NASCAR's Elton Sawyer told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio: "There was a multitude of bad decisions that was made by a multitude of drivers throughout that event."
The Xfinity Series race at Martinsville saw a huge pile-up of cars after Sammy Smith crashed into Taylor Gray in the last lap.
In a race that had 15 cautions, Austin Hill survived NASCAR Overtime to secure the Xfinity Series win at Martinsville Speedway.
In the back - and later the middle - of the pack, Day had a front-row seat for one of the more controversial Xfinity Series races in recent memory. The yellow flag waved nine times in the final 100 laps alone and ended with a massive pile up at the start finish line.
NASCAR has penalized Sammy Smith, Taylor Gray, and Jeb Burton after Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Martinsville, which attracted huge criticism from the sport's veterans. Smith has been slapped with a reduction of 50 points for crashing into Gray in the last lap of the race,
NASCAR will meet with Xfinity drivers before Darlington to discuss the rough racing that took place last weekend at Martinsville.
A wreck- and caution-filled Xfinity Series at Martinsville drew criticism in the Cup Series garage and put a spotlight on a tricky problem.
After Saturday’s (March 29) NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway, fans felt as though Sammy Smith, the driver of the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports, went entirely too far in his bump-and-run of Taylor Gray as the two raced to the checkered flag.