NASCAR Cup driver Austin Cindric wanted to discuss with Kyle Larson an incident that occurred with two laps remaining in Sunday’s Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta. Cindric and Larson were dueling for the lead when Larson carried Cindric high and into the wall.
Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, beating Kyle Larson and Carson Hocevar in overtime after the caution came out on the final lap. The race was sent into overtime after Austin Cindric and William Byron tangled on the backstretch with four laps to go.
NASCAR took away 50 points from Austin Cindric and fined him $50K for intentionally spinning Ty Dillon in the Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas.
Ty Dillon's frustrations were evident this weekend after a dramatic crash at the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, which saw an early confrontation between Dillon and fellow driver Austin Cindric.
Austin Cindric intentionally keeps a very limited supply of his fellow Cup drivers’ phone numbers, but he needed some digits Sunday after crashing out at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kyle Larson’s, of course.
Austin Cindric spun and took out two-time Daytona 500 winner William Byron late in Sunday's NASCAR Atlanta race.
Cindric was found in violation of Section 4.4 B and D of the NASCAR Member Code of Conduct Penalty Options and Guidelines. He now drops from 11th to 34th in the championship standings as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Phoenix Raceway for the fourth race of the 2025 calendar.
NASCAR penalized Austin Cindric for hooking Ty Dillon at the COTA race but did not suspend the veteran driver. When the penalty was announced, NASCAR explained why Cindric was not suspended.