<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13543973" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ty-gibbs" source="Orion">Ty Gibbs</keyword> got into a post-race fight with Sam Mayer.</li><li>Gibbs, the grandson of <keyword id="13543972" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="joe-gibbs" source="Orion">Joe Gibbs</keyword>, is a rising star in <keyword id="12137401" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nascar" source="Orion">NASCAR</keyword>.</li></ul>For the second-straight week, Ty Gibbs was in the middle of controversy, and this time things got ugly.Gibbs and Sam Meyer were both racing for the win and the $100,000 "Dash 4 Cash" bonus during the 2-lap overtime of the Martinsville <keyword id="12499373" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="xfinity" source="Orion">Xfinity</keyword> race on Saturday night. After eventual race-winner Brandon Jones pushed both drivers up the track, the race for the win was seemingly over for both, but the race for the cash was still very much on.Mayer bumped Gibbs from behind to get past before both got tangled up with a third driver, and neither won the cash.After the race, Gibbs, the grandson of NFL and NASCAR legend Joe Gibbs, slammed Mayer from behind, and that's when the fireworks started. What started as a lot of yelling turned into an all-out brawl, with Gibbs (in the black helmet) landing several big punches.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512636336162885638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2022</a></blockquote>Here is what led to the fight as Mayer (1) and Gibbs (54) tried to go three-wide.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Last Lap Insider. (@LastLapInsider) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512636923013173251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2022</a></blockquote>After the race, Mayer said it was just a misunderstanding."Heat of the moment type stuff," Mayer said. "I think it's more I was just trying to get his attention, and he took it the wrong way, and it just, he just snapped. I mean, that's what I say just happened. Nothing anything horrible, but it's just part of the sport."Gibbs agreed. "We kind of shoved a little bit, and I turned away, and when I got grabbed and kind of pulled, that just led up to that moment," <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar">Gibbs told Dustin Long of NBC Sports</a>. "I think just build-up, build-up, build-up, and I snapped, and that's just part of it. You know, hopefully, I'll learn from it."This came one week after <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-xfinity-race-ty-gibbs-hits-john-hunter-nemechek-video-2022-4">the 19-year-old won a race with his own controversial bump</a> during the Richmond Xfinity race.Gibbs picked up his third win in five races, shoving teammate John Hunter Nemechek out of the way to cross the finish line first.<iframe src="https://streamable.com/e/9f36nt" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"></iframe>After that race, Gibbs admitted the move was intentional and conceded that payback is probably coming at some point."I definitely deserve one back," Gibbs said. "We're racing for a win. They are hard to come by. So I had to take it ... John Hunter was a little faster. We had a great race. Good for Toyota to finish 1-2. Just got in there deep and had to bump him out of the way up the track."As they say, "rubbin' is racin'," but in recent weeks, the bumpin' seems to be at an all-time high, and it was only a matter of time before tempers started flarin'.

The 19-year-old grandson of an NFL legend landed several big punches in an ugly NASCAR brawl

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13543973" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ty-gibbs" source="Orion">Ty Gibbs</keyword> won another <keyword id="12137401" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nascar" source="Orion">NASCAR</keyword> Xfinity race after shoving his teammate out of the way.</li><li>The grandson of legendary NFL coach <keyword id="13543972" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="joe-gibbs" source="Orion">Joe Gibbs</keyword> admitted payback is probably coming.</li></ul>Rising NASCAR star Ty Gibbs picked up his third win in the last five races, shoving John Hunter Nemechek out of the way to cross the finish line first.To make matters worse: Gibbs and Nemechek are teammates, which will make for some awkward and tense meetings this week. The move came on the final lap of the Xfinity race — NASCAR's second-tier — with Gibbs trailing Nemechek. The 19-year-old grandson of legendary NFL coach and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs, first bumped Nemechek from behind, and then, as the 54-car moved alongside his teammate, he shoved the 18-car out of the way, and Gibbs grabbed the checkered flag.<iframe src="https://streamable.com/e/9f36nt" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%" style="width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;overflow:hidden;"></iframe>After the race, Gibbs admitted the move was intentional and conceded that payback is probably coming at some point."I definitely deserve one back," Gibbs said. "We're racing for a win. They are hard to come by. So I had to take it ... John Hunter was a little faster. We had a great race. Good for Toyota to finish 1-2. Just got in there deep and had to bump him out of the way up the track."<div type="image" title="Ty Gibbs celebrates win with his grandfather, Joe Gibbs." height="1666" width="2500" msid="90647767" hostid="261"></div>Nemechek said he would settle it during their next team meeting."Him and I will settle it Monday," Nemechek said. "I don't want to say too much and get myself in trouble, but just got drove through. He didn't even try to make the corner there. Racers never forget."This controversial ending came just one week after the final lap of the Cup series race in Austin looked more like bumper cars.<iframe src="https://streamable.com/e/q223vi" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%" style="width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;overflow:hidden;"></iframe><h2>Rubbin' is racin', to a point</h2>So how much contact is too much contact when fighting for a win?There is no easy answer.During the Austin race, former drivers Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart said they were fine with Ross Chastain shoving Alex Bowman out of the way for the win, noting that Bowman had bumped Chastain out of the way first.After Gibbs' controversial win, current NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez, serving as a Fox analyst, suggested that Nemechek was not aggressive enough while defending his position. "You're racing for the win, and either you are going to do it to me, or I am going to do it to you," Suarez said during the broadcast. "At that point, it is who is going to do it first. I feel like John Hunter — he did a good job — but probably was a little too nice."Before Sunday's Cup Series race in Richmond, Tyler Reddick was asked how he would handle the final lap if he were in second place battling for a win."It depends," Reddick said on Fox <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">Sports</keyword> 1. "Have I had the best car all day? Have I not been running that good all day and just somehow getting to the back bumper of the guy that's been dominating all day? All those things play into that. How have I been raced by the leader up to that point? Have I never been around him? Have we been racing hard? Has he been moving me? Have we been racing each other really clean? All these really play into that."Reddick did admit there is another big factor to consider: He has never won a race in the Cup series."Certainly, I want to win my first race really bad, but all these things are going to play into what happens on that last lap," Reddick said. "If I'm at his back bumper, how aggressive do I get? How far am I willing to hurt somebody's feelings for that first win? All of that will be decided if I am in that position on the last lap."Reddick might go a little further for that first win, but he also knows drivers never forget.

