DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 9th
What happened on the final restart with Brad Keselowski?
“There’s a corner there so you have to back off and he just plowed into us. He’s just out of control. He’s desperate obviously and it’s either four or five of us are wrong or he’s wrong because he’s pissed off everyone. Just disappointing — but we’re trying to get in this deal. We’re sitting in a decent spot, but we’ve lost six spots or so with the last restart when he ran into us and knocked us up the track. That was unfortunate. Matt (Kenseth) was nearly out of his car and he just plowed into Matt (Kenseth) and then ran into Tony (Stewart) and then went in through the garage and cleared out transmissions and did burnouts in the garage. Just acting like a dumbass instead of a champion.”
What are you expecting at Talladega next week?
“My guess is that he (Brad Keselowski) will probably try to wreck everyone — that’s his only shot. He’ll just be out of control like normal. We’ll do what we have to do to get in and that’s the big picture. Luckily, it didn’t cause us to wreck. If it would have caused us to wreck, I’d be waiting for him right now.”
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 19th
What happened with Brad Keselowski following the race?
“Besides the race, he (Brad Keselowski) knew I was out there and on that restart wrecked me. I guess I shouldn’t have went out there. Really the safety — he was doing something with Denny (Hamlin) there and I don’t know if he was mad at him. I had my HANS off and my seat belts off — and he clobbers me at like 50 (mph). With the accidents and stuff that we’ve had around here — the race is over and we’re trying to come back to pit road. If he wants to come and talk about it like a man then go do that, but to try to wreck somebody on the race track and to come down pit road with other cars and people standing around with my seat belts off and drive into the side of me is just inexcusable. There is no excuse for that. He’s a champion and he’s supposed to know better than that. I don’t really know, I don’t have anything else good to say.”
How much contact took place between yourself and Brad Keselowski on the earlier restart?
“On the restart I just rolled outside of him (Brad Keselowski) in the dog leg and he knew I was there and just ran me out of room and ran me into the wall because he didn’t want to get passed. I shouldn’t have went there, but there was a lot of guys that you can race like that and they know you’re there and they will give you the room and he’s usually one of them. He did it on purpose and just ran me into the wall because he didn’t want to get passed.”
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