Austin Dillon has been stripped of the NASCAR Cup Sequence playoff eligibility that got here along with his victory at Richmond Raceway.
NASCAR introduced the penalty Wednesday after reviewing the end of Sunday night time’s race the place Dillon made contact with Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. Dillon spun Logano in Flip 3 on the ultimate lap of additional time within the Prepare dinner Out 400 and right-hooked Hamlin off Flip 4. He was thirty second within the championship standings going into the weekend.
Dillon does preserve the victory regardless of it not counting towards the postseason. The No. 3 Richard Childress Racing staff was additionally docked 25 factors in each the homeowners’ and drivers’ championship standings for the incident.
Richard Childress Racing additionally misplaced the eligibility for the proprietor’s championship from the penalty.
Moreover, Brandon Benesch, Dillon’s spotter, has been suspended for the subsequent three races. Benesch instructed Dillon to “wreck him” as Hamlin got here to his inside within the closing nook.
NASCAR additionally fined Joey Logano for his post-race actions. A pissed off Logano got here down pit street and throttled up close to NASCAR officers and staff members, together with these of Dillon’s crew who had been making their solution to the frontstretch to have a good time with the successful driver.
