Column: Love him or hate him, Gragson has NASCAR talking

Race leader Noah Gragson (9) limps along the track after having made contact with David Starr with two laps to go in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

FILE - In this June 28, 2020, file photo, Noah Gragson is interviewed before the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. Gragson returns to home track Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race embroiled in controversy following last week’s wreck at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

FILE - Noah Gragson stands with his race car on pit road prior to a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., in this Saturday, March 13, 2021, file photo. NASCAR went with a no-call on Noah Gragson after his latest dustup, an on-track altercation with Daniel Hemric that ended with a post-race scuffle between the drivers. Analyzing the decision not to penalize Gragson for backing into Hemric on pit road must be done through an impartial lens – an impossible task for those who have already decided they don’t like the 22-year-old and don’t think he deserves his job. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso, File)

Daniel Hemric (18) leads Harrison Burton (20), Noah Gragson (9), Justin Allgaier (7) and Austin Cindric (22) on a restart during a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Phoenix Raceway, Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)

Noah Gragson, center, talks with his crew before the start of a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2020, file photo, Noah Gragson prepares for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. Gragson returns to home track Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race embroiled in controversy following last week’s wreck at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (AP Photo/Jason Minto)