{"id":31204,"date":"2025-03-07T18:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T23:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=31204"},"modified":"2025-03-07T18:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T23:10:53","slug":"what-gives-nascar-austin-cindric-not-suspended-for-right-hooking-ty-dillon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/03\/07\/what-gives-nascar-austin-cindric-not-suspended-for-right-hooking-ty-dillon\/","title":{"rendered":"What Gives NASCAR? Austin Cindric Not Suspended for Right Hooking Ty Dillon"},"content":{"rendered":"

As fans of NASCAR, there aren’t many things we can understand. But something pretty clear sometimes is the fact that NASCAR doesn’t always treat all drivers the same. That was no different after last weekend’s race at Circuit of the Americas<\/a>. It’s now the second time Austin Cindric has avoided a suspension for right-hooking a driver on the race track.<\/p>\n

The sport started precedence when they suspended both Bubba Wallace in 2022 for right-hooking Kyle Larson at Las Vegas and then doing the same to Chase Elliott at Charlotte after he right-hooked Denny Hamlin. Cindric has now done the same thing twice to each of the Dillon brothers. I’m not saying his was as bad as Wallace and Elliott’s, but the sport made precedence, so why not keep up with it?<\/p>\n

What Gives NASCAR? Austin Cindric Not Suspended for Right Hooking Ty Dillon<\/h2>\n

I might get some flack, but I think I know why he wasn’t suspended. He drives for Roger Penske, and they seem to get free reign on the racetrack. Not putting any fingers, but teammate Joey Logano does some not-so-smart things on the race track and is never called out for it. Again, what Cindric did wasn’t as egregious, but what I’m trying to say is, can we stick with the precedent?<\/p>\n

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Here is a look at the contact between Ty Dillon and Austin Cindric: pic.twitter.com\/XE88skUcHZ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Frontstretch (@Frontstretch) March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n