Austin Cindric's $50K penalty has become a hot topic in NASCAR's ongoing debate over regulations, now drawing reactions from Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin.

Ahead of the Shriners Children’s 500 in Phoenix, Denny Hamlin has become the latest driver to speak out against NASCAR’s penalty on Austin Cindric. While he acknowledges that the outcome of each incident can vary,

A big topic of discussion this week in the NASCAR garage is Austin Cindric and his penalty. Even Denny Hamlin is talking. There are a lot of mixed feelings about the right rear hook not resulting in a one-week suspension.

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.

Ty Dillon is glad NASCAR penalized Austin Cindric for turning him last weekend at Circuit of the Americas, but was surprised that Cindric was not suspended. Dillon wasn’t the only driver surprised by NASCAR’s penalty to Cindric.

Kevin Harvick said during Sunday's prerace show that NASCAR should have suspended Austin Cindric following last week's race at COTA.