A rising NASCAR star bumped his teammate out of the way for a win, sparking more debate over race etiquette

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Bumping opponents to win races has become the norm in <keyword id="12137401" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nascar" source="Orion">NASCAR</keyword> this season.</li><li>The latest incident in Martinsville led to a post-race brawl.</li></ul>Stop me if you have heard this one before: A Gen Xer says Millennials and Gen Zers are ruining things by being too aggressive and not showing enough respect because they never face any consequences.That was NASCAR veteran <a href="https://www.jimrome.com/">Denny Hamlin's message to Jim Rome and "The Jim Rome Show"</a> following the escalation of late-race incidents this season."The newer, younger generation that came in, it just seems like they are more aggressive," Hamlin said. "Now, more aggressive is fine, but I think it's just, you could talk about a much bigger subject here of, like, just the lack of respect that people have for each other nowadays. All you have to do is log on Twitter to find that."<div type="image" title="Denny Hamlin speaks with Bubba Wallace" height="1667" width="2500" msid="90783941" hostid="261"></div>Hamlin believes younger drivers are more aggressive than the previous generations because there is less fear of having to answer for their actions off the track."I think in the past, what happened is, you got wrecked or knocked out of the way, you'd get your front teeth knocked out," Hamlin said. "Nowadays, crew members protect their guys, and it's very corporate, very different sport than what it used to be. So these young guys feel like — and it's not always young guys, us old veterans, we make our mistakes too — but they're just more aggressive in thinking that, 'Hey, the risk is worth the reward because the reward is winning. The risk is, eh, I might get a little backlash here and there, and I might have to worry about that guy wrecking me in the future.' But people just think it's worth it nowadays."While bumping and shoving have long been a part of NASCAR, this season, it has felt as though the action has reached an all-time high, especially on the final lap.Earlier this season, Ross Chastain picked up his first career win during a final lap showdown that looked more like bumper cars.<iframe src="https://streamable.com/e/q223vi" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"></iframe>The following week, <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-xfinity-race-ty-gibbs-hits-john-hunter-nemechek-video-2022-4?inline-endstory-related-recommendations=">19-year-old Ty Gibbs shoved his own teammate out of the way</a> on the final lap to win the <keyword id="12499373" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="xfinity" source="Orion">Xfinity</keyword> race in Richmond.<iframe src="https://streamable.com/e/9f36nt" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;"></iframe>Gibbs was pretty nonchalant about the move after the race, admitting he hit his teammate on purpose and that he just expected payback at some point in a future race."I definitely deserve one back," Gibbs said. "We're racing for a win. They are hard to come by. So I had to take it .... John Hunter was a little faster. We had a great race. Good for Toyota to finish 1-2. Just got in there deep and had to bump him out of the way up the track."A week later, Gibbs was indeed on the receiving end of a last-lap shove, <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-fight-ty-gibbs-martinsville-xfinity-race-2022-4">leading to a brawl after the race</a>.The shoving and bumping have become so common that on the final lap of this week's Cup Series race in Martinsville, everybody expected Joey Logano to shove William Byron out of the way — including the announcers. Logano tried, but fortunately for Byron, Logano couldn't quite get close enough.<iframe src="https://streamable.com/e/xsvv2m" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%" style="width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;overflow:hidden;"></iframe>

