{"id":1554124,"date":"2023-03-16T21:30:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T01:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1554124"},"modified":"2023-03-16T21:36:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T01:36:22","slug":"brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/denny-hamlin\/\">Denny Hamlin\u2019s<\/a> actions near the end of Sunday\u2019s race at Phoenix said it all. And then the driver of the No. 11 Toyota felt compelled to say a little bit more anyway the next day on his podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/nascar\/\">NASCAR<\/a> speaking up in its usual fashion \u2013 with financial and points penalties. Hamlin was hit hard, but fellow driver <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/brad-keselowski\/\">Brad Keselowski<\/a> believes Hamlin was making an investment that could pay off in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-denny-hamlin-pays-a-price-for-his-latest-run-in-with-ross-chastain\"><strong>Denny Hamlin pays a price for his latest run-in with Ross Chastain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elton Sawyer: NASCAR looking into Hamlin\/Chastain contact at Phoenix\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qAuwD-VsR-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Denny Hamlin went on his month-old podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtymomedia.com\/actionsdetrimental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Actions Detrimental<\/a>, on Monday to admit putting NASCAR Cup Series nemesis Ross Chastain into the wall on the final restart at Phoenix Raceway a day earlier. The two have feuded since last June at World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It wasn't a mistake,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/denny-hamlin-admits-he-wrecked-ross-chastain-phoenix-payback\/\">Hamlin said<\/a>. \u201cI let the wheel go, and I said he's coming with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamlin may not have considered it a mistake, but NASCAR sure did. The governing body fined Hamlin $50,000 and docked him 25 points. Elton Sawyer, senior vice president of competition, said NASCAR likely would have viewed the incident as nothing more than hard racing had Hamlin not gone into details on the podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you start admitting that you have intentionally done something that would compromise the results of the end of the race, then that rises to a level that we're going to get involved,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Brad Keselowski thinks Denny Hamlin was delivering a bigger message<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg?w=925&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"Denny Hamlin, center,  shares a laugh with Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs on the grid during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 4, 2023. | Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-1554125\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Denny Hamlin, center,  shares a laugh with Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs on the grid during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 4, 2023. | Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Denny Hamlin was just one of several drivers who had issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/ross-chastain-made-enemies-in-2022-appears-eager-to-make-more-at-his-own-risk\/\">Ross Chastain<\/a> last season in the Trackhouse Racing driver\u2019s breakout year. Chastain\u2019s most memorable moment was riding the wall at Martinsville to pick up crucial points that moved him into the Championship 4 at Hamlin\u2019s expense, which just extended the aggravation for the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lest we forget, Chastain launched Kyle Busch into Chase Elliott at the All-Star Race and spun Elliott at WWTR. Larson and Chastain tangled somewhat mildly at Sonoma. But the memory lingered for Larson as he laughed off his spotter\u2019s suggestion of cooperating with Chastain during a race seven weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was the usual quota of other <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/nascar-feuds-cup-series-playoffs-begin\/\">feuds last season<\/a>, including Brad Keselowski vs. Austin Dillon at New Hampshire, but they were distributed across the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his part, Keselowski said on Fox\u2019s <em>NASCAR Race Hub<\/em> he thinks Hamlin was making a bigger statement in announcing that he went after Chastain. The clock is ticking for the driver of the FedEx car as he pursues that elusive Cup Series championship, so perhaps that was a consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhat stood out to me was Danny saying, \u2018I needed to make a statement.\u2019 I think what he's really trying to say is, \u2018I\u2019ve got good cars. I've got a good team. I'm getting wrecked too much, and I want not just him to know. I want everybody to know that this is how I'm going to race you back if this happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI really think that's at the heart of what Denny was saying. Yeah, I'm sure he's very frustrated with some of the incidents he's had with Ross. But he's also trying to say to everybody else like this is too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Brad Keselowski<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More to come? Stay tuned<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I won\u2019t be making an appeal to NASCAR. However I will be making an appeal to the people. I\u2019ll see you next Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ADDH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ADDH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dennyhamlin\/status\/1636131882680172545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three months off between seasons have a way of getting drivers to brush off relatively minor incidents. However, there was too much animosity between Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain for anyone to believe Hamlin would let it slide. Once 2023 began with Chastain spinning Hamlin at the Busch Light Clash, it became just a matter of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on <em>NASCAR Race Hub<\/em> before NASCAR issued its penalties, Fox Sports analyst and Aric Almirola crew chief Drew Blickensderfer predicted a sequel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don't think it's over because I don't think that was enough punishment in Denny's mind,\u201d he said. \u201cThere's a lot of people that Ross has run into, a lot of people he's ruffled feathers to. The Denny thing\u2019s big because we see it out in the public eye. Those two are up front running when they're doing this most of the time. So, I think this is probably not the end of it for lots of reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Got a question or observation about racing? Sports7\u2019s John Moriello does a mailbag column each Friday. Write to him at JohnM@Sports7.