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UPDATE: NASCAR has said that upon further review, there will be no penalties for any individuals involved\u00a0<\/p>\n
NASCAR announced on Monday afternoon that there would be no penalties issued to drivers Ryan Blaney or Carson Hocevar regarding their fight on Saturday night in the aftermath of the Bristol Night Race. \u00a0<\/p>\n
With that said, the Sanctioning Body will review the footage to determine if any crew members involved in the fracas will need to be penalized.<\/p>\n
NASCAR CEO Steve O\u2019Donnell detailed that decision in an appearance with 2014 Cup Series champion and NASCAR on FOX analyst Kevin Harvick\u2019s Happy Hour show.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf drivers are going to handle their own business, the way we looked at that, how it played out, we\u2019re not going to encourage fighting, but what we are going to encourage is passion, right,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said. \u201cAnd those are two guys — Blaney\u2019s showing his passion, showing his fire. So no, there\u2019s nothing coming from us in terms of [penalties]. We\u2019ll obviously watch what happens the rest of the way, but nothing in terms of post-race penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n
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O\u2019Donnell said a physical altercation between drivers is preferable to actions taken on the race track.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t use your car as a weapon so to speak, right,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said. \u201cWe know, Brad Keselowski and the incident at Talladega with Carl Edwards, those types of things. We don\u2019t want to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell also doesn\u2019t want to see crew members, especially over-the-wall athletes with their NCAA and NFL backgrounds, interjecting themselves into a driver conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose guys are coming out of D1 football,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said. \u00a0<\/p>\n