 Shortly after leaving his car , Martin felt the championship was an achievement that he was unable to secure : " They tell me a lot of people are having trouble anyway , but we didn 't need to throw that away , " He said he was unaware that Yeley intended to make a pit stop and , from his viewpoint , it allowed Kenseth to pass him while Yeley was coming from the centre of the track . Yeley said the pit stop was planned and signalled his intentions to Martin for over one mile . He felt Martin placed him in the position to hit the backstretch wall . Hamlin said the first @-@ lap crash that he was involved was part of auto racing , and stated it was problematic being involved in difficulties in the Chase for the Nextel Cup : " We checked up and somebody else ( Waltrip ) didn 't . I put myself back there in qualifying . We 'll take our lumps and go on . " Seventh @-@ place finisher Raines was happy to hold the first position for 28 laps saying it was " extra special " to lead a race at Charlotte . Tom Bowles of <unk> opined that had the caution flag not been displayed for the three safety vehicles on lap nine , it could have resulted in causing " one of the most disastrous accidents in NASCAR history . " 
