NASCAR suffers embarrassing track design mistake
During the Truck Series championship, the restart zone was at least 50 feet in the wrong place for Friday night’s crash-filled race.
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During the Truck Series championship, the restart zone was at least 50 feet in the wrong place for Friday night’s crash-filled race.
Some of NASCAR's star drivers made it crystal clear that Friday night's crash-filled Truck Series finale was an embarrassment for the sport. “I was not impressed,” Martin Truex Jr. said. The race was lambasted by top Cup Series drivers on Friday night for its messy completion, which included Carson Hocevar wrecking Corey Heim, which cost Heim the championship.
Cautions, restarts, retribution, extra laps and high action marked Friday night’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway. And that was just the final 50 laps.
Cautions, re-starts, retribution, extra laps and high-action marked Friday night’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway. And that was just the final 50 laps.
Chaos of the Craftsman Truck Series finale at Phoenix is latest example of a sport going off the rails.