Poor chad could have 10 titles if NASCAR did not screw him and the team. No matter what anyone says there is still only one way to drive to car on ovals and Jimmie and Dale mastered it.
You can really have close racing if you reduce the lap count to 50 and max speed at 50- mph. This can be said because cars are much much closer going red light to red light in American cities then on the racetrack.