NASCAR officials waited most of the last lap before calling a caution and ending the race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway because of #44-AJ Allmendinger’s spin on the frontstretch. Even after calling the caution, it created confusion among the drivers, some of whom raced to the finish line. “We were waiting to see if [Allmendinger] could get going and get out of the way,” said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR’s vice president of competition. “You wait as long as you can to try to not affect the outcome of a race. We don’t like the race to end under caution.”(Roanoke Times)(9-21-2009)
