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3 years, 3 months ago about Daytona 500 Live Coverage

What does a "competition caution" mean in the Daytona 500?

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newbey | 3 years, 3 months ago
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NASCAR uses them when there is very limited practice on the race track so teams can check the equipment and keep from having big wide spread problems....
In particular, the competition caution is used when track conditions change significantly between the practice sessions and the race.

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morriss003 | 3 years, 3 months ago
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A "competition caution" is called so that the teams can check the tire wear. It recent times, Goodyear has been criticized because of the excessive wear that has occurred. In the Indy race the drivers were unable to race more than 10 laps before changing tires leading to a lot of unhappy fans.

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cheesehead dave | 3 years, 3 months ago
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It means that there will be a mandatory yellow flag at a set point during the race. In today's case, it's because there was a rain delay and NASCAR wanted to give the teams a chance to check and readjust their cars after 25 laps once the track had thoroughly dried.

It made headlines last year when NASCAR raced at on the Indy 500 track. There were competition cautions throughout the race to allow teams to replace tires, and the general opinion was that the race was no fun to watch because of it. Every time the drivers got going and things got interesting, there was a mandatory pit stop to bring everything to a screeching halt.

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