In the middle of a tumultuous season for NASCAR, one in which it may be seriously losing credibility in its own garage, there are hints that NASCAR may no longer be able to claim to be the undisputed king of motorsports in North America.
A gigantic concern at this point for everybody involved in NASCAR right now is the safety of the new-to-2022 Cup car. There are now two 2022 race winners out due to concussion symptoms, coming off what would register as meek hits in the old Gen 6 racecar from the eye. It’s clear now that there is a flaw with how the car distributes energy created in the event of a crash, with the driver appearing to take more of the damage than they used to.
Was this car created to maximize race quality while looking past safety elements? I wouldn’t argue that, but it’s also hard from NASCAR’s perspective to justify this not being the case when every driver is talking about how bad the crashes are now and having both a former series champion (Kurt Busch) and a bright current-day star (Alex Bowman) on the injured reserve from nothing-burger crashes.
It also doesn’t help NASCAR’s case when it refuses to actually punish drivers for stepping over the line.
Here’s a look at what happened between @WilliamByron and @dennyhamlin. #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/UgPH2EIiNd
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 26, 2022
Make no mistake, William Byron is extremely lucky that nobody got hurt because of this action. If Denny Hamlin had gone spinning down pit road with an uncontrolled car, how would Byron be able to tell in that split second that there wasn’t a damaged or stopped car over there? Or even worse, if Hamlin had hit a safety or pace vehicle being deployed?
NASCAR’s explanation? Oh, sorry, bud, didn’t see it.
NASCAR Senior Vice President Scott Miller said they will re-look at William Byron spinning Denny Hamlin under caution to see if they should issue any penalties. He said they didn’t see it in real time as they were focused on the accident. pic.twitter.com/AK71xCye1l
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) September 26, 2022
It’s very clear at this point, considering situations such as this, the Daytona International Speedway phantom shower from last month, the Spencer Boyd stall and finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and plenty of other controversial calls this season, that the NASCAR race control tower is either completely undermanned or completely incompetent. Rjuch sife do you waht to br on? Sorry, I didn’t look…
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