Kyle Larson’s eligibility waiver granted for NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs | Harvick Happy Pod

Kyle ersson guys he's been granted a waiver for missing the start of the Coca-Cola 600 there was a lot of talk about this you know cuz obviously he was running the Indie 500 I imagined that a conversation had to have taken place between hendrik and NASCAR once they realized the weather situation they were in to make sure this was going to be okay because it was not like the weather crept up on everybody we all knew that that was going to be a factor but NASCAR took a while to to make this decision they made the right decision I might add um but it's just uh this waiver conversation continues to get interesting and it's it's not Sega Saga uh The Saga ended with with everything that that um everything that happened with Kyle lson was great for racing Not only was it great for NASCAR and great for indie car but it was great for racing in general with all the storylines and all the effort and all the time not only Kyle lson McLaren Hendrick Motorsports all the people I mean there were millions of dollars spent on on this particular situation Kyle arson landed in a helicopter back at the 600 running across the the racetrack to get back in his car for nothing other than the show um and and just to you know to fulfill his commitment but I think this is a perfect scenario I I agree there were a lot of highlevel conversations probably between every at the top the top level of NASCAR probably all the way up to Jim France and Rick hendrik and all the all the folks at at hendrik Motorsports I would assume that those conversations went all the way to the top and you know when it took longer than what we all thought it should took um you know I think a lot of people probably probably thought some things were going to happen and and and I'm sure that you know I think the one thing that was talked about were there were a lot of politics and and tying this Al together with the with the charters and and whether there were politics being played from from one side of the other I think there's a lot of things you could read into this situation right but when you listen to Elton Sawyer talk really what what was happening is they wanted to make sure they were thorough to make sure that they made the right decision to put themselves in a position to make sure they had dotted all the eyes and crossed all the te's because this is a this is a pretty high level decision of of everything that was going on uh from from the from the from the waiver standpoint but I think that the best thing that came out of this is Kyle arson got the waiver as he should um and I think it's as I've said it's time to talk about whether the waiver is is right right I I think when you look at the points that Kyle arson has he missed a race he's still second in the points he's still in the championship hunt um I know that this is put in place for injuries and different things like that but I just I I'm not a believer in in the body of work not being the same for everybody right so if you're if you're sick or injured or and you can't get in a car to start the race it's terrible luck it's terrible timing it's terrible situation but is it is it still fair to the guy that's put in the whole body of work that's made it to every race and and been there every week with with his team to to be able to succeed uh by be by being there every week yeah there are risk there are risk to snowboarding there are risks to running other series there are risks to running in the race um on Sunday um and no matter what that risk is there's always going to be risk in in everything that you do sometimes it's not your year but I look back to 2015 Kyle Bush won the championship we finished second we had the dominant year and got beat by a guy who missed eight races seven races whatever that was I don't know that's is that fair I don't know is it not it seemed okay as as we started the process but as it's evolved it seems like you can get a waiver for pretty much anything and you know I think if you've got enough points then you should be able to to race for the championship as Kyle will do by missing a race because he's had a great season M and Elton Sawyer we obviously have his statements now he talked about the fact he felt like Kyle Orson made every effort to be there obviously to the Charlotte race he referenced also the fans the fact that you know fans were coming to Charlotte with the intent to see him race which played a factor also in just the whole decision-making process I Ian F went to both places to see to see him to see him race to see you can look at the TV ratings for that yeah I mean like it was it was obvious right so I agree I think at this point the waiver system look no one no one's going to not race because they they've W one and they in right like like in other sports we see basketball players especially they kind of sit out and like the NBA had to make a rule so you had to play at least 65 games to get your Awards like I I understand that but our guys aren't our guys are not going to sit out because you can't there's only 38 races and you have sponsorship obligations and like no one's just going to say out because if you do you're going to fall behind you can't sit out a couple weeks and then roll up for the playoffs and think that you're going to go out and beat all these guys like we just talked about late model racing you got to do it every week and you got to be locked in every week and I think at this point the waiver should be more for like injuries more for like especially at track and like if you get hurt driving the race car and you able to come back if you I mean even like something like if you're having a a birth of a child like I would I would be like I'm there got to be some guidelines there got to be it can't just be it can't just be it can't be everything and it can't be um you know just at the decision of of couple people a couple people right I guess it can be everything else is but yeah but you know I think it's in you know I like strong leadership like I I I like the days when NASCAR ruled with an iron fist I love those days you know there's nobody I respect as much as I do Mike Helton and Mike Helton he LED this thing with an Iron Fist and it's become not the same with as far as that that goes being able to lead as hard um you know as as Mike did but we respected him and we had a lot of lot he had a lot of authority on what he was doing so I think it's um it's just got to be more clear do we need it I I don't I don't like I don't like it at all like I don't like it for injuries I don't like it for I don't like it for I don't think it child birth I I just I don't like it for anything do we need the waiver I think that's where we're at because if you don't have it what's going to change yeah I don't think anything's going to change if you don't have it if you're 30th or more in points and you have a win you have a shot at your seating in the playoffs yeah I mean if you're gonna go that far what what why don't we just why don't we just have a drop why don't you why didn't everybody just get one drop if if you're going to make it okay for one guy to miss a race why is it not okay for for the guy that races all the races to get rid of his worst one yeah why why is that so is that the solution we're coming to I don't know what the solution is I I like Simplicity um I like Simplicity of who gains the most points the top 16 guys that gain the most points they get into the playoffs that's the simplest thing if you miss two of them and you can finish 16th more power to you then you you gangster that thing yeah Christian neus in the August season a few years ago missed a race and still won the championship he he did what he had to do to get those points back and let's not forget you can also just win just win yeah Al Davis baby you've given you've given you've given the way to get into the playoff of winning and if you can't win you don't deserve to be there right and that's the thing that makes Kyle Bush's 2015 championship at least you can stomach it right because of the fact that he won yeah he put himself in Victory Lane he he met the criteria for that particular year but if you can't do that I don't understand why we need to make it more complicated than it needs to be if you can win the you deserve to be in it that's and if you can't score enough points without a win you don't deserve to be in it and that's really all the waiver does is is Grant somebody access that might get in on points yeah and and the guys who can get in off of winning usually win right right right I mean Chase Elliot didn't win last year and he missed the playoffs if we didn't have the waiver it would have never even been talked about all he had to do was win but instead it got close enough to where we're talking about Chase Elliot being able to get into the into the playoffs on points yeah and just leave the win the win is the waiver there you go the win is the wer put on a t-shirt put on a t-shirt the win is W Kevin has just solved the riddle here hey race fans thanks for watching our video for all NASCAR on Fox News content and the best clips from Fox Sports be sure to follow And subscribe to our Channel