What is going on with NASCAR's tow policy? We dive into the chaos surrounding a hot-button topic in the sport.
A few weeks ago at Watkins Glen, when Ryan Blaney was knocked out of the race without the opportunity for his team to check his car, it seemed that
’s previous interpretation of its policy, it wouldn’t tow a car that had damage from a wreck to the pit box so a team could see if it could fix the car. The driver’s race was over. It seemed so wrong at the time when it came to Blaney. Blaney was mad about it at Watkins Glen . Then Josh Berry was mad about it at Kansas . Berry’s ouster would have generated more buzz and outrage if he was in the playoffs. And then came Talladega. And it was a doozy.
Senior VP Elton Sawyer said the rule isn’t designed to keep good race cars out of the race and in the instance of Berry at Kansas, they 'probably could have made a different call there.' The change in that view was never communicated to teams until by
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