When Ross Chastain’s daring transfer up the center resulted in he and Austin Cindric spinning into the infield, the ultimate lap of the Daytona 500 was nearly to start.
NASCAR waited a second and as Cindric’s automobile slid again up the observe, NASCAR made the choice to throw the warning. Per NASCAR guidelines, a warning flag on the ultimate means the sphere is frozen and the race is over.
Alex Bowman, who was the pusher in Chastain’s fateful cost, carried the momentum ahead and pulled alongside his Hendrick Motorsports teammate because the warning flag few. After a lot hypothesis, NASCAR posted the next rationalization on social media:
Added Mike Forde, the Managing Director of Racing Communications for the game: “NASCAR makes use of all out there assets on the finish. Right here is the aerial picture on the time of warning. You can too see the No. 2 automobile [Cindric] coming again up the racetrack. That is why the yellow was referred to as. Had hoped it might have stayed down on the apron just like the 1 [Chastain] did and finish beneath inexperienced.”
Bowman by no means questioned NASCAR’s choice and was “proud” of his teammate William Byron, saying “they deserved it there on the finish. They did all the best issues, and I really feel like we did too there on the finish. Needed to go up and block the highest lane and that simply killed the center for a bit. We acquired the center again rolling after which all of them began crashing.
“Simply pleased with all people on this No. 48 Ally Chevy workforce. Tremendous pumped for everyone at Hendrick Motorsports – it’s 40 years to the day for the reason that first HMS race, so actually cool to see William in victory lane, and clearly a superb day for our Ally Camaro, as effectively.”
