Denny Hamlin says he crossed the line last weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when contact with teammate Ty Gibbs ended Gibbs’ day. The incident sparked not only frustration within Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) but also prompted a rare midweek meeting with team leadership to address how the organization’s drivers race each other.

“Absolutely. I definitely got hot under the collar, and it went too far on my end,” Hamlin admitted Saturday at Kansas Speedway. “There were things I wish I could have done a little bit differently.”

The flashpoint came less than halfway through the Cup Series race at New Hampshire, where Hamlin and fellow JGR driver Christopher Bell felt Gibbs was racing them too aggressively for 11th place. Hamlin nudged the rookie, sending Gibbs into the wall. The damage proved terminal for Gibbs, who is not in the playoffs, unlike his three JGR teammates.

After the race, Hamlin openly questioned Gibbs’ race management, remarking that “understanding down and distance seems to be the struggle.” He also suggested that teammates had been hesitant to correct Gibbs’ style because of his family ties—he’s the grandson of team owner Joe Gibbs.

That changed Wednesday, when Gibbs, Hamlin, Bell, and Chase Briscoe sat down with Joe Gibbs and his daughter-in-law Heather Gibbs. According to Hamlin, “The [conversations] were all productive. The guts of that are going to be confidential … but I think [we] are in a good place.”

Neither Gibbs nor the other drivers provided many details. Gibbs avoided questions entirely when reporters tried to approach him after qualifying on Saturday. But Briscoe, who joined JGR this year, praised Gibbs’ leadership during the meeting.

“I was just mind-blown of just how good he is in just being a coach and just a leader,” Briscoe said of Joe Gibbs. “It makes sense why he’s been successful on the racing side of things, but even the coaching side. He’s just so good at explaining stuff and putting things into perspective.”

Briscoe said the message was clear: the JGR drivers need to adopt a smarter, more team-oriented approach, pointing to Team Penske as the standard. “It’s already hard to win a championship as it is. Coach has only won five. And we’re not doing ourselves any favors … just on each other.”

Bell echoed the sentiment. “It’s definitely fair to say that a line was crossed, and that was bad. We don’t need to get any teammates wrecked. Hopefully, we do better moving forward.”

Hamlin himself drew comparisons to his past run-ins with Ross Chastain. Interestingly, Chastain—long known for his aggressive reputation—said he has changed his approach, citing an example from earlier this season when he let Hamlin by rather than risk slowing both of them down. “That will come back around,” Chastain said. “I can tell you my teammates don’t have that hard of a time with me.”

For JGR, the expectation now is that their four-car stable will operate more like a unit, especially with three of their drivers chasing the championship.

“Things will be different going forward for us,” Briscoe said. “It’s unfortunate that stuff has to happen, but typically when you have to have tough conversations, things are normally for the better. So I’m sure it will be different.”