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Great race till the end, I would have liked to see it get restarted, but I don't think there was enough time to clean the track, especially b/c of all beer cans some of the JR fans through onto the track once they found out that the 24 was ahead of the 8. I think that if no one would have thrown anything onto the track, the race would have gotten going again, o well. Good race for all of RCR too :thumbs: BTW, has anyone heard why Stewart turned infront of Labonte after the race was done?

Hecktorx Enthusiast

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He caught Terry by surprise while he was making a quick u-turn to avoid the flying beer cans. He didn't want to go around the track again.

 

NASCAR needs to review their current rules. They way too subjective right now.

 

Kenny

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Yeah, all these rules are ruining NASCAR. They are supposed to be for the better, but I don't believe they thought them all the way through for every circumstance. I know that is almost impossible to do, but it can be a little more thorough than it currently is.

 

What I want to know is at these larger tracks like Talladega and Daytona, why do they freeze the field? They always talk about judgement calls during the race, well, they should use better judgement for throwing the yellow like yesterday. The wreck was behind everyone. Let them race to the finish line and then throw the yellow. They have almost 2 miles to reduce their speed before they get to the accident location. At least then everyone would know that they better race hard because the caution is coming when they get to the finish line.

 

The pace car lights didn't turn off when they came to the line with two laps to go which meant there possibly was only going to be one lap to race, then the beer cans came out. Essentially the race was over and really wasn't going to be restarted, so the debris didn't stop the race from what I saw.

 

I thought it was funny how Gordon acted like they beat DEI and "it was tough, but we did it.". :thumbs: In about 1/2 second he was going to be left in the dust by #8 and he knows it. Jr. was on the outside and coming hard just like he did all race. He may have had a chance with those 4 laps left, but I can guarantee you it wasn't going to be easy to get by Jr. Get a clue buddy.

 

All in all, it was a tremendous race, or at least 184 laps of it. Nascar ruined the ending and I would have liked to seen a shootout for the checkered flag. I'd been upset myself if I'd been sitting there four hours only to watch cars go by at 70mph to take the flag. I think that's why most of the debris got thrown in the first place.

tmf6902 Senior Enthusiast

tmf6902

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when was the yellow thrown..like 6 laps left??? I KNOW at one of the short tracks they threw the red flag with 5 to go....so with a super speedway...why was the cut off at 7? There was more than enough time to stop the race, and restart it and get the cars up to speed for a good finish. Even if 24 was ahead at the restart...the fans wouldn't have started throwing cans if they had known there would be a green flag end.

 

:thumbs: Sounds like a marketing conspiracy to me :cool:

Hecktorx Enthusiast

Hecktorx

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Freezing the field kinda sucks. I mean think about it, someone spins. The officials are watching the race and a pass for the lead is in progress. In theory, the officials can decide who wins the race by when they decide to put the caution lights on. Races should not be decided that way. If their not going to let them race back to the line, then they should revert to the last completed lap. It may not be the best way to do things, but it removes the human element and makes the rule less subjective.

 

While I'm ranting, the lucky dog needs to go too. If you want a way for guys to get a lap back, then make a rule where the leader always restarts the race. If there are cars on the tail end of the lead lap, with one lap to go before a restart, they should be allowed to pass the pace car and join the back of the field(And not make a pitstop). This would also eliminate getting caught a lap down after making a stop and then the caution comes out at most tracks. The IRL uses this and it works good. I hate the leader starting behind other cars.

 

Kenny :thumbs:

SilveradoWV Senior Enthusiast

SilveradoWV

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Why they threw a caution for a single car spin near the back, which got rolling again anyway, I dont know. 5 laps to run on a 2.5 mile track is way too long. Not going to rant anymore, this is why I am at a dirt track every weekend.

Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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They can't let them race back to the caution on those tracks, or they will still defeat the purpose of the rule. It is so the safety crew can go ahead and come out and get there sooner. Just because the wreck was behind doesn't mater, the safety crews still need to get out there, and it is not safe for them to come out if people all over the track are still racing each other to the caution.

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