Two weeks ago, Austin Dillon dazzled his fans. He won the Cook Out 400 race, defending his 2024 victory, which was wrapped in controversy due to a late-race bump-and-run. Dillon won legitimately this time, leading 107 of 400 laps. He also pushed through the tough laps on the 0.75-mile short track with a broken right rib that has bothered him for three weeks. Despite working hard to prove his mettle, Dillon’s win is overshadowed by NASCAR’s playoff system, which Shane van Gisbergen also faces.

Dillon is competing alongside SVG in the 2025 playoffs, with the latter having won 4 races this season. However, SVG has also faced repeated criticism for being dominant just on road courses, as all five of his top tens came on these tracks. Nevertheless, his old colleagues found fault with the syste

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