actually the winner would get 47 points, but to your question, if winning is the goal of Nascar, then winning should get a big bump over 2nd place.
Man.. how old were u when the chase came around? Like 9? 10 years old? Chances are the only reason u hate it because ur Dad does lol... do u even remember watching NASCAR before then? U were a child. You can say whatever u want but you know as well as I do that you've spend the majority of your time as a fan hating the product but likely still watching every single race... it must be tiring.. I mean you've spent nearly half your life hating something you love because of something you have no control over.
At least, if he does win the championship, I'll be glad he has one to make up for '03.
I completely agree. What he's done best is protect the equipment (only Dillon and Gordon have completed more laps) and consistently finish in the Top 10 and Top 20 (he actually has the most Top 20 finishes). Not a championship season in my mind, but I would like to see him make up for '03.
If that happens, I'd look for NASCAR to add some kind of clause next year to where you can make the chase with no wins, but can't advance to the final four without one. So basically, if you make the chase without a win, you better win one of those next nine races if you wanna be eligible for the championship at Homestead.
Man.. how old were u when the chase came around? Like 9? 10 years old? Chances are the only reason u hate it because ur Dad does lol... do u even remember watching NASCAR before then? U were a child. You can say whatever u want but you know as well as I do that you've spend the majority of your time as a fan hating the product but likely still watching every single race... it must be tiring.. I mean you've spent nearly half your life hating something you love because of something you have no control over.
I think he definitely should have. He had four more wins than the next-winningest driver (Kurt Busch - 4), two more Top 5s than the next driver (17; Jeff Gordon - 15), and more Top 10s than everyone except Kenseth (22 versus 25).
that is a matter of opinion. If you are stuck on stupid and you haven't figured out that this year is different and that stuff doesn't matter you are having a miserable time of it. My condolences to all, but like Dsquad48, I figured out a long time ago that the new format is what it is, and some of us don't spend much time crying over spilt milk, life is too short for that..
Perhaps, but I agree with SB and it's hard to ignore he's one opinionated snot nosed twerp. IIRC he's just 21 or 22 yet look at all the knowledge he spews from his mush filled skull.
Ehh, I dunno, FL.
A -5 DNF margin should not nullify (and then some; he finished 311 points back) a +7 win margin and a +6 Top 5 margin.
You sure do spend a good deal of time insulting those who dislike the Chase. I guess life's not too short for that, huh?
This could very well happen too. So if this was the case this year, we'd have Kez, Logano, Gordon, Harvick, and Jr locked into the Homestead Bowl. Even if a driver won Homestead and was locked in, they'd still have motivation to win other chase races, because every race they win is a race someone else doesn't (i.e. less competition at Homestead). It would also keep all 16 chasers alive until Phoenix. If NASCAR is going for the drama angle, your idea may be a pretty good one.
It actually hasn't been uncommon for a driver to get their only win in the last race of the season. Morgan Shepherd did it in 1990, Mark Martin in '91, Bobby Labonte in '96 and '97, Jerry Nadeau in '00, Robby Gordon in '01, and Denny Hamlin last year. In addition, Carl Edwards only 2 wins of 2010 were the last two races of the season.It would be ******* funny if Newman second-placed his way in to the final four and then won Homestead.
I'd probably get freaky in a good way if that happened.I know, I'm just saying it would be funny because of the freakout session we'd see on Racing-Forums.com.
Directly ripping off from other organizations I would use the 1) FIA system and then the 2) IndyCar system in that order. Using IndyCar's, Newman would've won by 34 points over Kenseth.
Show me one person who loves the new Chase, and I'll show you three people who hate it.
And let me say this before one of the new chase groupies does:
"I guess this is this week's The New Chase Sucks Thread
I know, I'm just saying it would be funny because of the freakout session we'd see on Racing-Forums.com.
This format rewards both consistency and wining and still will not please everyone. There isn't a format that they could come up with that could please everyone.