as long as we are on that G/W/C finish topic..what about the G/W/C freaking chase? Stick and ball all the way, totally fabricated hogwash, just like a debris caution to bunch up the field. It has in the past created some drama when Tony went nuts and won the deal, but it sprung from an overreaction to fans whining about Kenseth who place raced into a championship. Waaa he didn't WIN enough. IMO now it is prejudiced against drivers who try to finish well and take what the equipment gives them on a given race. Sometimes I think Nascar is listening to the wrong fans. I had no problem with the first place team out front a ways in either the race or the standings, there was always somebody either in the race or in the standings that the outcome could go either way. It wasn't for first place though and therin lies the rub I guess.
Look at last year, even after all the hoop jumping resetting everything and with the press making something out of nothing, all Kez did was ride around the last race..whoopie he finished 15 and that made it all good, so even if Jimmy had won the race and every point there was to get, Kez had to just finish 15th. fact is as it turned out, he didn't even have to finish to win, just start and park.
