Please NASCAR, don’t do it. Step back from the edge. You do not want to put all the lead lap cars up front, double file, for restarts.
Why? Follow this scenario: you are the second car one lap down, right on the bumper of the first car one lap down. The leader just passed both of you and the second place car is 100 yards behind you. There are 20 cars on the lead lap.
The caution flies. The car ahead of you will get the “Lucky Dog” and will now be the last car on the lead lap. When they line up all the lead lap cars double file you will restart 22nd on the track, having lost all track position. You cannot race your way back onto the lead lap, but will have to depend on getting the “Lucky Dog” to get your lap back.
NASCAR’s creation of the “Lucky Dog” was a mistake. This will compound the mistake. Each time NASCAR introduces more artificial manipulations of racing they actually make things worse. They continue to push away their hard core fan base. This scripting must stop. We all fell in love with this when it was a race – not a performed show.
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