Talk:Coca-Cola 500 (Motegi)

Race description - Jeff Gordon did not lead laps 2-20
I was just watching this race on YouTube and read through the race description, noting that it says that Jeff Gordon took the lead on lap 2 and did not relinquish it until lap 21. However, it shows pretty clearly in the video that Mayfield took the lead back a few laps later (by my count, lap 5), and led through the ensuing caution with the video showing a graphic at 22:43 that says Mayfield was leading on lap 8.

That said, I looked up the race on racing-reference.info and it claims the same as this section, that Gordon led straight through from 2 to 20. What is the proper procedure in a situation like this? Do we need a written reference, or does the video work?

Macraw83 (talk) 22:24, 3 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Want to add that there are a number of other discrepancies later in the description, mirrored by the "official" lap leader breakdown on Racing Reference. Macraw83 (talk) 22:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)