Sammy Smith driving into the final corner at Martinsville from several car lengths back in order to intentionally wreck Taylor Gray for the NASCAR Xfinity Series win didn't work out for him, Gray or the rest of the field [besides race winner Austin Hill]. It turns out the chaos Smith's driving has backfired on the driver of the No. 8 car for JR Motorsports.
There have been calls by various NASCAR veterans for series officials to take action against Smith with Denny Hamlin -- who won Sunday's Cup race -- being one of the more outspoken voices. And the sanctioning body seemed to have heard them, as they decided to fine Smith $25,000. But more importantly, NASCAR docked the JR Motorsports driver 50 points. The loss of points drops him from sixth to 13th in the championship standings.
