“Ruined a Great Race” – Denny Hamlin Exposes the “Ridiculous” Aspect of COTA Race as NASCAR Fans Advocate a Major Change

NASCAR races are very fascinating to watch. The wrecks, strategies, and comebacks make NASCAR quite unique as a sport. Fans enjoy the contact between the cars, the cautions being raised, as it pumps them up with adrenaline. But if things go too far, the whole race can become a complete bummer. And this is what the NASCAR community experienced this past Sunday.

The recent Cup Series race held at the Circuit of The Americas turned out to be an unpleasant experience for the fans. The race went into triple overtime, resulting in an extension of the race by a whopping seven laps. This robbed the fans of entertainment, and criticism was very much visible. In the latest episode of his podcast, the 23XI Racing co-owner, Denny Hamlin, opened up about the race being ridiculous.

Why did the race at COTA turn out to be ridiculous?

The race turned out to be a disaster from the beginning to the very end. But it was the last stage of the race that really made it a bad experience.

Being an owner, Denny could relate to other owners’ problems and said, “More than likely if you’re listening to this, your driver probably got spun or wrecked at the end of that race and you’re probably tired of it as well.”

Hamlin criticized the triple overtime that took place during the closing laps of the race. He felt it was worthless to spend so much time completing the final laps. The restarts really bothered him very much on which he said, “So I think just taking an hour to run the last few laps is just ridiculous.”

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Hamlin suggested, “And how can we avoid it? You have to, have to help the drivers help themselves, and that’s spreading us out a little bit.”

 But, it looks like fans have a different suggestion.

What changes are fans advocating?

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The closing laps were crazy. The race had 8 cautions in a span of just 17 laps, which is staggeringly high. Fans clearly didn’t enjoy what happened in the race. The fans expressed their views and suggested bringing back the single file restarts. They replied to the tweet of Dirty Mo Media.

Single file restarts allow lap leaders to lead the race and make it challenging for the racers behind to win, making the race more thrilling.

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Will NASCAR reintroduce single-file restarts or will fans remain in displeasure? Seeing recent major developments in NASCAR, one can hope for fans’ voices to be heard.