Sterling Marlin explained his action during the red-flag.
"I saw Earnhardt do it at Richmond one time in 1987. He got out and cleaned his windshield, so I thought it was OK.
I don't guess it was.
Never read the rule book, so maybe I should."
This is the answer of NASCAR vice president Jim Hunter.
"I have no memory of that happening in my lifetime, and I was born in 1939."
