Vols Fan Nascar at Bristol

[kbsooner21]

[wayne1218]

I don't think it changed the outcome but I'm still trying to figure out what that final caution was for?

[kbsooner21]

I don't think it changed the outcome but I'm still trying to figure out what that final caution was for?

They said one of the lights malfunctioned because rain got inside the light/switch. Did it start raining again after that too? I didn't watch much of it as I went to the Thunder game and was so damn tired that I just forwarded it to the last 10 laps after I got home before heading to bed.

[wayne1218]

Yeah it started pouring but they rode around 3 or so laps under caution with no rain and everyone, drivers, announcers were looking around asking what the hell is going on and what is the caution for. Everyone was like well NASCAR hasn't said anything and nobody knows as they were just driving around under yellow with 3 to go. It was pretty funny. I told the wife ok, that was simply to tighten up the field for a crazy finish. Had no idea why it came out. I said either that or the lights all malfunctioned. Then out of nowhere it started pouring out. Could have easily finished under green if the caution had not come out though.

[vols fan]

The phantom yellow had no impact on the ultimate outcome of the race, but it was an embarrassing gaffe, as NASCAR's vice president of competition and racing development Robin Pemberton explained afterward.

"What had happened in the closing laps of the race, it appears that in the flag stand one of the flag people had leaned on the switch that is the manual override for the caution lights, and so that happened," said Pemberton. "When the flag stand realized that the caution lights were illuminated, the flag man threw the (caution) flag, and then after that happened we froze the field from the tower.

[vols fan]

What a dumbass