"Sh*t take" - Denny Hamlin's stern reply to former Cup driver's 'promise' on Next Gen car's safety concerns

It seems like every day a new chapter unfolds in Denny Hamlin's advocacy against the seventh generation Cup car, better known as the 'Next Gen' car's, safety concerns. The past few weeks in the NASCAR Cup Series fraternity have been full of chatter about how the newer cars introduced in the sport this year have been harsher on drivers when it comes to making on-track contact.With two drivers in the form of Kurt Busch and Alex Bowman having to miss races due to concussions caused by on-track accidents, there is bound to be a fire where there is smoke.Davey Segal@DaveyCenterI hadn't seen the in-car footage of @Alex_Bowman in the driver seat following his Texas wreck. This is while sitting in his pit stall for repairs.@NASCARonNBC just showed it on Countdown to Green on NBC.Clearly in visible pain. Tough to watch.1849173I hadn't seen the in-car footage of @Alex_Bowman in the driver seat following his Texas wreck. This is while sitting in his pit stall for repairs.@NASCARonNBC just showed it on Countdown to Green on NBC.Clearly in visible pain. Tough to watch. https://t.co/XQDu7u0LRKThe most recent development in the ongoing issue which drivers have spoken about since the start of 2022 came when former driver Brendan Gaughan elaborated on what he thought of the scenario. In his recent appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Gaughan spoke about how the new car compared to the impact cars of yore used to experience.He said that before the 2001 season and the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr., safety was not at the top of the governing body's priority list. Ever since the tragic incident at Daytona in 2001, a revolution came in the sport which made racing on ovals leaps and bounds safer from what it used to be.Gaughan elaborated on how the newer car does not compare to that and said:“I know it can’t be any harder than we were hitting concrete walls with cars that didn’t have any flex in them back in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. I promise you, the hits aren’t harder than that, with a soft wall and the crushable impact of these things. So let’s find what it (the problem) is.”Listen to the complete podcast below:SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Ch. 90)@SiriusXMNASCAR“I can promise you it is not as hard of a hit as […] when you had no safer wall &amp; no crushable impact in these cars.&quot;Brendan Gaughan – a 10-time winner in the sport's Top 3 divisions – says, “NASCAR has taken a massive leap in safety” with the Next Gen vs. previous iterations.25337“I can promise you it is not as hard of a hit as […] when you had no safer wall &amp; no crushable impact in these cars.&quot;Brendan Gaughan – a 10-time winner in the sport's Top 3 divisions – says, “NASCAR has taken a massive leap in safety” with the Next Gen vs. previous iterations. https://t.co/1WsYlcWWkVDenny Hamlin, on the other hand, seemed to disagree with the 2-time Xfinity Series winner. Hamlin replied to an excerpt from the podcast on Twitter and wrote:“Sh*t take”Denny Hamlin@dennyhamlin@SiriusXMNASCAR @MattWeaverRA Shit take1997150@SiriusXMNASCAR @MattWeaverRA Shit takeDenny Hamlin has not been the only driver lobbying for changeJoe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin has not been the sole advocate for the need for a safer car in the NASCAR Cup Series. Fellow driver Kevin Harvick has also spoken on the topic several times.After Alex Bowman's crash at Texas Motor Speedway, which gave him a concussion serious enough to miss the Yellawood 500, Harvick also took to Twitter to take a shot at the governing body. He wrote:“Completely unacceptable that those in charge have let things get to this point. I remember it like it was yesterday @dennyhamlin in the presentation of the new car to the drivers pleading that the car was to stiff. Data didn’t agree. TIME TO LISTEN TO THE DRIVERS CRASHING THEM!”Kevin Harvick@KevinHarvickCompletely unacceptable that those in charge have let things get to this point. I remember it like it was yesterday @dennyhamlin in the presentation of the new car to the drivers pleading that the car was to stiff. Data didn’t agree. TIME TO LISTEN TO THE DRIVERS CRASHING THEM! twitter.com/bobpockrass/st…Bob Pockrass@bobpockrassAround the 1:23 mark is the Alex Bowman radio transmission after the wreck where he mentions how hard the hit was. ... He finished the race at Texas. He will miss the Talladega race after suffering concussion-type symptoms. twitter.com/NASCARONFOX/st…79941159Around the 1:23 mark is the Alex Bowman radio transmission after the wreck where he mentions how hard the hit was. ... He finished the race at Texas. He will miss the Talladega race after suffering concussion-type symptoms. twitter.com/NASCARONFOX/st…Completely unacceptable that those in charge have let things get to this point. I remember it like it was yesterday @dennyhamlin in the presentation of the new car to the drivers pleading that the car was to stiff. Data didn’t agree. TIME TO LISTEN TO THE DRIVERS CRASHING THEM! twitter.com/bobpockrass/st…Watch Denny Hamlin try and seal a spot in the Round of 8 next weekend as the sport heads to Charlotte Roval for the Bank of America Roval 400.