Can anybody in NASCAR justify the LUCKY DOG move during a race when you have electronic scoring loops for positioning throughout a race?
It would be interesting to note who benefitted the most from the LUCKY DOG rule during the race, especially in 2009. That #48 team has benefitted much from it. Many races he was a lap or two laps down, but being in the "right" place "questionably" at the "right" time, he makes up a lap, just because the leader "lapped" him by a car length?
So, a driver gets to make up a whole lap because he was lapped by the leader? If that's the case, how about each time a caution comes up, anyone a lap down gets back on the lead lap. Anyone two-laps down, gets "promoted" to one-lap down....three-laps down to two-laps down and so on.
It would look good for t.v., but it ain't racin'....
I remember the whole racing incident at Loudon with Dale Jarrett's accident in the middle of track outta turn 4 and everybody's racing to the flag. Couldn't NASCAR just say NO racing to the flag on a caution and where you are positioned is where you are positioned. No freebies. Simple. With a schedule as long as NASCAR's CUP Series. What goes around, comes right back around to you.
The Lucky Dog....
Can anybody in NASCAR justify the LUCKY DOG move during a race when you have electronic scoring loops for positioning throughout a race?
It would be interesting to note who benefitted the most from the LUCKY DOG rule during the race, especially in 2009. That #48 team has benefitted much from it. Many races he was a lap or two laps down, but being in the "right" place "questionably" at the "right" time, he makes up a lap, just because the leader "lapped" him by a car length?
So, a driver gets to make up a whole lap because he was lapped by the leader? If that's the case, how about each time a caution comes up, anyone a lap down gets back on the lead lap. Anyone two-laps down, gets "promoted" to one-lap down....three-laps down to two-laps down and so on.
It would look good for t.v., but it ain't racin'....
I remember the whole racing incident at Loudon with Dale Jarrett's accident in the middle of track outta turn 4 and everybody's racing to the flag. Couldn't NASCAR just say NO racing to the flag on a caution and where you are positioned is where you are positioned. No freebies. Simple. With a schedule as long as NASCAR's CUP Series. What goes around, comes right back around to you.