2- I then made a beeline down to Jason Jarrett to check on the status of Ryan. I did not communicate any more info to DH after that, because I was only concerned with finding out info on Ryan. That is 100% on me, and I’M EXTREMLY SORRY.
1-For those hammering
@dennyhamlin
for his donuts,put the blame on me if u must blame anyone.I told him to slow down on backstretch & give the emergency staff time to roll,that we had a bad wreck.I saw DH get in line for lug nut check & assumed he was going straight to VL.
And one final post for tonight...I KNOW that I nor anyone did anything wrong. I’m just saying IF people MUST blame anyone, blame ME. I’ve been through enough in my life, the Good Lord has blessed me with broad shoulders & the internal strength to handle it. 🙏🏼
I was the last one up on the roof with his spotter
@jasonajarrett
& his teammate
@mikehermanjr
, hoping for good news from him and so they wouldn’t be by themselves.I was a concerned human being after I saw the replay & was only worried about Ryan & Jason,not a spotter anymore.
RC has said some dumb stuff over the years, and you know he’s 1000% one way when it comes to things that happen on track that involves the RCR cars, but this one probably moves to P1 on the dumb list. Someone remind him it’s 2024, and we have ways to pull audio these days. 🤦🏼♂️
So incredibly sad to hear this news. Sherry was the picture of what I think the toughest fighter with the biggest heart would be. She changed lives everywhere. RIP Sherry. 🙏🏼
Sherry Pollex, a fixture in the NASCAR garage who championed childhood cancer research and treatment and whose fight against ovarian cancer over the last nine years served as an inspiration to many, has died at age 44. RIP, Sherry. Family statement:
Well, congrats
@StenhouseJr
...you’re 2 for 2 in causing a big one at both
@DISupdates
races this year, but you’re 2 for 2 just tonight. How bout u learn to race em...not wreck em. That thing has 2 pedals in it for a reason. Unreal...
All this tire wear talk about Bristol got me wondering… have we ever had a lot tire wear at Bristol besides the spring of 24? Eh, not much of any. Have we seen great races there? Absolutely. Have we seen duds where Kyle Busch leads 300+laps? Sure.
From what I remember in my
@bobpockrass
I’m not going to complain about not being home on Easter, b/c we all know the “I’d love to have your job” crowd will chime in…but there is ZERO reason for us to be racing on Easter. ZERO.
1-After having a day to recharge myself, somewhat collect my thoughts, calm my emotions, all while still trying to comprehend all the events that took place at the end of the race Monday night, I want to TRY to express my raw feelings. I’m not looking for any banter or debate.
So you’re saying that you’d be ok with a situation where one car/team wins the first 35 races of the season, but doesn’t win the Championship because of a broken part in the Championship race?
Would you rather the old system where champions were declared with 2 races left in the season?
Thats a basket ball team being up 4-0 and still have to play all 7 games no one really cares anymore.
@mikehermanjr
at the start of the Rolex 24. We are working with the
@AX_Racing
#31
team again. Windy and cold and only gonna get worse as the sun goes down. My first stint is 5:40pm-9:40pm. Here we go.
Hell yeah…CONGRATS to my good friend
@FreddieKraft
on his 1st Cup win, and of all places…
@TALLADEGA
SuperSpeedway. Super happy for you friend! Nice work homie! 👍🏼🏁
8-THANK YOU to DH and all my JGR teammates for allowing me to be a small part of this amazing group. THANK YOU to everyone for all the calls, text, and posts.
And most importantly, THANK YOU to my family for all your love & support. I LOVE YOU GUYS!
#PrayingForRyan
#blessed
🙏🏼
Could not be any more proud of my man
@rajahcaruth_
!! This young man is everything that is great about our sport, and he outworks so many of the younger drivers. Big things in store for him. Love ya Raj! 🏁👍🏼
Fox or NBC or BOTH should hire him, if for nothing else, his ability to surf the garage and pull out the real stories. His connections and content are unmatched.
This weekend is definitely what the doctor ordered after Wednesday. So blessed to be a part of such a great organization.Also thankful to have such an awesome,supportive family at home to help me through the bad days & celebrate the good ones. Weekend sweep...
#Geeeeeetttttt
it!
