Asked on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio’s ‘The Morning Drive about NASCAR’s perspective of the Denny Hamlin-Chase Elliott incident during the final laps of the race at Martinsville, Steve O’Donnell, the sanctioning body’s chief racing development officer, said: ‘Certainly, what Chase was able to do in an attempt to win his first race there, I think you saw by the fans how much he has a fan base and how much everyone wants to see him win. Denny, I think, did in his mind what he needed to do and probably went too far. We did not make a call there. That race stands. We’re not in the business of calling an in-race penalty postrace. That was good hard racing, for the most part, all day at Martinsville.(NBC Sports)[Read More Here]
