NASCAR’s got a reputation for unfiltered characters who don’t hold back when it’s time to throw shade. The garage is a pressure cooker, and drivers aren’t shy about calling each other out when tempers flare. Take Denny Hamlin at Gateway in 2022, when Ross Chastain wrecked both him and Chase Elliott in the same race.

Hamlin didn’t sugarcoat it on TV, “It’s good he takes responsibility, but it doesn’t fix the issue. He’s making a lot of mistakes and it’s cost a lot of people. Until he gets a ton of enemies, then it’ll be a problem.” A week later on his Actions Detrimental podcast, he doubled down, “You can’t just say ‘my bad’ every week. At some point, you’ve got to clean it up.” That was Hamlin drawing a line in the sand, and fans ate it up.

Then there’s Joey Logano, who had his own

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