Jeff Gordon Chase
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anybody else think the chase is a bad system for nascar?
i personally hate the chase, for one it robs fans from the ability to compare drivers from different generations(petty and earnhardt had 7 titles) jeff gordon has four and if it wasn't for the chase would have two more fot a total of 6. and it also doesn't reward drivers for the performance through the first 26 races.look at kyle busch, won every thing this year and will likely have a huge lead built only for it to disapear.
I totally agree about the generation gap!! Here was my answer to a similar question a while back:
I seriously have trouble even considering anyone who wins the Championship by the chase format as not really the winner, unless they were the points leader when the chase started. I think the chase concept should have been laughed off when brought up because it makes the last 10 races the only ones that are really important. We would also be calling Jeff Gordon a 6 time NASCAR champion instead of 4.
I feel that the winner of the championship should had to have done it over 36 races, and not use 26 races just to get ready for 10.
If any driver is able to get a 300 point lead, I don't care who it is, but I think they would deserve it. Put yourself in the drivers shoes...would you like it if you worked hard 26 races to get a good lead in points, and then with a couple of races to go in the season you have a wreck, and lose any hope of winning the points. Then you lose millions of dollars in the points payout over having a couple of bad races in the chase.