NASCAR tempers are flaring and one veteran calls out younger drivers for aggression and lack of respect

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ty Gibbs lost his cool on the track again, and this time some innocent bystanders were nearly injured.</li><li>Brad Keselowski says teenagers shouldn't be in the Cup series and Gibbs should have been suspended.</li></ul>Ty Gibbs is making a lot of enemies in his rapid ascent up the NASCAR ranks, and one former champ says it is because he is too young to be competing in the top level of stock car racing.Gibbs, who races for Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing, lost his cool on pit road at Texas Motor Speedway and nearly caused another driver to hit some innocent bystanders working on a stopped car. Veteran driver Brad Keselowski blamed NASCAR for allowing a 19-year-old into the top series and said Gibbs should have been suspended, considering this wasn't his first transgression.The latest incident occurred as Gibbs, who is filling in for the injured Kurt Busch in the 23 car, was traveling down pit road and was hit by Ty Dillon as he exited his pit box. Gibbs retaliated by slamming into Dillon's car and forcing him to brake hard to avoid hitting NASCAR officials and pit crew members working on the broken car of Chris Buescher.You can see the contact near the top of the screen here. Cars are traveling about 55 mph down pit road. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Nick Bromberg (@NickBromberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1574189111128297472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>Keselowski, a co-owner of Buescher's car, was a guest on NASCAR Race Hub and discussed the incident. While explaining the immense danger presented in that situation — "[crew members and officials] nearly got run over," he said — the 2012 champ said he feels the bigger problem is young drivers not having enough time at lower levels to learn these lessons."Ultimately, what I see here is a teenage kid who is working his way through it," Keselowski said. "He's making mistakes on the biggest stage in our sport, and it's a really difficult situation. I can't be mad at Ty. I did a lot dumber things when I was a teenager, but I wasn't on this stage. So this goes to a bigger problem of why we don't really need teenagers at this level because this is not the place to learn those lessons."Keselowski was 25 when he made his NASCAR Cup Series debut. While Gibbs is a talented driver and considered a rising star, his rapid ascent in the sport is often credited to being the grandson of NFL coaching legend and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs.NASCAR fined Gibbs $75,000 for the incident and docked Jordan's 23XI Racing 25 points in the owners' championship. Keselowski thinks Gibbs should have been suspended."I think this penalty is not severe enough," Keselowski said. "I think we're to the point now where, when you have the body of work that Ty Gibbs has here, it's time to take a race off and send a strong message here, 'We're not doing this on pit road, guys.' These people have families. They're exposed to being hit by a car at 50 mph. And it's not just crew members. It's officials too. This has to stop right now."The "body of work" Keselowski is referring to includes <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-fight-ty-gibbs-martinsville-xfinity-race-2022-4">a post-race fight early this year following an Xfinity race</a> and another race where <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-xfinity-race-ty-gibbs-hits-john-hunter-nemechek-video-2022-4">he shoved his own teammate out of the way for a win</a>.

Michael Jordan's 19-year-old driver is in hot water again, and one former champ says teens shouldn't be in NASCAR's top series

<ul class="summary-list"><li>NASCAR shared video of Daniel Suárez racing past cars to get to Alex Bowman after COTA race.</li><li>Suárez even pushed his own teammate, Ross Chastain, out of the way.</li></ul>Alex Bowman found out after NASCAR's race at COTA that Daniel Suárez is capable of anger, despite his reputation in the garage as one of the nicest drivers in the sport.After the race ended, with Tyler Reddick taking the checkered flag, a video shared by NASCAR shows Suárez speeding past seven cars on the cool-down lap. At one point, Suárez, who everybody typically greets as "Amigo!" even shoved his own Trackhouse Racing teammate, Ross Chastain, out of the way. It turns out Suárez really wanted Bowman to know that he was not happy about contact between the pair before the race ended. Once Suárez caught up with Bowman, he rear-ended him three times.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PLu8TBW3Vvo" frameborder="0"></iframe>Bowman said after the race that Suarez didn't realize the contact between the pair during the race was caused by a third driver. Bowman described it as a typical misunderstanding on road courses where chain reactions are common."Daniel and I, we've been teammates in the past, raced together a long time," Bowman said. "I respect the hell out of him. I'm sure he's still not super happy. Just tried to explain that I wouldn't race him like that, that I was shoved in there. You see that a lot at these road courses.... Sometimes just it's a chain reaction. Fortunately, it worked out for us, ended up with a top five."It is not clear what penalty Suárez might face. Typically nobody cares when one driver bumps another out of anger, but this type of contact on pit road is a big no-no.Last year, <a href="https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2022/09/27/nascar-fines-ty-gibbs-75000-for-pit-road-incident-at-texas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NASCAR fined Ty Gibbs $75,000 and docked him 25 points</a> for intentionally ramming Ty Dillon on pit road. The contact <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-wreck-teenagers-ty-gibbs-brad-keselowski-2022-9">forced Dillon's car to nearly hit NASCAR officials and pit crew members</a> working on the broken car of Chris Buescher.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Nick Bromberg (@NickBromberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1574189111128297472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>The contact between Suárez and Bowman was in the less-crowded entrance to pit road, but at least one NASCAR official was standing nearby.

