NASCAR plans to talk with Corey LaJoie but will not penalize him for his contact with Kyle Busch during last weekend’s Cup race at Pocono Raceway.
Elton Sawyer, NASCAR senior vice president of competition, said Tuesday that series officials viewed the contact as a racing incident.
“We’re in-race,” Sawyer said when asked by NBC Sports if LaJoie would be penalized. “We’re in competition. We got two guys racing hard.
“You listen to the in-car audio on (LaJoie’s radio), you don’t hear anything from the driver. There’s some comments made by the crew chief and spotter, neither one of them is driving the car. … So didn’t hear anything from (the driver). Plan to have a conversation with Corey just to make sure he’s in a good place there. But yeah, that one, we let the guys race.”
— NBC Sports —