Help me understand how Stenhouse Jr lost 1st place at Chicagoland

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verefx

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Forgive me for my misunderstanding...

During Sundays Nationwide race with around 30 laps to go, Stenhouse Jr pitted under green... he went in to the pits in 1st place... then a yellow came out when Kyle Bush was wrecked.... then Stenhouse had to start in the back of the field... sorry but I truly do not understand how this happens.. I have seen this before and always wondered how the driver looses his 1st place and has to go to the back just because a yellow came out while in the pit...., I am sure it is an easy explanation, but I would be grateful if someone would explain why this happens. Thank you!
 
Everyone passed him while he was putting. When the caution comes out, the pace car picks up the leader. Stenhagen was not the leader.
 
I thought the same thing verex. The best I can figure, it's a kink in nascars system for handling the pace car rules when a yellow comes out before green flag stops cycle through. I for one never liked the total luck factor of becoming the leader or losing the lead based solely on when the yellow comes out. It would be easy to have a fair way to fix it based on the new leaders pitting once the pits open, but I guess nascar likes the drama.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Man, do I look at this differently. Is the general consensus that this is broke? Like it or not luck plays a role in racing. Getting caught in the pits is all part of the ballgame. I think this is referred to as bad racing luck. ;)
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" YEP " :D
 
The conflict of when to pit and what to do during a pit stop is one of my favorite things about NASCAR racing. It's all about strategy, do you wait till your out of fuel, do you pit when your lap times start falling off in comparison to the other cars, do you set the car up for long runs or short runs? 2 tire or 4 tire stops, multiple adjustments, etc, etc and then there's Racing Luck! Caution falls right after you pit your skewerd. Its what long distance 400-500 mile races are all about! You don't see this stuff at local short tracks very often.
It's what makes Cup interesting to me!

Anyone remember back when the truck series had scheduled "Breaks"??? I understood the why, butt what crap that was.
 
I must have missed that . Did he go down a lap, pitting under green , then take the 'wave around 'to put him at the tail end of the lead lap?
 
Wow, great comments guys... please understand, I wasn't complaining about it nor was I inferring that this was some problem that needs fixing, I just honestly didn't understand how that works.. so, I suppose Ricky's pit stop ended up being at a bad time... bad luck sendse he didn't know a caution would come out...... yes ted, that is what happened
 
It's too much of a crap shoot for me to enjoy, and it does open things to manipulation when a simple spin will move the dominate car to the back of the field. It has nothing to do with strategy, so it's just a crap shoot.

I would prefer to see lead lap cars that end up pitting after the yellow get moved to the back of the lead lap cars that pitted under green. On the other hand, watching Ricky try to get it back was drama, and I guess that's what people want.
 
What happens on most tracks (except for the largest ones) is when you pit under green, you go a lap down until the last driver on the lead lap pits. Once that happens, everyone who had pitted gets back on the lead lap, and the first guy a lap down becomes the leader. But if a caution comes out during green flag pit stops, the drivers who had just pitted are caught a lap down. Then the drivers on the lead lap who hadn't pitted yet get to pit under caution and stay on the lead lap. The lapped cars usually get a wave-around and get back on the lead lap, but they have to line up behind the drivers who were on the lead lap at the time of the caution.
 
PeopleAreStrange said:
What happens on most tracks (except for the largest ones) is when you pit under green, you go a lap down until the last driver on the lead lap pits. Once that happens, everyone who had pitted gets back on the lead lap, and the first guy a lap down becomes the leader. But if a caution comes out during green flag pit stops, the drivers who had just pitted are caught a lap down. Then the drivers on the lead lap who hadn't pitted yet get to pit under caution and stay on the lead lap. The lapped cars usually get a wave-around and get back on the lead lap, but they have to line up behind the drivers who were on the lead lap at the time of the caution.
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The reason I don't like this is because it only hurts the fastest cars on the track. It can't happen in a way that hurts middle pack or slow cars anywhere near as badly.
 
From my understanding he was lapped and the first car one lap down when the caution came out. So he got the free pass. If I remember the free pass rules he had to start at the rear of the lead lap.
 
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