Gluck: NASCAR at identity crossroads, should suspend Matt Kenseth

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Controversy. Drama. Crashes. Tempers.

NASCAR continues to get exactly what it wants with a Chase for the Sprint Cup format that fosters an extreme degree of intensity rarely seen this often in the sport’s history.

“It’s a no-holds-barred, wild, wild west,” Denny Hamlin said.

But is that really what stock car racing should be at its highest level?

Matt Kenseth deliberately ruined race leader Joey Logano’s chance to punch his ticket to the finale with a win Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, exacting cold revenge for a racing incident which occurred two weeks ago at Kansas Speedway. He drove straight into the corner and kept his foot on the gas until Logano’s car was crushed against the wall.