Smith said that NASCAR has gone overboard in penalizing drivers for such minor infractions as bad language, and for doing its best to eliminate the scuffling and rolling-in-the-mud for which the sport was once renowned. That echoes what Humpy Wheeler, Smiths No. 2 man at Speedway Motorsports, has been saying about NASCAR needing more characters and less spanking by NASCAR officials.
“Look at what built this sport,” Smith said. “Dont sanitize the sport too much.
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