‘Where’s Denny’s penalty,’ NASCAR Twitter divided over William Byron’s severe penalty for a clash with Hamlin
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NASCAR has announced a severe penalty for William Byron. The Hendrick Motorsports younger will be docked 25 championship points and will have to pay a $50,000 fine. He was reprimanded for intentionally spinning Denny Hamlin under caution.
Byron’s actions were part of his reprisal for a move made on him earlier in the race by the JGR veteran. Byron admitted at his post-race interview, he intentionally spun the latter. He said, “I was just trying to give him a light tap there. Nothing malicious. You see it all the time,”.
Denny Hamlin and fellow NASCAR driver called out NASCAR for HMS bias following its inability to penalize Byron. Denny Hamlin even suggested that “If you’re going to allow it, then I’m just going to try to get all my teammates to take out all the competition under caution,”.
NASCAR was forced to take action against Byron after the heavy backlash as former cup champion Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and many more joined Hamlin in calling out NASCAR. The severe penalty was given for NASCAR to regain its credibility.
NASCAR Twitter’s reaction to William Byron’s penalty
NASCAR Twitter had a mixed reaction to the penalty that was issued to William Byron. Some argued that the penalty was not severe enough. Some fans praised NASCAR for standing up against HMS while some fans criticized it for biased decisions against HMS.
There were also calls from fans to penalize Denny Hamlin who also tried to spin Byron after the clash. They pointed out that Denny Hamlin has been walking away with such action for a long time in NASCAR. They also criticized the amount of time NASCAR has taken to issue the penalty.
Do you think Denny Hamlin should receive a penalty as well?
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