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NASCAR Inside the Race: Where is the actual start/finish line?

MRN's Todd Gordon and NBC Sports' Steve Letarte analyze the photo finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway and show you the actual start/finish line. #nascar
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20 comments

@zizogamers February 27, 2024 at 3:17 pm

First

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@MarkRenn February 27, 2024 at 3:24 pm

Congratulations. You must be SO proud.

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@Clicked9000 February 27, 2024 at 3:31 pm

Actually, it’s too close to call. It might be a 3 way tie

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@bobjohnson7315 February 27, 2024 at 3:30 pm

This is why NASCAR is a motorsport like no other

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@DragonX7X22 February 27, 2024 at 9:14 pm

Lmfao

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@TracksideViews February 27, 2024 at 4:13 pm

F1 could never

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@MaunoKoivistoOfficial February 28, 2024 at 1:04 am

F1 and most (all?) FIA series use transponders for scoring. If your car’s transponder crosses the loop first, you are the winner. No need for cameras.

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@R3mix97 February 28, 2024 at 2:38 am

​@@MaunoKoivistoOfficialOf course NASCAR uses transponders or we wouldn’t have electronic scoring. For close finishes they use the nose of the car, because when it’s so close, the finishing order can change if you measure further back in the car where the transponder is.

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@plisskenationbackfromthede3657 February 28, 2024 at 2:59 am

I still dont understand how f1 uses 2 lines. And ive been watching for 30 years lol

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@MaunoKoivistoOfficial February 28, 2024 at 1:56 pm

@@R3mix97 This is fine to do, but you might just as well use the transponder to determine the winner. In F1, it doesn’t matter whose front wing crosses the line first because that’s not where you measure the position of the car.

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@andrewpiroli1 February 27, 2024 at 5:22 pm

NASCAR, a billion-dollar organization, still has a photo finish camera from 1980

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@toast4499 February 27, 2024 at 10:02 pm

half a billion at most

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@TheTweedler February 27, 2024 at 5:40 pm

What were the two NASCAR races with closer finishes than this?

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@GabrielMenezes-qb4vc February 27, 2024 at 5:48 pm

Talladega 2011 (0.002) and darlington 2003 (0.001

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@isaactapia739 February 27, 2024 at 7:34 pm

If you zoomed the second image and watch it very carefully you can spot a tongue right there, its just amazing this footage

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@DragonX7X22 February 27, 2024 at 9:16 pm

Lmfao

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@joeshelton1077 February 28, 2024 at 1:30 am

That’s a great explanation and great camera view, I’m happy for Daniel Suarez winning the race.

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@drumsofberk February 28, 2024 at 2:57 am

The camera is was focused on the background which was standing still. Anything flying in would be blurry. Nascar should get The Slow Mo Guys’ cameras to get a photo finish at their typical insane frame rates.

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@plisskenationbackfromthede3657 February 28, 2024 at 3:01 am

Kinda crazy they dont have a 1000 fps camera for this exact scenario lol only needs to run for literally the last 5 seconds of the race

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@DarthVader-no1cm February 28, 2024 at 4:20 am

Still an amazing finish. I happen to compare it to the scene from Cars.

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