Daytona 500 questions abound as drivers see red, yellow and green

The style of racing at drafting speedways inherently will cause wrecks. And those wrecks lead to NASCAR having to make decisions on when to throw the caution, especially on the final lap.

The easy answer to all the discussion after the Daytona 500 is this: Dude, this ain't new. Been frustrated over this for more than 30 years. It's the nature of the beast. Get used to it.

But that isn't, and shouldn't be, the answer, especially when seeing Ryan Preece have another scary flip at Daytona.

So to listen to Denny Hamlin on his "Actions Detrimental" podcast about the style of racing and Kevin Harvick and his "Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour" podcast on the inconsistency of calls at the end of the race and hear their frustrations, NASCAR should take notice.

The flat underbody of the Next Gen car is a new element in recent years. The flat underbody keeps teams from spending money and trying to manipulate aerodynamics underneath the car. Introduce something different and teams will be spending countless hours and dollars trying to find an advantage.

Some would argue they already do, and if it creates some separation in the field, that might be a good thing considering the current style of racing. Give the drivers just a little more time to react or a little more space to make a move, and maybe the talk would be about what a great move it was to win the race instead of how everyone up front wrecked and the seas parted for a driver to win the race.

Whether any slight change in horsepower could make a difference also should be explored (if it hasn't already).

As far as the decisions at the end of the race, it seemed the Thursday night call to throw the caution just before the leaders came to the line was a little bit of a quick trigger.