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NASCAR Announces Massive Rule Changes | Charlie Marlow · Kenny Wallace Media

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  What's up everybody, Charlie Marlow here on the Kenny Wallace
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  YouTube channel. I just came inside.
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  I was actually shoveling my snow in St.
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  Louis, MO. We got a ton of snow, but I saw
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  on my phone some crazy NASCAR news and I'm just going to read
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  it right to you guys from nascar.com, Basically NASCAR
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  dropping a ton of rule changes just about 20-30 minutes ago.
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  So the article, it's a 3 minute read, it's on nascar.com, so
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  it's from them and it's by Zach Albert and I'll just basically
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  read it for you. It's only about 3 minutes, but
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  I'm talking about a ton of new rule changes for NASCAR.
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  So here it is. Competition officials released
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  updates to the NASCAR rule book on Friday, including a measure
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  that creates a new provisional starting birth, which would
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  increase the Cup Series starting grid to a maximum of 41 cars for
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  select races. The quote open exemption
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  provisional rule was one of a handful of changes issued in a
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  rule book bulletin to the NASCAR industry Friday.
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  That's today. Of course, other updates were
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  made to the Cup Series damaged vehicle policy.
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  That's the DVP, the process for granting waivers for playoff
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  eligibility and penalties for rules violations by
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  manufacturers. That's basically kind of the sub
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  headline. I'm just going to read this for
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  you. It's only about 3 minutes.
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  OK, here we go. Competition officials compared
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  the new provisional spot to the Promoter's Choice provisional
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  that's used in some forms of short track racing to guarantee
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  a starting spot for a special or invited entrant.
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  The open exemption provisional or OEP rule would only become a
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  factor if the entry list exceeded the Cup Series current
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  starting field maximum of 40 cars and eligible drivers would
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  need pre approval by NASCAR on a case by case basis with racing
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  experience and accolades carrying significant weight.
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  So let me break this down for you.
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  That's basically a big time driver with star power from a
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  different series could be added to the field to be the 41st car
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  and wouldn't have to qualify. That's big.
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  So we're talking about somebody coming from, let's say, F1,
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  IndyCar, whatever it is, Helio Castroneves, right, with the
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  Daytona 500. Based on this rule, he would be
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  in an OEP entry, would be eligible for the race, win the
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  trophy and All Star race eligibility, but would not be
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  eligible for championship points from that event, prize money or
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  playoff eligibility. The open exemption provisional
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  takes on added focus for this season's Daytona 500.
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  So I just talked about that, but they're getting to it now.
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  Which of course is February 16th, 2:30 Eastern on Fox, MRN
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  Radio, SiriusXM and NASCAR Radio with several non chartered open
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  entries planned already for the Great American Race and more
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  expected to be announced soon. That's what I was talking about
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  with somebody like Helio Castroneves or again, maybe a
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  big time driver with name recognition that would add to
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  the sport coming from IndyCar, coming from F1, whatever the
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  case may be, OK. Among other updates in Friday's
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  rule book bulletin, NASCAR officials updated the damaged
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  vehicle policy DVP for the Cup Series starting the season,
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  adjusting the rule that damaged cars that are either driven or
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  towed to the garage will be out of the race.
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  Starting in 2025, cars will be permitted to continue in the
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  race after repairs in the garage.
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  Officials will continue to maintain a 7 minute time limit,
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  8 minutes for Atlanta Motor Speedway events for repairs made
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  on Pit Rd. Any repairs exceeding the seven
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  minute limit must be made in the Cup Series garage where no clock
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  will be kept on repair work. Teams will be penalized if a car
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  leaves its pit box to rejoin the race and the DVP clock expires
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  before it reaches pit exit. Any vehicle unable to be driven
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  to pit Rd. because of crash damage or flat tires will be
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  towed to the garage if competition officials grant a
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  waiver for playoff eligibility. OK, so this is a new part of it.
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  So basically the first part, as I told you, an exemption
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  essentially for a big name driver from a different series.
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  The second part is the DVP, the damaged vehicle policy change.
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  And now here's the third part, and this is really interesting
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  if competition officials grant a waiver for playoff eligibility.
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  So this is basically about Kyle Larson last year attempting to
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  double with the Indy 500 and also the Coke 600.
