NASCAR will consider altering its eligibility standards for awarding a point to the driver with the fastest lap after another last-place car earned the bonus at Darlington Raceway.
After wrecking in the second turn of the Southern 500, Josh Berry went to the garage for repairs that took several dozen laps. He returned to set the fastest lap (29.038 seconds) on the 1.366-mile oval despite completing only 239 of 367 laps in a 38th-place finish.
During the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast, managing director of communications Mike Forde said NASCAR executives discussed a review of tweaking the fastest lap rule, possibly by making it necessary to be on the lead lap while setting the mark.
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Forde said “there are conversations on both sides” about whether to change the eligibility for the fastest lap, which helps incentivize teams to continue racing after being caught in an early crash or suffering a mechanical problem.
— NASCAR.com —