Why don't drivers get penalized for pulling up and stopping on the track to bring out a caution when they have a flat tire?

That was the easiest answer yet. They are penalized. And everybody, everybody who has a flat would like an opportunity to get it changed without losing 2 or 3 laps.

Bakoboss, I am not sure what you can do to stop it. We all get 2 yellows and then a black flag. It seems standard practice. You can't just refuse to throw the yellow. What other alternative do you have?

I don't think it would be a good thing to put a driver a lap down things happen and your. night could be done by a nother driver getting onto you popping your tire but I do under stand keeping the show going

I'm all for the one and done rule... you gotta at least get one chance to get back in the race

I thought so too...  I think Turbo is thinking of you get one chance, then the next time you're done (like Bako's current 2 yellow flags= 1 black flag policy).

I'm interested to see what Scott comes up with as a solution.... blatantly parking the car to get the yellow is BS.

Whats wrong with if you leave the track for any reason (repairs, flat) your -1 lap.

Possible to un lap yourself, then get a caution

I am 100% all-in for 1 and done for A Main Events.  This is give you more car count and better racing.  Its proven over and over again.  We all know the person that stopped right at the exit of the track to draw a yellow then hit the gas to change a flat.  I feel if its SOOOO obvious like that then yes throw him the black for " Delay of Race" type infraction.  A good driver should use more tact than what we saw on Saturday night. I feel the car count is down due to the fact that people do not want to get the cars tore up.  At the speedway in the past few years the IMCA Mod class has got quite the reputation for the destruction of cars.  

tact [tækt]
n
1. a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others, so as to avoid giving offence or to win good will; discretion
2. skill or judgment in handling difficult or delicate situations; diplomacy
[from Latin tactus a touching, from tangere to touch]

We want to race.... if someone gets into me and cuts a tire I should be able to get it changed without going down a lap.  I will be the first to admit it... I will draw a yellow to avoid going a lap down with a flat.  Not to mention, I have tried the whole move around the top of the track and get to the exit and been nailed in the back side on the front stretch.  I'll just park it and wait for the caution.  I pay just like everyone else, I want to run the same amount of laps.  On the other hand... I do like the one and done in the mains for special events, not every night.  At Bako half of the cars would be eliminated with the one and done rule.

the one and done rule woulda been nice at sms a few weeks ago, but for weekly shows i dont feel one & done would be fair. i do feel if you stop on the track for any reason, whether it be a flat, stalled, bad restart, etc you should at the least go to the back, if not a lap down.

one & done is more for special shows like the duel in the desert @ lvms (wish i could go again)

wow, has that ever happened before? these are unchartered waters lol