I dont know if this happened in this case but even when your racing someone and you are keeping up with them pretty good and about a car and a half away from them- in reality although thats awesome, at the track it could mean the difference of the other car running 14.5 and you running 15.3 or so.i still cal a tie a tie....keeping up with someone aint a win...anywhere....
However if you win by half a fender its a big deal at the track as you probably will get the lower Et