NASCAR grants waiver to Kyle Larson after missing Coca-Cola 600
NASCAR has granted Kyle Larson a playoff eligibility waiver after the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports driver missed Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. His arrival at Charlotte Motor Speedway was delayed by rain at the Indianapolis 500, where he finished 18th in his IndyCar debut.
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00:00 I'm Kim Kuhn with breaking news from the NASCAR Cup Series.
00:03 NASCAR has announced it has granted a waiver to Kyle Larson for missing the Coca-Cola 600
00:09 after the driver failed to start the event while running the weather-delayed Indianapolis
00:13 500.
00:15 The NASCAR rulebook states, "Unless otherwise authorized by NASCAR, drivers and team owners
00:20 must start all championship events of the current season to be eligible for the playoffs."
00:26 If a starting position was not earned, then the drivers and team owners must have attempted
00:31 to qualify for the race.
00:33 NASCAR can grant a waiver for extenuating circumstances and often has in the past for
00:38 races missed due to injury or illness and as previously stated, the sanctioning body
00:44 has chosen to do so for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion.
00:49 Which means Kyle Larson will be eligible for the playoffs and contend for the 2024 NASCAR
00:55 Cup Series championship.
00:57 For more information, log on to NASCAR.com.