Intentional Crashes in NASCAR?

May be...

it has not been proven but i believe it could happen

i know jr spun himself out to get the lucky dog but they changed the rules to prevent that. and the spring Richmond race of 08 comes to mind when the caution came out for denny hamlin letting teamate kyle busch get a chance for victory.

Not YET

Because of the Green White Checkered Rule, has a team-ate ever "intentionally crashed" to let his team-ate win. Or has anyone gently crashed on purpose to bring out a caution to even the field.

I know that they throw cautions for a bottle cap on the race track.

Well it wasn't really a crash, but Denny Hamlin at Richmond comes to mind. I felt bad because he dominated most of that race, but later on he had tire trouble. He claimed he didn't have an opening to get to pit road and had to stay out until the caution came out, but that was a slight exaggeration on his part. The caution allowed the field, and his teammate, to catch up with the #88.
I didn't know about the example with Jr. but it seems that proves that NASCAR is watching out for this type of thing.
I'm sure a lot of drivers have probably tried to get away with this but NASCAR seems pretty good now about being able to detect when something is intentional.

can't prove it .. but i have see a few races where a teammate won when a car in the same team crashed . or a teammate crashed to bring out the yellow to help them out .. tires ,gas things of that nature . so yes it has happened just hard to prove.

I can't remember a time when a teammate ever crashed on purpose to give someone else an advantage, but there has been times when a single car has spun out to get into the pits. Usually they get caught and get penalized. Off the top of my head, I remember Jr was about to go a lap down at Bristol, and he needed to get into the pits to fix an ill handling car, so he spun out in turn 4, and brought out the caution. Then he said something like "man, I've never spun out on purpose before.." on his radio. Unfortunately, NASCAR was listening in, and he got a penalty. Also, Robby Gordon threw some debris out of his window to draw the caution. That was caught on tape, and he got penalized after the fact.

Yes, it does happen, and NASCAR is wise to it, and if the drivers get caught, they will be punished.shadowgate ppc