Overview
- After the checkered flag, Mayer turned into Burton’s right-rear and sent the No. 27 into the outside wall, escalating contact that began earlier in the race.
- NASCAR has flagged the incident for review, with potential fines or a suspension possible given the sport’s strict stance on right-rear hooks and post-race retaliation.
- Mayer blasted Burton in interviews, saying he lacked the “it factor,” while expressing regret only for destroying Jordan Anderson Racing equipment after competition ended.
- Burton called Mayer’s move childish, said his car was “destroyed,” and noted that Anderson confronted Mayer in the garage as the team urged NASCAR to act.
- Mayer finished seventh and missed the Championship 4 by eight points, and both drivers tied the tension back to a Talladega crash that hurt Mayer’s playoff bid; no penalties had been announced by Sunday.