One of NASCAR's nicest drivers appeared to speed past 7 cars to intentionally rear-end a rival on pit road after the race ended

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Martin Truex Jr. got hit from behind on pit road, spun, and nearly crushed one of his crew members.</li><li>This was the second near-miss in a month, after Ty Gibbs nearly caused another car to hit a crew member.</li></ul>For the second time in a month, NASCAR narrowly avoided a major disaster as a car came close to hitting crew members working on pit road.On Sunday, with 21 laps to go in the NASCAR playoff race at Homestead-Miami, race leader Martin Truex Jr. entered pit road during a caution, with defending champion Kyle Larson behind him. As Truex neared his pit stall, he quickly veered to the left, and Larson hit him from behind, causing Truex to spin.While the move was unfortunate from a race perspective — Larson went on to win the race, and Truex finished sixth — everybody was fortunate that Truex's crew members were able to scramble out of the way of his car, with one hopping over the wall just in time.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1584297872635228160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2022</a></blockquote>Initially, members of Truex's team, including team owner and NFL coaching legend Joe Gibbs, were visibly upset, feeling that Larson was at fault. However, after the race, Truex admitted that he struggled to see with the sun directly in his eyes, suggesting he almost missed his pit stall."It's really hard to see through these windshields right now with the sun like that and all the stuff covering it," Truex said after the race. "I did see my box late for sure, so I slowed down before I turned out of the way of [Larson] there. Obviously, partly on me. I didn't expect to get turned around. I'm glad nobody got hurt there."<h2>NASCAR and the crew members got lucky</h2>What makes this situation even scarier is that the cars are traveling much faster than they may appear on television. While they are going much slower than their race speeds (170-180 mph), they are still reaching 50-55 mph on pit road, which is not far off from many highway speeds for passenger cars.We saw a similar incident one month ago at Texas Motor Speedway, where rookie driver Ty Gibbs — grandson of Joe Gibbs — <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-wreck-teenagers-ty-gibbs-brad-keselowski-2022-9">lost his cool on pit road</a>. Gibbs was traveling down pit road and was hit by Ty Dillon as he exited his pit box. Gibbs retaliated by slamming into Dillon's car and forcing him to brake hard to avoid hitting NASCAR officials and pit crew members working on the broken car of Chris Buescher. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Nick Bromberg (@NickBromberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1574189111128297472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>In the most recent incident, drivers will typically move to the left into the second lane before slowing down. This didn't happen here, as NASCAR driver David Ragan explained on FS1's "NASCAR Race Hub.""I see Kyle Larson really not doing anything wrong," Ragan said. "He gives Martin Truex a foot or two going down pit road. He's watching his [dash] to make sure he is right at that speed limit. But Martin really made a pretty quick, evasive left-hand [turn], and he slows down in that outside lane [in front of Larson]. Typically what you do is you find your pit stall and start blending over a little early so you can start decelerating."If you watch the replay in the video above, you can see Truex's right-rear tire momentarily lock up from hitting the brakes while he was still in front of Larson."I just think this is a racing accident," said TJ Majors, host of Dirty Mo Media's "Door Bumper Clear" podcast. "If there is one bad thing about Homestead, it is the glare down the front stretch for the drivers. It is hard to see. So I chalk this up as a racing deal."Larson noted that it is more than just the sun in the drivers' eyes."It's hard to see down this pit road," Larson said after the race. "I don't know if fans and people realize, when you've got debris all over your windshield, the sun is shining straight in your face, it's hard to see your stall. So hate that that happened. He was definitely the one I was going to have to beat."<h2>There is no easy solution</h2>"The pit crew did a great job getting out of the way," Fox Sports host Kaitlyn Vincie said on "Door Bumper Clear." "That could have been really bad."Ragan echoed this sentiment."Thankfully, his pit crew was able to jump out of the way," Ragan said. "They were really quick on their feet. It could have been a lot worse."What nobody has offered is a potential solution. In the case of Gibbs, he was fined $75,000, and NASCAR hopes that will be a message to everybody not to mess around on pit road. But in this incident, most agree that it was just bad luck and collectively shrug their shoulders."If Larson's pit stall is down in Turn 4, further towards [the pit entrance], it doesn't happen," Majors said. "Things lined up just right for this accident to happen, and one little slip, and 'bam!' There's no room for error."NASCAR has already upgraded the gear worn by pit crew members with full helmets required for anybody over the wall working on a car. After that, the only thing left might be to lower the speed limit on pit road. But as "Door Bumper Clear" host Brett Griffin noted, there is always going to be some risk for the crew members."The crew guys' lives are at risk," Griffin said. "Their health is at risk ... They have got a freakin' tons of car, tons of weight coming at them at 50 mph. These guys risk their bodies every single pit stop."

