NASCAR fans were left fuming after the news of Hendrick Motorsport driver William Byron’s penalty points being revoked for an additional fine amount surfaced. NASCAR journalist Jeff Gluck tweeted about the decision taken by NASCAR.
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Gluck stated, “Appeals Panel: William Byron gets his 25 points restored but his $50,000 fine is increased to $100,000. Pretty sure he’d take that a million times over though. Another NASCAR ruling essentially overturned.“
Appeals Panel: William Byron gets his 25 points restored but his $50,000 fine is increased to $100,000. Pretty sure he'd take that a million times over though. Another NASCAR ruling essentially overturned.
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) October 6, 2022
Byron had spun out Denny Hamlin at Texas Motorspeedway while under the caution flag. Soon he was awarded a penalty that would see him lose 25 points and also a fine of $50,000. At first, there was speculation amongst fans that his actions were so deliberate that there would be no way out of an appeal for what happened on the track. However, fans were soon met with a surprise, after Hendrick and Byron cut a deal with NASCAR to keep his points tally intact and instead just pay double the fine at $100,000.
Fans lash out at Hendrick Motorsports after William Byron cuts a deal with NASCAR
Fans were left unhappy following NASCAR’s decision to revoke his points penalties and they soon called out Rick Hendrick for basically offering a bribe.
Fans mostly called it to be an outright bribe and stated that they were trading the points duck decision for money.
Nonsense. Basically a bribe, trading money for points
— ⚜️Andrew⚜️ (@agarret83) October 6, 2022
Are you kidding me…. what a surprise a Hendrick won an appeal. I bet you the judge had a chase shirt on
— AnNndrew (@Acandy121) October 6, 2022
What's the difference between that and a bribe?
NOTHING So lets call it what it is.— Ron (@58BigRon) October 6, 2022
Total lack of backbone. This is really unfortunate for the sport.
— David Jones (@dav1dtj0n35) October 6, 2022
Mr H always gets his way. The media never find’s that strange but can’t believe they would pick on Harvick because they asked and I Quote, they said they wouldn’t do that.😂
— Everett Lee (@eglennlee) October 6, 2022
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What a joke. Mr H runs the sport. He gets what he wants
— Willy Lee (@williefroman) October 6, 2022
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Things like these not only upset the fans of the sport but also send a clear message that the competition is unfair. There will always be that one team that’d be in the favorable books of the organization. NASCAR is not the only sport to see this, at one point even Formula one saw this kind of favoritism for only a few teams. At the end of the day, not punishing Byron for his disgraceful actions, will only create the dialogue that the sport is unfair.
What is your take on this? Do you think NASCAR buckled under Rick Hendrick’s pressure?
