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On Tuesday afternoon, NASCAR announced that Sheldon Creed was given a “Behavioral-level” penalty for intentionally wrecking Sammy Smith last weekend at Nashville. Creed was docked 25 driver points and a $25,000 fine for the incident. NASCAR cited radio comments made by Creed leading up to the incident as evidence that Creed wrecked Smith on purpose.
You Need to Know:
This is the radio chatter that likely led to Creed being penalized.
Read more on the incident:
48bowmanfan wonders what Sammy Smith did.
Scott Schell believes there should have been a suspension.
Karameikos calls this an L for Creed.
It seems All GAS TV and District do not agree.
Creed or Smith?
Lucas Amaral feels that the penalty was too harsh.
Jacqueline Gibbs hopes Creed learns from this.
DYMRofficial believes the penalty was too light.
Tim does not seem to agree with the penalty.
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Darian says that saying it on the radio was what did it in for Creed.
Jeff Gluck talked about the radio chatter as the reason for Creed being penalized.
Bob responds to a fan’s question about the severity of the penalty.
It’s difficult to argue with clear radio communications. It seems that the lesson learned is this, if intentionally wrecking a driver, do not say it on the radio.
