Denny Hamlin faces boos from NASCAR fans during Pocono win, irks Kyle Larson over move

Denny Hamlin picked up a report seventh victory at Pocono Raceway Sunday afternoon on the HighPoint.com 400, however his celebration in Victory Lane got here on the expense of Kyle Larson.

Hamlin and Larson have been racing laborious with a couple of laps left. In Flip 1, Hamlin seemed to be carrying Larson with him up the racetrack. The No. 5’s momentum appeared to hold him into the wall. Larson retaliated down the entrance stretch by pushing Hamlin into the wall because the race went to warning.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Larson fell all the best way to twentieth by the top of the race. As Hamlin got here to the start-finish line to have fun the win, NASCAR fans booed him.

“I adore it,” Hamlin mentioned. “They’ll boo my rock out of right here in a couple of years.”

Of the incident with Larson, Hamlin mentioned he by no means touched him.

“I am not right here to defend something,” he mentioned. “How will you wreck somebody you do not contact?”

SEVEN-TIME CUP SERIES CHAMPION JIMMIE JOHNSON HEADLINES CLASS OF NOMINEES FOR NASCAR HALL OF FAME

Kyle Larson, #5, rubs fenders with Denny Hamlin, #11, beneath warning throughout a NASCAR Cup Collection auto race at Pocono Raceway, Sunday, July 23, 2023, in Lengthy Pond, Pennsylvania. (AP Picture/Derik Hamilton)

Larson expressed his frustration with the No. 11 driver after the race.

“I’ve by no means needed to apologize to him about something, something I’ve achieved on the racetrack,” Larson mentioned. “I can rely 4 or 5 occasions the place he’s needed to attain out to me, ‘Oh, man, I’m sorry I put you in a nasty spot there.’ Ultimately, like he says, it’s a must to begin racing individuals a sure technique to get the respect again.”

Hamlin’s return to Victory Lane got here a yr after his first-place end was thrown out over aerodynamics violations.

Denny Hamlin celebrates with a burnout after profitable a NASCAR Cup Collection auto race at Pocono Raceway, Sunday, July 23, 2023, in Lengthy Pond, Pennsylvania. (AP Picture/Derik Hamilton)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Tyler Reddick picked up a second-place end. Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick have been third and fourth respectively. Ty Gibbs got here out in fifth place.

The Related Press contributed to this report.