.