NASCAR penalizes, fines Noah Gragson for intentional crash
New York TimesXfinity Series driver Noah Gragson was docked by NASCAR 30 points and fined $35,000 Wednesday for intentionally crashing Sage Karam during Saturday’s Xfinity race at Road America, an incident that also collected 11 other cars. The decision to not penalize Gragson generated considerable backlash and on Tuesday a NASCAR official told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that the incident was under review and NASCAR could still take action after the fact. On Wednesday, Gragson acknowledged to SiriusXM that he “made a mistake” and that “there’s most definitely going to be a penalty.” “What I would do differently is try and keep my temper or aggression and keep that under control and try and remain cool, calm and collected,” Gragson said. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Gragson’s team owner, told SiriusXM on Wednesday he was “just completely shocked” by Gragson’s decision to turn into Karam and that he could not defend this behavior and that he was surprised NASCAR didn’t penalize him.
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