The Joe Gibbs
Racing driver told Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio’s Dialed In last night that he
injured his right hand in the same Bristol Motor Speedway crash that left Truex with a
broken a scaphoid bone in his right wrist.
"I couldn't
get my finger out of the (steering) wheel quick enough before it spun,” said
Hamlin. “It obviously took some ligaments with it.”
He said the injury remains
painful nearly a week later, adding, “I tested on Monday and Tuesday at
Chicago, and I couldn't put my thumb on the wheel."
He said he is wearing
a splint on the injured thumb, but downplayed its impact, saying, “"It's
just a major jam… ligament stuff. Mine will heal in no time. It's just a different
severity (as compared to Truex)."
The injury is the
latest in a series of setbacks for Hamlin, who ranks 25th in Sprint
Cup Series championship points after missing four races after suffered a compression fracture of his first lumbar vertebra in a
March 24 crash at Auto Club Speedway. He will miss the Chase for the NASCAR
Sprint Cup for the first time since becoming a full-time series driver in 2006.
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