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.

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