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SPORTS A17
Friday 12 February 2016

NASCAR LAST
HURRAH
creates ‘OT
Cavs top Lakers in Kobe’s final visit
line’ in new
Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, left, drives around Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant in
rules finish the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in Cleveland. The
Cavaliers won 120-111.
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida
(AP) — Aiming to end the Associated Press
frustration and confusion Page 21
when caution flags come
out late in its races, NAS-
CAR has announced it
is shifting to an unlimited
green-white-checkered
finish protocol and estab-
lishing an “overtime line” to
determine the winner.
The line will vary by track.
If the race leader passes
the line on the first lap un-
der green before a cau-
tion comes out, it will be
considered a valid green-
white-checkered attempt.
If a caution comes out be-
fore the leader passes the
overtime line on the first lap
under green, it will not be
a valid attempt. The race
continues until a valid at-
tempt.
NASCAR previously had a
limit of three tries to com-
plete the race.
NASCAR hopes the change
will eliminate some of the
angst that has come when
late cautions. At Talladega
Superspeedway last year,
Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t
get a chance to chal-
lenge leader Joey Logano
into the first turn because
the race was called after
a multi-car wreck behind
them. The second-place
finish caused Earnhardt
to be eliminated from the
Chase.
“Let’s line them up and
turn them loose, give them
a chance to race through
at least the first couple of
turns and halfway down
the backstretch before it’s
an official race finish,” Tex-
as Motor Speedway presi-
dent Eddie Gossage said.

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