If there has ever been a NASCAR driver who epitomizes heartbreak, it is Sheldon Creed.
The 26-year-old driver notched his eleventh runner-up end in 91 Xfinity Collection begins on Saturday, breaking a report beforehand held by Daniel Hemric and Dale Jarrett for essentially the most second-place finishes within the sequence with out a win.
The worst half about Saturday’s outcome for Creed? He did not actually have a likelihood to correctly battle Justin Allgaier for the win, because the warning flag was thrown with half a lap to go, ending the Cabo Wabo 250 at Michigan beneath warning.
Creed received the pole for Saturday’s race, however an early spin despatched him to the again of the sector. Whereas he was capable of claw his means again into rivalry, he simply did not have sufficient assistance on the race’s last restart to get alongside race winner Justin Allgaier, who drove away from the sector to win his second race of 2024.
Because the Xfinity Collection subject shifts its consideration to Daytona — the location of two of Creed’s runner-up outcomes — on Friday night time, Creed can at the very least take solace in the truth that he and the No. 18 group are persistently convey quick automobiles to the monitor.
Nonetheless, sports activities is a “what have you ever carried out for me these days” enterprise and if Creed would not win quickly, any Cup Collection prospects he has -—whether or not or not it’s with Haas or another group — may begin withering away.
