Controversy erupted at Kansas Speedway late Sunday after NASCAR witnessed a historic finish.
A late-race caution sent the AdventHealth 400 into overtime, setting up a nice two-lap shootout to the checkered flag. At the overtime restart, driver Chris Buescher took the lead and looked poised for his first win of the season, but he led driver Kyle Larson into the final corner. However, Larson managed to drive to the outside of Buescher. It was a drag race from the start to the finish line.
What happened next was the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history. The margin of victory for him was 0.001 seconds, or “about an inch.”
According to NASCAR.
At first, Buescher seemed to have the upper hand.His transponder (a device NASCAR uses for timing and scoring) was registering him.
first Larson’s.
However, NASCAR officials checked the high-speed camera at the finish line and determined that Larson had won the race. However, controversy soon arose when fans noticed that the finish line painted on the racetrack was not straight.
It turns out,
According to NASCAR reporter Jeff Gluck,the finish line painted on the race surface is just goal.
Instead, a high-speed camera installed in the pit area fires a “laser” towards the finish line, which then counts as the official start/finish line. The high-speed camera “takes pictures at approximately 6,000 to 8,000 frames per second as the car crosses the finish line.”
Fox Sports reporter Bob Pokras explained:.
In fact, the technology isSame laser technology is used at the Kentucky Derby.
The photo used by NASCAR officials to determine Larson’s victory clearly shows Larson’s No. 5 car in front of Buescher’s No. 17 car.
“They showed us a painting they had made using a laser. We were wondering if they were using painted lines, but they weren’t. not.”
Said Scott Graves, Buescher team crew chief. “Actually, they have a photo system that’s much more accurate than that. They showed us that photo, and that’s what it is.”
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