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Denny Hamlin expressed feelings of betrayal towards Chris Gabehart amid a lawsuit involving Joe Gibbs Racing. He reacted emotionally to comments made by Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson regarding the case.
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Denny Hamlin said it was a 'knee jerk reaction' when he tweeted out a frustrated response on Thursday evening to Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickersonâs commentary about the ongoing lawsuit brought forth by Joe Gibbs Racing.
Yeah, okay buddy. You hired someone who stole tens of millions worth of information, lied about communications yâall had after you deleted them and now is getting paid double to work on your truck program? GTFO.
What was it you called Richard again?
Was it you who was leakingâŠâ Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) May 1, 2026
Even though it was an emotional response, Hamlin also concedes that he logically feels this way too, as it is a matter of business principle to him as a Joe Gibb Racing driver and 23XI Racing co-owner.
âWell, it was, first, it was a knee jerk reaction but it doesnât mean I donât feel that way,â Hamlin told reporters on Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. âIt was a little bit knee-jerk but I certainly feel like I know enough of the facts to at least assert something.
âI know that (Joe Gibbs Racing) has not ever gone after anyone, I can tell you that. They donât care who else is running good or whatever. They just invest so much into the sport in terms of technology, and Toyota as well, that they have to protect that.
âOtherwise, itâs an arms race. If we didnât protect very important key employees with non-competes and things like that, it would be an arms race, and I would just go to someone at Hendrick, maybe Chad Knaus, and say âokay,â Iâll just give him $10 million a year and âbring everything with you.â
âThatâs just not the way this can operate.â
Hamlin said this lawsuit is âa very important processâ that needs to be addressed and that his fellow team owners would agree that intellectual property âsomething that needs to be protected because it is too valuable.â Hamlin said JGR spends an âastronomical amountâ of money on proprietary competition data that he believes needs to be protected.
Why did Hamlin feel so compelled to respond to Dickerson like that?
âI just felt like he went after the family and JGRâs family is my family,â Hamlin said. âSo thatâs where the knee-jerk came from.â
From 2019 to 2024, Gabehart served as crew chief for Hamlin, where they won 22 races together, including two Daytona 500s and a Southern 500. Their success was synonymous. Gabehart was placed as competition director at JGR in 2025.
To wit, Hamlin feels like the data that the court has confirmed that Gabehart 'misappropriated' was the byproduct of his work.
"Some of the things that have already been agreed that that was taken is stuff that I put hours and days and weeks and years into," Hamlin said. "Like, I just couldn't fathom giving that to someone else for free.
"So, that's where, to me, it just strikes hard because when you see setups and stuff, it's like, I know I was a piece of that puzzle, not the whole puzzle, but there was a lot of people that contributed to that, that deserved to have that information to themselves."
Does Hamlin feel personal betrayal from Gabehart? There was a 10 second silence as Hamlin pondered the question.
He nodded his head slowly, twice, and that was the last question he took during this particular media scrum.
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Denny Hamlin's comments relate to a lawsuit brought forth by Joe Gibbs Racing.
Hamlin feels betrayed due to business principles as a Joe Gibbs Racing driver and 23XI Racing co-owner, particularly in light of the ongoing lawsuit.
Hamlin's emotional response was triggered by comments from Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson regarding the lawsuit.
In his tweet, Hamlin criticized the hiring of someone involved in the lawsuit who he claims stole information and lied about communications.
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