NASCAR comments on final lap cautions

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They were three wide coming to the finish line at Atlanta Motor Speedway but a caution came out, ending the race

In Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson and Carson Hocevar were three wide for the lead off turn four on the final lap. However, a crash behind them forced a caution to be deployed.

When a caution comes out after taking the white flag, the race is over. But, whether or not to throw the caution is a judgement call.

NASCAR has taken the stance of erroring on the side of caution.

Elton Sawyer comments

"If we don't throw the caution, you're incentivizing the competitors to drive through that," Elton Sawyer told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

"So, if you look back over the last week or so and nine superspeedway races that we've had if you count the duels and ARCA race. Everybody is on top of each other, so the element of a last lap caution is there, as we've seen.”

“It's on the sanctioning body to make sure that we do our absolute best to get to the start/finish line under green, but there is conditions and situations where we need to throw that. And we're going to error more on throwing it than not."

Atlanta Results: February 23, 2025 (NASCAR)

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Atlanta Motor Speedway | NASCAR

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