Van Gisbergen and Hill were brought together by NASCAR to speak about their Chicagoland clash that wound up with the Richard Childress Racing driver wrecking out of the race.
NASCAR did not penalise van Gisbergen for tagging Hill but took the opportunity to speak with the two drivers at the recent Atlanta race.
Officials also met with Front Row Motorsports driver Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar of Spire Motorsports over a separate incident in the same race.
Van Gisbergen said he came out of the meeting “confused” and unsure that Hill was ready to move on from the saga.
Speaking with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, series managing director Brad Moran said it laid down its expectations to the drivers.
“We don’t get into all the details of the meetings we have, obviously. We give everyone a bit of privacy on how it goes and what they want to say to the media is up to them,” said Moran.
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“They went well, they certainly left there understanding what we wanted.
“We don’t have the meeting to believe that everybody is going to be happy when they leave and be best buds.
“The racing’s intense, there are certain drivers that rub each other the wrong way, and that can happen, and it’s happened for decades in the sport.
“As far as how they feel about each other or how they race each other, they might not agree but they certainly know where NASCAR stands.
“At that point, that’s our part in it and they have to sort it out amongst themselves.”
Van Gisbergen and Hill raced without incident during the latest Atlanta outing, despite fears of retaliation.
Also appearing on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Marks said van Gisbergen had a lot to lose and that warring with Hill would not help his hopes of making the Chase.
“I think there was meeting, I don’t think there was a lot of greeting in there,” said Marks.
“It’s true that Shane is running for a playoff spot and Austin is not. Certainly, you can write a story around that and there is more to lose for Shane.
“There are more important things to solve for every time you go to the race track. Especially at this point in the year and in both of those guys’ careers than to settle scores or settle vendettas.”
Marks commended NASCAR for drawing a line in the sand while not letting the contest devolve into a wreckfest.
“NASCAR does a really good job of letting these things play out. Part of what makes NASCAR exciting and special is we get to see real, authentic drama happen in front of our eyes,” Marks explained.
“But there’s also a point where if they can’t figure it out, then it comes time to sit down and say, ‘okay, is there a path for you guys to not necessarily agree but just come to a commitment that we’re not going to turn these races into crash-fests and disrupt what’s going on because you guys have something to solve or to settle?’ I think that’s what that was.
“To be honest, I didn’t really talk to Shane much about that meeting, there are a lot more important things I have to do on a race weekend and Shane has to do on a race weekend to make that meeting much of a highlight.
“It was like, NASCAR wants to get us both sitting together in a room and talking through it and coming to some sort of consensus that our motivations, our goals are in the right place moving forward.
“If the question is, is it over? Or can we expect more in the future? I really think it’s over. They did a little bit of racing together, they were fine in the race on Sunday.
“Sometimes you get to a place where two people can race, they just have to go through the headwinds of different personalities. I think we’re probably at the tail end of getting that figured out.”
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