Hamlin on settling for third: 'Just lost the battle'
Third-place finisher Denny Hamlin shares his thoughts on his race at Chicagoland and reacts to how his 23XI drivers performed.
Video Transcript
How would you assess the overall day, Denny?
You know, I, I thought, I thought I was in control early on.
Even though I wasn't leading, I, I felt in control and probably got a little lazy, on some restarts and things like that.
Just taking for granted that I'll just go up there and get it.
But, no, but the, the Briscoe and, and Bell, they got their cars really good there at the second half of the race and, and Byron as well.
And, you know, we just lost the balance there in stage three.
I got loose, lost ground, you know, lost a couple seconds.
You know, then we went long and, you know, come out nine seconds back, and I thought it was gonna be really close to get there.
but I, I just pushed it too far into the wall there with a few laps to go, and, and had to settle for third.
All right, take off that driver hat for a second.
Put on your owner hat.
I know Tyler Reddick had the issues here today, but you got three of your guys in the top 10, including Corey Heim.
What do you think about that day for the 2311 organization?
Yeah, I mean, a great day for Riley as well, you know, in the top 10.
So yeah, Bubba was, you know, pretty strong there when he was out front and, and, and leading and so that's a, you know, good day for them.
And obviously, you know, the 45 just continues to, you know, bleed out here with some bad luck stuff going on or, or some mechanicals.
And so once they get that figured out, we'll race it out.
