Enough Is Enough Full Season Championship.

I'm rooting for SVG to make the Round of 8 just to show what a farce this championship system is but then on the other hand the ADD riddled fans that enjoy this dog n pony show as well as the TV exec's will point out "See look!! Drivers can go on magical runs in the playoffs!!". So damned if you do and damned if you dont.
 
Efisher131 said:
Lol, Spake brings up ratings when talking about the benefits of a playoff. The ratings tank every year the last few races. What were the ratings in 2003?
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7.3M people watched the 2003 season finale at Homestead even though Kenseth had the championship locked up, 2.9M people watched the 2024 season finale at Phoenix. I know there are other factors that go into that, like the absence of alternative viewing platforms in 2003, but it’s still quite the drop off.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Palou locked up the IndyCar title this weekend with two races left. I will be interesting to see the ratings for those races.
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The casuals have their football starting sometime in there, so no playoffs and football for Indy compared to playoffs and football on the Nascar side.
I really think the Nascar playoffs haven't helped that much, it's just network nonsense.
 
My therapist told me that I can't be healed and made whole until:

All of the people who created the Chase playoffs are severely beaten and cry for their mommy.

Then taken the Guillotine; followed by the executionors jumping on their bellies like a trampoline until there is no more blood.

I was disappointed with the therapist for being so lame and not understanding me. I would need them to jump on their bellies and bleed them out prior to the Guillotine.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Palou locked up the IndyCar title this weekend with two races left. I will be interesting to see the ratings for those races.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw a slight uptick if for no other reason than the final two races run unopposed to any NASCAR national series events. For the past few years the season also needed on opening Sunday of the NFL season, but the new partnership with FOX ends the calendar on Labor Day weekend.
 
"The point isn’t to crown the best driver… It’s to crown the best team who executed the best when the pressure was at its highest and the lights were the brightest."

When the Cup Champion was determined by the full season points total, the pressure was at its highest and the lights were the brightest at each and every points race.
 
ToyYoda said:
Austin Dillon did it in Xfinity (then Nationwide) too in 2013.
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Naitch said:
That was under a full season format though, right?
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Let's also remember Cup drivers won most of those races that year, and didn't collect points either. If I'm looking correctly, 5 of the 33 races weren't won by a Cup driver. Austin had an 8.8 avg finish that year.
 
At Approx the 15:30 mark O'Donnell talks about possible playoff changes? Horsepower is after that.



1-On-1 With NASCAR President Steve O'Donnell | Playoffs, Car Changes, New OEMs, Lawsuit, and More!​

 
rd45usa said:
With all this discussion about the playoffs, you can tell who the Nascar paid shills are. Guess Mamba doubled down again with Harvick.
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Eh, we have some posters here that are just fine with the playoff points system. I think it is wise to remember these people are always trying to pull people in with their pod casts. Last week or the week before Harvick was all for the lets junk the car crowd. If Nascar would have had a runaway lead everything winner at short track Richmond, they would have never shut up this week. Harvick had to come up with another subject besides car bashing. Hell, I don't know if Manba believes what he said or if it is click bait fodder.
 
Naitch said:
Has Dennis ever hid it? He has always been a loud mouth. His pandering to anti-NASCAR NASCAR fans helped him get a podcast.
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It's always easiest to take the negative path. Hamlin is always pushing the easy button on his podcasts. The elephant in the room is NBC who have completely changed Nascar into one big survivor game show. Fans are getting tired of it.
 
HoneyBadger said:
Ironic post from a guy who ****mouths the CARS Tour any chance he gets.
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He's like you. Badmouths just about everything. Hates the car, hates Nascar, hates the points, that is about his whole world. I was surprised when he posted something positive and useful for a change.
 
StandOnIt said:
He's like you. Badmouths just about everything. Hates the car, hates Nascar, hates the points, that is about his whole world. I was surprised when he posted something positive and useful for a change.
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I don't think he was talking about the guy who made the tweet.
 
Mark, if my only problem with the GWC finishes was what the announcers call it, I'd be happy man. Call it 'overtime', call it 'extra laps', call it 'mandatory green flag finish'; whatever it's called, it should be dropped like the LA Coliseum.
 
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