NASCAR CUP: Joey Logano & Denny Hamlin Crash, Hamlin Airlifted (VIDEO)

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FONTANA, Calif. — Denny Hamlin was airlifted to a local hospital Sunday after he and rival Joey Logano wrecked while battling for the lead on the final lap at Auto Club Speedway. Take a look at the Denny Hamlin crash video below.

Hamlin and Logano, who nearly came to blows after Hamlin wrecked Logano last week at Bristol Motor Speedway, collided and crashed while battling for the lead, allowing Kyle Busch to squeeze by them to win the race.

Logano was on the inside of Hamlin as they raced into Turn 4 on the final lap while Busch had a run on the outside.

With Hamlin a nose ahead of Logano, Logano drifted up the track and ran into the side of Hamlin’s car. Both drivers crashed into the wall and Hamlin’s car shot back across the track before slamming nose-first into the inside wall. Hamlin’s car hit the wall so hard that the impact lifted his car off the ground.

“Denny Hamlin was not going to win that race,” Logano said before knowing that Hamlin was injured and had been taken to the hospital. “I wanted to win that race. I feel like I had the car to win the race.”

Hamlin climbed from his car but immediately dropped to the ground. He was attended to by safety workers, who put him in an ambulance.

He was taken to the infield care center, where he was awake and alert, and then transported to a local hospital. He was flown to a hospital because of traffic but he was expected to be OK, Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs said.

A statement from JGR later said that Hamlin was complaining of back pain and was being held for observation overnight.

“Hamlin complained of lower back pain at the track’s infield medical center and was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation,” the JGR statement said. “Hamlin will remain at the hospital overnight for observation.”

Logano used to drive for JGR before being replaced by Matt Kenseth after last season. Hamlin and Logano, who now drives for Penske Racing, had a postrace confrontation last week at Bristol after Hamlin spun Logano while battling for second.

Still steaming from that incident, Logano was determined to beat his former teammate on Sunday. He was racing on worn tires while Hamlin had fresh tires after pitting during the final caution period.

“It was just racing for the lead,” Logano said. “I guess we’re even now. He’ll think twice before he does something next time.”

Logano, who led 41 laps, finished third. Hamlin finished 25th.

“I was trying to get to the bottom, I overdrove the bottom and slid up,” Logano said.

Don’t expect Logano to talk to Hamlin.

“He never talked to me,” Logano said. “That’s his fault.”

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Auto Club 400 Race Results
Driver Car MFG Start Laps Laps
+/-
Status Points
1 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota 4 200 125
Position Up
Running 48/5
2 Dale Earnhardt Jr 88 Chevrolet 15 200 0
Position Up
Running 42/0
3 Joey Logano 22 Ford 6 200 41
Position Up
Running 42/1
4 Carl Edwards 99 Ford 24 200 0
Position Up
Running 40/0
5 Kurt Busch 78 Chevrolet 10 200 0
Position Up
Running 39/0
6 Greg Biffle 16 Ford 2 200 0
0
Running 38/0
7 Matt Kenseth 20 Toyota 5 200 10
Position Up
Running 38/1
8 Paul Menard 27 Chevrolet 27 200 0
Position Up
Running 36/0
9 Kasey Kahne 5 Chevrolet 16 200 0
0
Running 35/0
10 Ryan Newman 39 Chevrolet 20 200 0
Position Up
Running 34/0
11 Jeff Gordon 24 Chevrolet 19 200 0
Position Up
Running 33/0
12 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet 18 200 0
0
Running 32/0
13 Kevin Harvick 29 Chevrolet 14 200 1
Position Up
Running 32/1
14 Aric Almirola 43 Ford 23 200 0
Position Up
Running 30/0
15 Casey Mears 13 Ford 11 200 0
Position Up
Running 29/0
16 AJ Allmendinger 51 Chevrolet 26 200 0
Position Up
Running 28/0
17 Jeff Burton 31 Chevrolet 22 200 0
Position Up
Running 27/0
18 Martin Truex Jr 56 Toyota 7 200 0
-1 Position Down
Running 26/0
19 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet 17 200 0
-2 Position Down
Running 25/0
20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 17 Ford 31 200 0
-1 Position Down
Running 24/0
21 Dave Blaney 7 Chevrolet 29 200 0
Position Up
Running 23/0
22 Tony Stewart 14 Chevrolet 8 200 18
Position Up
Running 23/1
23 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford 3 200 0
-1 Position Down
Running 21/0
24 David Ragan 34 Ford 42 200 1
0
Running 21/1
25 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota 1 199 3
-4 Position Down
Accident 20/1
26 Danica Patrick 10 Chevrolet 40 199 0
-1 Position Down
Running 18/0
27 J.J. Yeley 36 Chevrolet 37 199 0
Position Up
Running 17/0
28 Bobby Labonte 47 Toyota 25 198 0
-2 Position Down
Running 16/0
29 David Gilliland 38 Ford 34 198 0
Position Up
Running 15/0
30 Landon Cassill 33 Chevrolet 36 194 0
Position Up
Running 14/0
31 David Stremme 30 Toyota 32 193 0
-1 Position Down
Running 13/0
32 Joe Nemechek 87 Toyota 43 193 0
-1 Position Down
Running 0/0
33 David Reutimann 83 Toyota 28 192 0
0
Oil Leak 11/0
34 Travis Kvapil 93 Toyota 33 188 1
0
Running 11/1
35 Clint Bowyer 15 Toyota 13 184 0
-10 Position Down
Engine 9/0
36 Marcos Ambrose 9 Ford 21 182 0
-8 Position Down
Running 8/0
37 Mark Martin 55 Toyota 9 179 0
-6 Position Down
Running 7/0
38 Juan Pablo Montoya 42 Chevrolet 12 169 0
-4 Position Down
Running 6/0
39 Timmy Hill 32 Ford 39 108 0
0
Rear Gear 5/0
40 Josh Wise 35 Ford 30 103 0
-1 Position Down
Overheating 0/0
41 Scott Riggs 44 Ford 38 66 0
-1 Position Down
Vibration 3/0
42 Michael McDowell 98 Ford 35 60 0
0
Vibration 2/0
43 Mike Bliss 19 Toyota 41 44 0
-1 Position Down
Fuel Pump 0/0

 

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