Denny Hamlin calls out three Xfinity Series drivers 'who drove like a**holes' at Martinsville

Denny Hamlin had a big problem with the Xfinity Series race at Martinsville. On his Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin called out three Xfinity drivers who did not impress him on Saturday.

“I pretty much said in some tweets what I thought about it, and that it was horrible,” Hamlin said. I can only speak to what I am as a fan, I can speak to what I am as a car owner, and I can tell you I’m not impressed.

“Austin Hill, Sam Mayer, Sammy Smith, all drove like a**holes. It’s my job to be as subjective as I am as I can be on this show. I said, ‘Good thing I’m not in the booth, or I’d be fired for calling these guys out.’ I think Parker Kligerman did a good job to be as fair as he could, but yet as truthful as he could.”

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Hamlin later added, “There’s only a few things that you can do to change this. It’s sad to say, I think public shaming is maybe some of it. …I own some cars in the Cup Series. If you ever think I’m going to look at you as just because you wiped a guy out and won, no. That doesn’t impress me at all. It just shows me immaturity. There’s been multiple opportunities for these guys to get to the finish in a somewhat respectful way. We’re not expecting these guys not to make contact. We’re not expecting them to not try to get the guy out of the groove. But coming from two or three car lengths back to wreck someone is just the most unimpressive thing I’ve seen.”

Austin Hill won the Martinsville race, but Hamlin called him out because he wrecked “someone that was four car lengths in front of him.” Sam Mayer got in the back of Christian Eckes and “wouldn’t get off of him.” And Hamlin called out Sammy Smith for getting into it with Taylor Gray, which led to a confrontation between the two drivers after the race.

“I have to try to do my job here and call these guys out for driving like idiots,” Hamlin explained. These three just top the list for me on Saturday. I hated to see it.”