NHRA Northwest Nationals

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by BJCHEV396

Was that the year Ambrose lost first place near the end of the race on a caution because he was coasting to save fuel and he couldn't restart his car?

Yup...I was standing on the pit wall when the Nascar official walked up and said they were penalizing him for delay of race. The entire team was dejected after Marcus lead much of the race and finished 6th. He took it all on him so it was a sad end to what was an awesome day prior. I filmed the whole race in high def from their pit and caught that moment on film.

He shut it off because the temp was climbing and it wouldn't restart at the bottom of the hill and he dropped a dozen lengths back of the pace car before it restarted. Jimmy Johnson called in on his radio and said...I'm pretty sure that's a penalty.