The other controversial Texas incident NASCAR is reviewing

Ty Gibbs nearly put several people in danger with a seemingly intentional move on pit lane during Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Aside from the tire issues that plagued pretty much the entire NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, much of the focus was on the incident between William Byron and Denny Hamlin, which took place just after the yellow flag flew due to leader Martin Truex Jr. crashing with a tire failure.

That focus, of course, excludes the focus of NASCAR, which supposedly “missed” the incident and plans to determine any potential penalties to Byron at some point this week.

But there was another notable incident which didn’t garner much attention until after the 334-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Fort Worth, Texas oval came to an end, and it involved Ty Gibbs and Ty Dillon on pit lane.

And it was arguably more dangerous and controversial.

After Dillon exited his pit box, Gibbs was forced a little bit to his right to avoid contact. Gibbs moved back to the left, but he did not stop there, for some reason feeling the apparent need to retaliate against Dillon for the minor incident.

Gibbs then turned hard to the left alongside Dillon’s #42 Chevrolet, forcing Dillon to take evasive action which nearly sent him into a number of individuals around Chris Buescher’s #17 RFK Racing pit stall.

It certainly could have been a lot worse than it was. While not much was made of it during the race itself, NASCAR could very well penalize Gibbs for the move because of its potential safety implications.

This is something that should undoubtedly draw a penalty, and a significant one at that.

Making matters worse is the fact that Gibbs is a driver whom many believe has earned himself the reputation of, for lack of a better word, an entitled “silver spoon” kid for some of the things he has done coming up through the ranks.

The 19-year-old grandson of Joe Gibbs, who has been tipped to replace Kyle Busch behind the wheel of the #18 Toyota next year, has been in the spotlight multiple times this season for the wrong reasons.

While there had seemed to be an improvement in his behavior and on-track conduct as of late, the fact that such a minor incident in the pits would cause him to react in a way that could have resulted in disaster is something that many feel needs to be addressed beyond simply granddad paying a fine for him. We will have to wait and see the conclusion NASCAR reaches.