Listen to this article Initially, Blaney took the checkered flag ahead of Hamlin in Sunday night’s All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday night but a caution was displayed on the final lap for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Under normal rules, Blaney would have been declared the winner but under special rules for this year’s race, the winner of the final 50-lap segment had to take the victory under a green flag. That sent the race into a two-lap overtime but with a problem for Blaney – thinking he had already won, had let down the window net on the driver’s side of his No. 12 Ford. Blaney stayed on the track and jury-rigged the netting as best he could – and NASCAR never called him to pit road to fix it. On the restart, Blaney held off Hamlin by 0.266 seconds to officially claim the All-Star victory and $1 million prize. Read Also: “ …
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