Brian France took over as NASCAR Chairman in 2003 and boy has he done great things for the sport. There are some NASCAR fans that would actually fall for that type of comment, which is why I hope all of the readers will read the title of the article before actually reading it. France is now proposing new changes for the Chase, which include now 15 drivers instead of 12 and an elimination style/knockout format. Now, France just doesn’t seem to get the big picture. We don’t want the Chase at all! We want to see 43 drivers competing week in and week out and the person with the most points out of those thirty-six races as the champion. We are sick and tired of seeing ten race seasons and for nearly the past 2,000 days we haven’t had a new champion.
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[/media-credit]France would be a good fit for the United States Senate. He just doesn’t listen to the will of the people. The people don’t want the Chase and instead of following up on their request, he just wants to “change” the Chase. France should expect more ratings and attendance drops if he does this again. We should go back to the old points system and just give 10 more bonus points for wins. I believe that if we do that we would be seeing a much more exciting points finish and the person that really deserves the championship will win.
Now, how would my change have worked in the past? Well let’s take a look everybody. We all know that Matt Kenseth won the 2003 championship by 90 points over Jimmie Johnson. Now, with the new 10 extra bonus points on wins…who really won? Matt Kenseth still. Kenseth won 1 race in 2003 and Johnson had 3. So, ultimately it was a 70 point gap between Kenseth and Johnson that decided the championship. 2004 is going to be probably the nail biter! Jeff Gordon won under the old way by 47 points over Jimmie Johnson that year, but Gordon had 5 wins, Johnson had 8. This would have been a 17 point win for Jeff. Isn’t this the way to go? Mr. France, I have had enough with your points system. Do you care that NASCAR’s attendance is dropping, or are you just too incompetent to realize how wrong you really are?
I got a couple emails the other day about my proposal and one person yelled, “Well! Jeff Gordon would have run away with the championships in the 90’s!! That’s no fun!” My response is simply this, “He won the races. That is the way my points system works. You have to be able to not only win races from time to time, but you have to show some sort of consistency.” There is no point reverting under my system. You either win it or you don’t, so there is no complaining when the season is done about being unfair. My fellow colleague, Matt Embury on the radio show Next Time By said, “The only reason you want your system is because you are a Jr. fan and you want to see him back in the championship hunt.” That was probably the most silly comment ever. First, What difference would it had made for Jr. if they had the old system? That’s right. Nothing. He wouldn’t even had been a factor and I’m not a Jr. fan, so that kinda backfired.
Before I leave you guys, I want to hear what your version of the points system should be and I’ll respond to them. You can add me on Facebook or email me at therhino.ryan@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you guys.
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