NASCAR Defends Actions Sunday While Vowing To Look Into Other Issues From Weekend

NASCAR had themselves an eventful weekend in Texas and the aftermath of the weekend has them defending their actions and vowing to look into incidents that took place on and off of the track.

Following this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series action, NASCAR has vowed to look into a pair of incidents that took place on Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday issue had to do with Matt DiBenedetto who was involved in an on-track accident that resulted in him entering NASCAR’s concussion protocol and consequently not being cleared to race on Sunday. The other incident took place on Sunday in the Cup Series and had to do with the exploding (or not exploding) tire on pit road in the No. 27 pit box.

Appearing on Sirius XM Radio on Monday, NASCAR Executive Vice President Steve O’Donnell spoke about DiBenedetto and NASCAR’s concussion protocol. O’Donnell talked about how the decision is not in NASCAR’s hands as they rely on outside experts to make the call.

O’Donnell also touched on the tire issue in the No. 27 pit which resulted in a loud sound leading some to believe the tire exploded or popped while it was being examined after a pit stop. Following the race Goodyear stated the tire did not explode as it was already flat.

Lastly NASCAR was on the defensive this week as they stood strong with their decision to end the race in Texas 41 laps prior to its scheduled running distance. O’Donnell spoke about what went into the decision and why NASCAR deemed it to be the right call to make with Chase implications on the line.

This weekend NASCAR is hoping rain will not be an issue. Being in Phoenix should eliminate the chance of rain but then again it was only one year ago in Phoenix that NASCAR cut a Chase race short. On that day it was Carl Edwards on the short end of the stick.

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