Ty Dillon is glad NASCAR penalized Austin Cindric for turning him last weekend at Circuit of the Americas, but was surprised that Cindric was not suspended. Dillon wasn’t the only driver surprised by NASCAR’s penalty to Cindric.

Joe Gibbs Racing veteran Denny Hamlin speaks in support of the verdict that NASCAR provided against Austin Cindric in COTA.

NASCAR has penalized Austin Cindric 50 points and fined him $50,000 for intentionally spinning Ty Dillon in last weekend’s Cup race at Circuit of the Americas. After Dillon moved Cindric up the track early in the race, Cindric quickly retaliated and hooked Dillon in the right rear, spinning Dillon.

Austin Cindric's $50K penalty has become a hot topic in NASCAR's ongoing debate over regulations, now drawing reactions from Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin.

This past week was a big one on the NASCAR Cup Series penalty front. Chase Briscoe won his appeal and regained his points for a post-race penalty received at Daytona. Conversely, Austin Cindric was docked 50 points and fined $50,000 for hooking Ty Dillon at Circuit of the Americas.

Kevin Harvick has made some surprising quotes while calling for a former Daytona 500 winner to be suspended after an incident last week

Kevin Harvick has targeted NASCAR for the nature of the penalty handed to Austin Cindric for rear hooking Ty Dillon 's car at COTA.

NASCAR courted further controversy by arguing that, since the incident took place on a road course at relatively low speeds, a suspension was not necessary. Harvick was not buying