Before today’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, Kevin Harvick weighed in on the Austin Cindric penalty from COTA. Cindric right rear hooked Ty Dillon and many in NASCAR think the Team Penske drive got off easy.

This past week was a big one on the NASCAR Cup Series penalty front. Chase Briscoe won his appeal and regained his points for a post-race penalty received at Daytona. Conversely, Austin Cindric was docked 50 points and fined $50,000 for hooking Ty Dillon at Circuit of the Americas.

Ahead of the Shriners Children’s 500, Kevin Harvick became the latest entity to weigh in on the Austin Cindric penalty fiasco. During the pre-race show on Fox Sports, Harvick lashed out at NASCAR for practicing leniency with their penalty and claimed that a race suspension should also have been handed to the No.

Austin Cindric is short 50 points and $50,000 lighter in his wallet thanks to his retaliation against Ty Dillon. Cindric right rear hooked Dillon on the track at COTA.

A midweek twist on penalties -- one issued and one overturned -- have Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric on opposite ends of the Cup standings.

Daytona Beach, Florida, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Cindric (2 ... for the #2 Ford Mustang Dark Horse team. Following the session, Cindric addressed the situation, saying, “We are ...