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Posted By: RodinCanada on August 14 2021 at 10:44:02 PM
I have always been under the assumption that when red flags come out the restart is lined up from the last green flag lap. I bring this up because Larson seemed to move up 8 or 10 spots on Thursday. Announcers say because he kept going and drove through the carnage while others stopped. Well.i thought everyone is supposed to stop when the red comes out. I understand broken cars dont restart but how can you gain spots for not stopping when 3 cars roll and one bursts into flame?
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All of those cars were involved in that mess. If you are involed in a caution, you go to the tail. All of those positions he gained, were cars that could no longer continue, or went to the work area, over the course of three different red/ yellow flags.
When a red flag comes out, you are suppose to stop as quickly as possible, but you also cant stop in the crash scene and claim you were stopping for the red. Sometimes it ends up being a judegment call, but that deal Thursday night was pretty straight forward. Every car either went to the trailer, or to the work area.
Larson did not restart in front of anyone he should not have.
Stewart out on lap 1 (1)
Lap 2 PPM crash involded PPM, Stutts, and I. Madsen (2,3,4) (PPM out, Stutts, I. Madsen to work area)
Macedo crash had Macedo, McMahan, with K Madesen, Phillips, Swindell, and Dumesny all involved (5,6,7,8,9 and 10) (Macedo, McMahan, Dumesny, K Madsen, and Swindell were out, Phillips to work area)
There are 10 cars he passed because the cars either fell out of the race, or went to the work area. Larsen restarted 9th after the Macedo crash, he started 21st.
After lap 7 debris caution, Larson was 7th.
The other 5 position he gained, were passes under green over the final 18 laps.
Nothing majical happened, just a lot of carnage.
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