In the wake of controversy surrounding last Saturday’s Sprint Cup race at Richmond, NASCAR unveiled a “100-percent solution” to the issue of collusion and some specific practical changes to the conduct of races. In a mandatory 17-minute meeting with drivers and crew chiefs Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway, NASCAR addressed the concerns that have caused what sanctioning body president Mike Helton earlier termed “a shift in the paradigm.”
“At the center of that meeting was what our expectations were going forward,” NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France told reporters in the Chicagoland media center. “And those expectations are that a driver and a team give 100 percent effort, their best effort, to complete a race and race as hard as they possibly can.”
‘NASCAR requires its competitors to race at 100 percent of their ability with the goal of achieving their best possible finishing position in an event. Any competitor who takes action with the intent to artificially alter the finishing positions of the event or encourages, persuades or induces others to artificially alter the finishing position of the event shall be subject to a penalty from NASCAR.’
NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton also said NASCAR would announce changes to restart rules, effective Sunday, at the drivers’ meeting before the GEICO 400.
