It is time to stop playing the "what if" game. Entering its sixth edition, NASCAR's year-end Chase championship format has become an entrenched part of the sport. It's likely responsible for increased television ratings the past two weekends, exactly what it was designed to do.
No question, there are some purists out there who despise the thing, who wish it would go the way of bias-ply tires and the hemi engine. They're spitting into the wind. Seasons like this one, overloaded with drama and intrigue over who will get in and who will fall out -- in lieu of what would otherwise be a runaway championship race -- only serve to justify its existence.
Tony Stewart leads all drivers in 2009 in top-fives and top-10s and is tied for second in wins, but come the Chase his big lead will dissipate.
So enough of pining for something that will never happen. Enough of Monday-morning quarterbacking the day after the Homestead race, when plenty of fans shake their heads and point to the traditional points format and say, well, we all know so-and-so should really be the champion.
Enough of acting like Jimmie Johnson has somehow lucked his way
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