Austin Cindric’s retaliation against Ty Dillon resulted in a points penalty. NASCAR announced Wednesday that the Team Penske driver had been penalized 50 points and fined $50,000 after he turned Dillon on the front stretch in the opening laps of last weekend’s race at Circuit of the Americas.

Austin Dillon and Denny Hamlin were battling for 20th place at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday when the No. 11 car unexpectedly slammed into the driver’s side of the No. 3 car and sent it off into the gravel,

Brad Moran, Managing Director of the NASCAR Cup Series, says the sanctioning body will be looking at the early-race incident between Austin Cindric and Ty Dillon to see if any penalties are necessary.

Cindric retaliated with a right-rear hook on Dillon, which led to Dillon's car spinning wildly. To Dillon and his team, this driving appeared deliberate. Surprisingly, NASCAR officials decided not to penalize Cindric during the race, although there's a chance they might review it in the coming week.

Austin Dillon expressed his disappointment with his response to a NASCAR social media post about his collision with Denny Hamlin.

Austin Cindric was fined $50,000 and docked 50 championship points after an incident with Ty Dillon in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas last weekend, NASCAR revealed March 5 in its penalty report.

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