“That’s Disappointing” – Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Former Spotter Dislikes NASCAR Overtime Rules

Last weekend, the Daytona 500 concluded with Ricky Stenhouse Jr emerging victorious. However, it took a couple of late wrecks and a couple of restarts to actually get to that point. Safe to say, not many NASCAR fans were fond of how the race eventually wrapped up. Among them was Dale Earnhardt Jr‘s former and Brad Keselowski’s current spotter, TJ Majors. According to him, some of the wrecks were a bit unnecessary and dragged the race out.

He said in the Door Bumper Clear podcast, “That’s disappointing to me. How do you end that race under a yellow like that? What’s the other option, I know I don’t want to run 13 green-white-chequered. I just hate that the wreck in 10th place ruined the race for the win. The wreck that happened right there didn’t even have to happen. You don’t shove in the middle of a corner like that, first of all. That’s where you let him go. Crazy ending, still cool events, fun weekend. I just hope Ricky is more excited today than he was yesterday.”

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Was the NASCAR spotter right to be critical of the overtime rule?

Honestly speaking, he did have a point because ending a race on a caution flag can be very anti-climactic. Fan backlash would have probably been even worse, especially during a race of this caliber and prestige. It is like having the last five minutes of the 24 Hours of Le Mans end behind a safety car. This kind of situation simply robs the excitement of it.

According to Majors, the crash was pretty unnecessary, and it ruined the race for the win. He insisted that that particular area where the wreck occurred was not normally a place to start a bump draft. As a result, the NASCAR drivers were simply passengers in unneeded accidents.

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