What are scorring loops?

Question

What are scorring loops?

Answer 1

electric scoring machines

Answer 2

Some sort of electronical scoring device placed at various points around a racetrack to determine where and when a particular car passed that particular spot on the track.

Or a figment of Nascar's imagination, intended as a way of giving Kyle Busch the win.

Answer 3

they are electronic devices around the track... from my understanding it sounds like they are linked to the gps....it helps NASCAR decide where people are after a caution

Answer 4

scoring loops are devices placed around the track to determine what position the cars are in after a caution.

Answer 5

What they said...

Answer 6

Scoring loops are electronic devices that pick up the transponders that are attached to each car and transmits the exact moment that the car passed that line. There are typically a dozen or more of these scoring loops around the track. Computer software then compiles that data to compute the running order at any given moment in time. NASCAR has been testing this system for quite a while and now finally feels confident to entrust its timing and scoring decisions to it.

This means that when the yellow comes out the computer has already determined the correct running order based on the last time each driver crossed a loop. Given the number of loops around the track this data is never more than a second or two old. This system should help prevent long race delays caused by confusion in NASCAR timing and scoring.