[Denny Hamlin crew chief Chris] Gabehart argues that is has to be in the culture of NASCAR officiating to make that [penalty] call in real time because there is a safety element involved. [Austin] Dillon turned hard left to right rear hook Hamlin into the wall, and the SMT data confirmed it, with Gabehart revealing it as one of the hardest hits in the three-year NextGen car era.
The crash at Pocono in 2022 that retired Kurt Busch recorded a 30g spike upon impact.
Denny Hamlin on Sunday night?
“Every time you have a significant enough incident that warrants a further look into the incident data recorder, NASCAR will send you the data for that incident,” Gabehart said. “Joe Gibbs Racing has had 21 of those instances in the Gen-7 era. 21 times we’ve gotten data from a crash from one of our four cars
“Do you wanna know what the highest recorded g spike in the history of Gen-7 was for JGR? It was Richmond and the 11 car.
“Sunday night, 32g spike in the wall off Turn 4 coming to the checker flag. Highest ever recorded.
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