Right here we go once more…
Chase Elliott has been named NASCAR‘s Most Standard Driver seven years in a row, which has naturally led to loads of allegations through the years that NASCAR favors Elliott in the case of calls on the monitor. (Principally, lots of people suppose he’s the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs of NASCAR).
And immediately’s race at Watkins Glen helps them make their case.
Elliott used some technique to realize monitor place by staying out on the finish of the primary stage of the Go Bowling At The Glen, however only a few laps after the race went again to inexperienced in stage two Chase shortly started falling again as all of the automobiles on recent tires blew previous him.
Alan Gustafson, crew chief of the #9 automotive, known as Elliott to pit street on lap 28. However earlier than he made his approach across the monitor to come back to pit street, Josh Berry acquired hit by Ty Dillon and took a tough hit into the wall off of flip 5.
The NBC Sports activities broadcast crew appeared positive that the wreck would convey out a warning, that means pit street could be closed and Elliott wouldn’t have the ability to make his cease. However NASCAR didn’t throw the yellow flag, permitting Elliott to convey the #9 automotive to pit street for service.
Berry was finally in a position to get going, and Elliott made his pit cease, however whereas he was nonetheless on pit street, NASCAR ended up throwing the warning anyway for particles on the monitor from Berry’s wreck – which was one other large break for Elliott, who was in a position to catch again as much as the sector after his pit cease.
Your entire sequence ended up understanding in Chase’s favor, even if his pit crew had hassle on the cease, saving him a bunch of time as a result of the warning wasn’t thrown instantly however got here out after he made it to pit street.
And lots of followers are satisfied that NASCAR held off on throwing the warning till Elliott may make it to pit street:
Gotta assist the golden boy
— Slice of Anime 🩵 (@TheSliceofAnime) August 10, 2025
NASCAR all the time helps their golden boy, it’s painfully apparent.
— Colin Hudson (@RealColinHudson) August 10, 2025
nascar attempt to not bias problem: unimaginable
— Noah🇺🇸🏁 (@ninjanoah1122) August 10, 2025
At the same time as an Elliott fan that’s a horrible look. Positively a “assist Elliott” situation
— Scott Greatest (@ScBest2001) August 10, 2025
Golden boy Chase Elliott lmao. Typical
— TCT (@TwoCarTandems) August 10, 2025
Now, do I actually suppose NASCAR deliberately favors Chase Elliott with their calls? No. It didn’t actually assist Elliott immediately, as a result of he ended up ending twenty fourth anyway. And NASCAR typically tries to carry off on throwing the warning at street programs for single automotive incidents as a result of warning laps take so lengthy.
However when you might have a automotive crash as exhausting as Berry did, it did appear odd that the warning wasn’t instantly thrown. I wasn’t even positive that Berry was going to have the ability to get his automotive again going once more, and even when he did, it appeared fairly clear that there was going to be particles all over.
I feel the larger drawback is how inconsistent NASCAR is in the case of officiating and throwing cautions. Likelihood is, in the event that they had been just a little extra constant, followers may perceive when drivers catch a break as a result of they know that NASCAR does it the identical approach on a regular basis. However that’s not the case, and that results in conspiracy theories like this one from annoyed followers.
NASCAR wants David Hoots again within the tower.