NASCAR narrowly avoided disasters on pit road twice in a month and there is no easy solution

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Bubba Wallace appeared to intentionally wreck Kyle Larson from behind at over 150 mph.</li><li>Former NASCAR champ Joey Logano was critical of the move, noting Kyle Larson's life was on the line.</li></ul>Former NASCAR champion Joey Logano didn't hold back in his criticism of <a href="https://www.insider.com/bubba-wallace-kyle-larson-fight-jeff-burton-2022-10">Bubba Wallace for causing a wreck with Kyle Larson that could have been much worse</a>.Logano, who won the Las Vegas race and advanced to the Championship 4, was a guest on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. He was asked about Wallace appearing to retaliate against Larson by hitting him from behind and causing a wreck at over 150 mph that knocked both drivers out of the race."The retaliation is not okay in the way it happened," Logano said. "If he spun him to the infield, maybe it's a little better, maybe. But right-rear hooking somebody in the dogleg is not okay. I don't know if everybody realizes how bad that could have been. That could've been the end of Kyle Larson's career. That, to me, was what was on the line — or his life. That is the worst place to get right-rear hooked, into a corner."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Ch. 90) (@SiriusXMNASCAR) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1582380961815474176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2022</a></blockquote>Logano went on to suggest Wallace used his car as a weapon."I don't like using cars as a weapon," Logano said, making a reference to another recent incident in which <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-wreck-teenagers-ty-gibbs-brad-keselowski-2022-9">19-year-old Ty Gibbs retaliated on pit road</a>, nearly forcing an opponent into a group of crew members who were working on a car. "If you're that mad, just get out and fight him, that's fine ... But do I think straight-up blasting them into the wall is okay? No, because the consequences are way bigger than just a race."Former Daytona 500 champion Trevor Bayne, while a guest on "NASCAR Race Hub," also echoed Logano's sentiments about how the wreck could have been much worse. According to Bayne, Larson got lucky to hit Christopher Bell's car as he slid up the track, keeping Larson from hitting the wall."If the 20-car is not there on the straightaway when the 5-car spins and is coming up, he's going to back that car in [to the wall], which is the worst position to have these race cars in for impact," Bayne said.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1581736259952594944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2022</a></blockquote>Similar wrecks, where a driver has spun and hit the wall backward, have recently led to serious concussions in both Kurt Busch and Alex Bowman. The new NextGen cars are so sturdy that they don't absorb as much of the impact during wrecks. In Busch's case, it ended his season and led to his announcement that he is retiring from full-time racing.Bell, a playoff driver, was knocked out of the first race in the Round of Eight. With only two races left to decide which four drivers will compete for the championship, Bell now likely needs a win to advance.Former NASCAR crew chief Larry McReynolds was also on "NASCAR Race Hub" and explained why a combination of factors would leave him "not shocked" if Wallace is suspended for a race."I think they are going to look at the retaliation," McReynolds said. "I think they are going to look at the fact that he walks down the race track and goes down there and shoves on Kyle Larson. But I think another big-ticket item is the fact that he did not listen to NASCAR [asking him to get into the safety vehicle]. He had actually put his hands on an official."<div type="image" title="Bubba Wallace" height="504" width="809" msid="94950968" hostid="261" sizebytes="14506"></div>Wallace, <a href="https://www.insider.com/bubba-wallace-kyle-larson-fight-jeff-burton-2022-10">who denied that he intentionally hit Larson</a>, issued a statement on Monday apologizing for his actions. However, while he did apologize to Bell, he did not apologize to Larson in the statement.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1582152067895828480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2022</a></blockquote>

NASCAR driver Joey Logano rips Bubba Wallace over seemingly intentional wreck that could lead to a suspension

