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NEWTON, IOWA – JUNE 16: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Switch Chevrolet, watches qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series CircuitCity.com 250 Presented by Tamron at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)
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NEWTON, IOWA – JUNE 16: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Switch Chevrolet, watches qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series CircuitCity.com 250 Presented by Tamron at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)
Noah Gragson was penalized after Saturday’s Xfinity Series Road America race. No penalty was given during the race, but later on, he was called up by the competition officials. Soon, rumors started to float about a possible penalty against Gragson, who was held responsible for a multi-car wreck during Saturday’s race.
Officials fined him $35,000 and also stripped him of 30 driver standing points and a further 30 from the team owner points.
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The AMR Saftey Crew rushed to the spot after the crash at Road America during the NASCAR Xfinity Series race. They spotted Brandon Brown sitting up against the wall while he seemed to be in discomfort. Noah Gragson and Sage Karam were seen jostling for position. Sage made contact with Noah, allowing Ty Gibbs to overtake both of them. This, in turn, seemed to have made Karam frustrated as he was pushed off track.
Further down the track, Noah on the outside scrapped paint once again with Sage, causing Noah to momentarily leave the track on two wheels. Then suddenly Noah seemed to have aggressively darted his car to the right, causing both cars to slide off track. Other cars behind them got caught up in the initial tug and the track ended up littered with debris and several damaged cars.
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Many took to social media to express their disagreement over the penalty and other inconsistencies by the officials.
Fans took to Twitter to question the handling of penalties with Noah Gragson
Such a scary crash pic.twitter.com/ZKXg3MJm9E
— Bagleys$37millleftknee (@bagleysleftknee) July 6, 2022
If ur going to this then I wanna see the other shenanigans drivers are doing cracked down on. Tired of the lack of respect. Even the shit Ross did at Cota was unnecessary. Idc what era it is or past eras or if it was for hai first win. Rubbing and bumping is ok not dumping.
— Muscan/ Alexandra Raptopoulou sorry. (@__muscan__) July 6, 2022
Grayson should have been parked plus this or a suspension. By keeping him out on the track it basically undermines the penalty all together, plus since he won already, it literally does barely anything
— Jared (@j2thec07) July 6, 2022
But if it was your golden boys Bush and Elliot they would get away with it
— Sue (@nascargirl0197) July 6, 2022
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DOVER, DE – MAY 04: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Switch Chevrolet, stands by his car during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Allied Steel Buildings 200 at Dover International Speedway on May 4, 2019 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)
Dropping him from 4th down to 4th in points will show him!
— LabonteFan and 99 others (@LabonteFan) July 6, 2022
This does nothing. Points mean nothing thanks to the stupid playoffs.
— * (@Turbo1028__) July 6, 2022
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As a fan of Noah, should’ve been more. I saw the incident right in front of me. So not necessary. More points for sure should’ve been taken away.
— Sarah (@JGabePrincess) July 6, 2022
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Ultimately, points deduction is not going to have any major effect on Noah since with his two wins, he’s already in for the playoffs. Let us know your thoughts about the penalties in the comments below.