2-First off, I’m so thankful that God had his arms wrapped around Ryan during his wild ride, and that his injuries weren’t near as bad as I first thought they would be. I pray that we continue to hear positive updates, I pray for peace & comfort for Krissie and their girls. 🙏🏼
Great work and drive yesterday
@TyGibbs_
!! I told you the time, effort and hard work you were putting in on and off the track would pay off, but damn man...didn’t know it’d come so soon! Enjoy it man, you deserve it! 🏁👍🏼👏🏼
Good crowd in the stands, good crowd on the FanDeck, and even more lined up to get into the FanZone…for a test.
@NASCAR
fans are the best! 👍🏼💪🏼
@DAYTONA
5-As a spotter, my
#1
job is safety. My main objective is to keep DH as safe as I possibly can.If we finish last,but DH can go home to his girls & his family every week,my job is done.We also try to help our fellow spotters keep their guys safe as well.That’s what families do.
No matter whether you were driving or a crew chief, Momma Brenda has been your biggest, loudest & strongest supporter since you started racing. She would definitely want you at a race track, doing what she loves to watch you do.
Continued prayers from the Lambert family! 🙏🏼❤️
7-I hope that DH & all our JGR team will be able to really enjoy, appreciate, and celebrate our accomplishment after everything calms down. To go back to back, and win 3 of the last 5 500’s is more like a dream than reality.All these races are hard to win, but especially the 500.
I know everyone can spin things to get the end they want, but I also know you understand what you’re looking at here, and you’re not connected to either car. So I ask you sir, what is your unbiased opinion of what you see?
There have been a lot of opinions on the moves by Austin Dillon on the last lap but best way to analyze them is to look at the actual data so let's dig into his last two laps in a quick thread.
Orange = Lap 407
Blue = Lap 408
Good luck to my man
@dennyhamlin
and all my JGR
#11
teammates in Sonoma today. Thanks again for allowing me to have a great memory filled weekend with the family & my 2022 graduate
@hunterlambert04
. Kick some ass guys! 🏁👍🏼👊🏼
4-I’ve never felt the huge swing of emotions from crossing the finish line 1st, to then seeing the replay of Corey hitting Ryan. My heart dropped out of my body instantly. None of the racing stuff matters when there’s a scary wreck that hits one of our “family”. I’m still numb.
Plane is full in the morning, so Hunter & I are road tripping to ‘Dega today. Luckily we do get to fly home after the race on Sunday. Thankful my boys actually want to still hang out with me,and blessed to work for an organization that allows it. 🙏🏼 It’s gonna be a great weekend.
3-I pray the same prayers for his mom & dad, Diane & Greg Newman, his immediate family, as well as our whole NASCAR family. I can honestly say that in all my years within this industry, there have only been a few wrecks that really shook me to my core, and this one did.
@dennyhamlin
@jeff_gluck
No need to worry…the precedent has already been set on 2 different occasions. KB/Hornaday in’11 & Sauter/AHill in’19.Both were parked for the remainder of those races,as well as SUSPENDED for at least 1 race after.Hope we don’t get some BS splaining how this don’t fit that. 🤷🏼♂️
Happy "21st” Birthday Austin Riley Lambert! There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about you, but today I’m at peace knowing you’re celebrating your first birthday in Heaven with MawMaw Frankie. I miss you son! I Love You Son!
I just want to say “Thank You” to all of the
@NASCAR
execs & officials,
@Kerry_Tharp
and his entire crew
@TooToughToTame
,
@NASCARONFOX
and the state/local governments for making the last few days possible. A lot of work, time & effort went into us being able to be here. 👏🏼👍🏼
6-I’m thankful that NASCAR & all the people that work within our industry work so hard and spare no cost to make every aspect of our sport so safe. But unfortunately there will always be that one anomaly, that we will find. There’s still risk every time these guys strap in a car.
I know it’s been said by lots of people way more important than myself, but BRAVO to the executives
@NASCAR
for making the best decision when faced with an almost no win situation. I’m so thankful to be home w/family instead of in a hotel 2,400 miles away in this storm. 🙏🏼
GOES West Satellite - A powerful Low Pressure System spinning just off the coast of Northern California is directing an
#AtmosphericRiver
plume into
#SoCal
. The plume is thousands of miles long, and will likely remain directed into Southern California through at least Tuesday
🏁🏆 Mission accomplished. 🏁🏆
54th annual Snowball Derby Champions
Thank you to
@CSmithDrive
,
@d82wilson
, and all the Donnie Wilson Racing
#26
guys for allowing me to be a small part of it.
