NASCAR penalties for Austin Dillon Richmond incident upheld by final appeals officer
Despite making a second, final appeal, the penalties to Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon have been upheld. NASCAR took Dillon’s playoff eligibility from his Richmond victory away as well as a 25-point penalty, and those penalties will remain.
Austin Dillon had a great night at Richmond a few weeks back. He did almost everything right. Last lap, final two turns, he gives the hardest “bump” and run ever to Joey Logano. Then he hooked Denny Hamlin into the wall.
NASCAR felt that he stepped over a line. The win was earned in a way that was detrimental to stock car racing. A three-member group of the National Motorsports Appeals Panel upheld Dillon’s penalties last week.
This week, the final appeals officer Bill Mullis, owner of Langley Speedway, upheld the penalty in a final ruling.
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