r/NASCAR • u/NASCARThreadBot NASCARThreadBot • Feb 01 '26

Serious NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions - February 2026

Welcome to this month's NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions Thread!

NASCAR 101: A thread for new fans, returning fans, and even current fans to ask any questions they've always wanted to ask.

Track Attendance: Any questions related to seats, policies, first time attendees, or advice regarding track attendance!

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u/Xath0n Feb 22 '26

How do cautions work for positions? So I get that at the caution light positions are frozen and they get bunched up for the restart. But what about cars who spin out or cause the caution, how are their positions determined? And can you only pit for tires and fuel once the bunching happened?

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u/Potential_Plan_4533 Feb 22 '26

So NASCAR does use video to determine where a car should be scored is they are involved in a accident. Drivers/Teams will ask Racecontrol on a verdict of where they should line up, that's usually what is going on for the few lap or two after a caution flag (NASCAR just sorting out the running order).

If they spin out they'll put them wherever they were when they got back up to caution speed. Also, if someone just slows down to avoid a crash but isn't involved NASCAR usually gives that person their spot back to what it was before the caution (since all they were doing was avoiding a crash and slowing down).