As tends to happen during the hot summer run to the Playoffs, patience wanes and on-track incidents heat up between drivers. That’s been the case for Trackhouse Racing’s Shane Van Gisbergen and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill, who have been in some recent high-profile dust-ups over the last three years and more recently at San Diego in June and last week at Chicagoland.
The two drivers were called to a pre-qualifying meeting with NASCAR Cup Series officials Saturday afternoon in the EchoPark Speedway garage. The hope from NASCAR was a reminder of proper racing decorum after the pair’s in-race run-ins.
Hill emerged from the NASCAR officials hauler and told reporters afterward that he hoped the on-track tete-e-tete was settled between them.
Van Gisbergen – who noted it was his “first time” being called into the hauler for a discussion – did not stop to chat with reporters when he exited the meeting but later explained during his scheduled media availability that bad blood may still remain.
“One person was contrite and the other was not,” Van Gisbergen said, implying Hill was still charged up about the situation, adding, “One person was more remorseful than the other.”
“I want to move on but he’s not at that point,” Van Gisbergen said.
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