Ryan Preece Penalized for Wrecking Ty Gibbs
NASCAR docked Ryan Preece 25 points and fined him $50,000 after ruling he intentionally wrecked Ty Gibbs at Texas.
Ryan Preece took a major NASCAR penalty after officials ruled he intentionally wrecked Ty Gibbs at Texas Motor Speedway, turning a retaliation flashpoint into a real competitive hit. NASCAR docked Preece 25 points and fined him $50,000, giving the incident weight beyond the usual post-race anger. The ruling landed harder because Preece did not run from the intent.
That candor made the discipline cleaner for NASCAR: this was not framed as a racing accident, a misread corner, or vague contact in traffic. Officials treated it as payback driving, and the punishment followed that line. The points deduction matters.
