Races That Made NASCAR Change The Rules

[@iBolt07]

Alot of folks cite Dale Earnhardt's death as the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of safety. But the HANS device (which some drivers had elected to start using, but Earnhardt did not) wasn't made mandatory until Blaise Alexander's fatal accident in October 2001 in an ARCA race at Charlotte. The last deadly piece of safety mandating that had to happen was spotters being mandatory during test/practice sessions - during ARCA practice at Charlotte in 2002, Eric Martin's car had spun and backed into the turn 4 exit and sat broadside on the racing surface. Deborah Renshaw came off the corner full song and t-boned Eric's stopped car in the driver's side at over 150mph. Renshaw had no spotter on the stand to tell her about the car parked against the turn 4 exit. As far as I know, Eric Martin, to date, is the last driver to die in a US national touring stock car series by cause of an on-track incident.

[@JeffWeselyan]

Wow

[@JeffWeselyan]

Still make me mad 3:35 this day smh

[@SuperNASCARrocks]

The GWC rules are ridiculous. They’ve had so many variations of them: 1 attempt, 3 attempts, infinite attempts. Then NASCAR has the balls to say that 2015 Talladega wasn’t an attempt, even though they said for that weekend they would only do one attempt. NASCAR has no idea how the rules even work. And don’t even get me started on the “Overtime Line.” That rule was bullshit.

[@North-101-Racing]

It's Nascar fans bud. They make Nascar change everything mostly.

[@trevorhintz1290]

@@North-101-RacingThey’ll complain about something so NASCAR makes a rule change. Then they’ll complain about the rule change that is made, which was made because of their complaining.

[@phoenixfire257]

Go watch f1

[@phoenixfire257]

That is better for you but don’t be sorry if nascar is better than it

[@jimb8601]

Jeff Burton making his mandatory pit stop on the final lap of the segment in the allstar race. Finished his stop and completed the segment rolling over the finish line on pit road.

[@roymcdre9180]

All of us watching were floored

[@MichialMathews]

The 1987 Die-Hard 500 @ Talladega. Bobby Allison's Wreck Into The Catch Fence Under The Flagstand Brought Us Restrictor Plates.

[@RacerAllYime400]

that rule in 2011 limiting cup guys to one series to run for a title

[@JeffWeselyan]

Yeah but giving chance fair way

[@kpegc]

1:10 "A person who throws something on to the racetrack at a car is not a race fan, he's a race idiot." - Bob Jenkins They should have immediately ejected anyone throwing objects on the track from the premises and banned them from visiting for at least 1 year. Maybe even press charges against them for vandalism, reckless endangerment, or property damage. There is simply no excuse for that behavior in my opinion.

[@johncarrillo518]

The areo cars Chrysler used in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I love those winged monsters

[@BDSFormula1]

Man, the wallride is banned. That got me into NASCAR. still learning

[@kyleraymer5581]

Technically it was banned when he did it. They just said they would start enforcing it moving forward.

[@BDSFormula1]

@@kyleraymer5581 still learning

[@TheBraydenBunch58]

I thought "Spingate" would be mentioned :(

[@gavynadcock]

Ah yes the 100% rule

[@Ally_Rayne6]

Way to include Tom's scream from Tom and Jerry for the clip of Rusty Wallace flipping.

[@southerninterloper4107]

Does NASCAR "change the rules" or do they just make shit up as they go?

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

In regards to that 2004 Talladega finish: What if the other cars that were top 5 late (Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Robby Gordon) had been in the lead when that last caution flew? Had an RCR car ended up winning…… is that viewed any differently by the fans? Imagine if the OTHER Gordon had won

[@crystaljon]

Wouldn't matter, because Jr. would still lose.

[@AlteredIce]

this guy reminds me a lot of JPR

[@Kartkid024]

No, I think Rule breaker would have been accurate for Chastain. He didn't bend rules, he broke them. Indy the rule was already in place that said a driver couldn't gain an advantage using the run off. At Martinsville the rule was already in place banning his wall ride. Yes in the 2nd one Nascar failed to penalize him unlike Indy, but in the end both were against the rules. They weren't made up after the fact or loop holes.