I know and fully understand that everyone on the track is racing their own battles each week...but two weeks in a row the same car has brought out a caution, cost someone a win within the last 20 laps of a race...and tore up a car for his owner.
#comeonman
Reading everyone’s posts throughout the day has shown me that JD Gibbs was a lot of things to a lot of different people. He was several things to myself as well...boss, friend, inspiration and an every day picture of what a man of faith is supposed to be. Godspeed JD 🙏🏼🏁
Was lucky enough to work for Ryan Pemberton for a few years at RedBull Racing. Also won my first Cup series race at Michigan in 2009 with RP calling the shots.
Godspeed RP! 🏁
Super proud of this dude tonight. Watching him search/find where he needed to be on the track, then continually hit that every lap was impressive. 17 was in trouble if that last caution didn’t come out. Keep working
@rajahcaruth_
, our time will come. 👍🏼👊🏼
Got home from a little mini family beach vacation to this gift from
@dennyhamlin
and
@FedEx
. Looks like DH also did some shopping and shipping early, as we shopped and shipped early from the condo. Boys are ready to get this
@TraegerGrills
fired up. 🥩 Thnx DH! Thnx FedEx!
To show my appreciation for such a great season to my crew chief
@CG1751
and spotter
@3widemiddle
, I shopped and shipped early with
@FedEx
to send them something special this year!
Hits like this suck the air/life out of the entire spotters stand, every time. Then we all make a beeline to the spotter of particular car to check on their driver.
#scaryashell
#makesusallthankful
Final flight home for the 2020 season. Thank you to
@stevephelps
@odsteve
and everyone
@NASCAR
for laying out the plan,
@NASCARONFOX
&
@NASCARonNBC
for agreeing to the plan, and to all the tracks, teams, and everyone else for executing the plan. Job well done. 🏁 is out. ✌🏼
CONGRATS to my guy for being recognized as one of the best to ever do it. Happy for him & his entire family. Huge accomplishment for a short track guy in big time auto racing, but the book is far from being finished, many more chapters to write.
#LFG
🏁
Today’s the day we’ve all worked so hard for all year...one final race to win a Championship.
All it takes for the average man to make his dreams become reality...laser focus, determination and FIGHT. We are ready.
🏁
#whynotus
#LFG
🏁
@dennyhamlin
@JoeGibbsRacing
I get racing hard and taking as much of a guys line away as possible, but if u continually pinch guys so tight that there’s contact every corner, then chop across their nose on entry after being told “still in there” each time, why get mad when that contact moves u up track?
No matter your personal opinion, no one can disagree with the fact that DW has done so much good for our sport for the last 40 plus years. So cool to be honoring him
@TooToughToTame
this year. Thank you DW!!
@AllWaltrip
#NASCAR
@TommyJoeMartins
Remember Tommy…it’s entertainment. Old course had run its course, so let’s change it up, make it even more of an attack zone…gotta sell those tickets.
@ClaireBLang
This just sucks. One of the truest realest people in our industry, and one who truly cares about everyone in it, not just the names everyone already knows. Thank you CBL for always having a smile on your face, and for always putting one on mine. One of the best!
Race day for the 2022 Daytona 500. Not sure what the race will look like compared to the past races here, but one thing I do know is DH knows how to get it done, and I’m sure will figure it out.
#LFG
@dennyhamlin
@FedEx
@JoeGibbsRacing
@ToyotaRacing
Huge thanks to
@Offerpad
for not only coming on board the
#11
yesterday in Phoenix, but for all they do for our sport! We weren’t able to get the win, but we gave them a good ride all day...with a kick ass paint scheme. 🤙🏼
Bravo to our
@JoeGibbsRacing
aviation crew. We just landed in Dover with as much yawed out side to side twitchy action as I’ve experienced in a long time. 😳
Somethings never change. We miss you JD. So happy for my whole
@FedEx
team for getting it done this weekend. It’s no accident. Hard work pays off. Thanks everyone for the congrats messages. 🍾🏁🦅