So the first race of the season is in the books. The Camping World Trucks took to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway last night with a new rules package and more rookies than past years have seen.
The NCWTS this year will have a chase format much like the Sprint Cup series has. A "win and you're in" will hold true for a lot of drivers. However, more than one win and it will guarantee a spot in the first round of the series playoffs.
The one new rule that I am still not sure how this will impact many races is theimplementation of a "caution clock." This clock is set at twenty minutes and counts down to zero. If no caution occurs before the clock reaches zero, there will be a caution. If a caution occurs, the clock is reset to twenty minutes. This will occur during the entire race with the exception of the last twenty laps.
The caution clock came into play in last night's race. There were about 6 cautions during the race with the last one occurring with only 7 laps remaining, which allowed for a great green-white-checkered finish. The "big one" did happen as is so typical of the super speedways and involved 18 of the 32 truck field. The last wreck occurred on the very last lap where several more trucks were involved including the number 4 truck of Kyle Bush Motorsports, which rolled and flipped a total of 13 times down the front stretch coming to the checkered flag.
Luckily, no one was injured during the race and it proved to be the exciting start to the season that most spectators have come to expect.
The NCWTS this year will have a chase format much like the Sprint Cup series has. A "win and you're in" will hold true for a lot of drivers. However, more than one win and it will guarantee a spot in the first round of the series playoffs.
The one new rule that I am still not sure how this will impact many races is theimplementation of a "caution clock." This clock is set at twenty minutes and counts down to zero. If no caution occurs before the clock reaches zero, there will be a caution. If a caution occurs, the clock is reset to twenty minutes. This will occur during the entire race with the exception of the last twenty laps.
The caution clock came into play in last night's race. There were about 6 cautions during the race with the last one occurring with only 7 laps remaining, which allowed for a great green-white-checkered finish. The "big one" did happen as is so typical of the super speedways and involved 18 of the 32 truck field. The last wreck occurred on the very last lap where several more trucks were involved including the number 4 truck of Kyle Bush Motorsports, which rolled and flipped a total of 13 times down the front stretch coming to the checkered flag.
Luckily, no one was injured during the race and it proved to be the exciting start to the season that most spectators have come to expect.
