Prelude to the Chase, Part 2

When I first wrote the article, “Prelude to the Chase, Part 1,” the concept behind the story was not to belittle NASCAR by trying to say the points race was a bad idea. Instead, it was more focused at shedding a brighter light on why and where the chase was created and, of course, to bring to the forefront one of the flaws that has most fans baffled. Now, a change to a sport's format doesn’t always work, or in this instance, a change may not always make a sport more exciting as well as more appealing to the fans. When a product that has been successful for 50+ years, and it’s served its purpose, why would anyone want to throw a monkey wrench into it without first taking the time to thoroughly research it? It was more than obvious that the Chase format wasn’t researched because it only took two years before NASCAR had to tweak it before the start of the 2007 season. NASCAR added another two drivers to the field, which some fans ... (link)