Sammy Smith got here from greater than a automotive size again and wrecked Taylor Grey on the ultimate lap at Martinsville within the Xfinity Sequence, permitting Austin Hill to unexpectedly sneak by beneath and pull off the win.
To nobody’s shock, the No. 21 driver’s victory, which was the a hundredth Xfinity win for Richard Childress Racing, wasn’t the highest story. The No. 8 driver ramming into the rear of the No. 54 automotive was as a substitute.
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Quite a few large names took to social media, together with and , all condemning what occurred on that remaining journey across the half-mile monitor. Heck, even Smith admitted in his post-race interview what he’d achieved was unsuitable and egregious.
Taylor Grey takes the lead late at Martinsville Speedway.Jim Dedmon-Imagn Photographs
Some, together with and his former crew chief and now Director of Competitors at Joe Gibbs Racing this form of driving must be penalized.
Why?
NASCAR is not against any such on-track conduct. You solely have to have a look at the opening of the Xfinity broadcast on The CW to see NASCAR views this as all a part of the leisure.
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Adam Alexander and Parker Kligerman started the printed mentioning how Jamie McMurray was absent and the previous Xfinity Sequence driver joked that he that they had “knocked him out identical to they’re gonna do right this moment.”
“There’s gonna be full contact at this racetrack right this moment,” Alexander replied. “It is a theme if you come to The Paper Clip.”
“It completely is,” Kligerman agreed as the printed then began displaying clips that includes aggressive contact in latest Xfinity Sequence races, together with Sam Mayer and Ty Gibbs and the battle (April 2022), Gibbs and JGR teammate Brandon Jones (October 2022) and Sheldon Creed and RCR teammate Austin Hill (October 2023).
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“Contact is not a perhaps it’s all however assured and it occurs in an enormous manner,” Kligerman continued. “We’ll see it on the entrance of the sphere. We’ll see on the center of the sphere. We’ll see on the again.
“It even results in a little bit of contact exterior of the race automotive as nicely, Adam, and it does not discriminate between teammates. You will see teammates working into one another, which we have seen in years previous. It’s a full-contact affair right here. Nevertheless it’s enjoyable for us to look at and it places on a heck of a present each time.”
Hours later, Smith drove into Grey similar to how Gibbs did it to Jones in 2022. Nothing occurred to Gibbs as a result of NASCAR seen it as racing for the win. That is no completely different.
