Austin Dillon Probably Not Fast Enough To Deliver Another Cheap Shot
4 months agoAfter Richard Childress's appeal of Austin Dillon's rough driving penalty at Richmond was denied, Dillon is once again in a must-win situation for the playoffs. He already proved twice on drafting tracks even before Richmond that he would wreck anyone for a playoff spot, wrecking Aric Almirola in the 2018 Daytona 500 and Austin Cindric at this event in 2022; he wouldn't have made the playoffs in either year without those wrecks. While he has certainly run a little better since Justin Alexander's return, he has still led only one race this year and it wasn't a drafting race. Even after Alexander's return, it seems likely that Dillon won't even have the speed to put himself in a position to cause another wreck for the win. Hopefully, NASCAR's penalty served as enough of a deterrent to keep him from trying his patented cheap shot again.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference