McQueen?

Have you seen cars?

CHECKER FLAG HERE I COME A-

@Brandon P. Ryan Newman, Christian Fittipaldi, they did that

There were certain fuel mileage tracks that would always really annoy me. Michigan was one of them. I remember the announcers were talking about teams already starting to save fuel, and they had just started the race! I don’t mind fuel mileage finishes at all, but it seemed like nearly every race there for a few years was coming down to fuel mileage. There was also a few years when Penske suspiciously got waaaay better mileage than everyone else. And this was a point in time when most everyone didn’t like both Keselowski and Logano both.

@Brandon P. I would personally rather not have them, but I do enjoy watching the mid point races. My main gripe is that the all star race isn’t wacky enough now. Lol

@Aoi_Demon Yeah I definitely agree that the 3rd segment is too short. This is the only issue I have with stage racing.

@Brandon P. That does bring up a good point, that said, it was a bit of an outlier. Although it does show that it can happen. Not taking away from it, as it was a fuel mileage race, just not in the old way

Of course, this past year, there has been more green flag runs and I know they have been talking about if that would be an issue. That said, there hasn’t been many crazy fuel saving strategies (like lifting halfway down the straight, etc)

3 years ago, I would of stood by that view point, there was so many cautions and short runs that there wasn’t enough time to try to over-cut the competition (run more laps before pitting). Even now I would still asterisk that, as a fuel run would normally start around the last 3 pit cycles or even sooner. I think the 3rd segment is too short for that to develop though.

Anyways, that race as well as a few this year has shown it can still happen, just not the same as it was in the past. Of course in the past few years, there was a fair amount of late cautions, so realistically it wasn’t piratical to push the fuel mileage when they will probably bunch back up (also shown a few races ago when NASCAR waited for everyone to pit before the yellow for the loose tire).

But, yeah fuel mileage races can still happen

I’d be impressed if someone crossed the finish line while airborne.

@Aoi_Demon What about 2019 at Watkins Glen when Chase Elliott ran out of fuel just after winning the race?