Overview
- After the checkered flag in Turn 1, Sam Mayer appeared to hook Jeb Burton into the wall, prompting a formal review for potential penalties.
- The incident capped a race-long dispute that began when Mayer moved Burton on an early restart, an exchange layered over lingering frustration from Talladega.
- Burton finished sixth and Mayer seventh, with both cars sustaining damage in the post-race contact.
- Mayer defended his actions and blasted Burton’s racecraft, while Burton labeled Mayer’s move childish and predicted trouble from officials.
- Team owner Jordan Anderson confronted Mayer in the garage about the torn-up No. 27, saying he wants NASCAR to address the post-race wreck.