NASCAR Wrong to Wait on Caution
NASCAR Wrong to Wait on Caution
NASCAR was wrong for waiting so long to throw the caution on the last lap at Martinsville Sunday. If they are going throw a caution for a water bottle with 50 laps to go they must throw one when a car is sitting dead on the track at the start-finish line with the leaders coming.
John Andretti spun his car on the last lap as the leaders were taking the white flag. NASCAR race control watched and waited as Andretti’s car sat there with Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson and the rest of the pack headed back toward Andretti and the start-finish line at full speed.
Finally the caution flag flew with Hamlin, the race winner, just yards from the flag stand. The lead cars barreled past Andretti at near full speed.
How can NASCAR call a caution for a tiny piece of debris – but wait for so long to call one when a car is sitting dead in the water at the finish line on the last lap?
