Cup RACE thread --- Charlotte Roval

[Hawaii808]

It was obvious to me that Chastain didn't intentionally wreck Denny Hamlin. The end with him driving backwards was hilarious.

Somewhere Carl Edward’s saw that and wishes he could have done it.

 

[SeventyGTX]

This whole playoff and cutline thing has gotta be so stressful on these drivers and teams. As if running at this level isn't stressful enough.

 

[Truex_rox]

Logano gets through again.
There's no doubt in my mind he's a championship-calibre driver, but I really wish we'd get back to rewarding the whole body of work instead of the events of one race.

 

[Efisher131]

Man I wished that worked for Ross, eliminate Joey and show the absurdity that the “playoffs” cause

Joey is gonna win his 4th title and show the absurdity of the playoffs

 

[Spotter22]

Can't wait for the excuses people make.

Ill Be the first, gimme more of that! Its nothing new and its exciting

 

[Blaze]

Ill Be the first, gimme more of that! Its nothing new and its exciting

See, you're someone who says this no matter the driver. That to me is different. I meant more so the people who would blast other drivers for that move.

 

[Brentford]

These guys are terrible against SVG on road courses. Dude was literally 37 seconds ahead of 5th place. That’s crazy!

 

[StandOnIt]

I have no idea how they came up with either one of these.

 

[JJ_14]

These guys are terrible against SVG on road courses. Dude was literally 37 seconds ahead of 5th place. That’s crazy!

Most of the field pitted for tires, while SVG stayed out. He would've been doomed if a yellow came out.

 

[Brentford]

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Most of the field pitted for tires, while SVG stayed out. He would've been doomed if a yellow came out.

Awe, gotcha! That makes more sense.

 

[rd45usa]

 

[hmmm298]

Man I wished that worked for Ross, eliminate Joey and show the absurdity that the “playoffs” cause

After the Hail Melon, we’d never hear anything else if he would have pulled that off too. And probably would have sealed the deal on us getting another decade of playoffs.

Cool tha he hit Hamlin though.

 

[Clutch]

Most of the field pitted for tires, while SVG stayed out. He would've been doomed if a yellow came out.

He KICKED ASS!
That's the truth.

 

[hmmm298]

Denny not mad, or is he being smart and not letting on so if he moves him before the season is over it doesn't look like payback.

He knows he would do the same thing if he had to for a championship.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[acmerocket]

Ok, one top ten the entire season. When he starts making a habit of it, I will pay more attention to him.

and 4 or 5 wins,he,s doing ok

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Ok, one top ten the entire season. When he starts making a habit of it, I will pay more attention to him.

I think we'll hear more from him at Vegas; like Kansas, it's another 1.5-miler. Talladega is anyone's race. Martinsville is enough like Loudon that I expect him to do well there. He won't compete for wins but he'll be much better at each remaining track than he was for each track's first race of the season.

I'll go out on a limb and predict two more top 15 finishes for him this season.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

Joey Logano is the luckiest driver in history by far.

They’ve gamed this format much like Chase For The Cup 7 Time did before them.

 

[Pat]

SVG whips the field by 15 seconds with his 5th road course win in a row and so much for that.

The way he came sliding in, heck, he could have parked it and walked to the finish line. LOL

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

Logano gets through again.
There's no doubt in my mind he's a championship-calibre driver, but I really wish we'd get back to rewarding the whole body of work instead of the events of one race.

That’s it too. Joey would win a title in any format, his talent exceeds whatever system is used to crown a champion and his team is that good. It’s a shame folks on socials are saying he wouldn’t be a champion in a full season format. That’s false, he’s just that good. It’s the system that needs changing, Joey did nothing wrong but excel in a flawed system geared to reality tv and capturing the eyeball of the ever so fleeting, but elusive casual fan.

 

[HoneyBadger]

They’ve gamed this format much like Chase For The Cup 7 Time did before them.

Major difference: the chase format was changed multiple times to make it Jimmie proof and he still adapted.

I think he would’ve won 7 under the old system too. He almost won it in his rookie year.

 

[Greg]

They’ve gamed this format much like Chase For The Cup 7 Time did before them.

Jimmie's won six
of his
and only one with the win
and you are in
crap.
(bad poetry)

I really hate all the playoff or chase versions and favor the a full 36 race point system.

But I will grudgingly admit that the last championship he won, the one utilizing the single race finale was my favorite one with the crappie format.

Not necessarily because he won the thing but more for the actual drama. There was the Carl Edwards, Logano self destruction, I think Kyle Busch's team messed up on tire or pit strategy, and Johnson the slowest of the four won the thing.

If I was trying to promote the positives of the current system that race would be my go to example.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

It’s a shame folks on socials are saying he wouldn’t be a champion in a full season format.

He certainly could be but not in 2024 or 2025.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

Major difference: the chase format was changed multiple times to make it Jimmie proof and he still adapted.

I think he would’ve won 7 under the old system too. He almost won it in his rookie year.

eh. I can say Jeff Gordon would have won 7 too. We never have a way of knowing. Jimmie would have won a Cup for sure in the Winston Cup format, you're exactly right he was in it until the final month of his rookie season in 02. The exact amount? No way of knowing, but I do think Jimmie would have feasted in the Winston Cup points.