Richard Childress Fumes and Calls Out NASCAR for Penalty Inconsistencies originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Austin Hill was running fourth in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race with 10 laps to go at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and had Aric Almirola right on his rear bumper going into Turn 3. Coming out of Turn 4, the No. 21 Xfinity Series car got sideways before the Richard Childress Racing driver skillfully saved it and had the Chevrolet going straight.
However, a split second later, Hill got into the right rear of the No. 19 car, which sent it for an immediate right turn and hard hit into the outside wall.
The CW broadcast analysts Jamie McMurray and Parker Kligerman agreed it was intentional. NASCAR thought so too and penalized the RCR pilot five laps for reckless driving.
Hill vehemently disagreed and voiced his displeasure with the decision “They can go [expletive] themselves,” the angry driver said on the team radio. “[Expletive] NASCAR. That is [expletive] [expletive].”
A short time later, the 79-year-old team owner chimed in with his thoughts.
“ It would be better off that I don’t say what I think because I would even be in bigger trouble,” Childress said. “But they didn’t do nothing to the No. 2 car when they wrecked Ty in the right rear and admitted it. 50 points. What’s the deal?”
Moments after @_AustinHill was penalized five laps for reckless driving and hooking @Aric_Almirola, Richard Childress called out @nascar for its penalty inconsistencies. pic.twitter.com/5qNee7nju9
— Kyle Dalton (@kdsportswriter) July 27, 2025
Childress was referring to an incident earlier in the year during the Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas when Austin Cindric retaliated by hooking Childress’ grandson Ty Dillon in the right rear after being moved up the track by the No. 10 car. NASCAR docked Cindric 50 points and fined him $50,000 several days later.
Interestingly, it’s the second time in a week the NASCAR Hall of Famer has been in the news for his radio remarks. Last Sunday and just moments after the checkered flag waved for the Cup race at Dover, Childress didn’t hold back the concerns he had with his organization’s performance.
”Gotta get some race cars,” he said on the No. 8 team radio. “We are in trouble. Period.”
Hill found himself in trouble on Saturday at Indy. The question is whether or not NASCAR’s penalty at the track was the final thing the sanctioning body has to say on the matter.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