<ul class="summary-list"><li>NASCAR received a boost of energy from this year's playoffs, which have been anything but boring.</li><li>Ross Chastain's video-game move that saved his season was just the latest huge moment.</li></ul>While the NASCAR playoffs may not crown the best driver of the year, nobody can accuse them of being boring, especially this year.The latest example came on Sunday in the season's penultimate race to decide which four drivers would compete for the championship in Phoenix this week.Facing elimination, <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-video-game-move-ross-chastain-martinsville-playoffs-2022-10">Trackhouse Racing's Ross Chastain needed to pass at least two cars on the final half-lap</a> to stay alive in the playoffs. He did that — and more — when he floored it and used the wall to slingshot past five cars and into the championship.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1586834658028703744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2022</a></blockquote>While Chastain's "video-game move" was the most notable <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-playoffs-ross-chastains-video-game-move-larry-mac-2022-11">and controversial</a> moment of the playoffs yet, it was just the most recent of many.Earlier in the playoffs, <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-f1-penalties-sergio-perez-denny-hamlin-william-byron-2022-10">NASCAR found itself in a huge mess with two playoff drivers when William Byron spun Denny Hamlin during a caution</a>.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1574197397873623040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>The move cost Hamlin valuable playoff points — it was Hamlin, who was eliminated from the championship by four points thanks to Chastain's wild ride — and also briefly moved Byron into the elimination zone when he was docked 25 points after the race for the move. <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar-appeals-panel-overturns-william-byrons-25-point-penalty-for-spinning-denny-hamlin-211709520.html#:~:text=To%20make%20up%20for%20missing,25%20points%20and%20fined%20%2450%2C000.">NASCAR later gave the points back to Byron</a> after his appeal of the penalty. That moved him back up and in front of two other drivers, who briefly thought they were closer to advancing to the Final Four. Controversy also struck in the first round of the playoffs when <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-playoffs-chase-briscoe-advance-cole-custer-round-of-8-2022-10">Chase Briscoe advanced to the Round of 8 thanks to some help from a teammate</a> who appeared to intentionally slow down in front of other cars to help Briscoe pass. That move eliminated defending champion Kyle Larson from the playoffs.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1579223602486194176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2022</a></blockquote>NASCAR fined the teammate, Cole Custer, $100,000 and suspended his crew chief for impacting the race's outcome. However, they stopped short of dropping Briscoe from the playoffs and re-inserting Larson, claiming that <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-playoffs-chase-briscoe-advance-cole-custer-round-of-8-2022-10">the move did not impact the playoff standings</a>.And those were just the most notable moments among playoff drivers. We also saw <a href="https://www.insider.com/joey-logano-bubba-wallace-kyle-larson-wreck-suspension-2022-10">Bubba Wallace elevate his status to Public Enemy No. 1 in NASCAR</a> by intentionally wrecking Larson. Wallace was suspended and lustily booed in his return. We also saw <a href="https://www.insider.com/nascar-martin-truex-kyle-larson-pit-road-spin-wreck-2022-10">two near-disasters on pit road in the playoffs</a>. The first came when Ty Gibbs lost his cool and nearly pushed Chris Buescher into a group of crew members working on a car. Later, Martin Truex Jr almost missed his pit stall thanks to the sun in his eyes and was spun by Larson, nearly taking out his crew members who got back across the wall just in the nick of time.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1584297872635228160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2022</a></blockquote><h2>Not everybody likes the playoffs</h2>But while the playoffs have been entertaining, some in the NASCAR world miss the old format, which simply gave the championship to the driver who earned the most points throughout the season.<a href="https://www.dirtymomedia.com/">According to Dirty Mo Media's "Door Bumper Clear,"</a> NASCAR veteran Hamlin, considered the best active driver yet to win a championship, said he would rather reach 60 wins than a title. The show quoted Hamlin as saying he values the wins more and the championship less than he had "because of the way they crown the champion." Hamlin, 41, has 48 career wins, and 12 more would move him into the top 10. NASCAR spotter and show host TJ Majors poo-pooed the statement a bit, noting that Hamlin will "value the hell out of it" if he ever does win a championship. However, he also noted that the trophy's lure has changed."It's hard to argue with him," Majors said. "The championship doesn't have the same luster it once had, when it was a season-long battle. Last year's champion was decided by a pit stop.... Winning 60 races — you talk about winning three Daytona 500s — I feel like that is more prestigious. I'd rather have 60 wins than, 'Oh, I won a race off pit road.'"The pit stop Majors referenced is the final one of the championship race in 2021, when Kyle Larson's pit crew pulled off their fastest stop of the season, jumping him from fourth to first with 24 laps to go. Larson held on to win the race and the title.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L2dkVeOPCrM" frameborder="0"></iframe><h2>F1 is proof that a season-long title can be anti-climatic</h2>The obvious comparison is Formula One, where the drivers' championship is awarded on total points from the season. While that is a better way to crown the "best" driver, it is not a flawless system, as this year's series has shown.Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen clinched his second-straight championship with nearly 20% of the season remaining (four races). His record-setting 14 wins show he deserved to win the title, but it also took a lot of energy out of the season's final races.Of course, a season-long title can still be dramatic, as we saw last year, when Verstappen won the championship by passing Lewis Hamilton on the season's final lap. But in a non-playoff world, that is the exception and not the norm. So, are motorsports better with a playoff format? There is no right or wrong answer. But ultimately, maybe soccer does it best where they have multiple trophies, including season-long championships and separate playoff-like tournaments. In the meantime, no matter who wins the NASCAR championship, the playoffs this year have been entertaining, and that is good for the sport.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Alanis King (@alanisnking) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1587538159503564805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2022</a></blockquote>

