Denny Hamlin urges NASCAR to put an end to 'money loser' The Clash

He suggested that running The Clash every year was a money loser for teams, as the teams are not given the same prize money and running costs compared to a normal weekend. Furthermore, running a money loser might bring more fans to the sport but it would also increase the financial burden on the teams, which may eventually lead them to being dissolved.

Can I suggest we don’t run The Clash at all? I mean, to me it’s run its course. For the team’s sake, it’s a money loser for us. It doesn’t pay anything hardly to go run it. Only better thing for us is we don’t have to travel across the country and it’s better for the scheduling of our team. But it doesn’t pay nearly what a normal week does. It’s run its course; I don’t know why we’re forcing it. We race enough. We don’t need anymore. Denny Hamlin said in his Actions Detrimental podcast.

Denny Hamlin claims pitstop woes a big injustice for Todd Gilliland

The race in Darlington was a thriller. After a drought of more than two years, Bred Keselowski emerged victorious at the 1.3-mile track. However, the weekend was not short of impressive performances as Hamlin focused on a driver that others glimpsed over.

Todd Gilliland eventually finished 15th on track, but according to the No.11 driver, the result did not do justice to his performance. The FRM driver was in contention for a top-10 finish, his second one after Talladega.

I don’t know where he finished but he had legit top-five speed and never got to show it because they kept losing spots on pit road. Big injustice but that’s just part of it. Like I mean it’s hard for everyone to have a great pit crew but I thought just off of speed, Todd Gilliland did an amazing job, he’s been doing an amazing job so you wanna give him props. Denny Hamlin said.

However, his race came spiraling downwards as his pit crew made a botched pitstop, which cost him the chance of finishing in the upper realms of the results chart. But this performance did not go unnoticed as the 43-year-old praised him for his efforts and set his sights on the All-Star race this weekend.