CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR suspended Chase Elliott for one race on Tuesday, at some point after the five-time Most In style Driver and former Cup champion intentionally wrecked Denny Hamlin within the Coca-Cola 600.

Hendrick Motorsports stated in an announcement it won’t attraction the suspension and Corey LaJoie will substitute Elliott within the No. 9 Chevrolet this weekend at Gateway, exterior of St. Louis.

“We perceive NASCAR’s want to keep up consistency in its officiating,” Hendrick Motorsports stated in an announcement.

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Elliott denied intentionally crashing Hamlin with a harmful left hook into Hamlin’s automobile through the rain-rescheduled race Monday night time at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Hamlin countered with simulated knowledge he posted on social media after the crash, then double-downed on requires Elliott to be suspended on his Tuesday podcast.

Hamlin owns the automobile pushed by Bubba Wallace, who was suspended one race final yr for intentionally hooking Kyle Larson in a race in Las Vegas. The transfer is taken into account some of the harmful in NASCAR.

NASCAR cited Sections 4.3.A and 4.4.C & D of the NASCAR Member Code of Conduct specified by the NASCAR Rule E book in Elliott’s suspension.

Part 4.3.A cites NASCAR member conduct and states “right and correct conduct, each on and off the racetrack, is a part of a member’s obligations.” Part 4.4.C lists “eradicating one other competitor from championship competition in a harmful method when not racing for place based mostly on the out there proof and particular circumstances of the incident” as certainly one of two actions that might end in a penalty, together with race suspensions.

Listed for instance within the rule e-book is “clearly forcing one other competitor into the wall in an abrupt and unambiguous method,” whereas Part 4.4.D lists “actions by a NASCAR member that NASCAR finds to be detrimental to inventory automobile racing or NASCAR” as an motion that might end in a superb and/or indefinite suspension.