I Thought the Xfinity Finish Was Great

            I enjoyed the finish of the NASCAR Xfinity race.  I had no problems with the finish.  But apparently, we do have those NASCAR fans that want to complain about every single little thing that is wrong with NASCAR.  There are things to complain about at times, but not this time.  I saw no problems at the end of the race.

            These are the things that some of the fans thought were a problem, but they really were not.  First, some of the fans complained about NASCAR not making a call when Elliott Sadler and Joey Logano were locking bumpers.  I do not know about that because there was other drivers were doing the same. 

            The next thing that some of the fans were complaining was the Sadler going below the yellow line issue.  Some say that Sadler should not have been giving the win because he went below the yellow line.  There is a rule that the driver can’t go below the yellow line, but there is an exception.  The exception of the rule is when you are forced below the yellow line.  In Sadler case, it is clearly an exception.  Logano was trying to block Sadler, but he did it too late.  Logano made contact with Sadler and then Sadler had to avoid getting wrecked out by Logano when he was coming down on him.  So, Sadler had to go below the yellow line to avoid getting wrecked.  If he did not do that, we would be talking about Sadler being involved in a crash.  And by the way, Logano admitted that he was trying to block Sadler.

            The last thing that some of the fans were complaining about was that NASCAR should have not thrown the caution flag.  Some of the fans wanted the drivers to race back to the finish line.  NASCAR does have in the rule book that they would throw a caution flag on the final lap in the event of a driver wrecking in front of the field for safety reasons.  NASCAR made a good call to throw the flag with Logano wrecking in front of the field.  They had to get the cars to slow down to keep from causing a bigger crash.  When NASCAR threw out the caution, Sadler was the winner.  And Brennan Poole was not the winner just because he made it to the finish line.  Once the caution flag is out, the field freezes.

            NASCAR made the right call for everything that had gone on at the end of the race.  This is a situation that the fans should move on and not try to make a bigger issue out of.  If a fan wants to complain about that finish, they just want to whine about something that is so obvious.  Remember fans, you have to learn to pick and choose your battles.  Everything is not worth complaining about.  If a rule was not broken, just shut up about it.  Complain when a rule is broken.