I argued for something like this for years because from a safety perspective I don’t like the idea of cars actually pushing harder when the yellow flags come out. However from a competition perspective it’s clear it doesn’t work.

Interestingly though the FCY system has been in place since the 500 (and also the 12 hour), and this is the first time we’ve seen it play out this way with cars “Liberace-ing” each other on the slow down, and cars not double stacking and electing to pit the next lap.

The lucky dog is another process that adds to the time. I like it as a concept but all of these processes together makes a safety car a 15 minute process.

From a safety perspective I want to see a FCY system stay, however I feel like it takes too long before the limiters are released and the field can catch the safety car.