Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Parker Kligerman: ‘It sucks for Parker’ Mayer made the pass on Kligerman in overtime to take the lead and win the race. Kligerman, who recently said the 2024 season would be his final full-time season of NASCAR racing, came that close to winning his first career Xfinity Series race. It wasn’t to be, and Earnhardt believes that could have been his last opportunity, at least this season.
“Here he is winning this race, and there’s this car that gets stuck in the tires badly,” Earnhardt said. “As bad as I’ve seen a car get stuck in tires. … This just sucks. I’m being ripped into because I’m thrilled that Sam won the race, of course. This was a perfect outcome for me. I get both cars through [to the Round of 8]. But look, what is more important to me than any of that is integrity of the sport. And it is hard to see that happen to Parker or any driver.
“You’re a foot from the white flag which if the caution comes out after you cross it, race is over. And the caution light comes on. You have spent the entire day busting your ass to put yourself into this position. And this silly chain of events is going to take it away. It just sucks for Parker. Because he has absolutely worked hard enough and run well enough to deserve to know what it feels like to stand in that Victory Lane and celebrate. I fear that he won’t get that chance, at least not this year.” Dale Earnhardt Jr. calls on NASCAR to improve officiating system The confusion over when the caution was thrown is not an isolated incident. It’s simply the latest in a season full of officiating controversies, both in Xfinity and Cup. Going forward, Earnhardt wants to see the process more buttoned up. The NASCAR Hall of Famer called for more consistency from officials, citing the numerous incidents over the course of this season.
“We have seen over the course of this year some very tough things happen in race control that are frustrating,” Earnhardt said. “I’m hoping that this offseason, NASCAR tries to get everybody in the room say, ‘Let’s go through a process to find out how to eliminate some of these issues.’ I don’t want to be them. I don’t envy NASCAR, I don’t want to do race control. It’s not a job that people are lining up to get. But I honestly feel like — I don’t know enough about this, I’m not educated enough about this… I could not tell you the race director’s name [for any of NASCAR’s three series]. But I just don’t know who does what and when.
“You got three series, and it sounds like there’s a revolving door of race directors or the people who are making those particular calls to put the caution out. We gotta whittle it down and get some consistency. … They gotta get a bit of a handle on it to where there’s just more consistency and a higher standard and a higher expectation from us, from fans of the consistency that we’re looking for. But it’s been a rough patch, and I’m hoping this offseason maybe they can smooth it out.” It's The LITTLE Things in Life That Count.
Dale is right. I have seen a couple of times that a driver was within a car length for the white and a yellow flies. I have also seen Larson go almost 1/2 a lap with cars wrecked and the yellow didn't waive until he crossed the line, and as soon as his hood hit the line the light came on, but what do You expect, HMS on the car says it all and that is what Nascar ALSO NEED TO CHANGE.
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on 10/18/2024, 10:52 am