Fans Accuse NASCAR of Kyle Larson Favoritism After Major Change Benefits Rick Hendrick & Co.’s Indy Blunder

Just another day of NASCAR rewriting their rule book after a muck-up or a controversial call during one of the races. This time around, NASCAR did it under the radar during the two-week Olympics break, when most of the gearheads have taken off from keeping tabs on NASCAR.

The incident in question is, Kyle Larson’s crown jewel race victory, the Brickyard 400, at the Indianapolis Motorsport Speedway. However, his victory was put under scrutiny thanks to officiating calls by NASCAR that looked to have worked in favor of the HMS driver.

The first one came during a late-race overtime restart when Brad Keselowski opted to concede the lead and inside lane after running out of gas. It was Ryan Blaney who opted to choose the outside lane, knowing the No. 6 Ford of Keselwoski could stall the inside lane being low on fuel. But coming to restart, the RFK Racing driver hit the pit lane and allowed the HMS No. 5 to take the lead car position. This is where the race was practically won by most of the supporters.

Another big call came during the final few laps when Ryan Preece’s No. 41 car was stalled on the track. But instead of calling out a caution, NASCAR allowed the race to remain green; they did bring out the yellow after Larson took the white flag. Thus ending the race under caution, but it looks like NASCAR is trying to make amends with a new rule change.

On August 8, two weeks after the Brickyard 400, Bob Pockrass took to X to share an update about the rule amendment, which involves pushing the car under a red flag. “NASCAR has updated red flag procedure to include an item about pushing a car that is stalled when the race resumes.” But the question that arises is, why NASCAR chose to come up with this rule, now.

Even NASCAR fans are still reeling from the controversial Brickyard 400 win

Taking a jibe at NASCAR and trying to cover up their tracks, this fan replied, “They had to add this to cover themselves after Larson got a push start at Indy lmaoooo.”

The barrage of comments aimed at both NASCAR and Kyle Larson did not stop there. Still rilled up from officiating at the Brickyard 400, this fan labeled NASCAR as “Trash company” for handing a win to HMS star and wrote, “Probably the trashiest thing I’ve ever seen nascar do. Larson can’t win a race without Nascar creating a rule afterwards to publicize their displeasure with him winning. Trash company.”

One of the key points from the ruling was highlighted by the race fans, who argued that despite the rules, NASCAR will do as they feel in officiating close calls on race days. “Determined solely by NASCAR More terrible decisions in the future.”

Meanwhile, a bunch of fans made this rule change a laughing stock with their comments. However, they did sneak in a diss for Kyle Larson in doing so, “Is this going to be called the “Kyle Larson rule”?”

Remember Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski being penalized for crossing the pit lanes while getting back to the racetrack? This was indeed a muck-up on NASCAR’s part, as they didn’t clarify the words before the ruling. And this isn’t going to change anytime soon. “Gonna need another update to that rule. What’s a feild?”

This wasn’t the first time NASCAR made amendments to its rulebook mid-season. Hopefully, there are no new changes during the playoffs, where the stakes are going to be high, and drivers are most likely to be unknown to these rule changes practically.