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Bowyer was at the front of the pack at the end of the first qualifying round.
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NASCAR is considering a return to qualifying for individual cars on medium length tracks, while the problems caused by its latest cars continue to rage during the sessions.
Low-power, low-power vehicles were supposed to improve the race, but also gave more importance to drafting, which resulted in traffic jams towards the end of qualifying, as the pilots tried to improve the race. avoid hitting the track alone.
Bowyer thought Newman should have been penalized for blocking the pit lane.
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The rules have already been changed once this season, as no cars had a lap in the last Auto Club Speedway session because they waited too late to leave the pit lane. Then Clint Bowyer was eliminated from the qualifiers last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway when he followed Ryan Newman on the track, but got stuck at the center of the pit lane when Newman attempted to get out. stop and park again in a move that, according to Bowyer was against the rules against clogging the way. Bowyer finished at the front of the pack on the track and finished 25th, one place before moving on to the next round. He later stated that Newman should have been penalized and eliminated.
Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR's chief competition officer, told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Monday that the problems are deplorable for fans and that all options are on the table.
"The optics of what's going on with the teams is not sustainable for us, so we're going to look at all the options, including the possibility of qualifying with just one car," O'Donnell said.
NASCAR has a few weeks to come up with a new plan, as the next event in which the issue may be critical is not until May 11th at Kansas Motor Speedway.
Despite the Texas qualifying controversy, Bowyer finished the 500-mile race in second place behind Denny Hamlin.
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