. ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁the ▁controvers ies , ▁in ▁mid - J uly ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁all ▁three ▁tour ing ▁series ▁adopted ▁a ▁new , ▁re vised ▁green - white - check ered ▁rule . ▁The ▁re vised ▁format ▁handles ▁late - race ▁ca utions ▁in ▁a ▁standard ized ▁manner . ▁ ▁The ▁rule ▁was ▁adopted ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁for ▁all ▁NAS C AR ▁regional ▁series , ▁and ▁adopted ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁for ▁Euro ▁Race ▁Car ▁after ▁NAS C AR ▁took ▁over ▁san ction ing ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁as ▁a ▁NAS C AR ▁regional ▁series . ▁ ▁Ca ution ▁after ▁the ▁leader ▁starts ▁final ▁lap ▁or ▁after ▁third ▁restart ▁in ▁situation ▁ ▁The ▁race ▁is ▁over . ▁Pos itions ▁are ▁fro zen ▁at ▁the ▁moment ▁of ▁the ▁yellow ▁flag , ▁and ▁the ▁scoring ▁is ▁official ▁as ▁cars ▁cross ▁the ▁finish ▁line . ▁The ▁second ▁point ▁is ▁a ▁critical ▁one : ▁cars ▁must ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁final ▁lap ▁under ▁their ▁own ▁power . ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Life Lock ▁ 4 0 0 ▁was ▁somewhat ▁controvers ial ▁for ▁this ▁reason . ▁Greg ▁B iff le ▁was ▁the ▁leader ▁on ▁the ▁final ▁lap ▁when ▁the ▁ca ution ▁flag ▁was ▁shown , ▁but ▁his ▁car ▁then ▁ran ▁out ▁of ▁fuel . ▁B iff le ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁maintain ▁pace ▁car ▁speed , ▁but ▁he ▁did ▁manage ▁to ▁coast ▁across ▁the ▁finish ▁line ▁and ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁win ▁despite ▁being