NASCAR President Explains How Officials Draw the Line on Team’s Controversial Radio Communications NASCAR President sheds light on what determines when team radio chatter crosses the line, amid scruti

“Easy with it. Take care of your tires here.” This is the radio message that rang over Alex Bowman’s radio twice while he was locked in a tense pursuit with Ross Chastain during the closing laps of the Charlotte race. On the surface, it sounded routine. But given the mistakes, those repeated reminders carried a weight far heavier than they seemed. And almost immediately, the sanctioning body jumped into action mode.

In fact, Alex Bowman wasn’t the only one under the microscope. Cole Custer, too, drew NASCAR’s attention for a familiar radio chat. Reflecting on the same, Managing Director Mike Forde said, “If we do see something or hear something we don’t like, we are going to step in, which we have done now several times.” But it wasn’t the end of it. The radio controversy has now pro