Some drivers don't like the NASCAR playoff format, but this year's races have been an awesome mix of drama, controversy, and chaos

Los Angeles, The 2021 <keyword id="10326659" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="GRAMMY-Awards-Nominations">Grammy Awards nominations</keyword> are all about <keyword id="28312" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="women-power">women power</keyword> with Beyonce, <keyword id="35866" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Taylor-Swift">Taylor Swift</keyword> and <keyword id="3923485" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="dua-lipa">Dua Lipa</keyword> leading the way. Beyonce is leading the contender at the 2021 <keyword id="21405" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Grammy-awards">Grammy Awards</keyword> with nine nods. She is followed by Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa, who earned six nominations each. Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, earned five nominations for her solo debut. Earning four each were Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Phoebe Bridgers, Justin Bieber, jazz pianist John Beasley and classical producer David Frost, reports Variety. As a shocker, The Weeknd didn't get nominated. Despite being predicted to dominate the nominations at the 63rd annual Grammys, the pop-R&amp;B superstar's "Blinding lights" single and "After Hours" album got zero nominations. Beyonce will be competing against herself in the Record of the Year category. She is nominated in the category for "Black Parade" as well as "Savage". She fights Black Pumas, DaBaby, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Post Malone for the trophy. Swift's six nominations include five for her "Folklore" album or its "Cardigan" single and one for her collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber on an original song for the film version of "Cats". Her competition in the Album of the Year category include Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Coldplay, Jhené Aiko, Jacob Collier, HAIM and Black Pumas. K-pop super band BTS got a Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nod for their first single sung entirely in English, "Dynamite". Dua Lipa got nominations in the categories of Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Don't Start Now" and Album of the Year for "Future Nostalgia". Dua Lipa and Beyonce are joined in the Song of the Year category by fellow six-time nominees Roddy Ricch and Taylor Swift. Ricch has the most Grammy nominations for any male artiste this year. He is up for Song of the Year for "The Box" and Record of the Year for "Rockstar" with DaBaby. The 63rd Grammy Awards will be held on January 31, 2021 and will be showcased live in India on <keyword id="3847376" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="VH1-India">Vh1 India</keyword>. Here is the list of 2021 Grammy nominees from main categories:ALBUM OF THE YEAR Chilombo, Jhene Aiko Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition), Black Pumas Everyday Life, Coldplay Djesse Vol. 3, Jacob Collier Women in Music Pt. III, HAIM Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone Folklore, Taylor Swift RECORD OF THE YEAR "Black Parade"  Beyonce "Colors"  Black Pumas "Rockstar"  DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch "Say So"  Doja Cat "Everything I Wanted"  Billie Eilish "Don't Start Now"  Dua Lipa "Circles"  Post Malone "Savage"  Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyonce SONG OF THE YEAR "Black Parade"  Beyonce "The Box"  Roddy Ricch "Cardigan"  Taylor Swift "Circles"  Post Malone "Don't Start Now"  Dua Lipa "Everything I Wanted"  Billie Eilish "I Can't Breathe"  H.E.R. "If the World Was Ending"  JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels BEST NEW ARTIST Ingrid Andress Phoebe Bridgers Chika Noah Cyrus D Smoke Doja Cat Kaytranada Megan Thee Stallion BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE "Yummy"  Justin Bieber "Say So"  Doja Cat "Everything I Wanted"  Billie Eilish "Don't Start Now"  Dua Lipa "Watermelon Sugar"  Harry Styles "Cardigan"  Taylor Swift BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE "Un Dia (One Day)  J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny &amp; Tainy "Intentions"  Justin Bieber Featuring Quavo "Dynamite"  BTS "Rain on Me"  Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande "Exile"  Taylor Swift Featuring Bon Iver BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM Blue Umbrella, (Burt Bacharach &amp;) Daniel Tashian True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter, Harry