Frustrated Denny Hamlin calls out Cody Ware after heartbreaking Kansas loss

Denny Hamlin was cruising to a win in Sunday's AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway until a spinning Cody Ware brought out the caution flag with two laps to go. 

Hamlin had passed Tyler Reddick for the lead and was coming out of turn 4 to take the white flag when Ware spun, bringing out the yellow and re-racking the field for overtime. 

Hamlin eventually finished fourth after Kyle Larson got to his inside on the restart. Tyler Reddick went on to pass Larson and win the race. 

Hamlin was understandably frustrated with Ware. 

Denny Hamlin calls out Cody Ware

"Cody Ware, six laps down, wrecking... I don't know. Just add it up," Hamlin told Fox Sports. "I fell for the same move that the 5 got me [with] a couple years ago when I was on the inside. I gotta learn from those mistakes."

Hamlin still had a shot to win the race even after Larson passed him on the final restart, but contact with the wall on the backstretch slowed his momentum and limited the race for the win to just Larson and Reddick. 

"I wasn't going to lift," Hamlin said. "Just got in the wall."

Hamlin led a race-high 131 of 274 laps and is second in the Cup Series standings through nine races in 2026.