Gen 6 Proves Worthy but Racng is Still Dangerous

Five races down Gen 6 is proving that it does belong. The car is there, now the teams are doing there part to better there cars. This past weekend at Auto Club Speedway was no exception as the race was fantastic, high, low, and middle there was great racing all around which is unusual for Auto Club Speedway. there was side by side racing all the way around on this rough and beaten track. There was never a lead over two seconds and the action was tight as the usual inside line would gain you position but the high line would sling shoot you around. But the biggest news of the race came with two laps to go when Denny Hamlin was catching leader Joey Logano. Going into turn three on the last lap Hamlin lead by a nose and Logano went low and Hamlin countered by taking the middle but Logano got lose and the both ran up the track as Kyle Busch came around the high side to take the lead and the win, the first for Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota at Auto Club Speedway. But the action was behind him as Logano came a crossed Hamiln's nose into the wall but Hamiln spun to the inside of the track going up an embank meant head on into the wall without a safer barrier. Everything seemed ok as Hamiln climbed from his car and then collapsed next to his car, and was loaded on a stretcher and flown to Loma Linda University Hospital with lower back pain. Hamlin is ok but suffered a compressed fracture in his L1 vertebrae, and will meet with NASCAR'S Dr. Jerry Petty to see when he can return to racing. So far no replacements for Hamlin have been announced by Joe Gibbs Racing.