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NASCAR Makes Changes To Overtime Line, Drug Testing Procedures
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Effective immediately, NASCAR has changed the placement of its “overtime line.”
The line, which signals the point at which no additional overtimes will take place once the race leader crosses it, has typically been located on the backstretch of tracks or entering the Turn 3 area.
This will be implemented immediately, starting with this weekend’s races at Watkins Glen International. For more information on the overtime line, visit the NASCAR news site here.
In related news, the sanctioning body has also changed its drug testing program, according to ESPN.
When NASCAR implemented its drug testing program in 2009, Aegis Sciences Corp., under the direction of Dr. David Black, collected the samples at the track and then tested the samples in its labs. Aegis was sold in 2014 and Black, the company founder, left in December.
NASCAR changed its rulebook two weeks ago to show that it would now use Drug Free Sport as its collection agency, which will send the samples to the Sports Medicine and Research Testing Laboratory for analysis.
Drug Free Sport focuses solely on sports and has the NFL, Minor League Baseball and the PGA among its clients.
The line, which signals the point at which no additional overtimes will take place once the race leader crosses it, has typically been located on the backstretch of tracks or entering the Turn 3 area.
This will be implemented immediately, starting with this weekend’s races at Watkins Glen International. For more information on the overtime line, visit the NASCAR news site here.
In related news, the sanctioning body has also changed its drug testing program, according to ESPN.
When NASCAR implemented its drug testing program in 2009, Aegis Sciences Corp., under the direction of Dr. David Black, collected the samples at the track and then tested the samples in its labs. Aegis was sold in 2014 and Black, the company founder, left in December.
NASCAR changed its rulebook two weeks ago to show that it would now use Drug Free Sport as its collection agency, which will send the samples to the Sports Medicine and Research Testing Laboratory for analysis.
Drug Free Sport focuses solely on sports and has the NFL, Minor League Baseball and the PGA among its clients.
