Richmond...time for the chase

Thank god NASCAR requires those crew members to wear safety gear. There have been some hits on pit road this year.
 
Congrats to Hamlin. And as impressive and strong as Vickers has come on this year, I'd have much rather seen Busch in the chase. I still think victories need to be worth more...
 
Very nice, gracious interview by Kyle.

My prediction for the chase: Kyle wins the most races, and scores more points than anyone else....
 
VaDirt said:
Very nice, gracious interview by Kyle.

My prediction for the chase: Kyle wins the most races, and scores more points than anyone else....
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I just hope Mark wins the championship now. Harvick and Busch outside the Chase, nothing else matters.
 
VaDirt said:
Congrats to Hamlin. And as impressive and strong as Vickers has come on this year, I'd have much rather seen Busch in the chase. I still think victories need to be worth more...
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Yeah, well I believe that was one of the reasons the Chase was enacted.

If you remember the year that Kenseth won the Championship, so many others had multiple wins and he had what............. one win?

And everyone felt that multiple wins should mean something.

There will never be a perfect system.
 
Did you see Coach Gibbs standing right by Kyle during the interview?

The last 10 races will be fun --- Kyle has something to prove. I bet he really goes on a tear.
 
Magnethead said:
i know..he's not whing..even my dad said "wow, kyle isn't whining for once"
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yea he had the big boy panties on tonight but I feel it would have been different if Coach Gibbs wouldn't have been there to greet him right after the interview.
 
Guido said:
Yeah, well I believe that was one of the reasons the Chase was enacted.

If you remember the year that Kenseth won the Championship, so many others had multiple wins and he had what............. one win?

And everyone felt that multiple wins should mean something.

There will never be a perfect system.
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I think they need a "win and you're in" rule like IHRA has for their Sportsman Finals.

But Brad Keselowski's fluke win is the perfect example of why this will never happen.
 
Bucky Badger said:
Kyle was suppose to have sopmething to prove last night:(
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You remember the year Smoke didn't make the Chase --- won several of the last 10 races.

Anyway, the Chase is what it is. And I do NOT want a rule change to "a win and you're in".

As some talking head pointed out last week --- you could win Daytona in February, sit out most of the rest of the season and still be in the Chase.
 
I had thought of this when they added an extra 2 to the chase (making it 12...sometimes known as the Earnhardt rule), but I personally think that they should have kept it at 10 with a wildcard. And the wildcard spot should have only been awarded to the driver not in the top ten, with the most wins (multiple wins, fluke winners with a single win would not be counted).
 
VaDirt said:
I had thought of this when they added an extra 2 to the chase (making it 12...sometimes known as the Earnhardt rule), but I personally think that they should have kept it at 10 with a wildcard. And the wildcard spot should have only been awarded to the driver not in the top ten, with the most wins (multiple wins, fluke winners with a single win would not be counted).
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Another great idea. Every other sport with a playoff system has a wild card.
 
VaDirt said:
I had thought of this when they added an extra 2 to the chase (making it 12...sometimes known as the Earnhardt rule), but I personally think that they should have kept it at 10 with a wildcard. And the wildcard spot should have only been awarded to the driver not in the top ten, with the most wins (multiple wins, fluke winners with a single win would not be counted).
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agreed. Top 10 and the driver with most wins not in top 10.
 
This picture of Hamlin is priceless
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VaDirt said:
I had thought of this when they added an extra 2 to the chase (making it 12...sometimes known as the Stewart rule), but I personally think that they should have kept it at 10 with a wildcard.
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:fixed:

The last year there were 10 drivers in the Chase was 2006. The next year they made it 12 drivers because Tony Stewart just barely missed the Chase after Richmond in '06. Junior finished 5th in the 2006 Chase.
 
foehammer111 said:
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The last year there were 10 drivers in the Chase was 2006. The next year they made it 12 drivers because Tony Stewart just barely missed the Chase after Richmond in '06. Junior finished 5th in the 2006 Chase.
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I thought they changed it after Jr missed it by 1 or 2 positions
 
Bucky Badger said:
I thought they changed it after Jr missed it by 1 or 2 positions
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Not sure how that rumor got started, but it's not correct.

In 2005, Junior was eliminated as a Chase contender prior to the Richmond finale. In 2006 Smoke missed the Chase by just 18 points. The 12 Driver Chase format was put into place because of Stewart (the '05 Champ missed the '06 playoffs), but also because they felt that:

#1 - No one outside of the 10 Chase drivers would be within 400 points of the leader
#2 - The final 2 spots would be considered their "wildcard" positions.

So what they really did was eliminate the 400 point rule as their wildcard, and added 2 extra Chase spots instead.
 
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