NASCAR has suspended Sam Mayer for Saturday’s Xfinity Collection season finale at Phoenix for wrecking Jeb Burton after final weekend’s race at Martinsville.
Elton Sawyer, NASCAR senior vice chairman of competitors, hinted Tuesday morning on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that the sanctioning physique’s response could possibly be extreme.
“Having (that) sort of incident after the checkered flag, it’s simply not one thing we’re going to tolerate,” Sawyer mentioned on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio’s “The Morning Drive.”
Haas Manufacturing unit Workforce mentioned in an announcement Tuesday: “Though we’re dissatisfied with the outcomes, Haas Manufacturing unit Workforce won’t attraction the penalty NASCAR issued to Sam Mayer and the No. 41 workforce following final weekend’s race at Martinsville Speedway.
“We stay centered on ending the season out robust at Phoenix Raceway and look ahead to contending for a win with Ryan Sieg on the wheel.”
A winless streak final season led to offseason strikes which have pushed Joe Gibbs’ group ahead.
Mayer was upset with Burton for triggering a crash that collected Mayer the earlier weekend at Talladega and likewise was upset with how Burton raced him Saturday evening at Martinsville.
“It’s a precept factor,” Mayer mentioned. “(Burton) is the worst individual to race round in all the storage. He has a status of being over his head each single week and this was a major instance of it. He simply can’t take no for a solution.
“A (playoff driver) racing for one thing large, moved him out of the way in which and went on and was quicker than him in the long run. As quickly as he received again to me, he gave it me and tried to wreck me three corners in a row. Thank God I’ve sufficient automotive management the place I can maintain on to it and never wreck. He has no respect for somebody racing for one thing that’s larger than he’s.”
The NASCAR Cup championship race will air Sunday on NBC and Peacock.
Burton was upset with Mayer after the race.
“He destroyed our automotive and wrecked us,” Burton mentioned after the race. “Hopefully NASCAR does one thing as a result of he actually right-reared me into the skin wall. I hate it for my guys to tear up a automotive.
“I race lots of people out right here with respect and I simply need it again. He ran over me for no cause, so I gave it again to him and he threw a mood tantrum. I’d love to speak to him however there wouldn’t be a lot speaking. … The way in which he acts, he’s a punk. I believe all people is aware of that.”
In NASCAR’s penalty report issued Tuesday, it additionally included the two-race suspensions to De’Quan Hampton and Marquill Osborne, pit crew members on Cody Ware’s workforce after a tire got here off Ware’s automotive on observe in final weekend’s Cup race at Martinsville. Their suspensions embody Sunday’s race at Phoenix and subsequent yr’s Conflict at Bowman Grey Stadium. They’ll be capable to return for subsequent yr’s Daytona 500.
