The yellow fever has hit the NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway hard. While the fans expected to see some thrilling road racing action, all they have been treated to is boring and uneventful caution laps. From Denny Hamlin’s early engine bust to Michael McDowell and multiple others’ wreck into the tire barrier, there have been a total of seven caution flags already in the race.

And if this trend continues, the race could very well break the track record for most caution laps, which stands at nine. Usually, these scenes are expected from ARCA Series races, where young drivers are accustomed to causing wrecks and crashes. This even got Kyle Busch frustrated and hinted at the only solution that could perhaps save the race from becoming a wreck-fest.

“This is where old man France comes over the radio and says to pull your head out of your a** to everybody?” The RCR driver said this via his team radio. Well, Rowdy’s prayer was soon answered, as after a streak of caution runs, the final stage of the race ran green without any stoppages, even allowing him to advance further close to the top 5 positions.

However, as the race started to near completion, Kyle Busch was involved in a late scrap with a stubborn Ross Chastain. Coming off in turn 4, Chastain intentionally ran the No. 8 RCR car off the race track. This would have been Busch’s first top 5 finish off his last six races, but it was not meant to be. Furthermore, it looked like he just might finish the race inside the top-10 spots, Busch was hit with another tragedy as he ran out of fuel. He had to limp his race car to the finish line to finish the race in the twelfth position.

This certainly wasn’t the best day of Cup racing for the RCR camp. Had it been a smooth sailing race from the get-go, it would have turned out differently. But the early caution flag runs certainly spoiled the fun for the fans, who vented out their frustration online on social media platforms.

NASCAR fans were fuming over the ARCA-style caution racing at Sonoma

Calling out the best stock car racing drivers in the country, a fan wrote, “Is this the NASCAR Cup Series with the best drivers in the world?” The race, indeed, looked rookie-style initially.

Some even started name-called out the Cup drivers for putting up a disastrous racing show, “This is ridiculous!! These guys should be absolutely embarrassed by this clown show!!” Not the best view when the veterans and stars end up having a bad time on track.

There have been a fair few supporters who have never been in favor of racing on road courses. And given the current situation of the race at Sonoma, they got a perfect opportunity to chime in with their arguments, “This race sucks. Give me an oval.” Meanwhile, a fan wasn’t sure if he was watching a Cup Series race or an ARCA event. “This is ridiculous. If I wanted to watch arca I would”.

This streak of caution runs at Sonoma also prompted an out-pour of some hilarious comments, “I’m done I’m turning this sh*t show off. Can’t even make a single lap. It’s embarrassing how sh*t these guys are.” The more you scroll the socials, the more you would find the reiteration of this emotion.

Not only Kyle Busch but certainly a lot of fans will now feel better that the road course event at Sonoma is done with. NASCAR Cup racing action resumes next weekend as the Series makes its debut run at the Iowa Speedway.