NASCAR clarifies some rules: NASCAR, which announced last
month that teams would not be allowed to flare the side skirts, released
the penalty for that violation and other unapproved adjustments teams
make during a race. Teams who make unapproved adjustments under caution
will have to come back in under caution, fix the car, restart at the
rear of the field and then do a pass-through on pit road at pit-road
speed under green. Teams who make unapproved adjustments under green
will have to come in under green and fix the car to NASCAR's
satisfaction. If NASCAR identifies a crew member who makes the illegal
adjustment, it will issue that person a warning on the first offense and
increase the sanctions for additional offenses. The procedure was
released Thursday morning in a wide-ranging bulletin issued to teams.
NASCAR also put into writing what happens if two drivers tie at the
finish of a race, a rarity considering that the combination of NASCAR's
timing system and its cameras at the finish line typically allow for
NASCAR to determine finishing order. But if NASCAR can't break a tie,
the driver who has led the most laps will be awarded the higher finish.
If no driver has led a lap, then it would be the driver who has spent
the most laps in second. Then if still tied, whoever has run the most
laps in third, then fourth, etc.
In another rule clarification, NASCAR put into writing a policy that it could take away a driver's qualifying time if it determines that the driver impacted the qualifying lap of another driver -- such as coming off pit road and cutting in front of a driver already on the track during the group qualifying session.(ESPN)(2-13-2015)
In another rule clarification, NASCAR put into writing a policy that it could take away a driver's qualifying time if it determines that the driver impacted the qualifying lap of another driver -- such as coming off pit road and cutting in front of a driver already on the track during the group qualifying session.(ESPN)(2-13-2015)
