NASCAR insider rips ‘lame’ promoter’s caution at All-Star Race

A NASCAR insider had a big problem with the promoter’s caution issued during the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. On The Teardown podcast, Jeff Gluck of The Athletic explained what bothered him with the promoter’s caution.

“I don’t like how they did it,” Gluck said. “…These people have worked their entire lives to get to the highest form of stock car racing in the United States. These are some of the most elite drivers in the world. …These are some of the best stock car drivers in the world. These are some of the most talented drivers in America and beyond. I get that it’s an exhibition race, and I get that we want to have a little fun and spice it up and all this stuff. I get that we’re going to do a little promoter’s caution to make the race more interesting. But the way that they did this, it was the epitome of hokiness, of lameness.

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“…Of all the months and all the ways that they had to come up with how they could have done this, whether it’s spinning some sort of a wheel like they do it at dirt track stuff, or having a group of fans… Wouldn’t it be cool if they had a group of fans, one from each of the major drivers, get in a room and they have to decide, and they put the white smoke or something?”

Gluck added that he didn’t want NASCAR to make the promoter’s caution “into a skit.” He then said, “Let’s take this thing seriously. …I think that NASCAR should be talking about what great, talented drivers they have. Let’s make this serious. This is the All-Star Race. I know it’s an exhibition, it doesn’t matter. We don’t have to make it into a joke, though. It doesn’t have to be a clown show. It doesn’t have to be the circus. Why can’t we take these guys seriously?”

The promoter’s caution came during Lap 216 of the 250-lap race. Joey Logano led the race before the caution but lost the lead to Christopher Bell, who won the race and $1 million.