NASCAR – Denny Hamlin returns to Fontana

It all started following the Bristol race the week before Fontana. Hamlin had taken out Logano while the latter was playing for the win with Jeff Gordon. The two men came to blows, former teammates of Joe Gibbs (2008-2012). The following week in Fontana, California, the two thieves, fighting for victory, jostled and Hamlin ended his race in the wall. The images are impressive and the pilot of the Toyota No. 11 is evacuated by ambulance. As a result, a compression fracture of a lumbar vertebra, and four missed races. His season is ruined. At the finish, Tony Stewart wants to come to blows with Logano whose driving he considers too dangerous. They will be separated by their respective teams, but the tension is high.

This season, the two drivers will return to the Californian track from Sunday. “We are OK, Hamlin told ESPN. We don't talk more than we should. » “I treat him with respect on the track. » declares Joey Logano, Penske driver.

Watch the video of the accident between Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin in Fontana last year by clicking this link.