right after the race was done, hamlin and his crew did not know how serious newman's crash. instead, they started to celebrate the win, when he exited his car, the crowd booed him both on the infield grass and again in victory lane. joe gibbs gave an apology for the team's celebration, with hamlin saying he was first notified when nascar canceled the tradition of interviewing the winner on the front-stretch before driving his car to victory lane