NASCAR has sanctioned two race car drivers for their involvement in the brawl at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR fined Brad Keselowski $50,000 and Tony Stewart $25,000 on Tuesday.

Both of the drivers were placed under probation saying that the penalties "are about maintaining a safe environment following the race."

On the other hand, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin were not penalized.

Robin Pemberton, NASCAR senior vice president of competition and racing development said "We knew that the new Chase format was likely going to raise the intensity level, and we want our drivers to continue to be themselves. However, the safety of our drivers, crew members, officials, and workers is paramount and we will react when that safety could be compromised."

The ruckus happened during the cool down lap when Hamlin admittedly brake-checked Keselowski to show his displeasure with how Keselowski raced him over the final two laps.

Right after that, Keselowski tried to spin Hamlin but was not successful.

Hamlin, Kenseth and Keselowski are competing for the Sprint Cup championship, and poor finishes Saturday night have Kenseth and Keselowski on the brink of elimination.

Clint Bowyer said "There's incredible pressure for everyone involved in that Chase right now. It's literally a knockout round."

While Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon applauded the emotions in the game. He said "The fans love it, the media loves it, sometimes our emotions just get away from us."

On the other hand, Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip, now a Fox analyst feel for Stewart saying "'It's unfortunate Stewart got dragged into this. Because of the incident in New York, the media know who Stewart is, saw what happened and jumped to their own conclusions and made judgments. That's unfortunate because Stewart had nothing to do with what happened on Saturday night."

The penalties for Keselowski and Stewart are accordance with past punishments for drivers who had used their cars to retaliate to other races. While NASCAR did not find any evidence tthat Hamlin deserved to be punished for following Keselowski through the garage inside his car, but many onlookers deemed the act as dangerous in a crowded and dark work space.