Not just because I dislike Gordon and he got back on the lead lap after being 3 laps down in Indy...although that did convince me to ask this.
2006-08-09 07:08:19 · 6 answers · asked by theta342002 3 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
yes, and only to the guy ONE lap down. i thought the deal with gordon was stupid! make him race his way to one lap down and then he can get it. otherwise at big tracks, it is too easy. he had a problem, deal with it.
and i would say that about any driver, not just gordon.
this is all said if you mean a driver can only get it once during a race. if you mean only one luckey dog for the entire field for the entire race--heck no
GO SMOKE!!
2006-08-09 10:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by 20fanintx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about limiting it to one per race. I think we need to keep in mind the spirit of the rule to begin with. The rule was implemeneted when NASCAR removed the ability to race to the start/finish line under caution. To give the benefit back to cars not on the lead lap, they insitituded the Lucky Dog, free pass, or whatever we want to call it.
Given that, I don't know if it should be limited to one per race. It should, however, not be valid unless a car is within a certain distance of the leader. This could be defined by time or a certain number of car lengths. This would at least make the cars a lap down or more attempt to stay 'in contact' with the leader and at least act like they are trying to get that lap back on their own. A car a half of a lap behind should not get the free pass.
2006-08-09 14:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by mcmurrayjamiefan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! If the same person manages to stay in the lucky dog position, that means he did a lot of work maintaining that spot and I feel as long as they do lucky dog at all, it should be unlimited...or rule it out completely, but that's not going to happen!
2006-08-09 14:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Jaylyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. i think if you are the first car a lap down than you are the first car a lap down.. it doesn't matter who you are or how you got there.. if they are going to have a lucky dog pass than it should be pretty black and white if you ask me.
2006-08-09 17:40:54 · answer #4 · answered by smokes_girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, i think it works fine as it is!! though i like the idea of the car lengths behind rule, though it might be somewhat hard to "measure" might be more useful to use the "scoring loops" idea, say with 2 or 3 loops of the leader gets it..but again might be hard to work out for the general watcher if he was inside that distance!!
2006-08-09 19:18:34 · answer #5 · answered by laz2627 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GHMGH
2006-08-09 14:11:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