The ROVAL race on Sunday witnessed a chaotic finish. However, with a whole bunch of things going on during the last 4 laps, what Cole Custer did cost him a huge deal. Recently NASCAR penalized Custer for his actions at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. But who knew that the first person to actually witness his deeds was Hendrick Motorsports crew chief, Cliff Daniels, and Kyle Larson?

NASCAR penalized Cole Custer under section 4.4C alleging that he manipulated the race results. While on the backstretch of the final laps, Cole Custer slowed down his car which led to Chase Briscoe gaining more points. As a result, Briscoe accumulated two more points than Kyle Larson and made it to the Round of 8 cutoffs.

After the race, NASCAR announced that they will be reviewing data and audio/video transmissions to assess the entire situation. And on Tuesday, they fined Cole Custer $100,000 and levied a 50 points penalty. Although the team will appeal the decision, the governing body said that the fine will not change the playoff field.

However, even before the situation came to light, Kyle Larson’s crew chief Cliff Daniels noticed it. According to a radio transmission recording posted on YouTube, Daniels can be heard telling Larson that Custer will do anything to mess up their position.

Since Chase Briscoe and Kyle Larson were already tied up, Custer’s actions were a tiebreaking deal at that moment. In the clip, Daniels said over his radio; “The goal of the #41 is just to mess us up the most that he possibly can. Just so everyone knows.” 

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Apart from the fines levied on Custer, NASCAR penalized Stewart-Haas Racing with 50 owner points. Moreover, their crew chief Michael Shiplett has to pay a fine of $100,00 and face an indefinite suspension.

Kyle Larson upset with himself after ROVAL

Kyle Larson failed to make it to the Round of 8 cutoffs this season. Upset by his performance, Larson admitted that he had made a lot of mistakes this season. Moreover, the 2021   champion said that his mistakes cost him and his team a chance to chase another championship.

Further, he said; “There is no other person to blame than myself for today. I feel like our team put ourselves in a position as well as we could on points today. We got as many stage points as we could and I think we were plus 27 or 28 at the time when I screwed up.”

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Apart from that, Larson said that he would focus on working on his craft. Furthermore, he said that he would try not to make so many mistakes and will come back stronger and smarter.