As Denny Hamlin tells the story, Richard Childress would not be denied.
Speaking on his Actions Detrimental podcast, Childress literally door slammed a Joe Gibbs Racing team rental car for not letting him into a police escort through race traffic to the airport on Sunday after the checkered flag at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
“Richard Childress was not part of this escort,” Childress said. “He was part of the vehicles that needed to move out. The police got him to move out of the way. Well, somebody within Joe Gibbs Racing didn’t leave a gap.
“And Richard says, ‘Well, I’m joining this escort whether you guys like it or not.’ He forced his way in. Well, this employee says, ‘no, you can’t just join in,’ and just so he pulled up beside him.
“What did Richard Childress do? He hung a left. Destroyed the side of the car. He did. He turned left. I witnessed it. We were right behind it. I’m like, ‘Oh my god, did he just? He did!..’ The right side of the JGR car was destroyed and Richard’s just, he just stayed in the gas. He hung the left on ’em and just doored the shit out of our car. I couldn’t believe it.”
Hamlin snapped a picture of it.
