NASCAR Racing: Pit Road Exit - Tie?, pit road, two instruments
QuestionUnder a green flag condition, how does NASCAR score the car/driver if they exit pit road at the 'exact' same time? Has it ever happened?
AnswerHi Lori,
To the naked eye, a lot of ties have occured on exiting pit road. But NASCAR has two tools it uses to break the ties. First they have a super slow motion camera set straight across the line to visually determine who was first. Secondly, they have a timing strip below the track that registers their cars as the cross the line. With these two instruments in use, there has never been a tie.
Hope i helped!
Coy Jordan