Denny Hamlin comments on the incidents with Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson and Pocono Raceway.
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00:00 Well, that's not true.
00:01 He's ran me off a bunch of road courses
00:05 and called me and said, "Sorry,"
00:07 and I said, "I'm gonna stand my ground next time."
00:09 I don't -- I'm not here to defend anything.
00:11 I put both of those guys, the 48 and the 5,
00:14 in an arrow situation.
00:16 Didn't touch either one.
00:17 How can you wreck someone you don't touch?
00:20 They make a decision to either let off the gas
00:23 and race side by side
00:25 or hit the gas and hit the wall.
00:28 I mean, I put them to those decisions.
00:31 I didn't overshoot the corner.
00:33 I was behind them. I tried to get position on them.
00:37 I knew it was gonna be tight off of two,
00:39 but always made sure I left a lane or more,
00:42 more than a lane.
00:43 You know, it's the same, you know, these next-gen cars,
00:46 for whatever reason, you get in that spot
00:49 near the car on the outside, it sends them very tight.
00:53 It just tightens their arrow balance.
00:56 Everyone knows it.
00:57 You know, Kyle is one of the best arrow blockers
01:00 in our field.
01:02 I knew once he got the lead and it was green,
01:04 there was just no way I was gonna go around on that.
01:06 So I just backed off and just waited
01:08 and tried not to burn up my [no audio]
01:10 for a restart later,
01:12 'cause he knows how to put you in a situation
01:15 to just kill your car.
01:16 So, you know, we waited,
01:18 and we pounced at the right time.
01:21 He didn't get his right sides clean
01:24 and drove in the corner just too far
01:26 and let us get beside him,
01:28 and then I thought we were gonna race it out off a two,
01:30 but, you know, there's just -- he got in the fence.