The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Charlotte Roval ended in controversy on Saturday when officials waited for more than 15 seconds from the time of an accident before putting out a caution. The delay in showing the yellow was bad enough but made considerably worse because of its timing and being displayed as Parker Kligerman appeared to take the white flag.
Unsurprisingly, there was confusion and speculation on whether or not the No. 48 car had crossed the start-finish line and was the winner.
During his weekly appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NASCAR’s SVP of Competition Elton Sawyer was questioned about the late caution and why it took so long.
“Yeah, I would agree,” Sawyer admitted. “It did take too long. I met with our team in the tower after the race Saturday night. We went through what happened there. We made some adjustments overnight as far as camera angles so that our replay operator could get to that to be able to see that quicker to be able to get that information to the race director.
“So we made an adjustment over Saturday night. Felt like we were in a much better place on Sunday. Again, it’s a call that we wanted to get to quicker but you got to have the information. You got to have the view to be able to do that. And felt like we made that correction overnight on Saturday.”
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While Sawyer indicated adjustments were made to prevent a similar situation from happening again, he never addressed why it happened in the first place. He suggested that his team didn’t have all the information.
But why? How is that even possible? How can fans watching the broadcast at home see a car buried under the tires but officials at the track and those in the control room with access to all kinds of camera angles can’t see the same thing in a timely manner?
It’s another head-scratching moment for NASCAR fans in a season full of them.
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