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PepeSylvia11 t1_iug0ndd wrote

Reply to comment by moomoomistacow in Ross Chastain's epic wall-riding maneuver on the last lap at Martinsville gets him a spot in the title race by AlphaInvictus

He still would’ve made it into the championship. He only needed to gain 2 positions. He got 5. So if they were to call the caution the second they see smoke he probably would’ve already had it in the bag.

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Pantsman1084 t1_iug38z1 wrote

If the car is the reason for the caution, they are usually not allowed to stay in the position they were in and will revert to the last scoring loop they passed as long as they keep moving. If your situation would have played out, he may not have made it. This is an exceptional moment and probably the only time we'll ever see this.

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Klendy t1_iuj3jwn wrote

That's only if the car fails to keep pace

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Pantsman1084 t1_iuj93uf wrote

There's no way that he would have been able to keep pace after that.

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Klendy t1_iuj9xde wrote

The race is over at the sf. He kept pace until then

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Pantsman1084 t1_iujazc4 wrote

Right, but that is the only time this would have and did work. What I'm saying is that if they had thrown the caution, they would have reverted to the last scoring loop and frozen the field as is, race over. Then they would have assessed who was the cause of the caution and even though he kept pace until the finish line, they could have determined that he would not have been able to keep pace otherwise and may not have given him the spot he finished in. This is obviously speculation, but what isn't is that we will never see this happen again. There will be a rule change.

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