I watched the race on TV and the comments Torrence made right after the run to the reporter, before he smacked the guy sounded like Torrence thought his opponent was a duck, and how dare him deep stage to try and win the race when his championship was at stake. Then he goes over and confronts him and slaps him. I think Torrence should have lost points and if that meant losing the championship so be it. A racer in the sportsman ranks with the same behavior would have been DNQ.