After over a month, the ATVA finally made a decision on the Yellow Flag issue at Birch Creek, which penalized Gust, Wimmer, Natalie for jumping on Yellow, but not Joe Byrd.
The ATVA didn't see conclusive evidence that Joe Byrd jumped on Yellow, so the results were left unchanged, which has keeps the gap separating Byrd and Natalie Jr at 10 points instead of only 1 point after 8 Rounds of racing.
Joe received the perfect oppurtunity to really walk away from Natalie Jr in points this weekend when Natalie Jr crashed during practice on Friday, which had him sidelined for most of practice on Saturday and doubts about racing on Sunday.