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It is a minimum for the first guy in a a maximum for the last guy in. If just one guy in, its 2 minutes max. Pit is closed 2 minutes after the last car enters.

Work area clock starts as soon as the car reaches the work area as Johnny has said many times. If another car enters the work area at any other time then their two minute clock starts so the first car in work area does have a benefit of getting the second car's 2mins as well which has always been the case. All drivers have benefited from this going off of memory including David Gravel, Jacob Allen, Logan Schuchart, Kraig Kinser, and the more impressive one that I have seen was Paul McMahon when his car was destroyed at Williams Grove one year. I have even seen All Star drivers benefit from it with their rule as well with multiple cars involved in a crash.

Line up  wise getting straight keeping in mind if it is red, the crash scene has to be cleaned up, safety crew off the track, all cars pushed off, push trucks off the track, put pace truck on the track, get the cars in order single file, then the leader deciding which line they choose. At that point if all 2min clocks have expired they can continue to work until the 1 to go signal is posted. At that point they cannot rejoin unless there is a caution/red flag on the ensuing restart. If a car in the work area has anytime left in their 2 minutes once the line up is correct and the cars are double file then they essentially get until the time is up then the 1 to go is posted. So if the field comes off of 4 double file and 1 car has 30secs remaining but 2 other cars have had time expired and have been in the work area, they still have that car's 30seconds to work. It is a possiblity that the car with time left does not get out but 2 cars that were in prior do get out which tosses out the conspiracy theory that tow truck drivers play favorites on who they pull up to first. Which if we are talking about Sweet specifically he was taken last to the work area in 2020 at Knoxville which did not give him enough time to get repaired and cost him the point lead that night. He recovered obviously and I believe it happened at Port Royal later that year but they were able to piece it back together and get him out there well before the 2 min clock expired. And again, he's not in there enough given his streak to even prove there is favortism

From World of Outlaw's Twitter: The World of Outlaws is aware of the incident that happened on Saturday night in the work area at Cedar Lake Speedway. A full review is underway. No comments will be made until the review is complete.

Has there ever been an official statement released from WoO on this incident?