Kind of ironic that the 48 won a lot of races during that time, but Nascar didn't like them winning so much and stinking up the show. And Nascar emphasizes on winning now, shows how they make knee jerk reactions.
When the Chase was first introduced for 2004, it was the insistent implementation of it over loud objections of fans. NASCAR polled fans about the idea on their website following the 2003 season, and fans overwhelmingly rejected it. They shut down the polls and went ahead with it anyway. 2005...