I agree with everything that KT said about right being right. Interestingly, NA$CAR is not in the business of being right, they are in the business of providing entertainment and there is nothing better than a last lap pass for the lead and the win to get fans to say, “WoW!”
The drivers get this and understand that debris cautions can be a human scripted part of the show and they get paid well by the fans for being part of the charade. Brad liked it yesterday but he might not be a happy camper in a future race. Keep in mind that the other outcome from yesterday could have been a victory by Harvick or Kurt could have won. The fact that Kurt lost fuels the debate about the caution flag and draws attention to the sport which in itself is great for NA$CAR. Kind of a P. T. Barnum style of marketing if you will.
If you think about it, the only truly pure sport is Professional Wrestling (Wasseling for some of you.) Everything about it (Spoiler Alert coming up!) is fixed and fake, but we know that up front and we give Vince McMahon our money to go watch and make sure its fake.
As Big Bill France and Little Bill France used to tell the drivers who started to complain about the way the France family ran things, "Look man, I'm happy you're one of my drivers. But the day you start stinking up my show is the day I got a problem with you."
I think Kurt understands this…. 50 million dollars worth...
I'm off to see if I can get Racin' Rip's autograph.....