Kyle Larson expects NASCAR to review controversial overtime restart decision involving him, Ryan Blaney

To begin the first overtime at the Brickyard 400, Kyle Larson jumped up a row after Brad Keselowski went to pit road before the green flag. NASCAR says that Larson didn’t jump the restart over Ryan Blaney, but it was more than a little controversial.

Kyle Larson was able to get ahead of Ryan Blaney before the caution flag came out again during that overtime restart. That allowed Larson to have control on the restart to begin double overtime, he went on to win.

Blaney felt one way about it. Larson didn’t believe he jumped the restart. NASCAR agreed with Larson, ultimately. But the Hendrick driver believes officials may look at the moment again in the coming days.

“Yeah, I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know the correct answer,” Kyle Larson said in his postrace press conference. “Sure, if I was in his position, maybe. The way the rule is written currently, it’s not. I don’t know. It would have taken a lot of time. It would have taken a couple more laps of caution because they would have had to have quickly call off the restart, then we’d have to go single file another time, then choose and then go.

“I don’t know, what is that, two extra laps? That’s kind of boring, especially in a two-and-a-half-mile track. That’s minutes of time going by. I’m sure they’re going to look at it, NASCAR, and see what they come up with. Yeah, it’s tough. It’s tough. I don’t know the right answer for sure.”

NASCAR fans online were more than upset with the end of the race. It wasn’t just the initial overtime restart, it was the second overtime as well.

Kyle Larson wins under controversial caution

The wreck in overtime created a huge mess. NASCAR red-flagged the race to clean up the narrow track. It was a 17-minute delay as Kyle Larson sat on the track with his car turned off in order to save fuel.

When the race began again, the restart went fine. Larson was in control, fired off, no big deal. Ryan Blaney fell off as he started to run out of gas and speed. Then Tyler Reddick entered the picture, giving Larson a real contest.

Ryan Preece spun out on the first lap of the second overtime on the backstretch. He revealed today that he had run out of fuel. NASCAR did not throw the caution flag until Larson and Reddick had entered the white flag lap.

Caution comes out as they go around Turn 1, and the race was over. Kyle Larson had to simply get his car back around the track to the line and he did just that. Fans felt the caution should have come out sooner and another overtime should have been lined up. Instead, Larson goes into the Olympic break with another win.