NASCAR increases length of restart zone

By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Saturday, February 21, 2009

FONTANA, Calif. – NASCAR has increased the restart zone for the leader to restart the race from 50 feet to 110 feet.

Prior to this season, drivers had the entire distance from the restart line (typically coming out of Turn 4) to the starting line in order to mash the gas and restart the event.

NASCAR created a 50-foot restart zone last week at Daytona International Speedway. If a driver didn’t restart the race by the end of the zone, the flagman would wave the green and restart the event.

That distance apparently was too small. NASCAR has increased the length to 110 feet for the races at Auto Club Speedway in California this weekend.

Drivers of the Truck and Nationwide series were told of the adjustment during their prerace drivers meetings today.

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