TC Daily Pit Stop: NASCAR Will Suspend Drivers 'If We Have To' for Race Manipulation
TC Daily Pit Stop: Thursday, November 7th, 2024
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Sawyer: NASCAR Will Suspend Drivers “If We Have To” for Manipulating Races
On Tuesday evening, NASCAR dropped the hammer on three drivers and teams for their involvement in what the sanctioning body determined was the manipulation of the end of last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
While NASCAR handed out nine total suspensions (Team Executive, Crew Chief, and Spotter) between all three teams, and fined the teams and drivers collectively $600,000 ($100,000 for each driver and $100,000 for each team), as well as 50 driver and owner point deductions, the sanctioning body will look at making the penalty for in-race manipulation even stiffer going forward.
NASCAR penalized every piece of the team that had a hand in the race manipulation in some form or fashion, the sanctioning body opted to issue heavier penalties to the team executives, crew chiefs, and spotters than the drivers in this case.
“We plan this week to have meetings with all of our stakeholders to make our point very clear. Going forward, we will include drivers in this if we have to,” Sawyer explained. “This is something that is not going to be tolerated, and we’re not going to be dealing with this. And we’re going to be going to the racetracks, and giving our fans the best product that we possibly can on the racetrack. That is our goal.”
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