While NASCAR took no immediate action against Austin Dillon following his controversial Cup win Sunday night at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, it does plan to review the actions of those involved in the last lap incident.
Dillon lost the lead to Joey Logano on the restart to overtime but as the two raced into Turn 3 on the final lap, Dillon drove hard into the corner and into the back of Logano, sending him into the wall. Moments later, as Denny Hamlin raced up on the inside of Dillon, Hamlin got turned across the nose of Dillon’s car and also hit the wall. The caution was displayed for the wreck and Dillon crossed the finish line first.
’s senior vice president of competition, Elton Sawyer, said the sanctioning body would still review Dillon’s actions as well as those by Logano, who pulled into Dillon’s team’s pit stall after the race and spun his tires with a crowd of people around. “I thought the last lap, that’s something that, you know, our sport has been a contact sport for a long time,” Sawyer said.
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