Hamlin suffers hard crash at Auto Club Speedway

Joey Logano’s ongoing feud with his former teammate Denny Hamlin turned much more serious Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.

At Bristol the week prior, Logano took offense at an on-track move by Hamlin that sent him crashing into the wall. After the race Logano confronted Hamlin while Hamlin was still in his racecar. Logano had to be pushed back by crewmembers.

Sunday the two were battling for the lead on the final laps of the Auto Club 400 when disaster stuck.  After a restart with 11 laps to go Logano and Hamlin were door to door over the course of the final laps, with Hamlin squeezing by on the outside as they crossed the finish line for the final lap.  The two were door to door entering turn three with Hamlin on the outside. The two came together and began to crash. As the crash started Kyle Busch shot by on the outside. The duo spun with Logano’s Ford scarping along the outside wall with Hamlin’s Toyota shot to the inside of the track and headfirst into the inside wall.  Logano limped across the line in sixth, while Hamlin collapsed after climbing from his wrecked car. He was assisted by medical personnel, but was awake and alert when he flown to a local hospital as a precaution. Sunday evening Joe Gibbs Racing said Hamlin would remain in the hospital overnight for observation. MORE>>>

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Greg is a published award winning sportswriter who spent 23 years combined active and active reserve military service, much of that in and around the Special Operations community.

Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.

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