Last season, NASCAR got a lot of flak from the fans and some insiders about the way they were throwing the caution flag in races. But to those who have been criticizing NASCAR for throwing the caution flag in the last two races, Freddie Kraft, the spotter of Bubba Wallace, has some things to say.
“That guy is sideways, spinning across the racetrack and blowing tires out, that’s a caution. He drives away, and he throws debris everywhere on top of it. It’s race-altering, but it’s a caution. And we complained about it last week, (Aric) Almirola was a caution. I know there’s low-hanging fruit there for NASCAR and we try to call it out when we see it, but the last two weeks were not an issue.”
“It’s a smaller sample size obviously, but the last two weeks, when they saw a guy sideways, sliding across the racetrack with smoke coming off his tires, they immediately throw the caution. There was no waiting to see what happen.”
“They shouldn’t be concerned about the storyline that day, that’s not an entertainment flag, that’s a caution flag,” Kraft emphasized. “This guy is spinning across the racetrack throwing s**t out there, throw the yellow.”