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bra Keselowski thinks Denny Hamlin's message on Sunday was intended for a larger audience than just Ross Chastain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":1554125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[253795],"tags":[447251,447253,118377,16060],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Denny Hamlin might not have wanted to spend $50,000 to do so, but Brad Keselowski believe the No. 11 Toyota driver was sending a message.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Denny Hamlin might not have wanted to spend $50,000 to do so, but Brad Keselowski believe the No. 11 Toyota driver was sending a message.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-17T01:30:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-17T01:36:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"999\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sports7J\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/\",\"name\":\"Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-17T01:30:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-17T01:36:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/625c659832a23452683545602e055cac\"},\"description\":\"Denny Hamlin might not have wanted to spend $50,000 to do so, but Brad Keselowski believe the No. 11 Toyota driver was sending a message.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":999,\"caption\":\"Denny Hamlin, center, shares a laugh with Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs on the grid during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 4, 2023. | Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/\",\"name\":\"Sports7\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/625c659832a23452683545602e055cac\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/author\/john-moriello\/\",\"name\":\"John Moriello\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/John-Moriello-96x96.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/John-Moriello-96x96.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"John Moriello\"},\"description\":\"John Moriello started covering sports in 1982, began digital publishing in 1995, and joined Sports7 in 2020. A graduate of St. John Fisher University, he finds inspiration in the underdogs and the fascinating stories sports can tell (both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat). John expertly covers all aspects of NASCAR. Beginning with his 2014 coverage at Fox Sports of the aftermath of the dirt-race tragedy in which Kevin Ward Jr. died after being struck by a car driven by NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart, John has excelled as a journalist who specializes in the motorsports world. He previously spent more than three decades covering high school sports and worked as a beat writer covering Big East football and basketball, but NASCAR is now where the true expertise falls. John is a member of the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame (2013), the President of the New York State Sportswriters Association, and a two-time Best of Gannett winner for print and online collaborations whose work has appeared on FoxSports.com and MaxPreps.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"\",\"Sports7J\",\"john-moriello-1a11743\",\"\",\"\"],\"jobTitle\":\"John Moriello | Sports7 Staff Writer, Producer - Motorsports\",\"email\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall","description":"Denny Hamlin might not have wanted to spend $50,000 to do so, but Brad Keselowski believe the No. 11 Toyota driver was sending a message.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall","og_description":"Denny Hamlin might not have wanted to spend $50,000 to do so, but Brad Keselowski believe the No. 11 Toyota driver was sending a message.","og_url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/","og_site_name":"Sports7","article_published_time":"2023-03-17T01:30:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-17T01:36:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":999,"url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Moriello","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Sports7J","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Moriello","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/","name":"Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-17T01:30:44+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-17T01:36:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/625c659832a23452683545602e055cac"},"description":"Denny Hamlin might not have wanted to spend $50,000 to do so, but Brad Keselowski believe the No. 11 Toyota driver was sending a message.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Denny-Hamlin.jpg","width":1500,"height":999,"caption":"Denny Hamlin, center, shares a laugh with Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs on the grid during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 4, 2023. | Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/brad-keselowski-thinks-denny-hamlin-delivered-bigger-message-squeezing-ross-chastain-into-the-wal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Brad Keselowski Thinks Denny Hamlin Delivered a Bigger Message by Squeezing Ross Chastain Into the Wall"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/","name":"Sports7","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/625c659832a23452683545602e055cac","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/author\/john-moriello\/","name":"John Moriello","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/John-Moriello-96x96.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/John-Moriello-96x96.jpeg","caption":"John Moriello"},"description":"John Moriello started covering sports in 1982, began digital publishing in 1995, and joined Sports7 in 2020. A graduate of St. John Fisher University, he finds inspiration in the underdogs and the fascinating stories sports can tell (both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat). John expertly covers all aspects of NASCAR. Beginning with his 2014 coverage at Fox Sports of the aftermath of the dirt-race tragedy in which Kevin Ward Jr. died after being struck by a car driven by NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart, John has excelled as a journalist who specializes in the motorsports world. He previously spent more than three decades covering high school sports and worked as a beat writer covering Big East football and basketball, but NASCAR is now where the true expertise falls. John is a member of the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame (2013), the President of the New York State Sportswriters Association, and a two-time Best of Gannett winner for print and online collaborations whose work has appeared on FoxSports.com and MaxPreps.com.","sameAs":["","Sports7J","john-moriello-1a11743","",""],"jobTitle":"John Moriello | Sports7 Staff Writer, Producer - Motorsports","email":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554127,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554124\/revisions\/1554127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1554125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}