CONCORD, N.C. — Denny Hamlin is over last week's debacle at Auto Club Speedway.

He just wishes everybody else was, too.

Hamlin likely saw his bid for his first NASCAR title evaporate with 60 laps to go when the pole-sitter mistakenly tried to cut off a hard-charging Juan Pablo Montoya on a double-file restart. He didn't have enough room and his No. 11 Toyota ended up spinning into the pit road barrier.

The crash sent him to a 37th-place finish and dropped him from sixth to ninth in the Chase for the Championship heading into Saturday's race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Hamlin made no excuses for the crash, blaming himself for the move that ended what had been a pretty steady run during NASCAR's playoffs.

"I was doing everything I could and just bit myself," Hamlin said. "It's just frustrates you for about two days and then you get over it and then you hear someone say, 'Hey, man, sorry about last weekend.' Then you're like, 'Well, I forgot about it until you said something."'