NASCAR: Five Things Fans Were 100 Percent Right About

The Caution Clock Was Never A Good Idea

While the caution clock was a step in the right direction for leveling the playing field and allowing for more exciting racing action, the way it was handled and how it was implemented by NASCAR was just ridiculous. Yes, fans want to see the teams have a chance to adjust their cars and compete with the leaders, but they didn’t need to create a caution clock in order to achieve that.

In all honesty, NASCAR would have been better off taking one of their previous All-Star race formats from the Cup Series and adjusting to the Truck Series. Not only would that create the intense restarts that fans want to see, especially in the closing laps of the race, it would also be a way to pause the racing action more seamlessly  and allow teams to tune up their cars before the next segment.

Sure, fans might hate it, especially since a caution clock really doesn’t belong in the world of auto racing to begin with, but with the chance it creates for teams to make adjustments to their cars and the added amount of restarts throughout the race, it is almost guaranteed to be a mainstay in NASCAR for years to come. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they transferred the rule to the two top tier series’ as well.

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