Brad Keselowski’s No. 6 Team slams NASCAR’s controversial white flag on social media after Brickyard 400
A bit of controversy at the end of today’s Brickyard 400. Brad Keselowski’s RFK Racing team didn’t like what they saw. NASCAR held off on throwing a caution flag for Ryan Preece on the backstretch until Kyle Larson had taken the white flag.
Brad Keselowski had to pull off onto pit road before the first overtime. The 6 car had run out of fuel and wasn’t going to survive another restart.
When the race went to double overtime, Kyle Larson had taken the lead. Tyler Reddick was trailing him when Ryan Preece went around on the backstretch. No caution flag. Preece couldn’t get the car fired up again. Still no caution.
As Larson entered Turn 1 on the white flag lap, the caution flag came out. The No. 5 won the race. The No. 6 Team on X.com, formerly known as Twitter, cried foul.
“Hahahaha that’s a caution any other week,” the team updates account posted.
Today was an up-and-down afternoon for Brad Keselowski and his team. They had speed but were given a pass-through penalty at one point. Then, Keselowski made his way to the front again.
Holding on and trying to save fuel over the final stretch of the race, Keselowski needed this race to end in regulation. Instead, it would go to not one, but two overtimes. Keselowski knew he could possibly wreck the field if he ran out of gas in the front, so he went to pit road.
For what it’s worth, RFK Racing isn’t the only team that found an issue with how the race ended.
Brad Keselowski runs out of fuel, NASCAR fans upset at finish
Once Brad Keselowski ran out of fuel, it was down to Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson with Tyler Reddick lurking in the background. RFK Racing’s No. 6 team wasn’t the only one to point out that the end of the race was… strange.
With Larson leading the race after the second overtime restart, Ryan Preece spun out on the back straightaway. Larson and the leaders had yet to reach the white flag. Rather than throw the yellow out as Preece wasn’t moving, NASCAR allowed them to take the white flag. The yellow flag then came out and Larson won the race under caution.
A lot of fans watching at home felt NASCAR should have thrown the yellow flag out when it was clear Preece couldn’t get off the back straightaway. A third overtime restart would have commenced, but obviously, that didn’t happen. Larson was awarded the victory under caution and will soon kiss the bricks.
“#NASCAR What a horrible decision made by NASCAR, Ryan Preece was stopped for 3/4 of a lap and they just stared at him and as soon as the leaders crossed the line …boom,” one fan wrote on X.
NASCAR fans aren’t going to forget this one any time soon.