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Appearing on the "Dan Patrick Show" Monday morning, race winner Denny Hamlin gave his take on Sunday's Kevin Harvick-Jimmie Johnson incident -- who was in the wrong, and who would win in a boxing match.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver had different answers for both.
"I would have Kevin," Hamlin said when asked about the two drivers squaring off in the ring. "I'm with Jimmie on this incident, but I'm with Kevin if you're gonna have to box. I think he's probably more experienced. Kudos to Jimmie for kind of being the better man there and just kind of walking away."
On-track contact between Johnson's No. 48 and Harvick's No. 4 left Harvick with a smoking tire, eventually resulting in his car spinning and smacking the outside wall. It left the 2014 Sprint Cup Series champion with a 42nd-place finish, and he's in danger of not advancing out of the Challenger Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Johnson went to Harvick's motorhome in the driver's lot for a post-race explanation, and was given a hard punch to the chest when Harvick confronted him.
"Usually things like this, what happens is Kevin goes in there, gets his car half-assed fixed and he goes out there and tries to wreck Jimmie," Hamlin said. "That's how it's gone the last few years, but it didn't happen. I appreciate that part of what Kevin did, he kept it professional on the race track.
"In my opinion, Kevin didn't leave Jimmie any room, and Kevin had a lot of room on the outside. It was just hard racing."
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