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Passing the safety car (10-4D) (except for cars being subjected to the wave-around, or at some tracks where the radius of pit road is shorter than track, as in Martinsville and Bristol, where the pit road speed limit applies, and the safety car may be passed.)
The popular term for this rule, Lucky Dog, was first used by Benny Parsons in 2003 during a TNT broadcast at Dover International Speedway.His boothmate Wally Dallenbach Jr., concurred when Jimmy Spencer, who drove a car sponsored by Sirius Satellite Radio (whose company mascot was a dog, named "Deejay Mongobot"), saying, "That IS a lucky dog."
In 2002, a "wave-around" rule was added, where the pace car waves by all competitors (if there are any) between the pace car and the actual leader of the race. This allows the leader to control the restart without any lapped cars in front of them. It also creates a strategy for cars to gain laps back, loosely resembling NASCAR's "Lucky dog ...
Ben Kennedy, NASCAR’s vice president of racing development and the great grandson of NASCAR's founder, was checking bags at one injector. NASCAR execs give friendly wave around to fans at ...
Xavier Mestelan, the FIA’s chief technical and safety officer, explains what was changed to make the Garage 56 NASCAR safe for all involved. Xavier Mestelan, the FIA’s chief technical and ...
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Christina Nielsen, driving the car at the time was able to get out safely, but the damage was terminal for the #19 team. During the time under yellow, the #10 Cadillac was able to get back on the lead lap by virtue of a wave around (to get back on the lead lap). An emergency pit stop for the #77 (a pit stop while pit lane was closed), promoted ...
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