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Austin Dillon did what he needed to win on Sunday to earn a playoff berth, however some folks suppose he went too far.
On the finish of Sunday’s Cookout 400 in Richmond, Dillon gained the race after wrecking into Joey Logan and Denny Hamlin on the ultimate lap.
Video proof of Dillon’s group telling him to “wreck him” on the radio went viral on social media.
Austin Dillon’s group radio had stated “I do not care the way you do it” earlier than he hit Joey Logano after which “Wreck him! Wreck him!” earlier than Denny Hamlin.
“Pop Pop is pleased with you,” Richard Childress then stated on the radio.
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) August 12, 2024
I assume the precedent has been set that deliberately wrecking a number of drivers, together with the forbidden proper hook whereas your spotter yells “WRECK HIM” is now authorized pic.twitter.com/fibMSAy2Rs
— Ryan Pistana (@ryanpistana) August 12, 2024
Richard Childress denies listening to his spotter say “wreck him” through the race however later conceded that the “spotter did job.”
Richard Childress came to visit to me after the press convention and stated he did not hear it in actual time if it was stated.
I performed the recording for him.
He echoed the sentiment that ‘nicely, if he did, spotter did job as a result of it gained him the race.”
— Matt Weaver (@MattWeaverRA) August 12, 2024
Replace: Dillon claims he didn’t hear the spotter yell “wreck him” and was busy doing what he needed to do to win the race.
Austin Dillon says he did not hear ‘wreck him’ or something over the radio as a result of he noticed purple and all he may see was purple and doing no matter it took to get to the road first pic.twitter.com/PG1dPIxZ9W
— Matt Weaver (@MattWeaverRA) August 12, 2024
