(Video) Austin Dillon has an epic response as Michigan Crowd welcomes him with chorus of boos at driver intros

The NASCAR fans at Richmond didn’t hesitate to show their frustration with Austin Dillon over controversial win at Richmond.


(Video) Austin Dillon has an epic response as Michigan Crowd welcomes him with chorus of boos at driver intros

Austin Dillon got booed at Michigan (Via IMAGO)

Austin Dillon is having one of the most dramatic and controversial time periods of his NASCAR career since his win at Richmond Raceway. He won the Cook Out 400 by wrecking race leaders Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin on the final corner. NASCAR punished him for his actions by stripping his automatic playoff entry and detecting points.

Majority of the NASCAR fans as well as the driver were in agreement that the No:3 chevy driver went beyond the limit of aggression and was calling for such unprecedented penalty for the driver. RCR has appealed the decision and has asked the sanctioning body to change the ruling and is waiting for the next-verdict.

The fans haven’t yet forgiven Austin Dillon and showed their frustration with him ahead of the Michigan race. During the drivers intro for the FireKeepers Casino 400, when the Chevy drivers name was announced the crowd started booing. Though it wasn’t the first time Dillon was getting booed, he has never experienced the one on the similar intensity level.

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But the two times Xfinity Series champion had the perfect response for the crowd. He blew a kiss to the crowd and potential got under the skins of some. This might have triggered Dillon journey into becoming a NASCAR heel, ironically such as the likes of Joey Logano or Denny Hamlin, who were the victims of his antics.

Joey Logano was welcomed with a massive applause

While Dillon got kind of a hostile reception, two times Cup champion Joey Logano received a lot of applauds on his drivers’ intros. The fans might have shown some sympathy towards the Team Penske driver who didn’t win at Richmond and was also made to pay $50,000 fine for pit-road incident.

Joey Logano
Joey Logano (Via IMAGO)

Joey Logano often doesn’t get the warm reception many drivers get on intros, for good reason as well. From the start of his career, Logano has never shied away from duels and over the years has rubbed feathers with the fan favorites. He has some of the most controversial wins of any driver in the grid, so boing fans is nothing new to him.

But unfortunately for Logano, this reception most probably won’t last long as the same set of fans will turn on him the moment, he gets into an incident with one of the fan-favorite. It would be interesting to see how long it will take that to happen.

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