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NASCAR suspends Austin Hill; playoff implications

NASCAR has suspended Austin Hill for the next NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday for crashing Aric Almirola over the weekend during the Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The penalty cuts deeper than just the race missed as new NASCAR regulations established at the start of the season will strip a driver of all playoff points earned during the regular season unless missing a race is for a pre-approved reason.

An example of the latter is Denny Hamlin missing the Mexico City Cup Series race for the birth of his son. A suspension does not carry such an exception. Prior to the suspension, Hill (21) trailed only Connor Zilisch (29) and Justin Allgaier (22) in playoff points meaning he wil

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