Totally horseshit move by Clauson, from where I was sitting.

Clauson did a great job reeling in Whitt up top over the last five laps (especially in 3 and coming off 4), and you knew the slider was coming in 1 and 2, but I kept waiting and waiting and waiting for him to lift and give Cole room but he never did. It was either lift, go off the bank or wad it up for Whitt. Cottle benefitted from it and gave Clauson a good run to the line.

There were some boos afterwards but there should have been more. Clauson said something like, "I don't know what happened there on the last lap, I guess he went off the track instead of crossing me over." Last time I checked, it's Clauson's job to give Whitt room in that situation if he wants to race him clean, not dictate to him that he must cross over or dump it.

A good run to the front tarnished at the end by Clauson.

Good efforts also from Hollingsworth, Russ Harper and T-Mez.