{"id":484360,"date":"2026-02-19T02:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484360\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:54:08","slug":"denny-hamlin-shares-blame-with-justin-allgaier-for-massive-daytona-500-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484360\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny Hamlin shares blame with Justin Allgaier for massive Daytona 500 incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the immediate aftermath of Justin Allgaier blocking Denny Hamlin from the lead and triggering ‘The Big One’ in the 68th Daytona 500<\/a>, the JR Motorsports driver took \u2018100 percent\u2019 of the blame but the Joe Gibbs Racing contender conceded his share a day later.<\/p>\n

The crash took place approaching the end of the second stage and collected 20 cars on Lap 124. Allgaier left about enough space for a car to fit between him and the wall so Hamlin took the run to the outside.<\/p>\n

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Allgaier shaded right and they both ended up in the wall with the field piling in behind them. Hamlin addressed the incident on Monday during his Actions Detrimental podcast season premier.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllgaier took 100 percent of the blame; I\u2019ll take 20 of it,\u201d Hamlin said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ll take 20 of it because it was an aggressive move, but it\u2019s coming at the end of the stage. He\u2019s gotta know I\u2019m gonna be aggressive, like, I\u2019m gonna take every run I\u2019m gonna get at the end of a stage because stage points do matter to me. I established very early I wanted to be in the top. It\u2019s why once I cleared the bottom lane, I went right to the top. That\u2019s where I wanted to be to end the stage. I was coming with such a massive run\u2026 I made up my mind probably 100 yards or so before I actually went high, I said, \u2018I\u2019m going to the outside no matter what,\u2019 because I knew where he had run on the top before that, so I\u2019d knew there\u2019d be enough space.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was enough space, obviously, if he didn\u2019t move up, I had outside position, but it probably happened so quickly that it caught him off guard. So, for me, I think my 20 percent is that he probably didn\u2019t have a whole lot of time to react or see that was coming, therefore was late to react to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hindsight being 20\/20, Hamlin would have approached that moment differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad I had it to do all over again, I would have stayed on (Allgaier),\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cWe were running 10 mph faster than him at the time because of the push I got. If I go into the tri-oval and check-up for him, does (Ryan Blaney) just plow into the back of me? Probably not because he\u2019s got a good spotter, he\u2019s good driver, so they can know and plan for that kind of stuff, but it would have caused a huge domino effect had I checked up and not taken it.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr I could have just gone to the bottom and probably cleared him with the speed differential that I had. \u2026 Again, doing it all over again, had I known what the result was going to be, I would have just stayed in line there for a few more laps.\u201d<\/p>\n

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