It's kind of ironic....

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chuck_steak (AT) nospam (DOT) com (Chuck Steak) wrote in
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If we are going to continue to hold on to the (yawn) "old" system.
why not go back to the one used in 1948?

I don't think anyone remembers how to add up the points for some
of the goofy systems they used in the old days. The ones where
the number of points varied depending on the length of the race,
the purse, how well Bill France liked the promoter, etc. At
least in the current system we don't have fractional points.

John

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"Mike/Speeed" <speeedracerREMOVE (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote

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"Mike/Speeed" <speeedracerREMOVE (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote in message
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that Na$car conceived "the chase" to stop a driver from gaining an
insurmountable points lead & points race the last ten or so to secure a
championship.
What do you suppose Jimmie Johnson has done so far in the chase & in
particular, yesterday?
This championship hunt was over the day it started & everybody except
the geniuses running the sport knew it.
The one I feel the worst for is Tony Stewart who had one helluva season
only to have it taken away

THat is true

for no better reason than to keep the less intelligent portion of the
fan base interested...

That is utter nonsense ............... and probably not terribly
intelligent a statement in itself

I would like to respond to that - only I don't speak jibberish...

Also have to give kudos to N$ for making the racing at 'Dega even worse
than it was before if anyone could even fathom that being a possibility.
Instead of there being the likelihood of "the big one" happening at any
given time of the race, They've GUARANTEED one within the last 30
laps.....Excellent.

The Chase was formulated so that Nextel could put its mark on NASCAR. It
was a marketing ploy. And it still is, only for Sprint. But as with any
sea change, there are going to be some unintended consequences. One of the
consequences was that all of the fans, except for Jimmie Johnson fans, hate
the thing. And that pretty much means all of the fans.

At least Jamie McMurray got a win a race.

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It's kind of ironic....

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Re: It's kind of ironic.... - 11-03-2009 , 08:10 AM

Re: It's kind of ironic.... - 11-04-2009 , 09:57 AM