[@michaelwallace1861]

Brian France stillscontrols NASCAR from his underground bunker.

[@adamstare1137]

Time to add 2024 richmond race to this list

[@kyleraymer5581]

The rule against the wall ride wasn't technically a rule change or a new rule. Nascar actually said it would be enforcing the already existing rule if anyone else tried to do it.

[@gilliganallmighty3]

Nascar spent 15 years trying to get Dale Jr into the title.

[@4_14_fan]

How about the 2018 Talladega fall race where SHR owned the field so hard that NASCAR totally scrapped that superspeedway rules package afterwards

[@RealSWOfficial]

Don’t forget S P I N G A T E

[@whalesequence]

All overtime variations are stupid. There's a reason why f1 or indycar doesn't do it.

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

2015 was the year I felt David Hoots needed to be fired. He screwed up so much it was insulting.

[@lordvoldemort4944]

Actually, in 2015 that was just for the super speedways one attempt and that was just for Talladega

[@keivncraft1561]

Was that because of the Dillon crash at Daytona?

[@XFIGHTINGDREAMERX245]

Dale Jarrett wrecking at New Hampshire eliminated racing back to the caution flag, leading to the introduction of the “Lucky Dog Award.” If I’m not mistaken, the wreck I’m talking about happened in 2003, during the Fall New Hampshire race. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHiWY3WQhcqVj5osi=HYTDbWgptePhY12t

[@Sithlord224]

NASCAR attacks teams for "manipulating" the field and results. Im sorry wtf are they doing with all these stupid back and forth rule changes with green white checkers. Especially when they run interference for Jr.

[@JGR4LIFE20]

2003 Atlanta spring Race. It was the race that created “the chase”. That’s the race that Matt Kenseth took the point lead and never looked back.

[@aldouscoroza]

Who can Forget Spin Gate, it Made NASCAR move to this Stupid Playoff Format that we have now for the Past 10 Years

[@ThomasGoldfinch-r1u]

Sheldon Creed’s wallride happened a year after Larson attempted it.

[@JimHasel-fy4vc]

3:30 💀

[@cjfastfoot]

I hope we go to 1 overtime attempt at every track

[@trevorhintz1290]

First time a car in the back of the pack spins out and a caution get thrown and ending the race right there the fans will complain.

[@cjfastfoot]

@@trevorhintz1290 Fans will complain no matter what. NASCAR talks about saving money for teams. What would save the most money? Giving the drivers less chances to crash

[@kpegc]

@@cjfastfoot What's a consequence of saving money from not having to pay for crash damage? Teams being able to put more cars on the track. Cars and teams that provide more room for sponsors to support the sport, which opens the door for more on track entries, which results in a healthier NASCAR long term. Come to think of it, I think I'd prefer limiting the overtime attempts to just one.

[@ethanlewisspkyinc.8371]

Love the beamng crashes

[@ATK10155]

I’d rather have unlimited GWC than what it used to be.

[@Kartkid024]

I think eventually they need to have a limit to prevent what happened at Nashville. Or at least start going to single file restarts after so many. Id say after 2 go to single file, then if that doesn't work just end it.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

If Dale Jr was in fact leading at the moment of Caution in NASCAR's eyes in regards to The 2004 Talladega Finish, GWCs Probably wouldn't be a thing.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

what if someone else led? Forget Jr or Gordon, what if one of the other top 5 drivers was leading at the moment of caution (Jimmie, Harvick, Robbie Gordon)?

[@NASCARFAN93100]

@@chrisuncleahmad789 GWCs would still be a thing

[@Kartkid024]

I think it would have eventually came. But just maybe not at that point.

[@robertmusgrave9236]

Any more NASCAR is bush league.

[@NASCARfan38-v6n]

Jr was the true winner of 04 dega but NASCAR had to help Gordon as usual