Connick, Jr. American Standard, James Taylor Unfollow the Rules, Rufus Wainwright Judy, Renee Zellweger BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM Changes, Justin Bieber Chromatica, Lady Gaga Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa Fine Line, Harry Styles Folklore, Taylor Swift BEST DANCE RECORDING "On My Mind"  Diplo &amp; SIDEPIECE "My High"  Disclosure Featuring Aminé &amp; Slowthai "The Difference"  Flume Featuring Toro y Moi "Both Of Us"  Jayda G "10%"  Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM Kick I, Arca Planet's Mad, Baauer Energy, Disclosure Bubba, Kaytranada Good Faith, Madeon BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Axiom, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard, Jon Batiste Take the Stairs, Black Violin Americana, Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin &amp; Bill Frisell Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Snarky Puppy BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE "Shameika"  Fiona Apple "Not"  Big Thief "Kyoto"  Phoebe Bridgers "The Steps"  HAIM "Stay High"  Brittany Howard "Daylight"  Grace Potter BEST METAL PERFORMANCE "Bum-Rush"  Body Count "Underneath"  Code Orange "The In-Between"  In This Moment "Bloodmoney"  Poppy "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) - Live"  Power Trip BEST ROCK SONG "Kyoto"  Phoebe Bridgers "Lost in Yesterday"  Tame Impala "Not"  Big Thief "Shameika"  Fiona Apple "Stay High"  Brittany Howard BEST ROCK ALBUM A Hero's Death, Fontaines D.C. Kiwanuka, Michael Kiwanuka Daylight, Grace Potter Sound &amp; Fury, Sturgill Simpson The New Abnormal, The Strokes BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple Hyperspace, Beck Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers Jaime, Brittany Howard The Slow Rush, Tame Impala BEST R&amp;B PERFORMANCE "Lightning &amp; Thunder"  Jhene Aiko Featuring John Legend "Black Parade"  Beyonce "All I Need"  Jacob Collier Featuring Mahalia &amp; Ty Dolla $ign "Goat Head"  Brittany Howard "See Me"  Emily King BEST TRADITIONAL R&amp;B PERFORMANCE "Sit on Down"  The Baylor Project Featuring Jean Baylor &amp; Marcus Baylor "Wonder What She Thinks of Me"  Chloe X Halle "Let Me Go"  Mykal Kilgore "Anything for You"  Ledisi "Distance"  Yebba BEST R&amp;B SONG "Better Than I Imagine"  Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. &amp; Meshell Ndegeocello "Black Parade"  Beyoncé "Collide"  Tiana Major9 &amp; EARTHGANG "Do It"  Chloe X Halle "Slow Down"  Skip Marley &amp; H.E.R. BEST PROGRESSIVE R&amp;B ALBUM Chilombo, Jhene Aiko Ungodly Hour, Chloe X Halle Free Nationals, Free Nationals F**k Yo Feelings, Robert Glasper It Is What It Is, Thundercat BEST R&amp;B ALBUM Happy 2 Be Here, Ant Clemons Take Time, Giveon To Feel Love/d, Luke James Bigger Love, John Legend All Rise, Gregory Porter BEST RAP PERFORMANCE "Deep Reverence"  Big Sean Featuring Nipsey Hussle "Bop"  DaBaby "What's Poppin"  Jack Harlow "The Bigger Picture"  Lil Baby "Savage"  Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyonce "Dior"  Pop Smoke BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE "Rockstar"  DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch "Laugh Now, Cry Later"  Drake Featuring Lil Durk "Lockdown"  Anderson .Paak "The Box"  Roddy Ricch "Highest in the Room"  Travis Scott BEST RAP SONG "The Bigger Picture"  Lil Baby "The Box"  Roddy Rich "Laugh Now, Cry Later"  Drake Featuring Lil Durk "Rockstar"  DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch "Savage"  Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyonce) BEST RAP ALBUM Black Habits, D Smoke Alfredo, Freddie Gibbs &amp; The Alchemist A Written Testimony, Jay Electronica King's Disease, Nas The Allegory, Royce da 5'9" BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE "Stick That in Your Country Song"  Eric Church "Who You Thought I Was"  Brandy Clark "When My Amy Prays"  Vince Gill "Black Like Me"  Mickey Guyton "Bluebird"  Miranda Lambert BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE All Night"  Brothers Osborne "10,000 Hours"  Dan + Shay &amp; Justin Bieber "Ocean"  Lady A "Sugar Coat"  Little Big Town "Some People Do"  Old Dominion BEST COUNTRY SONG "Bluebird"  Miranda Lambert "The Bones"  Maren Morris "Crowded Table"  The Highwomen "More Hearts Than Mine"  Ingrid Andress "Some People Do"  Old Dominion BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Lady Like, Ingrid Andress Your Life Is a Record, Brandy Clark Wildcard, Miranda Lambert Nightfall, Little Big Town Never Will, Ashley McBryde --IANS sug/vnc

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