NASCAR: Winners And Losers From Martinsville

Loser: Scoring

We thought NASCAR had issues scoring the All-Star race earlier in the year, but we saw a whole new level of struggling at Martinsville.

After Carl Edwards brought the caution out on Lap 356, things got confusing. Some cars were on pit road while some were still on the track. Kyle Busch came off pit road before race leader A.J. Allmendinger got back around, but Matt Kenseth failed to get off in time. That created a huge issue that lead to Kenseth going a lap down.

With that going on, A.J. Allmendinger ran out of fuel. Then, as drivers tried to complete their free pass, some passed Denny Hamlin, and gained back an extra lap when they weren’t supposed to.

This led to a 29-lap portion of the race full of confusion and misunderstanding as drivers questioned why they were in certain situations and why others were ahead of them or close behind them.

I think I speak for most fans out there when I say that I’m still not exactly sure what happened throughout the course of the caution laps, but a red flag would’ve probably helped sort things out without so many mistakes.