Anthony Alfredo was fined and given points for the destruction of Stefan Parsons

NASCAR issued a penalty Anthony Alfredo come from Saturday's Xfinity Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway.

Alfredo was fined $25,000 and 25 driver points for violating Section 4.4.B of the NASCAR Rules. Despite the penalty, he remains 15th in the final 2024 Xfinity Series standings.

The incident in question occurred on lap 63 at Phoenix, when Stephen Parsons And Anthony Alfredo The first contact occurred in turn 4. This contact caused Alfredo's No. 5 car to strike the outer retaining wall.

Then, in the dogleg section of the 1-mile oval, Alfredo Parsons spun with a right back hook, sending Parsons into the wall.

The day ended disappointingly for Anthony Alfredo as he was unable to finish the race after a flat tire catapulted him into the wall on lap 156. He finished the day in 36th place.

Should NASCAR change playoff format?

While Anthony Alfredo was involved in some drama in the Xfinity Series Championship Race, there was remarkably little drama in the Cup Series finale.

Joey Logano wasn't the best in the regular season. But he won three of the last ten races of the season, making him the second most races of the year. He had four wins, five if you count the All-Star race.

Jeff luck from The athlete wasn't that excited after the race Sunday. In fact, it essentially meant DOOM for NASCAR if the playoff format is not set To The demolition.

“I think if you don’t change something, I think it’s going to affect everyone again,” Gluck said. “I think the majority, okay, maybe you're right, maybe I'm just too caught up in the social media world. But the people I hear from, the people I talk to, don't like the champion being decided that way. That's all I can say further.

“I don't have people saying, 'That's great, what are you talking about, you're an idiot, stop it, shut up, stop being so negative.' I don't understand much about it. I get, 'Man, this isn't what we're looking for.' You might hear it differently, but I just don't know where NASCAR goes from here. Because in my opinion it weakens the credibility of what a champion should be and we should celebrate after moments like this by saying, “That was the best of the year, they went out and proved it, period.”

On3's Jonathan Howard also contributed to this report.