Regarding Saturday night’s post-race at Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR will not issue penalties to either Ryan Blaney nor Carson Hocevar. Further review is being conducted to determine penalties to any crew members involved in the incident, and if necessary, any penalties will be announced later this week.
Today, NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell appeared as a guest on Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX (Timestamp: 1:30). Regarding the incident and decision, O’Donnell said the following: “If drivers are going to handle their own business, the way we looked at that, how it played out, we’re not going to encourage fighting, but what we are going to encourage is passion, right? And those are two guys — Blaney’s showing his passion, showing his fire. So no, there’s nothing coming from us in terms of [penalties]. We’ll obviously watch what happens the rest of the way, but nothing in terms of post-race penalties.”
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