Overview
- Cody Ware hit an Armco barrier late Sunday at Watkins Glen and the race stayed green with no caution.
- NASCAR’s Mike Forde said there should have been a caution and disclosed work on a faster pipeline that sends crash data to race control for quick review.
- Forde said officials switched cameras after the impact and a turn spotter reported the corner clear, which led them to hold the yellow.
- The new process would tap each car’s incident data recorder, which logs G‑forces, addressing calls from insiders for high‑impact thresholds to prompt action.
- Denny Hamlin and others faulted NASCAR and FOX for missing the wreck on broadcast and in race control, while onboard clips showed a bent barrier and Ware was evaluated and released.