Denny Hamlin: Kyle Larson 'was out of control' in wreck with Ross Chastain

Denny Hamlin believes that Kyle Larson was "out of control" during the first overtime attempt in Sunday's Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Heading into Turn 1 off the restart, Larson dove into the corner but touched the pavement below the yellow line and shot back up the racetrack. Larson slammed into Ross Chastain , who was on the outside of Hamlin, the race leader at the time. Hamlin said on his " Actions Detrimental " podcast that he knew either Larson or Chastain would be aggressive on the restart, thus why he chose the bottom lane.

"I just think Kyle was out of control," Hamlin said. "Should I have been thinking that his thought process post-race is 'Yeah, I was trying to knock the 11 up the racetrack and then I can get clean air.' Well, that would have wrecked the 1 [Chastain] as well. Because the 1 is on the outside of me. I think he was OK just crashing whoever was in front of him."

Kyle Larson takes responsibility for wrecking Ross Chastain late at Nashville

Chastain obviously got the worse of Larson's move. He went from competing for his first win of the season to finishing 33rd. Larson took responsibility for causing the wreck after the race.

"Just a lot of craziness there at the end," Larson said . "There were a lot of cars short on fuel and we were one of them. Just a lot of mess. On the first restart, I was just trying to get Denny washed off the bottom so that I could get some clean air and give myself an opportunity to win. I felt like from the second position, I wouldn't have a chance. I just tried to run in with him and got myself really tight and into Ross, so caused that crash."

Hamlin and Larson have developed a rivalry on the racetrack in recent weeks, which continued earlier in the race at Nashville. Though Larson admitted he made the move on the restart looking to get Hamlin off the bottom, Hamlin didn't take issue with the way Larson raced him.

"The stakes keep getting raised because I got hit earlier in the race. And he knocked me and the 22 [Joey Logano] up the racetrack," Hamlin said. "And then at the end of Stage 2, again, if he's butthurt over a lap that happened at the end of Loudon then OK. He wouldn't give me an inch to clear, OK. This is now three instances in a row where I feel like I need to respond. I'm in this for the long haul. I'm fine with the way we're racing and it's going to keep going and it's going to keep getting raised.