Last weekend’s Craftsman Truck Series stop at Nashville Superspeedway brought renewed attention to Denny Hamlin’s young driver, who burst onto the scene in 2023 and quickly earned a reputation for precision and consistency. Nearly 18 months earlier, he entered the Truck championship finale at Phoenix Raceway as the points leader, only to have his title hopes upended when a rival made contact and ultimately cost him the championship. And the rival’s reputation as NASCAR’s lightning rod isn’t accidental—it’s forged through a series of explosive on-track clashes that have drawn fury from veterans and fines from officials alike.

After all, who can forget the Stenhouse Showdown (Nashville 2025), where on Lap 106, Carson Hocevar dove deep into Turn 3, making contact with Stenhouse’s left rear a

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