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NASCAR Admits Hamlin Jumped the Restart, Sparks Further Controversy

NASCAR official Elton Sawyer admits that Denny Hamlin "rolled early" on the final restart at Richmond. Let's react to his explanation, and discuss why this missed call opens up a whole new can of worms.

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2:30 Hamlin addresses restart
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28 comments

@jamesdonley3353 April 2, 2024 at 5:31 pm

Nope he gets away with it with it

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@g_men2121 April 2, 2024 at 5:44 pm

He shouldn’t. He clearly cheated

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@jayzgaming8 April 2, 2024 at 5:31 pm

i mean nascar could’ve just said it much earlier

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@JackCallSports April 2, 2024 at 5:31 pm

That’s like saying not calling an obvious strike in a tie baseball game
NASCAR consistently being inconsistent is a tale as old as time

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@ultimategmoneyremaber1821 April 2, 2024 at 5:31 pm

Fine him 100k take the win and make him a drive throw pentally at Martinsville

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@BrianIsTheGOAT209 April 2, 2024 at 5:31 pm

So why didn’t they penalize him then? Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. got really screwed over.

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@stevecarey4740 April 2, 2024 at 5:39 pm

Yeah cause that jump allowed him to pass on pit road dummie?

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@paulym5814 April 2, 2024 at 5:31 pm

NASCAR selects who to penalize and who not to. They can’t even uphold their own rules.

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@stevecarey4740 April 2, 2024 at 5:39 pm

No hard line so how can there be a penalty?

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@kylegustafson6088 April 2, 2024 at 5:41 pm

​@@stevecarey4740except for the literal line painted on the track

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@noahmielke2148 April 2, 2024 at 5:42 pm

@@kylegustafson6088great point.

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@stevecarey4740 April 2, 2024 at 5:44 pm

@@kylegustafson6088 so. And it literally not a hard line lol, what else you missing?

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@stevecarey4740 April 2, 2024 at 5:45 pm

@@kylegustafson6088 if this is your only race, ok, if not, go back and look at GWC restarts, count how many look like they are starting early, every single one, except for the ones where the leader screwed up and spun the tires

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@paulym5814 April 2, 2024 at 5:32 pm

Hamlin clearly jumped before the restart zone. It doesn’t take a genius to see it.

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@g_men2121 April 2, 2024 at 5:44 pm

Exactly. Whoever said he didnt needs fired for favoritism

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@BrianIsTheGOAT209 April 2, 2024 at 5:33 pm

Now I know why they didn’t penalize Hamlin after the 2020 Talladega Fall race. Unreal.

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@julianrangel7835 April 2, 2024 at 5:42 pm

I know that was Matty D’s race to win

That was the 2nd time he fucked Matty D into winning races

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@ak102986 April 2, 2024 at 5:34 pm

If he jumped the restart then why does Nascar not disqualify him?

I agree here, that NASCAR is not rigged but they do favor drivers and storylines.

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@Glitchunlocked April 2, 2024 at 5:36 pm

I’m getting really tired of hearing Elton Sawyer stumbling over himself trying to explain and justify NASCAR’s bad calls.

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@timbradford8590 April 2, 2024 at 5:44 pm

Elton Sawyer is a joke!!!! He sucked as a driver and he sucks ad a technical director……

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@williamsiebert9830 April 2, 2024 at 5:37 pm

Should be last car on the lead lap NO WIN

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@user-lr9wo3de9u April 2, 2024 at 5:37 pm

No such thing as “his” truth – so sick of that. Something is true or not. Individuals do not have individual “truth.”

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@samuelmcneill1120 April 2, 2024 at 5:38 pm

Either don’t admit he jumped it or penalize him doing this will just annihilate NASCAR’s credibility

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@gnnascarfan2410 April 2, 2024 at 5:39 pm

And they still aren’t taking the win away? Massive asterisk.

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@ronstowe8898 April 2, 2024 at 5:40 pm

NASCAR should do the restarts like other racing series do it. If the restart is jumped, repack and start them again.

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@mjsultimate April 2, 2024 at 5:44 pm

The fact that NASCAR knew about the penalty, but said NOTHING is what frustrates me the most

I think, like NASCAR has done in the past, they should encumber the win

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@jeremiegranger7285 April 2, 2024 at 5:44 pm

Wow! So that means Joey Logano could’ve won the race if Nascar just look at the restart.

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@superblindeye1 April 2, 2024 at 5:45 pm

I can’t believe this. NASCAR totally made the wrong call here. The rule is black and white, and if they’re going to allow Denny to do this, they have to expect other drivers to try this in the future. I mean, there were penalties throughout the prior week at circuit of the Americas, so this should be no different.

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