They say, ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’. Denny Hamlin sure seems to be made from that toughened clay that can handle poetic justice for the greater good. He manages to see his own past mistakes in light of the Richmond penalty and gives an open hand to NASCAR to use how it deems fit.

To really understand this, we may need to rewind the clock a bit. The pit road clash between Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott after the Martinsville race in 2017 is an event most NASCAR fans would remember. Today’s Austin Dillon was that day’s Hamlin, who bumped into Elliott and forced his car into the wall. While Hamlin tried to cover it up by saying he was himself pushed, Elliott called out his lies then and there. It was the urge to win that got Hamlin to do what he did.

Although Hamlin defended his move back then, he now realizes how childish it was of him in hindsight. People can often sympathize with others about their problems, but empathy only arises with one’s own experience of the problems.

They say, ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’. Denny Hamlin sure seems to be made from that toughened clay that can handle poetic justice for the greater good. He manages to see his own past mistakes in light of the Richmond penalty and gives an open hand to NASCAR to use how it deems fit.

To really understand this, we may need to rewind the clock a bit. The pit road clash between Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott after the Martinsville race in 2017 is an event most NASCAR fans would remember. Today’s Austin Dillon was that day’s Hamlin, who bumped into Elliott and forced his car into the wall. While Hamlin tried to cover it up by saying he was himself pushed, Elliott called out his lies then and there. It was the urge to win that got Hamlin to do what he did.

Although Hamlin defended his move back then, he now realizes how childish it was of him in hindsight. People can often sympathize with others about their problems, but empathy only arises with one’s own experience of the problems.