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Nice charge by Danner in the closing laps.

Larson is on cruise and doesn't look like he has to drive it very hard. McIntosh has had a strong night but may be fading.

Mark Martin (and Dale Jr. with his more diplomatic posture) deserves enormous credit for forcing the progress that was made. I don't fault him for giving his public blessing to this. He didn't need to force himself out on an island if this was the best they could accomplish. That said, the...

Maybe, maybe not. This is a pretty significant retreat. They're touting "no eliminations" as a big selling point after more than a decade of promoting nothing but eliminations. High HP then low HP then higher HP again. Leave the Brickyard oval only to return again. Try to get off as many...

ESPN wants their wild card game there, and the priority on the big regular season finale goes to to NBC over them. I don't really mind it. But I do mind having to watch this Steelers team in the playoffs. The Ravens were a hot mess, but at least they would have been entertaining in one way or...

All else aside, the increase to 55 points for the race winner is an unmitigated improvement. Could have gone even higher.

Exactly.

NBC claimed they were hands off and letting NASCAR decide. The latest excuses going around have to do with their being driver and sponsor contracts that contain clauses relative to Playoffs / Chase performance. As if we're supposed to believe for a single second that Jim France is constrained...

Yes, the data shows that's been working like a charm.

Remember when the new marketing was going to be all about how bold and strong NASCAR is about knowing who they are? Instead we get a fence sitting committee who think they've found just the right middle ground between two polar opposites.

I like how they're trumpeting "No eliminations" when the main feature of a Chase cutoff is to "eliminate" two thirds of the field from mattering "Hey everyone, we got rid of most of the unpopular changes you hated. We've struck the right balance!" This is the equivalent of Coca Cola reacting...

Tossed off joke, not to be taken seriously. I just don't think I can take another decade of that clown explaining why the latest set of tweaks is the "right balance".

The wrong Steve died.

No matter how bad playoffs are for Cup racing, they are infinitely worse for those series.

But Jeff Burton has been going hoarse for over a decade telling us exactly that about the old system. So confusing.

Yeah. Directionally it's a big improvement on everything done since 2014. Addition by subtraction: a good portion of the nonsense is gone. Unfortunately a fair amount remains. It is difficult to give NASCAR leadership that much credit for partially getting out of their own way. They were facing...

Four out of five thrilling finishes still ain't bad.

The Chargers' defense did an admirable job for most of the game keeping them in it. The offense is so outmatched it's hard to watch.

Analytics says...