TC Daily Pit Stop: NASCAR Explains Irregularities in Late-Race Cautions
TC Daily Pit Stop: Thursday, February 27th, 2025
Hauler Talk: NASCAR Explains Irregularities in Late-Race Cautions
A crash on the final lap of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway led to NASCAR displaying the caution flag, which froze the field and essentially ended what was shaping up to be an epic three-wide battle for the race win between Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, and Carson Hocevar.
While it felt controversial when you factor in that NASCAR has been allowing the leaders to race back to the finish line despite crashes on the final lap beginning with last Sunday’s Daytona 500 — a decision made to counteract an incorrect call to throw the caution a few hundred feet before the finish in one of the Duel Qualifers at Daytona the Thursday prior.
On this week’s episode of Hauler Talk, an official NASCAR Podcast which breaks down on-track rulings from the perspective of NASCAR, Amanda Ellis, Mike Forde, and Nate Ryan give some great perspective on things.
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