Dillon’s controversial Richmond win stands, however his computerized playoff berth has been revoked by NASCAR. That is true for each the driving force and proprietor playoffs.
Joey Logano handed Dillon for the lead at first of the two-lap shootout and regarded like he would grasp on for the win when Dillon drove deep into Flip 3 on the ultimate lap and knocked Logano into the surface wall.
Moments later, Denny Hamlin got here up on the within of Dillon to problem for the lead, however Dillon hooked him into the surface wall. The Richard Childress Racing driver then captured the checkered flag because the warning flew. He was thirty second in factors earlier than the victory.
A number of drivers condemned the transfer, and Hamlin publicly known as for the win to be taken away. Ought to Dillon win once more, he can nonetheless make the playoffs.
That is gorgeous and unprecedented transfer by the sanctioning physique. NASCAR beforehand stripped a playoff spot from Martin Truex Jr. throughout the 2013 season after the ‘SpinGate’ scandal at Richmond. Each Dillon and workforce have been docked 25 factors.
They’ve additionally suspended Dillon’s spotter Brandon Benesch for the following three points-paying occasions, via Darlington, September 1, 2024. Benesch was on the radio shouting “wreck him” simply earlier than Hamlin was despatched into the surface wall.
Richard Childress Racing will attraction the penalties, releasing the next assertion: “Richard Childress Racing could be very disillusioned in NASCAR’s penalty in opposition to the No. 3 workforce. We don’t agree with the choice that was made and plan to attraction.”
Joey Logano, Workforce Penske, Ford Mustang
Photograph by: NASCAR Media
Logano was irate after Dillon deliberately wrecked him, railing in opposition to the RCR driver in post-race interviews. Earlier than that, he pulled down pitroad and did a burn out in entrance of the No. 3 stall.
A number of folks, together with members of the Dillon household, needed to rapidly out of the best way of the No. 22 Workforce Penske Ford. A NASCAR official furiously approached Logano’s automotive because it lastly screeched to a halt. In consequence, NASCAR has fined Logano $50,000.
