> IMHO, had Hamlin NOT been allowed by NASCAR rules to “Bump Draft” Blaney, it is possible that the wreck would not have happened.
NASCAR tried that in the 90’s(?). They ended up with a parade of cars rolling around the track. Virtually al the drivers hated it.
I remember that era. NASCAR has too many damn rules! NASCAR is an over-politicized, over-bloated bureaucracy!
Racin’ was WAY more fun when Smokey Yunick was alive and building race cars (https://www.carthrottle.com/post/7-hilariously-mad-racing-hacks-that-were-all-the-work-of-one-man/).
It is probably Smokey’s fault that the NASCAR “stock” cars are so “homogenized” now. But, dammit, racing was fun to watch back then!
They were racing cars an ordinary citizen could buy - “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” worked!
You could buy a car just like the one that Fireball Roberts won Daytona in!
Can you buy a 350 ci V-8 Camry?
My point is that NASCAR has gone way far away FRom its roots - American stock cars.
Apart FRom safety regs, NASCAR should set maximum engine displacement, weight, wheelbase and track-width rules, and makem race stock cars off the showroom floor!