NASCAR reveals reason for fining Ty Majeski over voting absence
The appeals decision has come down for Ty Majeski’s $12,500 fine for missing production day for the NASCAR Playoffs. All of it could have been avoided if there was proper communication.
NASCAR has indicated, and reminded people today, that they were not informed that Ty Majeski wouldn’t make production day. While the driver has a habit of going home to Wisconsin to vote in person, none of that was relayed to officials.
Drivers and teams have media obligations. There is a reason for it, too. Majeski went on to win the Craftsman Truck Series championship and NASCAR had no production day material to use of the ThorSport driver.
That’s unacceptable. It is also unacceptable for a professional athlete and organization to not have communication with their sanctioning body. All it takes is an email or phone call. Instead, Majeski was fined $12,500.
At this time, we do not know if there will be another appeal made. Teams can make a follow-up appeal to the final appeals officer. However, those appeals rarely have success and being so far into the offseason, I am not sure it would make a lot of sense to dwell on this.
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Ty Majeski has his championship. That fine will be a distant memory soon enough.
Ty Majeski fine upheld by appeals panel
The ThorSport driver was hit with the fine despite his excuse. Missing out on a media obligation is a big no-no, but Majeski felt he had a good excuse. Since being fined, Majeski has won the Truck Series championship, the Bill Bigley Memorial, and finished P3 in the Snowball Derby.
He has more than made up for that $12,500. But that is still a hefty fine.
NASCAR released the results of the appeal this afternoon: “Driver failed to meet contractual agreement with NASCAR. One of the most, if not most, important media obligation of the entire season,” the panel said of the incident.
By missing the production day for the NASCAR Championship 4, Ty Majeski put his team and officials in a tough position. This is a bit of old news, but the appeal decision took a long time to come down. Now we can finally put the 2024 season behind us once and for all.