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Originally Posted by Sammy Baugh Fan

Ahhhh.... they have not really put this all behind them. Tony did finally get it at the end of this piece where he says he should have kept his mouth shut. Also shows that JGR as well as the millions of fans all finally saw the same thing. Tony Wrecked Hamlin

Source:NASCAR.COM - Hamlin vents frustration over teammate Stewart - Jul 13, 2007

GREAT link SBF.
I particularly like some of these quotes:
"I think at the time neither Joe nor J.D. had really seen a pretty good replay. I don't think they had realized," Hamlin said. "We've talked since then and I think they realize exactly what happened. Millions and millions of people watching with their opinions know what happened. You know, let them judge.
Interesting, I wonder if anyone will change their mind now that they know that Gibbs knows it was Stewart's fault?

"I think every five, six months it seems like he kind of goes through a very angry stage," Hamlin said. "Evidently I set something off last weekend. But Tony is going to be Tony. He's always like that.

"I'm not saying it's OK. But it's just him."

I chose not to throw Tony under the bus -- and he chose a different road than what I did."

"I don't feel like I'm ahead of him. He's still the leader of Joe Gibbs Racing, without a doubt," Hamlin said. "He's a guy, who really, when I need help, I'll still go to regardless.

"But there's a point where being a leader doesn't always make you right."

And if I were Stewart, this would be the one that hurt the most:
But, you know, I always knew you got to take things with Tony with a grain of salt. You might want to listen to him, but you don't always want to do the same things he does."

I think we all gave a little chuckle to the idea that they "patched things up". Tony doesn't seem like the type to let things go. This link was great to understanding that Gibbs would love to get them both to shut up and settle it behind closed doors, but this is pretty big. Most of the world KNOWS that Stewart rammed him...we just don't know why. I believe it was because Stewart is wreckless, but maybe it's something else. Most fans of Stewart would like to think it was Hamlin, but again, since when is it the leader's fault when he gets hit from behind?

Stewart is in the lead right now (I'm watching the race) and I hope someone wrecks him from behind and then head how his tune will change. (now he's pitting)