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BRISTOL, TENN. — While racing for the lead on Lap 161, Kevin Harvick turned Denny Hamlin, then the race leader, who slid down the track and then back up into Dale Earnhardt Jr.
An angry Hamlin tossed his HANS safety device at Harvick’s car as he came back around the track.
“I just wish I had some sort of car left so I could show him the favor back,” Hamlin said of Harvick. “We’re not even halfway, we’re racing for the lead – it’s just a misjudgment.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he wasn’t sure how the wreck started.
“The first thing I saw was (Hamlin) hitting the inside wall. There was a little bit of smoke so it was tough to judge the speed of his car coming back up the track,” he said. “I thought I could go around the top and be alright, but I guessed wrong.”
