Alex Bowman possibly left Homestead-Miami Speedway cursing himself on Sunday. The #48 Hendrick Motorsports driver was leading with six laps to go when he crashed against the wall, surrendering his position to Kyle Larson, who went on to win the race by 1.205 seconds. The NASCAR community hasn’t been kind to Bowman for his mistake.
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And, amidst the avalanche of comments, Denny Hamlin’s iconic rant against Bowman from the 2021 Cup Series race at Martinsville has resurfaced again. Hamlin was pissed off at the time after Bowman spun him out to win the race at the end of a long-drawn battle.
“He’s just a hack. Just an absolute hack. He gets his a** kicked by his teammates every week. He’s (expletive) terrible. He’s just terrible,” Hamlin had said.
“He sees one opportunity, and he takes it. He didn’t want to race us there. We had a good, clean race. I moved up as high as I could on the racetrack to give him all the room I could, he still can’t drive,” he added during an angsty tirade which has found more traction after last Sunday.
Racing against the wall in Homestead-Miami is not an easy task. Larson is quite adept at it. But Bowman’s inability to hold his own and the wreck that followed led fans to see the truth in Hamlin’s rant. One fan responded, “Denny really cooked with this one.”
Everyone can admit this is true, just imagine your driver saying it
— Mason White (@WhiteMason71488) March 24, 2025
Another declared, “Point proven”. It is a fact that Hamlin would have had more to say after the race if Actions Detrimental existed back then. This led a fan to say, “I wish his podcast existed then.” Another pointed out Bowman’s weak nerves by writing, “Bro hit the wall like 10 times in the last 15 laps.”
One takeaway from this entire ordeal is that Bowman has understood his shortcomings. He admitted in his post-race interview that he choked and that his crew deserved better.
“I guess I choked that one away, for sure. I just kind of burned my stuff up … I hate that for this group. they deserve better than that. Just a couple of mistakes there,” said Bowman, who started the race in pole position and led 43 laps before the crash.
Bowman’s performance through the first six races of the season has been remarkable though. He has five top-10 and one top-5 finish.
A victory was on the cards for him at Homestead-Miami. Hopefully, he will have a few more chances this season to make it to Victory Lane.
