I know motorsports has some unique differences from other sports, but there isn't any other sport where you get penalized points in your standings because something unintended happened while you were competing.
Punch another player in the face, push a ref, sure, suspend the player or penalize him points.
But this case is pretty different, a racer was competing as hard as he could and popped a motor in the process.
I think the oildown penalty should be economic only, not a points hit. Make it hurt in the pocketbook but don't take points away.
They basically took points down off the scoreboard after a racer had already earned them, I think that's too severe.
I think at a minimum, they should at least change any points penalty so it comes on the next run, for example in this case, make the next round win only worth 10 points. Don't take points down that are already "on the board".