If the 1992 points battle had the chase

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Kyle petty would be champion
 

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Could you think how hard he'd be to deal with sometimes WITH a championship, he gets annoying sometimes without one.
 
Depends on what "Chase format" is being used. There's a Yahoo! article written is 2010 addressing the same issue and it has Davey Allison being champion under that system.
 
I actually liked Kyle when he drove the Mello Yello Pontiac and looked like John Oates.
 
A good example of the potential flaws of the Chase point system.
 
Of course who's to say if the Chase would have been 10 races back then? There were only 29 races run in the Winston Cup Series in 1992, so 10 races would have been more than one-third of the season. An 8-race Chase would have been more proportionate. That'd be about the same percentage of races that are in the Chase now.
 
ToyYoda said:
Of course who's to say if the Chase would have been 10 races back then? There were only 29 races run in the Winston Cup Series in 1992, so 10 races would have been more than one-third of the season. An 8-race Chase would have been more proportionate. That'd be about the same percentage of races that are in the Chase now.
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I don't think they base it on the total percentage of races. 10 is just a nice, even, round number.
 
And Kyle Petty was never a bad driver. He's never claimed that he was the greatest ever ... but he did win eight races in Sprint Cup competition which is eight more wins than most drivers will ever get. Three wins at Rockingham, wins at Pocono and Watkins Glen. It's not like those are easy races. There was a time when Kyle Petty owned Rockingham.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
And Kyle Petty was never a bad driver. He's never claimed that he was the greatest ever ... but he did win eight races in Sprint Cup competition which is eight more wins than most drivers will ever get. Three wins at Rockingham, wins at Pocono and Watkins Glen. It's not like those are easy races. There was a time when Kyle Petty owned Rockingham.
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I wouldn't say KP was a bad driver. But I wouldn't say he was ever championship material either.
 
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gordonite said:
I wouldn't say KP was a bad driver. But I wouldn't say he was ever championship material either.
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KP had two wins, nine top five finishes and 17 top 10 finishes during the 29 races in 1992. Now, I don't know if you remember the 1990s but I do. It was much more difficult to be consistent because, back then, attrition was actually a thing. Engine failures were common back then. Tire problems were common.

Compare that to Clint Bowyer's runner-up 2012 effort where he had three wins, 10 top five finishes and 23 top 10 finishes over a 36 race season in an era where it's actually extremely rare for a driver to blow an engine or pop a tire taking them out of the race.

I'm not taking anything from today's drivers because the level of competition is fierce, but drivers don't have to worry about falling out of races because of engine failures and tire problems like they used to. Back in the 90s, the races were longer and car/engine endurance was actually a thing. Now, the races are shorter and car/engine endurance isn't a thing.

KP was never the world's greatest driver and he's never claimed to be but he was no slouch either.
 
He entered the 92 race with a slim mathematical possibility as it was, no small feat.

It is a SWAG to say how a reset would have changed things, a reset may have changed their approaches. Elliot and Jr Johnson might have been more aggressive during the final 10.

Kyle and the 42 would have been interesting. Gary Nelson probably had more tricks than Chad Knaus.
 
Greg said:
He entered the 92 race with a slim mathematical possibility as it was, no small feat.

It is a SWAG to say how a reset would have changed things, a reset may have changed their approaches. Elliot and Jr Johnson might have been more aggressive during the final 10.

Kyle and the 42 would have been interesting. Gary Nelson probably had more tricks than Chad Knaus.
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^ This. All of this.

We don't know how not having a Chase would change Jimmie's approach either. If he entered Homestead behind Carl Edwards in 2008, he probably would have been more aggressive instead of riding around in 15th place. 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2011 are the only times anyone can really say for sure that the Chase really affected the outcome. And 2011 could've ended the way it should've ended if Carl didn't just ride around all season.

I'm still bitter about 2010 by the way.
 
The way everybody on here bitches about Nascar lets race Ostriches every other Sunday, maybe it would be more entertaining.
 
Johali said:
The way everybody on here bitches about Nascar lets race Ostriches every other Sunday, maybe it would be more entertaining.
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Yeah, the Johali & Ted Happy Time NASCAR Brigade don't want anybody discussing NASCAR with a hint of a negative tone or they aren't real NASCAR fans.
 
KevinWI said:
Yeah, the Johali & Ted Happy Time NASCAR Brigade don't want anybody discussing NASCAR with a hint of a negative tone or they aren't real NASCAR fans.
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And I see that you still claim to know what I'm thinking, but as usual you're way of base, bash on.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
And Kyle Petty was never a bad driver. He's never claimed that he was the greatest ever ... but he did win eight races in Sprint Cup competition which is eight more wins than most drivers will ever get. Three wins at Rockingham, wins at Pocono and Watkins Glen. It's not like those are easy races. There was a time when Kyle Petty owned Rockingham.
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For sure he owned Rockingham, I was at one of those races and he absolutly smoked the field. No one even close, Hell if that happened today this forum would rate the race in negative numbers. LOL

And Kev glad to see you like the old fart club.
 
Kyle Petty as champ=dear god O.O

On a related note if there was a chase Sterling Marlin would have won in 03 while missing a few races. Imagine the outcry that would happen after that.
 
Captain Coyfish said:
Kyle Petty as champ=dear god O.O

On a related note if there was a chase Sterling Marlin would have won in 03 while missing a few races. Imagine the outcry that would happen after that.
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With teh current point system? I doubt he'd survived missing a single race.
 
FLRacingFan said:
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& Jeff Gordon would be a 3 time champion. Imagine that outcry.

That's what NASCAR should do. Just imagine that that chase had always been in effect & go back through history & strip drivers of their titles to award the "real champion" as if the chase had been implemented back then. Makes enuff sense to me
 
Both you guys may be wrong.

In 2001 it was a zig-zaw battle between Gordon and Jarret until he felt off at the end.

I reckon Marlin led the points most of the 2002 season before being forced out.
 
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