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  Then, of course, the weather happened and he wasn't able to
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  make the field for the Coke 600. OK.
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  If competition officials grant a waiver for playoff eligibility
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  in some circumstances, that driver will forfeit any playoff
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  points accumulated in the regular season.
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  Such a driver would start the playoffs with a baseline maximum
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  of 2000 points in the reset standings.
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  I read that to say if what happened last year happens
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  again, Kyle Larson, if he gets the waiver, would start with
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  zero playoff points. So playoff points would be
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  forfeited if a waiver is granted after a suspension, also a
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  suspension, or if a driver chooses to skip a race.
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  That's basically the Kyle Larson rule.
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  Playoff points would not be forfeited in the event of a
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  medical absence. So there's the difference.
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  A medical absence is different than a suspension, and it's
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  different than Kyle Larson basically attempting to double
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  missing a race for the birth of a child or a family emergency,
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  or if age restrictions prevent a driver from racing a full
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  season. So those things don't count.
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  Medical absence, missing a race for the birth of a child or a
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  family emergency, or if age restrictions prevent a driver
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  from raising a full season. NASCAR officials clarified the
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  penalty structure for rules violations made by OEMs,
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  original equipment manufacturers.
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  Such infractions may result in loss of manufacturer's points
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  and or a reduction in wind tunnel testing time or
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  computational fluid dynamics CFD test runs.
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  Penalties will be assessed for violating policies in place for
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  vehicle testing, wind tunnel limits, event roster protocols
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  and code of conduct. Competition officials adjusted
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  the wording for the 100% rule of performance obligations,
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  changing the focus on competitors who artificially
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  alter the finishing positions to competitors who manipulate the
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  outcome of the event. Basically that gets into last
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  year with everything going on with Austin Dillon.
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  But then of course at the end when you have team mates helping
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  each other get into the get into the final race, that was the the
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  Christopher Bell and William Byron situation we had last
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  year. So competition officials
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  adjusted the wording for the 100% rule of performance
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  obligations, changing the focus on competitors who artificially
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  alter the finishing positions. That's the team play to
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  competitors who manipulate the outcome.
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  So it's manipulating the outcome of the event.
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  NASCAR officials also formally added changes to practice and
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  qualifying procedures, which were introduced in December.
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  So there you go. It's about a three minute read.
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  I know I've been going for about 7 1/2 minutes, but this is right
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  from nascar.com, It's right from the horse's mouth, it's from
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  Zach Albert. I tried to to read it to you and
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  then break it down. But you guys should also go and
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  do that yourself. And like I said, this is huge
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  news. So I want to jump on.
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  I actually have a meeting coming up in a few minutes, but this is
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  huge NASCAR news. And basically the headlines are
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  the headlines are the promoter's choice provisional.
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  So that's the big time driver from a different series will now
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  be able to be in an event. You would think if they're
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  bringing credibility, name recognition, right, they're
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  helping the sport. Somebody a big time driver from
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  F1, IndyCar, and it would be a 41st car, OK.
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  And NASCAR specifically talked about the Daytona 500, which
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  makes you think the folks like Helio Castroneves and other
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  people like that, where you would help NASCAR by entering a
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  race, Those folks will be in the other headline is the DVP, the
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  update to the damaged vehicle policy.
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  There's a lot of talk about that last year towards the end of the
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  season. And then also the waiver
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  situation. So how I read this is if you get
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  a waiver for being suspended or skipping a race, like what Kyle
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  Larson had to do because of the weather at the Indy 500, you
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  would then start the playoffs with zero playoff points right
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  there. But it doesn't count if you had
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  a medical absence, you're missing a race for the birth of
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  a child or a family emergency, or if age restrictions prevent a
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  driver from racing a full season.
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  So basically, this new wrinkle is for folks who are granted the
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  waiver after a suspension or if a driver chooses to skip a race.
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  So there you go. Thanks for watching.
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  You guys got about 600 of you watching right now, and I'll
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  read a couple of your comments. I do got to go.
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  I got to go here because I have a meeting, but I want to jump on
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  quick. RIP in the lip says love the new
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  rules. Ken Ruggles says Project 91.
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  Josh Bauer. What if there's more than one?
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  Are you talking about the provisional?
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  That's a good question. That's a good question.
