NASCAR POLL: Was Austin Dillon’s ‘winning move’ OK or closer to what Joey Logano said?

One of two things happened Sunday night at Richmond during NASCAR’s return after a two-week break for the Olympics.

Option A: Desperately needing a win to make the playoffs next month, Austin Dillon played hard-ball and did what was necessary to win the Cook Out 400.

Option B: It was pure chicken$#!%, to use Joey Logano’s word for Dillon’s “winning move.”

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Working into the final corner of the final lap, Dillon was running second to Logano on the second lap of a green-white-checkers overtime finish. Dillon was likely frustrated because he appeared to have the race won before the late caution came out to force the two-lap dash.

But it was Dillon’s long winless drought and a dangling playoff opportunity, not frustration (we assume), that led him to dive-bomb Logano’s rear bumper entering Turn 3, sending Joey into a spin. That allowed Denny Hamlin to clear both cars and come off Turn 4 heading for home.

But Dillon veered left and clipped Hamlin, sending Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota into a spin and allowing Dillon to gallop his No. 3 Chevy to the stripe for victory. It was a 1-2 punch that might’ve made a former driver of the No. 3 Chevy proud.

There’s really no gray area here, so let’s vote.

Was Dillon’s dive-bomb of Logano and clipping of Hamlin proper, given what was at stake?

Or should Dillon’s win be taken away since it was so blatant and, frankly, he admitted as much afterward?

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR Poll | Austin Dillon a hack or hero? Joey Logano has an idea