The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway picked up business after a relatively quiet and peaceful race. It all started with race leader Justin Allgaier shoving Leland Honeyman to stay in the lead with the race’s final stretch coming up. However, this wasn’t the first instance of drivers losing their cool, as with just 17 laps to go, a seventh caution flag was raised.

Kyle Weatherman driving the No. 91 car was spinning off the race track and it looked like Hailie Deegan was also involved in the wreck. However, after a second look at the whole scenario, it seemed like the contact on the 91 came from Sheldon Creed, resulting in multiple cars spinning on the racetrack.

Sheldon Creed running into trouble in Texas

Jumping ships from RCR to Joe Gibbs Racing hasn’t entirely been a game-changer for Creed. After a solid start at the superspeedway races with two consecutive top-five results, he has struggled to string up consistent performances. However, with two top-10 results in his last two starts at Texas, the No. 18 JGR driver was expected to deliver the goods, but he found himself tangled in wrecks and accidents.

Apart from a couple of close calls during stage 1, Creed didn’t make any gains and finished outside the top 10. He further fell down the pecking order, running outside the top 20 spots, until Justin Allgaier wrecked Leland Honeyman in the final stage. He potentially played spoiler to Ryan Sieg’s chances to win the race, igniting a caution.

After multiple disappointing outcomes at COTA and Richmond, a #6 finish at Martinsville looked to be the turning point for Creed in the season. However, this 19th-place finish suggests he still has a lot of work to do. Going by his style of racing, trying to bump and wreck other race car drivers, he certainly isn’t gaining any more fans from the racing community.

Fans react to the late caution

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This late caution virtually ended Ryan Sieg’s hopes for his first Xfinity Series win and this seems to have irked the fans who took to X and reacted to the incident. Feeling Sorry for Sieg, one fan blamed Deegan for causing the pile-up, “Gutted for Sieg but LMAO DEEGAN WRECKS AGAIN.”

Another user was convinced the No.15 driver was the culprit for taking out the whole field, flagging a late caution in the race. “Deegan just spun the whole field. So washed.”

However, those who got to the root of the incident were convinced that it was Creed who initiated the late ruckus. Holding no punches, fans blasted the JGR driver. One angry user wrote, “Creed is such a**”. Joining him another user questioned his ability as a race car driver, “why does creed have a ride again”.

There were a few in defense of Deegan who stated, “Literally wasn’t even remotely close to her fault”.

With more mile-and-half races lined up in the Xfinity schedule, it will be interesting to see how both Sheldon Creed and Hailie Deegan bounce back after a tough outing in Texas.