Pantsman1084 t1_iug38z1 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:28 AM

Reply to comment by PepeSylvia11 in Ross Chastain's epic wall-riding maneuver on the last lap at Martinsville gets him a spot in the title race by AlphaInvictus

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.

Klendy t1_iuj3jwn wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:37 PM

That's only if the car fails to keep pace

Pantsman1084 t1_iuj93uf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:14 PM

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

Klendy t1_iuj9xde wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:20 PM

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

Pantsman1084 t1_iujazc4 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:27 PM

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.