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Originally Posted by 2MinsToPost
Their is huge difference between a rules violation going thru tech. The reality is this, when the cars are on the track peoples lives are in danger every second and that in my opinion played a factor in the Race Director's decision.
I can tell you for a fact that decisions have to be made every single weekend in NASCAR that people will never know about. Those decisions are made behind closed doors, some of them are correct and with the best interest in mind and some are made not in the best interest of the parties involved. Untill you have been involved in a situation similar to what happened Sunday you just don't know how important it is to be able to do what is right.
Again, I was Chief of Timing and Scoring for ASA back in 2001 and part of 2002. I speak from experience and worked with a couple drivers and their respective teams who moved on to NASCAR and are racing their currently. Things happen during the race that have to be taken for their situation, and decisions have to made with safety being number 1.
When the green flag drops this is how things go. The safety of everyone involved is number 1. The accuracy of where each respective car is number 2. In this situation, both were compromised. The Race Director made the right decision.
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First of all I do appreciate your insight on this subject. I am not sure what the right answer is. The point I was trying to make is that Nascar is so strict by the book in every aspect of the sport, that I didn't think there was any room for a "judgement call". Also if safety is the #1 issue how could the yellow not come out immediatley. Beacuse the wreck happened in the front of almost a full field and most of them were still on the lead lap all racing to the finish. So with no yellow you have the majority of the field racing back to the line through a wreck. The way I see it is that everyone involved or behind the wreck, had a safety issue because the yellow didn't come out right away. Like I said in an earlier post, I liked it when they DID race back to the line. I just do not think you could have it both ways.