Sheldon Creed makes unfortunate Xfinity Series history at Michigan

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 Sequence begins on Saturday, breaking a document beforehand held by Daniel Hemric and Dale Jarrett for probably the most second-place finishes within the sequence with no win. 

The worst half about Saturday’s consequence for Creed? He did not actually have a likelihood to correctly struggle Justin Allgaier for the win, because the warning flag was thrown with half a lap to go, ending the Cabo Wabo 250 at Michigan below warning. 

Creed gained 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 approach again into rivalry, he simply did not have sufficient assistance on the race’s remaining restart to get alongside race winner Justin Allgaier, who drove away from the sector to win his second race of 2024. 

Because the Xfinity Sequence subject shifts its consideration to Daytona — the location of two of Creed’s runner-up outcomes — on Friday evening, Creed can at the very least take solace in the truth that he and the No. 18 workforce are persistently carry quick automobiles to the observe. 

Nonetheless, sports activities is a “what have you ever performed for me recently” enterprise and if Creed would not win quickly, any Cup Sequence prospects he has -—whether or not or not it’s with Haas or every other workforce — might begin withering away.