Austin Dillon's last-lap incident involving Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin will cost him the automatic Cup playoff spot that comes with a win.
In a stunning move,
will not strip Dillon of the win, but it won't allow him to use the win for an automatic playoff berth. Dillon was also docked 25 points in the standings and his spotter, Brandon Benesch, was suspended for three races. as determined in the sole discretion of 's appeals panel would be made before the regular-season finale Sept. 1 at Darlington. 'Richard Childress Racing is very disappointed in
in the appeals process, said the totality of Dillon’s move from Turn 3 to the finish resulted in the penalty. 'The No. 1 thing is that we want to make sure that we are protecting the integrity of our playoffs as well as our championship when we get to Phoenix,' Sawyer said.
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