“That’s asking a bit too much”: Richard Petty deplores Austin Dillon dumping Joey Logano & Denny Hamlin at Richmond

NASCAR legend Richard Petty recently expressed his disapproval of RCR's Austin Dillion, who secured a win in the Cook Out 400 by making a controversial double-contact move on Cup Series drivers Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin.

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Richard Petty competed from 1958-1992 and amassed over 200 race wins during his time. Known for piloting #43 Plymouth for Petty Enterprises, Richard Petty was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010 and also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992.

In the final stretch of the last overtime lap, Dillon, running in second place, made contact with Logano’s rear bumper, sending the #22 car spinning into the wall. As Hamlin, who was in third, attempted to overtake both drivers, Dillon clipped his right rear, disrupting Hamlin’s balance just before the finish line.

Richard "The King" Petty did not approve of the multi-wreck maneuver by the #3 driver. In a recent post on X(formerly Twitter), Petty said:

"That #3 car went into that corner, if he hadn't have hit the #22(Logano) car, he would have hit the wall. I'm okay with a bump-and-go deal, where you hit somebody and get them out of the groove and then you go by them, but when you just intentionally run somebody over, that's asking a little bit too much," he said.

However, Richard Petty appreciated the #3 car for putting in a strong performance despite the controversy in the final lap.

"It really wound up by the last time they stopped I guess, the cars that were supposed to be up front, was up front. The #3 car stayed up front all day long, nobody mentioned it," the 87-year-old added.

The win at Richmond marked Dillon's fifth career win in the Cup Series. He was in P32 before the Cook Out 400 and has now leaped his way into the 2024 playoffs.

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"He was desperate" - Richard Petty answers a fan's query amid Richmond controversy

Richard Petty believes that Austin Dillon made a desperate move to take the win at Richmond on Sunday. Dillon, who hadn't won a Cup race in his last 49 appearances, broke his streak at the cost of Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano.

A fan asked Petty his thoughts on the incident that took place under the only caution flag in the Cook Out 400, to which he responded:

"He's getting desperate, I guess. He should have won the race, he had a good enough car, he ran up front all day... and he was gonna be the winner. And then they had that caution and that confused everything. If nothing else, he got desperate. He just drove that thing... caught up three or four car lengths going in a corner."