Stage length rules have been added to this year's Daytona 500 and other races. The addition of stage length rules to this year's first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series now mean that the races are not considered official until stage two is complete.
Stage length rules added to Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. In previous years, races that finish at least 50 percent of the laps are considered complete when shortened for certain reasons such as bad weather. Adding stage length rules to the races mean that they are not considered official until stage two is complete which, for the Daytona 500, is after the 120th lap. Finishing two stages is already 60% of the race.
Currently, stages one and two of the Daytona 500 have 60 laps each. The third stage starts at lap 121 until lap 200 which makes it 80 laps long.
The PowerShares QQQ 300, which is part of the Xfinity Series, has 120 laps in total with stages one and two lasting 30 laps each. The third stage runs from lap 61 to lap 120.
Nextera Energy Resources 250, on the other hand, has 20 laps each for stage one and stage two. Its third stage starts at lap 61 and ends at lap 100. The Nextera Energy Resources 250 is the first Camping World Truck Series race of the season.
The addition of the stage length rules to this year's races was announced on Monday evening by NASCAR executives and drivers. The change is to be implemented on all races all throughout the 2017 season.
NASCAR is known to have implemented a lot of changes in past, and though they're supposed to make the races better, it seems to have caused more of a hassle. The announcement done was to the chagrin of fans.
The Daytona 500 will take place on February 26, 2017. The PowerShares QQQ 300 will start on February 25 while the Camping World Truck race will begin a day earlier.
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