Ending your year by leaving a
bitter taste in the mouths of fans and competitors is never what a major sport
wants to happen.
Except the season finale for
the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the Homestead-Miami Speedway did just that. The
season and the championship came down to one final race with Austin Dillon and
Sam Hornish Jr. separated by just eight points.
Much of the 300-mile event had
Hornish in control of his destiny as he outran Dillon. Driver of the No. 3 struggling
with his machine, even hitting the wall at one point as he wrestled to break
into a top 10 spot. With less than 20 laps to go the final caution of the night
came out after a hard crash off turn four.
As they ran, Hornish was still
on control of the title. Until NASCAR decided not to red flag the race, running
over 10 laps under yellow. During that time pit stops occurred, the running
order shuffled and suddenly Dillon was in the position that he needed to secure
the title.
Brad Keselowski then charged
through the field to earn the win, while Hornish lost more valuable spots. Dillon
now protecting the position he needed for the final five laps.
Dillon, who went winless,
captured his first NNS championship by three points over Hornish. It was the
last race he ran for Team Penske and all admitted it hadn’t ended the way
they’d hoped. Calling the situation, unacceptable.
But …
What if you were the NASCAR
official in charge during the Nationwide finale, would you have thrown the red
flag? Why or why not?
@BeeOhBeeRT_BUP Yes. There was
a championship hanging in the balance, and every lap under green is vital to
determining it.
@TheOrangeCone yes. 17 laps is
too long
@jackrlewis yes; because it’s
common sense
@StrokerAce90 yes. That was
crazy.
@ARosser14 Yes. Because it was
ridiculous not to. They had to have known how much fluid Clements’ car dropped.
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