Austin Dillon reveals what Kyle Busch said to him when he leaned into the window after Richmond win

There weren’t many in the garage coming to congratulate Austin Dillon following his controversial victory in Sunday’s Cook Out 400 at Richmond.

Perhaps that had something to do with the manner in which he took the checkered flag, intentionally wrecking Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin on the final lap. But as Dillon made his way to Victory Lane, there happened to be one driver waiting to congratulate him.

It was Kyle Busch, his Richard Childress Racing teammate. Busch, though in the middle of his toughest Cup Series season to date, made sure to give Dillon his flowers for getting it done at Richmond, which Dillon greatly appreciated.

“He leaned down in the window and I said, ‘Man, that got wild.’ And he said, ‘It doesn’t matter, you won it either way. You were the best car, and you dominated,’ which meant a lot to me,” Dillon told Dale Earnhardt Jr. on his “Dale Jr. Download” podcast. “It means that we gotta do everything we can to help Kyle to get to Victory Lane to the playoff spot as well.

“Kyle is one of those people that you just gotta respect because of his commitment to winning at all costs just like all the great racecar drivers. He has had a frustrating season for his standards as well and we all feel that at RCR. We gotta get him to where he’s capable of running in the top-five and winning races each and every week. Hopefully, we can start that momentum now.”

Austin Dillon playoff bound after win at Richmond… for now

Now three days removed from the highly debated finish, the ball is in NASCAR‘s court. The sanctioning body will announce Wednesday any potential punishment for Dillon, as well as Logano, who revved his engine on pit road after the race near a crowd of people which included Dillon’s family.

A few scenarios have been tossed around, including allowing Dillon to keep the win but have his playoff spot revoked. We’ll see what NASCAR decides to do, but the general consensus around the garage is that Dillon crossed the line.

“In a major sport because we like to put ourselves in an upper echelon of sports in the world, you have officiating for a reason,” Hamlin said on Monday’s “Actions Detrimental” podcast. “I just don’t know why we’ve allowed it to get this bad over time. And I believe you have a responsibility as a sanctioning body to set an example not only for your competitors but the people coming through the ranks to say, ‘This is how we professionally race. This is how racing goes.’

“… Let me ask a question: If this is not over the line, then what is over the line? … He did not try to make a corner. He just drove until he wrecked him [Logano]. Kept going until he wrecked him.”