The “Race for the Chase” is a joke. 26 Races to see who qualifies for the Chase, the last 10 races of the season to decide the championship. Only the top 10 drivers …..oh wait, Dale Jr didn’t make it to the top 10 last year so now its 12….get the chance to win the championship.
Jeff Gordon, who had a more than 300 point lead going into the Chase, got it whipped out and was actually seeded second. A driver who had one more win, got seeded in front of him and now looks like he is going to go on and win it. And that’s fine one the one hand. You can say that because Jimmie Johnson won the most races he should win the championship, but what about his 4 DNF’s? JG has only finished out of the top 10 six times out of 35 races. He has more top 10’s, top 5’s and poles (which count for nothing) than anyone else. THAT’S a championship season.
I read somewhere that someone said that ALL sports has a playoff system….whooooaaaaa now. I don’t believe college football has one. I may be wrong, but I don’t think any other motor sports league has any kind of playoff, I KNOW the Busch series does not. So why NASCAR? MONEY MONEY MONEY.
NASCAR did this for one reason….Money…..for them…
C.O.T (also know as Car of Tommorrow, Car of Today…) Sucks as bad as the chase. It has taken away from competition and is eating excitement alive. It has turned each race into a big rolling game of stratego. With few, very few, exceptions, there is very little racing to be had in the top 10. Whoever is leading, whether they are on 4 new tires, 2 or hell, even 1, has a distinct advantage over the rest of the field. In the last race, the last 18 laps was a joke. NASCAR says it levels the field and it does do that…at the expence of excitement. You want to win, you better have good pit strategy cause that’s about 90% of getting to the front.
Whether Jeff wins or loses it doesn’t change things for me. The COT sucks and the Chase sucks.
