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NASCAR seeking options to address lackluster Martinsville race

NASCAR seeking options to address lackluster Martinsville race

In an interview Wednesday on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Scott Miller, NASCAR’s senior vice president of competition, said several factors played into how the race unfolded but said the sanctioning body would try to determine what “levers to pull” to help improve the on track product.

The Richmond race two weeks ago turned into a tire strategy affair as the lack of cautions (five total, including two stage breaks) and multiple green-flag pit stops left much of the field strung out.

Saturday night at Martinsville turned out to be very similar. There were only four cautions (two for stage breaks), five lead changes and a round of green-flag pit stops – something usually unheard of on the ½-mile track.

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Miller’s take on the race echoed those of several drivers after the event saying that it was difficult to point to one overriding factor for the lack of close-quarters racing that would typically produce a lot of “beating and banging.”

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