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Chip Ganassi chides Denny Hamlin for video

NASCAR Xfinity Series Whelen Trusted To Perform 200 - Practice

PHOENIX, AZ - NOVEMBER 09: Team owner Chip Ganassi speaks with the media during a press conference prior to practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Whelen Trusted To Perform 200 at ISM Raceway on November 9, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

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Car owner Chip Ganassi was not amused with a video Denny Hamlin posted Sunday night showing Hamlin bumping into the back of friend Kyle Larson while they were grocery shopping.

Hamlin’s video came hours after his push got Larson’s Chip Ganassi Racing car out of control and hit the wall early in the race at Auto Club Speedway.

Larson was running 13th and Hamlin 14th when Hamlin pushed Larson into Turn 1 on Lap 34. Larson’s car wiggled and hit the wall. Larson fell off the lead lap for repairs and went on to finish 21st.

A few hours later, Hamlin posted the video of he and Larson in the grocery store with Hamlin re-enacting the incident on the track with a shopping cart. The video had been viewed more than a quarter of a million times by Tuesday morning.

Ganassi tweeted Tuesday morning that Hamlin’s video was #badtaste:

Hamlin, who had tweeted earlier about playing golf Tuesday in Arizona, responded shortly after 9 p.m. ET.