CHARLOTTE, N.C. — John Andretti is defending NASCAR’s decision not to throw a caution when he couldn’t move his disabled car from the finish line at Martinsville Speedway.
Andretti crashed on the frontstretch during Sunday’s race, and NASCAR apparently believed he could move his car out of the way in time for the field to race its way across the finish line. Because he couldn’t, the caution wasn’t called until the cars were coming out of the final turn and quickly closing in on Andretti.
He says it was not a bad call because he wasn’t in an “overly dangerous position.”
Race-winner Denny Hamlin said he did not think Andretti was in the way. But runner-up Jimmie Johnson said the flag should have been thrown earlier for safety precautions.
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