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NASCAR USAGE The procedure was used in NASCAR racing series when the Pace Car was deployed as a result of an on-track emergency such as a crash or rain. When NASCAR declared a caution period, racing would not cease immediately; rather, the drivers could continue racing for position until they crossed the start-finish line and received the caution flag. Drivers were able to catch up a lap if they passed the leader, Problems with racing back to the caution This sometimes created dangerous situations in which cars would be racing near wrecked cars, with possibly injured drivers, and prevent the safety team from reaching the stricken cars quickly. Also, there were numerous situations where cars racing back to the caution nearly, or in some cases did, become part of the crash by plowing into slow or stopped cars on the track. Current NASCAR rule As a result of this, NASCAR changed their rules. Once a yellow comes out now, the field is frozen in running order immediately, and the order is determined by inspecting the order that the driver's transponders had passed a series of wires around the track. In order to not totally obliterate the possibility of regaining lost laps, they implemented the Lucky Dog rule in which the highest-placed car not on the lead lap is given the opportunity to make a lap up under yellow. |
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