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NASCAR competition officials made changes Tuesday to the green-white-checkered procedure for this weekend's races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Instead of the maximum of three Green-White-Checkered attempts, NASCAR will do only one attempt.
The rule comes just in time for this weekend's CampingWorld.com 200 at the track.
The G-W-C finish rule was established by NASCAR in 2004 with the hopes of having races end under two-lap, green-flag shootouts to the finish.
If there's a wreck during the green-white-checkered finish, the field would be frozen and the race would end under caution.
Brad Keselowski, a three-time winner at Talladega in NASCAR's premier series, spoke of the green-white-checkered rule at Talladega.
"I don't think it's a bad thing," Keselowski said October 6th. "We go there and say we're going to run 500 miles. You run 500 miles and it ends under yellow, it kind of feels a little uncomfortable. Give another crack at it and see if you can't finish it off for the fans, and if it doesn't come together, well, we tried. I would feel pretty good about that if I was a fan. And as a team owner, I would feel pretty good about that, too."
Another CHASE driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., showed his opinion of the rule change on Twitter.
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| Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 car) and Marcos Ambrose (No. 9 car) lead the field to the green flag to startt he STP Gas Booster 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speeway in Martinsville, Virginia on April 7th, 2013. Johnson would win the race. (PHOTO: Jared C. Tilton/AP) |
NASCAR competition officials made changes Tuesday to the green-white-checkered procedure for this weekend's races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Instead of the maximum of three Green-White-Checkered attempts, NASCAR will do only one attempt.
The rule comes just in time for this weekend's CampingWorld.com 200 at the track.
The G-W-C finish rule was established by NASCAR in 2004 with the hopes of having races end under two-lap, green-flag shootouts to the finish.
If there's a wreck during the green-white-checkered finish, the field would be frozen and the race would end under caution.
Brad Keselowski, a three-time winner at Talladega in NASCAR's premier series, spoke of the green-white-checkered rule at Talladega.
"I don't think it's a bad thing," Keselowski said October 6th. "We go there and say we're going to run 500 miles. You run 500 miles and it ends under yellow, it kind of feels a little uncomfortable. Give another crack at it and see if you can't finish it off for the fans, and if it doesn't come together, well, we tried. I would feel pretty good about that if I was a fan. And as a team owner, I would feel pretty good about that, too."
Another CHASE driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., showed his opinion of the rule change on Twitter.
In favor of this. Thought three attempts were excessive and gimmicky. https://t.co/rvaMWdXUiS
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) October 20, 2015
This weekend's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. the Fred's 250 powered by Coca-Cola, will also be using the green-white-checkered rule.
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