This Ridiculous Rule Is Being Introducing To The Nascar Truck Series For 2016
Nascar may call it the “most unique” change for the 2016 season, but we think the new ‘Caution Clock’ rule being introduced to the Trucks series this year is, quite frankly, absurd.
The Camping World Truck Series looks set to be shaken up this year with caution periods every 20 minutes after the start of a green flag run, if yellow flags fail to emerge before then.
The format will be different at several races. It will not be used at the Eldora Speedway and will be turned off with 20 laps remaining, except for events at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Pocono Raceway where it will be stopped with 10 laps to go.
The Caution Clock will begin at the race start and will be reset at each green flag run. Steve O’Donnell, Nascar executive vice president, believes it will “break up” the races and “add strategy”.
But while it will give all drivers and teams the chance to pit and make car adjustments, doing so in such an artificial way will likely be tedious for the fans, predictable and could hinder the on-track action as well.
The Truck championship is the third tier in the national Nascar championships, below the Xfinity series and the top level Sprint Cup. The Caution Clock makes a slight nod to the Trucks’ series past, where shorter races were broken up by a half-time break.
What do you think of the new Caution Clock rule? Let us know in the comments!
Comments
Seems like they’re just trying to create more time to run commercials
Gasp!!! Brian France would never do such a thing!!!!!! /s
That means we can have hot dog contests in between the stops, EAT THE WEENERS BOYS
I think we can safely say that Nascar is now to racing as WWE is to wrestling. Both have moved beyond being about a pure version of the sport, and instead are pushing the entertainment value.
I can’t agree more
Is it me or is this sport moving farther and farther from its roots with every stupid rule change they implement?
Don’t know if I should upvote because I agree it is a silly rule, or downvote because it is a silly rule.
Comment of the week, because Grumpy Cat.
I feel like this is something Bernie over at formula one would do…
I would stop the cars completely every 20minutes. Its way more strategic if you have to park your car every 20 minutes. ^^
Well the caution flag comes out if their stars are behind and someone cuts a tire, but not if someone cuts a tire and the stars are ahead. I like NASCAR but its the dumbest racing series out there. And those are so NOT trucks.
And that’s why I’m not watching NASCAR anymore, great races will be cut short because of this new trend of “Caution Flag Fetishists” and “Overprotective Officials”.
Way to snap the tension of a close race, you disrespectful idiots that make America look bad.