Why doesn't NASCAR (or anyone else) keep records of which drivers are given Lucky Dog Free Passes?

NASCAR does keep a record of it. It is listed on every official race report as part of the listing of cautions. There are a large number of statistics that many different websites collect and record beyond the normal wins, top 5s, top 10s such as laps led, loop data, average finish, average number of positions gained, # of cars passed, etc. But not all sites look at all that data, but only the important items. The free pass is not really an important statistic, other than for people who like to look for conspiracies and have way to much time on their hands to complain about the most mundane stuff.

Also, since you are so interested in Danica, she has been the beneficiary of the free pass 5 times this season (Bristol-1, Charlotte-1, Sonoma-1, Kentucky-2). That is only one more than Kyle Busch with 4. (Phoenix-2, Richmond-2).

Additional:

You can find the official race reports on the jayski.com site. Here is the link:

http://www.jayski.com/news/pages/story/_/page/2013...

Just select the official race report for any points race, and the NASCAR report comes up. In the section for Cautions, the car # of the beneficiary is stated in brackets for each caution thrown during a race.

Patrick does not have the most free pass received this season:

8 - Josh Wise (35) and David Reutimann (83)

7 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr (17)

6 - David Regan (34)

5 - Danica Patrick (10), Ryan Newman (39), JP Montoya (42), JJ Yeley (36)

4 - Joe Nemechek (87), David Gilliland (38), Joey Logano (22), Austin Dillon (33), Vickers/Martin (55), Kyle Busch (18), Tony Stewart (14)

3 drivers have 3 free passes, 13 have 2, and 7 have one

A total of 38 teams have at least one free pass so far in 2013.

Its not about protecting a "precious" Danica. I actually agree with comments like what Kyle Petty stated about her not really being a racer. IMO she is not aggressive enough to compete with the equipment she has, and her time for learning how to race in stock cars is nearly over. She needs to start performing in the second half of the season. She has talent, but as DW said at the start of the year, "school is over. It's time to perform." However, these stupid conspiracy theories are lame, just like all the "insert race here" going to be fixed for Dale Jr questions constantly posted.

Nascar Records

Let's just go ahead and give the answer you're looking for:

It is clearly a conspiracy to help out Danica Patrick.

Well that would make Nascar's token race girl look bad.

She is the best thing since sliced bread, we can't make her look bad now, afterall She is a future champion don't ya' know.

A NASCAR-themed page similar to http://baseball-reference.com/ would do that for sure. LOL.

Troll possum is right.