Hampton, Georgie – Nascar said on Sunday that he should have launched the flag of warning in the last round of the Xfinity race on Saturday evening and if the situation will happen during today’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the flag of warning will be.
Elton Sawyer, main vice-president of the Nascar competition, made these comments at the meeting of drivers about an hour before the race of the Sunday Cup.
“My last comment will be, on the basis of the race (Saturday) of the night, our goal is to finish our races in green conditions,” Sawyer told Drivers. “This is our goal n ° 1. In addition, we are not going to run through a debris field. So you can expect the warnings to go out according to (Saturday) evening. It was on us.
“So, a situation that presents itself today as (Saturday) will be caution.”
While the leaders came out 2 in the last round of the Xfinity race on Saturday in Atlanta, some cars in the top 10 crashed. Behind the initial incident, three other cars crashed.
The race remained green while Austin Hill beat Justin Allgaier for the victory. Caution came out shortly after Hill crossed the finish line, but at least a few cars had to travel the two incidents while the green remained.
When Nascar launched a prudence flag at the end of a race was a growing problem since last week’s races in Daytona.
Nascar warned in the second qualification race in Daytona with the leaders for the start / finish line. Jusan Hamilton, a Nascar race director, said on the Podcast nascar “talk talk” that the race should have finished under green.
“It’s a when you look back, I would say that we could do it differently,” he said. “I would say that we could let them go to the starting / finish line, but it now comes up on a Tuesday, to come back to all our criticisms and to have the luxury and the time to review the full situation.”
In Craftsman Truck Race from last week, some vehicles sang the track near turn 3 and the race remained green. Several trucks were sinking between 3 and 4 years old. The race ended under caution because some trucks should cross the incident.
In the Daytona 500 last weekend, an accident on the backstretch in the last round did not bring out caution.
Instead, Nascar allowed William Byron to return to the finish line, throwing caution after taking the checkered flag.
Nascar said that with the field have grouped and beyond the incident site – as no one needed emergency aid – Nascar could ask certain emergency vehicles to go to the site. Since the incident area was more than one mile from the finish line, drivers would have time to slow down before reaching the premises.
