Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano bumped into each other on and off the track Sunday at Martinsville, but the highlight of their beef may have been Hamlin slipping into an impression of Logano during the postfight interview.
Not content with having called out Logano for initiating a physical altercation he didn't stick around to finish, Hamlin also predicted what Logano's response to the incident would be.
Baring his teeth, Hamlin used a nasally voice to snarl out an exaggerated, "Ha, short-track racing."
Rate @DennyHamlin's impression of Joey Logano.#NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/jo5t4KZBSp
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 27, 2019
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The obligatory gif came almost immediately.
It’s Denny Hamlin’s Joey face#NASCAR #FirstData500 #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/XZ9Eklr0HD
— Steve Luvender (@steveluvender) October 27, 2019
Logano was interviewed shortly after and didn't deliver the line Hamlin predicted, but you can judge for yourself whether Hamlin nailed the essence of the 29-year-old driver.
Two sides to every story.
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 27, 2019
Hear from Joey Logano after his post-race altercation with Denny Hamlin. #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/7TVEitWNFf
Hamlin isn't the first to the Logano impression game. Corey LaJoie is known to break one out on occasion, but considering he has the approval of the subject, it lacks the teeth — no pun intended — of Hamlin's.