“NASCAR Has Just Established the Value of Your Life” – Kyle Busch’s Potential Replacement Ty Gibbs’ $75,000 Fine Branded Meagre By Fans

At the Texas Motor Speedway, Ty Gibbs once again found himself in the bad books of many fans. This time, he had just come out of his pit box, alongside Ty Dillon. For some inexplicable reason, Gibbs swerved and drove into the Petty GMS Racing driver. What made the situation even worse was that his actions almost caused a collision with other crewmen and officials.

As a result, NASCAR slapped a $75,000 fine against the #23 driver. However, not many fans were happy with the punishment’s severity. People called out the sport for trivialising the lives of pit crew and officials. Some even cited the example of the Xfinity Series, where the fines for colliding with crew members was $15,000.

The general consensus is that people are mad that the sport is prioritising part modification over driver and personnel safety. After all, there have been several complaints from drivers about their safety in the car. In this same race, Cody Ware endured a pretty frightening accident, not to mention Kurt Busch, who was injured much earlier.

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What else did fans say about the Ty Gibbs incident?

Some people even brought up Formula One, which sometimes witnessed unsafe releases in the pit lane. As it turns out, unsafe releases also result in fines, but they are far less than NASCAR’s fines. However, there was a counter-argument to that, where the unsafe releases are largely accidental. Gibbs’ antics were clearly deliberate, and at the end of the day, driver intent matters a lot.

Some people noted that the fine that Gibbs will have to pay, is more than what the officials are paid. Whether that is actually true, is up for debate, but what isn’t up for debate is that the stunt was dangerous. It was only thanks to the quick reflexes of Ty Dillon that nobody got hurt. This was because, his #42 car came dangerously close to ramming people on pit road.

People even pointed out that this was not the first time Gibbs had done something questionable. To be exact, they brought up his little bust up with Sam Mayer, which is likely going to act as a Damocles sword over him. In fact, they said that if this incident had been the first offense, he would have been fined $25,000 at worst.

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