The significance of this is that this appears to be the first time NASCAR has chosen to red flag a race solely for the purpose of ending a stage under green.
Ultimately this move brought about a mad dash to the green and white checkered flag used to symbolize the end of a stage. However, NASCAR officials chose to display the red flag, thus halting the race briefly, to allow for the track to be cleared. The cleanup for that wreck looked as if it might take longer than five laps which would cause the stage to end under yellow flag conditions. However, this race could actually go down in the history books for another reason as there may very well have been a new precedent set by the sanctioning body regarding the officiating of stage breaks.Īs the truck race in Texas neared the conclusion of stage 1, which was to occur at lap 40, a caution flag waved for an incident involving Angela Ruch on lap 35.
On the surface, the Speed圜ash.com 400 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on Friday night at the Texas Motor Speedway might seem like a somewhat historic event in the history of NASCAR because of the fact that driver Greg Biffle came out of retirement to score his first win in any of NASCAR’s top three divisions since 2013 and his first NGOTS victory since 2001. Greg Biffle won the Speed圜ash.com 400 driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports but that might not have been the biggest part of the story
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