{"id":85263,"date":"2025-03-10T21:25:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T02:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/denny-hamlin-sides-with-dale-earnhardt-jr-on-austin-cindric-cota-penalty\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T21:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T02:25:53","slug":"denny-hamlin-sides-with-dale-earnhardt-jr-on-austin-cindric-cota-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/denny-hamlin-sides-with-dale-earnhardt-jr-on-austin-cindric-cota-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny Hamlin sides with Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Austin Cindric COTA penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denny Hamlin<\/strong> agrees with what Dale Earnhardt Jr.<\/strong> said about Austin Cindric<\/strong>\u2018s penalty at COTA. On the Actions Detrimental<\/em> podcast, Hamlin shared his thoughts on the Cindric hooking Ty Dillon<\/strong> at COTA and sided with Earnhardt, who said the loss of 50 driver points is more severe than a suspension.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if you probably look at Austin Cindric\u2019s performance history, I bet you he probably averages 25 points a race. I think it\u2019s two races\u2019 worth of him not being there,\u201d Denny Hamlin said<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s a great point by Dale. It\u2019s probably worse than a suspension.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before Hamlin shared his thoughts on Cindric losing 50 driver points, he weighed in on the incident itself. \u201cI think the punishment probably fits the crime in this case,\u201d Hamlin stated. \u201cDoes it follow the rulebook 100 percent? I don\u2019t know. But to me, he had to pay a price for what he did, and he even admitted that he did it on purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with losing 50 driver points, Cindric was fined $50,000 for hooking Dillon. Most fans wanted a one-race suspension because that was the punishment for drivers who did the same thing. But while appearing on the Hauler Talk<\/em> podcast <\/a>last week, Mike Forde<\/strong>, NASCAR\u2019s managing director of racing communications, explained why Cindric was just fined and lost driver points.<\/p>\n

Why didn\u2019t NASCAR suspend Austin Cindric after the COTA incident?<\/h2>\n

\u201cIn this case, we did feel it was significantly different than the previous two,\u201d Forde said. \u201cAnd the reasons are, you look at it, it is at a road course (with) lower speed, tight confines to begin with and the result didn\u2019t even draw a caution. Now, obviously, the caution flag doesn\u2019t come out as quickly on road courses anyway, but that did not draw a caution. So, those were really the reasons why we chose to err on the side of letting him race this weekend in Phoenix.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forde added, \u201cWhen I hit social media after this penalty is announced, my guess is that there\u2019s going to be several people who\u2019ll feel this is the wrong call, and it may not be the popular call. When we look at penalties, we do not really care how popular we are. We try to do the right thing here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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