NASCAR penalized Team Penske’s Austin Cindric after an incident between him and Ty Dillon during the Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas. Although Cindric managed to avoid a suspension, he was fined $50,

NASCAR has penalized Austin Cindric 50 points and fined him $50,000 for intentionally spinning Ty Dillon in last weekend's Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas.

Austin Cindric’s retaliation against Ty Dillon resulted in a points penalty. NASCAR announced Wednesday that the Team Penske driver had been penalized 50 points and fined $50,000 after he turned Dillon on the front stretch in the opening laps of last weekend’s race at Circuit of the Americas.