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Originally Posted by URY914
Some debate on the various Indycar boards about when the yellow came out, was it called too late. In other words, if the yellow came out at the time of the crash, Weldon was still behind JR so technically, JR would still hold his position and as his car actually crossed the line he was in fact the winner and not Weldon.
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No way could Weldon have NOT passed the wreck. They may have wanted to go back to the last lap (white flag lap) for the final scoring if the yellow had come out when it should have. Tough call. But I believe it did freeze the field by the time JR slid by the checkers.
By the same token, NASCAR's rule says that once the white flag is shown to the leader,
any flag after that ends the race.
Is that true for INDY as well?
Think about the way things could have turned out if the yellow flag came out. Go back a lap and JR is the winner. Now bring that car to the winner's circle and then to tech. That would have been a mess, not that anyone had time to think about it.