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Originally Posted by MaTH716
I am a casual Nascar fan. I enjoy watching it. I know most of the drivers and teams and I don't watch it for the crashes. Can someone explain why the yellow flag did not come out right away on the final lap of the 500. If the rule is that once there is a wreck, the field freezes then what happened? Is that even the rule? Because if it is, how can they change it on the fly of the biggest race of the year? Or is it like one of those NHL rules, where a trip isn't a trip with 2:00 minutes left in overtime? Personally I liked it the way it was, when they did race back to the line. Can someone clear this up to me.
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Well, in this particular instance, the yellow flag wasn't dropped because they were coming out of turn 4 on the last lap when the crash happened. Since the accident was happening BEHIND the two leaders, NASCAR decided to let them race back to the line (like they used to.) Basically, NASCAR enjoys making and changing rules at their every whim. They really could care less what anyone else thinks. (Sorry... a bit bitter at NASCAR right now.) I agree with you that they should be allowed to race back to the line, and because of that, Harvick was the right winner, BUT, if NASCAR plans on making rules, they need to stick with them. This garbage of changing them whenever they feel like it has got to stop.
By the way, IF the caution flag would have been thrown and the field was frozen, THIS is what would have happened:
I can understand why Mark Martin fans are upset.