Harvick: NASCAR drivers’ code is “not what it used to be”

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Harvick: NASCAR drivers’ code is “not what it used to be”
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🗣️'There was a race etiquette that Ken Schrader, Bobby Hamilton, Dale Earnhardt and Mark Martin made sure that you understood.' Kevin Harvick says NASCAR’s driving code is clearly 'not what it used to be' after Sunday’s Cup Series wreckfest at Austin ⬇️

Kevin Harvick says NASCAR’s driving code is clearly “not what it used to be” after Sunday’s wreckfest in the closing stages of the Cup race at Austin.took almost an hour to complete, with a trio of overtime restarts required following a series of Turn 1 multi-car pileups after restarts, which resulted in car and tyre damage causing cautions for debris.

“Well, the driver code is not what it used to be when I first started – when you would run into the back of somebody on a restart and lift their tyres up off the ground, because the nose was only 8, 9, 10 inches off the ground,” said Harvick. “Usually, it came in ways of not being able to get your lap back when the caution came out. They would race you back to the yellow [flag] if you weren’t doing things appropriately on the racetrack.”

“Today, I really see it at the go-kart tracks,” said Harvick. “The things you currently see on the racetrack are exactly how all of them are taught to race.Motorsport Images

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