Hamlin thinks that if NASCAR removed Austin Dillon of his win in Sunday’s Cup race at Richmond that all other chauffeurs in the garage would concur that it was “required”.
Dillon damaged Joey Logano and Hamlin in the last 2 turns to declare success and a location in NASCAR’s end-of-season playoffs in Sunday night’s remarkable race.
Hamlin promoted over an hour on the topic on his Actions Detrimental podcast, entitled ‘Integrity of the Sport on the Line’ that dropped on Monday afternoon.
When asked if other motorists would concur if NASCAR removed Dillon of his win, he responded: “Yes, 100% of them would state that was called for.”
“I can’t think of any other motorist stating ‘well, yeah, the method he did it there to get in the playoffs, that was reasonable’. No one would state that was reasonable.
“We have these guidelines in every other series due to the fact that they understand you can not simply open it as much as enable these chauffeurs to do whatever it takes, crash somebody, harmed somebody– you can do whatever you desire. You can not enable that, not as the leading kind of motorsports.
“The approving body requirement to be huge kids and requires to make big-boy calls. You can’t simply not make contact outright, deliberate trashing.”
Enjoy: Austin Dillon takes the checkered flag after bumps for the lead
Hamlin exposed he had a “cordial discussion” with NASCAR post-race, together with group owners Joe Gibbs and his spouse Heather, Dave Alpern (group president) and team chief Chris Gabehart: “We set out how we felt about it. They stated, like constantly, they’ll have a look at it.”
NASCAR typically reports any charges from race weekends on the Tuesday after the occasion, enabling it times to review video camera angles, information and radio traffic.
Previously in the podcast, Hamlin got in touch with NASCAR to “punish him, like you’re expected to” and read out the guidelines relating the “organized conduct of the sport”. He explained that NASCAR’s deterrent system “is to keep us within criteria of not leaving control on the racetrack”.
When challenged on what sanction must be imposed at Dillon, he responded: “It’s up to them. There’s no financial, no points fine that does anything. You need to do something to state you can not purposefully crash somebody for a win.
‘That was not a racing relocation. It is outright and deliberate trashing that breaks the guidelines– times 2. If you appreciate stability of the sport, and you wish to see us taken seriously, it would be tough to avert. Stop it right now before it gets there.
“If we enable outright acts then you unlock for this to occur once again. You need to put the bumpers on us, due to the fact that plainly we’re not believing directly as chauffeurs, which is why we have guidelines in location to keep us within the road here.”
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