NASCAR has decided not to issue any penalties to Christian Eckes after a controversial Truck Series wreck on Friday night at Bristol.

The 25-year-old got into Corey Heim as the pair battled for the lead late in the race, with a race win poised to earn Heim $500,000 for winning the Triple Truck Challenge.

The 23XI Racing development driver was leading and looked in good shape for a third straight victory when Eckes got into the back of his Tricon Garage truck and spun him hard into the outside wall.

Eckes denied that the wreck was in any way intentional after the race, claiming that he simply misjudged his entry into the corner. Heim appeared satisfied with that explanation, although 23XI co-owner Denny Hamlin admitted this week that he believed the wreck to be retribution for contact earlier in the race.

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No action after wreck that cost Heim $500,000

Truck Series managing director Seth Kramlich and vice president of race communications Mike Forde reviewed the incident after the race and, as Forde explained on Hauler Talk on Tuesday, decided that the matter was settled.

He said on the podcast: “We had a camera in Turn 1 that was looking at the trucks that was, ‘Oh, that looked a little worse than the broadcast and the above angle'. From above and back, it didn’t look that bad.

"In Turn 1, it looked like he missed it way worse than the above or behind view. I’m not saying that it looked like he did it intentionally, it just looked like he got more of [Heim’s] truck than I realized at first glance.

“As we have in the past, any time you’re talking about anything that remotely smells of a right-rear hook, we take that pretty seriously. So Seth did take it seriously. After that review, we decided not to penalize.”

What the drivers said about costly incident

Eckes said after the race: “Obviously, it wasn’t intentional to spin him or even hit him. I was just trying to get in line and misjudged it, and he ended up wrecking pretty hard. I feel pretty small right now about that. I wanted to get behind him to race him and maybe repay the favor, but obviously, had no intention of getting into him and spinning him like that. Just feel terrible about that, for sure.

“That sucks, for sure. They deserve to win half a million bucks today, and I took that away from them.”

Heim also gave his take on the battle between he and nine-time Truck race winner, explaining: “Just got hooked a little bit there. I think I was trying to maintain the lead.

"Everyone kind of knew, based on the way the race was playing out, that we needed to lead, so kind of gave Christian a nudge to get that, and I believe he just misjudged it trying to get back in line and do the same to me, which would have been totally fine considering I’d just done it to him.

“Giving him the benefit of the doubt that he misjudged it, I think I’m all good. It’s just kind of, you know, crap happens, and kind of move on from it.”

Denny Hamlin reveals reaction to 23XI driver's wreck

Hamlin, however? Less happy about the situation. “I know what they said," he began. "I know from sitting at home – maybe I was biased – but I was like, what the hell? He wrecked him on purpose.

“And I only say that because I knew that Corey had gotten into him once for sure, the second time Corey didn't think he got into him…but from the TV, I thought he got him again.

“I was like, ‘Oh, he's gonna be p****d', and I was like, 'Oh, I didn't know he was gonna be that p****d'. But it seemed like they both kind of brushed it off as a misjudgment. Corey took it took it well.

“I certainly would not have reacted the way he did,” Hamlin concluded. “He’s far more mature in that situation than I am.”

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