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Throw in any points system you want that makes internal sense and see how different the championship becomes. It rarely changes unless the points race was super tight.

I feel the same. One of the broadcasters said the podium was going to be the happiest ever among all 3 between Sato, Carpenter, and Kanaan, and it's hard to disagree. I'd rather Carpenter got Sato in the end, but he left his pass on Kanaan a couple laps too late. I was surprised he caught Sato...

Bodine fan growing up. That was his last ever win. Was the day before I started high school. I was watching the Daytona 500 my sophomore year in college and he was running 2nd late in the Miccosukee #09 car and was ecstatic. Think Ward Burton won that race. Would Trevor Bayne have ever gotten...

They do matter a lot, but they're not as meaningful now due to how NASCAR crowns the champion. Joey Logano's title win last year is not equivalent to what Rusty Wallace or Bill Elliott each did one year in the '80s because Logano was realistically the 4th-best driver over the course of a season...

Small town near me had an escort with police cars and fire engines when their middle school soccer team came back from winning conference. I did roll my eyes when I looked at series points yesterday and Gray Gaulding was 13th.

And under the current rules NASCAR has to determine a champion, the 2016 Champion would've been Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Titles post-Matt Kenseth do not mean near as much as they do before. Sorry for repeating a regular talking point, but seriously, they don't. A title before NASCAR changed the rules meant you were THE BEST, period. After the changes, it meant you had a nice run at season's end. And the 2017...

When Ford forced the Roush and Yates engine departments to merge, my reaction was immediate of "they just killed the Yates race team". It took a few years, but that's pretty much what happened when it played out. That's what Yates always had going for it was they were top engine builders. Remove...

We already have crate Ilmor motors in one NASCAR series. You know, Ilmor, a specialist engine company owned by Roger Penske that does not make production car engines.

Which led to Robert Yates Racing getting sacrificed and disappearing into the ether to help the fortunes of Ford's main team, Roush Racing.

It is not an answerable question in NASCAR or any other motorsport because the racing, the equipment, and the tracks have changed drastically over time. NASCAR racing in the 1950s is completely different from the racing of the 1980s which is completely different from the racing today. The best...

My snarky newspaper headline for the race: "Hamlin saves Toyota, Gibbs, from Embarassment" Sub-header: "Jones hits the wall running 2nd"

Not sure if true, true-ish, or not at all, but if true, it's a sign of a team that in Xfinity has the best equipment, and the drivers are relying on car advantage to outperform the opposition in Xfinity. (Our stick and ball comparison: Think college QBs that look like all-stars because they have...

Bayley Currey's replacement in the #52 due to his indefinite suspension per Jayski is Weatherman. "Weatherman Reigns as Weather Rains on Bristol" -great newspaper bylines that will never get used

Well, the midfield in this sport kind of died post-2000. Ganassi and the #43 I think if you go back and look at all the mergers over time, those 3 cars used to be something like 15 to 20. The front of the field is as rich as ever, and the backmarkers have expanded to fill the emptiness. I don't...

I was talking from a purely "making and starting in every race" narrative. Finances are yes, there, however no one is willing to share much of anything on the details.

This is ridiculous thinking when you consider the context of the state of non-chartered cars. At every race in the series with the exception of the Daytona 500, Reddick should always be one of the 4 best cars without a charter, therefore ensuring entry into the race. If he doesn't, he's really...

Me too. You need all types though. DiBenedetto is about the closest thing in the field to a blue-collar poor man's hero. He's not there because he's someone's son or grandson. He's not there because he has a gimmick. He's not there because Dad bought him all the best stuff coming up through the...

There's nothing stopping anyone else from entering cars and the #53 and #54 DNQ due to being too slow.

People like the story of the guy that's largely been given nothing yet still making a go and doing his best with it.