Denny Hamlin cracks up in response to Joey Logano, Ross Chastain Chicago ‘rage wreck’

Ross Chastain spun Joey Logano at the end of the Chicago Street Race, mistaking the No. 22 for the car who rear-ended him. That got a laugh out of Denny Hamlin during the latest episode of his Actions Detrimental podcast.

“Two of my favorites,” Hamlin laughed, regarding Logano and Chastain’s beef. “(Logano) is right, what do you want me to say? Chastain rage-wrecked other cars that didn’t have anything to do with it.”

Rage-wrecked is a term that Hamlin might want to trademark. Later, he evaluated the incident in full, siding with Logano on the matter, believing Chastain might have a fine or some other form of punishment coming his way for purposefully turning the Team Penske wheelman.

“We know what happened when, on this podcast, I said that I wrecked somebody on purpose, or took them with me. I don’t like it. I don’t agree with it,” Hamlin added. “In my opinion, Ross has done this to other cars, where he’s gone in and just wiped out like, three or four of them. Do you believe that in that next corner you deserve to get just cleaned out under his rule of karma? Would say yes? Yeah, sure, I do. I deserve to get wiped out.

“Unfortunately, you can’t involve other people that have nothing to do with it. Not understanding where that hit came from, especially on a road course — you’ve got to know there’s 10 cars in a — you saw it was a restart. This wreck could’ve came from eight cars back. You just don’t know. You’ve got to get the information before you rage-wreck. .. I agree with everything Joey said. … I couldn’t tell you where (Ross’) mind’s at in that moment.”

Alas, Logano seemed to be as much of an innocent bystander as Chastain was during the wreck. His teammate, Austin Cindric, lost control of his No. 2 Ford, and that created a ripple-effect that led to the three-time champion being spun by the Trackhouse Racing driver.

The wreck led to Cindric’s car being ruined, and him stopping on the track and bringing out the final caution of the race. Logano was able to salvage his evening, but he could’ve notched a better finish if he wasn’t unceremoniously dumped by Chastain.

Denny Hamlin has had his issues with both drivers, so he’s enjoying watching from the sidelines at the moment. We’ll see if NASCAR decides to punish Ross Chastain, but we know where Joey Logano stands at the moment.