Jr Dragsters. Is this what our sport is becoming

I don't follow NHRA much anymore, but how was Torrence's actions any different than what used to be common place in the heydays of NASCAR, ala Cale Yarborough - Bobby Allison? We seem to pick and choose when it's acceptable and when it's not.
Because that kid didn't put him in the wall or bump him out of the way. Torrence was being his entitled self that day.