doug - evergreen park wrote:
Once the field is set, The Observer said NASCAR is considering eliminations during the 10-race Chase.
The field would be cut after the third, sixth and ninth races. The proposed eliminations would drop the lowest four drivers from title contention after the third, sixth and ninth races, leaving four drivers eligible for a ''winner-take-all'' race in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The four remaining drivers would go into Homestead with their points reset and tied in the standings...
I think this would be interesting, but how long do they race for the finale? Plus what happens if one guy wrecks two others? Dude just drives in a circle at 100mph for a couple of hours? I don't think you reduce the field to the point where the race could be like a slow qualifying lap. You keep the field, but eliminate the bottom four from championship contention, the next bottom four, etc...as outlined above...all 16 still race though.
read it again. it never says there won't be 40 cars on the track. it just says 4 will drop out of contention. by the end, only 4 cars will matter but theres still 40 other cars to out there to fuck everything up.
its really a problem with the sport itself. thats why i keep stressing the need for teams, where 5 drivers work together to get a team championship. by the end, even if you have just 3 teams competing in the last race that still could be 15 cars.
then also, that way, when a driver changes sponsors you can still root for the team. fans would band to their teams a lot more then they do to individual drivers now.