{"id":65933,"date":"2025-08-13T06:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/65933\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T06:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:51:07","slug":"denny-hamlin-slams-austin-hill-for-triggering-massive-multi-car-wreck-at-watkins-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/65933\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny Hamlin SLAMS Austin Hill for Triggering Massive Multi-Car Wreck at Watkins Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Hill is having a hard time in NASCAR. The RCR driver has triggered two major incidents in his last two races in the Xfinity Series. At Watkins Glena last weekend, Hill ended up causing a 16-car wreck. Now, JGR veteran Denny Hamlin has hit out at the Xfinity driver.<\/p>\n<p>During the Watkins Glen race, <a href=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/tag\/austin-hill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Hill<\/a> was battling <a href=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/tag\/Michael-McDowell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael McDowell<\/a> for second place in the race. The high-speed track saw both cars going wheel-to-wheel. As Hill tried to make a move down the inside, he ended up clipping McDowell on the side, forcing him right into the wall. This <a href=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/nascar-video-austin-hill-dumps-michael-mcdowell-16-car-wreck-watkins-glen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">led to a multi-car pile-up<\/a> as drivers failed to avoid further trouble.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/tag\/denny-hamlin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denny Hamlin<\/a> reckoned that Austin Hill should\u2019ve lifted from the gas at the time of the incident, something that would\u2019ve helped avoid chaos. Moreover, the JGR veteran made it clear that fans will no longer give him any benefit of the doubt. <\/p>\n<p>After all, Hill was suspended for one race after his crash in Indianapolis. Hamlin tried his best to remain unbiased over the incident. However, the 23XI co-owner made it clear that there was no hiding from the fact that the RCR driver failed to take the situation into account. Essentially he caused the wreck due to his own mistake.<\/p>\n<p>I mean I think he covered it well. He could have lifted. He probably should have lifted. But he didn\u2019t. He\u2019s just not going to get the benefit of the doubt from the general public, but I am like, \u2018OK, let me just think about this in an unbiased (way)\u2019 \u2014 and I feel like I\u2019m unbiased on Austin Hill. But even here he was there, he was outside. But here\u2019s what he didn\u2019t take into account, is that that is a part of the racetrack where the spotters have no idea where you\u2019re at.<\/p>\n<p>Denny Hamlin said on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7kNt4ID3uhXOqmd6apYZkd?si=35acff24dc994920\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Actions Detrimental<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018No chance\u2019 to avoid Austin Hill\u2019s Watkins Glen wreck<\/p>\n<p>It is not unusual for NASCAR to witness massive wrecks. Even stars like Denny Hamlin have been guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/nascar-video-denny-hamlin-triggers-massive-wreck-at-atlanta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">causing major incidents in the past<\/a>. However, Austin Hill is gaining an unfavorable reputation in the field, with fans lashing out at him after the last race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin Hill is having a hard time in NASCAR. 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