Camaron Marlar Shares More Details On Why He’s Frustrated With The Spring Nationals Sending Him To The Rear At Lake Cumberland

May 11, 2026  ·
  John Trent

Camaron Marlar shared more details on why he was frustrated at the inconsistency with the Spring Nationals after he and Kyle Strickler were sent to the rear at Lake Cumberland on Saturday night.

With 32 laps left in the 53-lap feature, Marlar, who was running second, and race leader Kyle Strickler were caught up in an Alex Vance spin in the middle of turns 3 and 4 that snowballed collecting Kaede Loudy, Benji Hicks and Oakley Johns. The two had absolutely nowhere to go as they were running the top heading into three and the entire track was blocked. Both drivers spun sideways to avoid and came to a complete stop. Spring Nationals officials would rule that both of them would have to go to the rear of the field.

Marlar expressed his frustration with the call and also called for consistency in a post to Facebook. He wrote, “Hate being this person but Southern Nationals Series needs to get base set of rules and stick to them. First video, chain reaction, Chilton (11) gets his spot back .Second video. Tracks obviously blocked, they didn’t call caution on the radio till we are entering 3 on the cushion. Stricker and myself to the rear. Pretty similar situations, two different calls.”

To be clear, the first video is from the same event at Lake Cumberland Speedway. It takes place during the first heat race when Benji Hicks got into Camaron Marlar heading through turn 3. That contact would send Hicks around and then Michael Chilton had nowhere to go and slammed into the side of him. Chilton was moved to the third position on the next restart and was not sent to the rear despite making contact with Hicks.

Marlar shared more details about the incident and the ruling while speaking with StockCarReport.com, “Well, the problem was the caution wasn’t thrown ’til obviously way late. The wreck had been there for a while and they didn’t throw the caution until four seconds later. That’s the issue. Their rule is fine, but obviously they don’t police it right. The heat race deal was the same situation. Honestly, a lot worse because the track wasn’t blocked and he got his spot back. Then the track’s obviously blocked and then we have to go to the tail. They just need to have a rule and stick to it, but they just don’t stick to it. That’s their problem.”

When asked if he would have had a problem being sent to the back if Chilton had also been sent to the back, Marlar said, “Correct. I would’ve been mad still. But I’ve always been a fan of if you stop you go to the tail. But now I think there’s a fine line when the track’s completely blocked and had been and they didn’t throw a caution. It was just a messy situation.”

Marlar would go into more details on why he believed the caution was flown way too late forcing him and Strickler to have to spin, “The problem was the announcer and flagman can throw the caution, but when we’re in turn 2 we can’t see the flagman. It’s whoever’s on the Raceiver, it’s their responsibility to throw the caution and he didn’t tell us until we were entering three and then by then we can see it, but there’s nothing you can do when you’re running 80 mph against the wall. It’s a sucky deal. … If the heat race deal hadn’t have happened it would’ve been as bad. The heat race deal, it ain’t like it happened a few weeks ago or nothing. They made that call an hour and a half prior to making the next call. Just very bad.”

Camaron Marlar will be back in action at Mudlick Valley Raceway on Sunday May 24th for the track’s 4th Annual Spring Fling with $15,000 on the line for the winner.

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Author: John Trent