Overview
- Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis featured five cautions that consumed 27 of the race’s 160 laps and prompted widespread fan and driver frustration.
- NASCAR vice president Mike Forde publicly acknowledged the concern and said the sanctioning body is tracking red/yellow/green time and working to increase green‑flag racing.
- Officials are discussing specific operational changes such as moving the Choose marker, speeding pit‑road opening and tightening race‑control timing and are running tests but have announced no rule changes or schedule for implementation.
- Some drivers, including Kevin Harvick, argue races should keep their traditional distances and that faster procedures could shave 30–45 minutes off events while others like Kyle Larson have called for shorter races.
- Any fix will need to account for track differences and safety because on large ovals opening pit road, handling lapped cars and setting up double‑file restarts can each burn multiple laps before racing resumes.