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,

Sammy Smith was issued a 50-point penalty and fined $25,000 for his on-track actions in Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Martinsville.

After his desperate last-lap move on Taylor Gray last weekend at Martinsville Speedway, Sammy Smith’s wallet is going to get quite a bit lighter, following sanctions being handed down by NASCAR on Tuesday.