The recently concluded Daytona 500 was the longest in the history of NASCAR. Due to a crash with just three laps to go, a caution sent the race into overtime. Furthermore, after the first overtime restart, a multiple-car wreck forced the governing body to introduce a second overtime. This turned the originally scheduled 200-lap race into a 212-lap race. However, what if it was 1998, and extending the races due to caution was not a thing? Maybe Kyle Busch, instead of Ricky Stenhouse Jr, might have taken that Daytona 500 trophy home.

NASCAR introduced the Green-White-Checkered rule and the concept of overtime in order to provide a better racing experience to the audience. Is it really the best thing out there?

Dale Earnhardt Jr shared his take on the GWC rule

After Sunday’s race, the NASCAR world was divided about the overtime due to a caution. While a few fans questioned why it was necessary for the governing body to introduce overtime due to caution, others suggested that NASCAR should consider ending races under green flag conditions just like the ARCA Menards Series. Drivers like Dale Earnhardt Jr apparently do not agree with the latter.

The two-time Daytona 500 winner replied to a fan tweet and explained why he believes overtime or the compulsion of ending races under a green flag is not a great idea.

“100% respect your opinion. Mine is the opposite tho. I don’t think there should be an overtime at all. If a caution ends it, so be it. No GWC was fine with me for most of my life. It hasn’t had a profound affect on my enjoyment of racing since being implemented”

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Unarguably, Kyle Busch was a serious contender for the Daytona 500 trophy on February 19. However, due to the entire overtime chaos, the trophy eluded the two-time Cup Series champion once again.

Kyle Busch wishes that the Daytona 500 had the 1998 rules

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In a post-race interview, Busch explained that he was hoping to have a restart with his teammates. However, things didn’t go the way he had planned.

The Richard Childress Racing driver said, “Looked like it was kind of working, but we got too much separation off of (Turn) 2 and I tried to back up to get to them. When they hit me, it got me really squirrely, and Austin (Cindric) checked up and then it the accordion happens, and everybody gets running over everybody.”

“I think this is the first time I led Lap 200. I wish it were 1998 rules. It’s just part of the course. Just used to it. I come down here every year just to find out when and where I’m gonna crash and what lap I come out of the care center.”

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After leading the 200th lap for the first time ever, Busch, unfortunately, was swept up in a last-lap wreck. This destroyed Busch’s #8, forcing him to end his race in the 19th position.

What’s your take on Dale Earnhardt Jr’s tweet and Kyle Busch’s words?