Can you clarify the circumstances behind the last caution (of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from Michigan)?
Mike Helton: “It was a debris caution. Im not sure what beyond the circumstances of that you might be asking and I heard a little bit of the chatter after the race was over with. The fact of the matter on a caution it doesnt matter if its lap 10 or lap 190 of 200, the first and foremost concern we have is for the safety of the drivers. Through the course of an event, well get input sometimes it comes from the drivers, sometimes it comes from the observers that weve got around the race track, sometimes it comes from one of the 18 or 20 cameras that we have access to through the control tower of the event. When someone, on a piece of debris, which is unique from an engine that blows up and drops oil, or an accident that is obvious to fans and to other drivers when someone tells us about a piece of debris, more often than not, we can quantify whether its there or its not, and if it is there, we can quantify what it is, based on the things that I mentioned that we have access to. If there
