Atlanta Motor Speedway likely to get "Double-Yellow Line" rule after reconfiguration and repave

 

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    NASCAR's Chief Operating Officer Steve O'Donnell, stated in a media availability on March 10th, that the upcoming NASCAR race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway will most likely have a new rule in affect: The "Double-Yellow Line" rule.

Atlanta Motor Speedway had undergone a major reconfiguration and repave of the racing surface, sporting a much steeper 28-degree banked corners and a newly designed drainage system.

The "Double-Yellow Line" rule, one that most drivers have had one or more encounters with, obviously getting a penalty. Should a driver make a pass below the yellow line, they will be penalized. 

Here is a look at the "Double-Yellow Line" rule:

• Vehicles must race above the double yellow lines around the entire race track. If in NASCAR’s judgement, the vehicle(s) goes beneath the double yellow lines to improve its position, vehicle(s) will be black-flagged. If in NASCAR’s judgement a vehicle forces another vehicle beneath the double yellow lines (in an effort to stop the advancement/pass) the vehicle may be black-flagged.
• NASCAR defines beneath the double yellow lines as follows: when the vehicle’s left side tires are beneath the left line of the inside double yellow lines that separates the apron from the racing surface while passing another vehicle.

This rule can be found in Section 10.8.3 in the NASCAR Cup Series rulebook.

It will be the first time that Atlanta Motor Speedway uses the rule that has been in effect at Daytona International Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway.

Steve O'Donnell said Atlanta likely will have double-yellow-line rule.

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) March 10, 2022