Danica Patrick’s act of revenge against David Gilliland Sunday at Martinsville Speedway will cost her $50,000 and 25 points, NASCAR announced Tuesday.
Danica Patrick fined, docked points for ‘behavioral penalty’
Patrick is being penalized for intentionally crashing into another driver at Martinsville.
Upset with Gilliland for pushing her into the wall on Lap 158, Patrick later sought out and pushed Gilliland up the track, which caused her to spinout and prompted NASCAR to display the yellow flag.
Under the subsequent caution, Patrick then sped up to rundown Gilliland, where she preceded to rear-end him and severely damaged the nose of her No. 10 car. Patrick immediately drove to the garage and did not return to the track.
Before their final encounter, Patrick said several times over her radio that she would retaliate. At one juncture Gilliland, driving a special paint scheme, passed Patrick unbeknownst prompting her to say, “Damn it, I was meaning to take him out. I’ll have to next time.”
NASCAR deemed Patrick’s infraction a “behavioral penalty.”
Patrick finished 40th, Gilliland placed 24th. Due to the penalty Patrick dropped from 23rd in points to 27th overall.
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