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  Will it be more than one for different races?
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  A big race like the Daytona 500, would you have more than the
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  41st car? We'll find out more about all of
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  this. Let's see, we got video editor
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  EB1 love it. Let's just call it the Helio
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  rule and move on. There you go, Ryan Ryan chant
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  Blaney. I love that rule.
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  Here we go, Colby Cheesy or an exemption for Truex.
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  But I read this as non NASCAR drivers, right?
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  So we'll see how that goes. Obviously Truex was a NASCAR
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  driver forever. Now he's retired, but he's
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  probably going to race a little bit here and there.
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  Jeff says let's go Charlie Brian Newton.
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  Let's see, Brian Newton says, OK, did I understand that
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  correctly? If the damage is beyond the
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  seven minutes, they can go behind the wall into the garage,
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  make the repairs and re enter the race.
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  That's on the DVP damaged vehicle policy.
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  And it's also 8 minutes at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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  I I can't get into all this folks, but like I said, if I
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  were you guys, I would just I would just read the article on
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  nascar.com. It's only three minutes.
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  And then also all the great reporters on Twitter, Jeff
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  Gluck, Bob Pogras will further break this down.
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  Let's see we got the hobgoblin. Why are they so against drivers
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  trying to do the double? Well, NASCAR has to look out for
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  themselves. You can still do the double, but
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  if you miss a race like Larson did last year, you're going to
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  start the play offs with a severe disadvantage.
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  Let's see Justin mean NASCAR drivers should stick to NASCAR
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  races not getting another competitive series ratings.
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  I think the double S pretty special though.
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  To me. I I think if you can try the
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  double once in your career, you got to do it.
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  Jeff says F1 should stay over there.
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  Let's see the hobgoblin. So NASCAR is all about the one
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  offs coming to their sport but won't let their own drivers do
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  that. Well, they will but you're going
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  to get penalized for the play offs.
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  But I get your point there for sure.
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  Let's see short and sweet. Don't worry these rules will
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  change by by a June Steve Everett.
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  NASCAR is losing the fan base. IndyCar guy at Daytona will not
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  save it. I think this helps.
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  I think it brings eyeballs to the sport.
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  So there you go. Everybody's asking about the
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  rule changes, folks. I'm going to I'm going to end
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  the video. You can go back and watch the
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  beginning here on YouTube. But basically, excuse me, three
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  main points. Three main points right now.
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  And that is to start with, you have the promoters, the
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  promoters choice provisional, which means a big time driver
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  from a different series comes the NASCAR.
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  They wouldn't have to qualify. Could be a 41st car and NASCAR
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  specifically talks about the Daytona 500, so we can call that
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  the Helio Castroneves rule or something like that.
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  A big time IndyCar driver, a big time F1 driver.
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  That's how I read it. Updates to the damaged vehicle
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  policy. I'm not going to get all back
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  into that. You guys can check that out.
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  There's a lot of minutia to that.
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  And then basically waiver playoff eligibility.
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  If you get a waiver, if you're granted a waiver right for a
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  suspension, or if a driver chooses to skip a race that's
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  like Larson last year or he missed because of the double,
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  you will start the playoffs with basically no playoff points.
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  You'll forfeit any playoff points accumulated in the
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  regular season. But this doesn't count if you
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  forfeit the event for a medical absence, missing a race for the
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  birth of a child or family emergency, or if age
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  restrictions prevent a driver from racing a full season.
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  So there you go. The big headlines are about the
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  provisionals, the DVP, and new playoff waiver requirements,
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  which essentially is changed now based on what happened to Kyle
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  Larson last year. So there you go.
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  Thank you guys. I can't read all your comments
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  because I got to get to a meeting.
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  Thank you so much. Had about 600 of you watching.
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  Have 500 now. I'm sure Kenny Wallace will
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  weigh on this very, very soon. I haven't even checked X.
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  He may already have. And I'll post that video here to
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  the Kenny Wallace YouTube channel.
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  Thank you very much. Have a great weekend.
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  It's snowing here in Saint Louis.
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  It was a snow day. My kids are outside, my kids are
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  off school. I was just shoveling the snow.
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  Have a great weekend everybody and a comment also.
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  What do you think of these new rule changes?
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  See ya.