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No stage breaks at COTA | The Preview Show

On this week's The Preview Show, Alan Cavanna and Alex Weaver break down how removing stage breaks will affect racing at Circuit of the Americas.
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22 comments

Trackside Views March 23, 2023 at 2:17 pm

No complaining because this is what people have said they wanted.

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Byron Wins March 23, 2023 at 3:26 pm

Not me! Most entertaining part of a road course is the starts and restarts.

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AreaNinety March 23, 2023 at 2:19 pm

Can we implement this on the rest of the schedule? I’m cool with stage points but ditch the cautions.

**also** Please don’t bring back phantom debris cautions. We don’t need to keep manufacturing game 7 moments.

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Zylo Productions March 23, 2023 at 2:21 pm

Could they possibly get rid of the stage cautions at other tracks too?

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Michael leis March 23, 2023 at 2:29 pm

i believe the race will be better without the stage breaks

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Kyle Raymer March 23, 2023 at 4:20 pm

I honestly think it’s gonna make it worse because now you take the strategy of going for stage points vs finishing position away.

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Michael leis March 23, 2023 at 4:56 pm

@Kyle Raymer they are still giving stage points just not throwing a cautionflag after each stage

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Kyle Raymer March 23, 2023 at 5:32 pm

@Michael leis Yes, I get that, but before they had the choice of pitting before the caution and getting to pass all the cars who stayed out for points when they pit under caution. Now there is no benefit to pit early as you would just end up coming out in the same spot you went in or at most you might gain 1 or 2 spots.

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David Cowles March 23, 2023 at 2:32 pm

Get rid of them at ALL tracks! It’s okay to award points, just don’t interrupt the racing for it.

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J March 23, 2023 at 4:06 pm

It will make this race interesting but not the majority of oval tracks.

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Logan England March 23, 2023 at 2:51 pm

Hope they get rid of stage cautions at all tracks.

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Luis Garcia March 23, 2023 at 3:05 pm

Yay! I hope they skip stage breaks from all races soon

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Bo Tabs. March 23, 2023 at 3:13 pm

We should start a new segment called “getting weird with Weaver”

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Jason Sacchi March 23, 2023 at 3:44 pm

It’s going be like in the old days of NASCAR at COTA.

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mkwrockers0099 March 23, 2023 at 3:45 pm

First race with no stage breaks since the 2016 Ford 400. It’s about time!

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Dalton Moon March 23, 2023 at 3:58 pm

Alex bowman could of won at COTA last year up until ross sent A.J into bowman on the final turn I think either bowman or Austin cindric comes out on top

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So Isaidtogod March 23, 2023 at 4:07 pm

That would be a positive, now tell them to stay inside the track limits, real drivers will shine.

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J March 23, 2023 at 4:09 pm

Glad you included that Allmendinger moved him first. That was a great race!

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BikeScout22 March 23, 2023 at 4:14 pm

This is how it should be everywhere. Still give stage points to reward those who run well early but don’t throw the yellow to allow strategy and to let the race have a natural flow

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CorvetteRacing48 March 23, 2023 at 4:31 pm

great start, next should be removing stage cautions at ALL tracks!

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NASCAR Shill March 23, 2023 at 5:39 pm

Thank you NASCAR for this brave step forward!

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JSkitt March 23, 2023 at 5:42 pm

They should get rid of the stage breaks everywhere. This is what we’ve all been asking for.

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