Why a mandatory caution with only 10 laps left???

Question

This makes no sense to me. I'm only a very casual NASCAR viewer, so someone needs to explain the logic here to me. I've seen it done in the early stages of the race, and that makes sense, but why the end? A guy races his tail off to get in a position to win, and they make him stop. Totally a mystery to me. Do you serious fans like it?

Answer 1

No I didnt like it. The only race was the pit road race. Just another way to get a Hendrick boy in VL

Answer 2

Why not.  Why ask Toyota to dial down their horsepower a week ago.  Why have a caution when a piece of paper goes on the track.  You the funny thing is, sometimes those pictures they show of debris, kind of looks pre recorded.

If you watched the race a couple of weeks ago they played a pre recorded loop of the race as a play back.  The announces were actually commenting on it like it just happened.  It only took them about a minute to figure it out.

I think the only thing they came up with was boogity, boogity, boogity.

Answer 3

Yes, I know. Denny Hamlin would have won, but the pitstop brought him back.

Answer 4

No, I don't like how this race was run but it was better than a fuel milage race or a green, white, checkers. They had to stop with 10 to go because the tires wouldn't have lasted, this was the story all day, tires couldn't last much more than 12 laps if that far. Denny and crew made his own bed by not changing all 4 on the previous stop. The 10 -12 lap green flag runs sucked big time, but it beat the alternative of guys blowing tires and hitting the wall, then we would of maybe had 5-10 cars left and still been in the same situation with all the competition cautions. Nascar made this race as safe as they could with what was available to the teams today, hats off to them (a rare moment at that). Goodyear needs to take a long hard look at better testing, only sending 3 cars to Indy??? come on that is a joke.

It is about time to bring in other tire makers. Maybe Hoosier, Firestone or Bridgestone can make better tires for certain tracks.

Answer 5

For the same reason that they had one every ten to, twelve laps, for the entire race. to get tires.

safety first.

Answer 6

What "emiller1" said. Goodyear totally blew the tire compound.  NASCAR had to get the race completed.

Answer 7

The race was bad.  Goodyear came with a completely wrong tire that would only last 10-15 laps before it blew out.  So NASCAR threw a caution every 10-12 laps to change tires to prevent accidents.

Answer 8

No we do not like it! Today was not a race it was a mess. If I had paid money to go to Indy I would be asking Nascar and Goodyear for a refund!

Answer 9

That was the cherry on the top of the demise of Cup racing. It's not even racing anymore. I wish I wouldn't have wasted the last four hours watching that clown dance.