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Hamlin Urges JGR Intervention After New Hampshire Clash With Ty Gibbs

Pressure is building for Joe Gibbs Racing to set teammate etiquette with the owner staying hands-off before Kansas.

Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 Rheem Toyota, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Progressive Toyota, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 21, 2025 in Loudon, New Hampshire.
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Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, (L) Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 SiriusXM Toyota, and Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 He Get us Toyota, (R) talk on the grid during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 04, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Overview

  • Denny Hamlin spun teammate Ty Gibbs while battling for 11th at New Hampshire, ending Gibbs’ race, and he maintained the contact was not intentional.
  • On his podcast, Hamlin called for team leadership to restate expectations that non-playoff teammates give breaks to playoff contenders.
  • Team owner Joe Gibbs said the drivers should work it out themselves, while competition director Chris Gabehart said JGR will revisit racing etiquette and characterized the incident as an error.
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick and Kyle Petty criticized Gibbs’ hard racing against teammates and urged JGR to address the issue internally.
  • Ty Gibbs reposted a Harvick clip questioning the impact on Hamlin’s title run, keeping tensions visible heading into Kansas and the Charlotte Roval.