Why wasnt the caution thrown?

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OK, I was out last nite so I didnt see the race, but Ive read articles and several of you guys gave good recaps of what happened on the last lap. My question: Why wasnt the caution thrown after Waltrip had wrecked? I think it was Michigan where PJ Jones wrecked on the last lap, and he was in the back of the pack no less, and Nascar threw the caution while the leaders were on the backstretch allowing Newman to win and killing any chance the closing Kahne had to win. So, why didnt they throw the caution flag last nite?

Ive always been suspicious of Nascar and their "playing favorites" motives, but did they not throw the caution last nite because Junior still had a chance to win? Would they have thrown the caution if Junior was leading? Why was Leffler penalized when essentially Junior and other drivers practice the same move. Nascar "consistency" at its best again.
 
All VERY good questions RGfan. :D There's 2 articles posted in the other thread, one I just added. Read them they may help. I watched the race and I have the same questions even after reviewing several times on Tivo.
 
as far as i know there were cars still behind PJ at Michigan, and he was on the track, i didnt see the race last night, but it seems Waltrip was out of the way.
 
Yup, and I share the same sentiment as they do. Ive had some time today (recovery time :D ) so Ive looked at other forums about this issue and everyone (not Junior fans though, obviously) were upset and felt there is definite bias going on.

You have to wonder, in Junior's mind he got screwed last nite, so he really is gonna come out tonite and race really aggressively. A blocking move will cause a big wreck tonite, I can just see it already, unfortunately. But will there be penalties for Junior if he pulls the same move tonite?

Speaking of which, Ive never heard of unnecessary roughness. Is this a new Nascar rule? Since when did Nascar start taking after hockey? I also found it interesting that they issued the penalty 20 minutes after the race ended. So, it wasnt a penalty during the race, but usually anytime a penalty after a race is accessed Nascar reviews it, and usually the penalty is announced on like Monday or Tuesday. What made this incident so different?
 
It is easy to see why they didn't throw the caution. Last lap Waltrip slid way off the track and wasn't in the way. Also Jr was in the top 5. The odds were he was gonna win the race. Thus no caution. Thats' wht Leffer got the shaft. He blocked Jr. and prevented him from winning 4 in a row. :cheers:
 
NASCAR did indeed at one time penalize drivers for rough driving.

They even instituted a "penalty box" for the likes of one Dale Earnhardt Sr., Geoff Bodine, Darrell Waltrip, and a few others who never did learn how to race without resorting to dirty driving, were frequent visitors.
Drivers were black flagged and held for one, two or as many as five laps, depending on the infraction and the frequency of their use of that type of offense. Continued offenses could result in taking a week or two off.

Blocking another car is a perfectly acceptable tactic; making them work to find a way around is simply part of racing. The whole idea is to keep those other cars in back of you, not just pull over and let "the chosen one" go around.

Wrecking someone to move them out of the way simply points out the fact that someone needs to go back to driving school or build a better car.

The trouble was the fans love to see the dirty driving and their favorite drivers were being set down a lap or two, the TV folks (ESPN and TNN) thought those actions were taking excitement away from the telecast which they were paying for, and the idea was abandoned after a very short time.

Bump and run and pushing another car out of the way is not now, nor has it ever been, considered anything but dirty driving everywhere in motor racing except NASCAR. In NASCAR, it's just considered exciting; sort of like those steel chairs tossed into the ring in WWF. (Or WWE or whatever they are calling that farce now.)

Now, it would appear the practice is not only accepted, but expected, not only from the fans, but from the competitors themselves.

Unfortunately, it would seem that the officials of NASCAR have turned this around a full 180 degrees and are going to penalize actual racing and reward unsportsman like and dangerous actions by their competitors.

And it is still nothing more than dirty driving. It's easier to knock 'em out of the way than to pass 'em clean and it gives the fans that little additional thrill they pay so dearly to witness.

It's ENTERTAINMENT folks, nothing more!

(Well, I guess one might suspect money might enter into the game at some point too!)

:ph34r:
 
I guess I can agree with boB..........but, damn, I still love it!! :D :cheers:
 
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