[commish]

Well if nothing else, this will make those boring late August, Early September races more fun as People like Jimmy "Mr. Excitement" Spencer, Robby "wreck um" Gordon, etc try to crash thier way into the Magic 400 Pt club.

It could also, make it interesting to see someone like Dale Jarrett or Bobby Labonte, who is mired in a disasterous season try and make a charge to the Top 10.

Also, it will make the last 10 races a real free for all between the guys that are in the Championship mix -- no more "well if I run clean and just finish in the top 15 I am golden crap".

BUT - the down side is that this favors the Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE guys while penalizing the Matt Kenseth, terry Labonte type drivers that just keep the fenders on and finish races.

[pro libertate]

That's a pretty good breakdown. I like the move, because I favor the "charge, charge, charge" guys and have always felt that more emphasis should have been placed on winning a
race. I do feel that there should be a little more reward for having a good season up until the final 10 races, than a 5 point lead. Maybe they should have just cut the point differences in half for the top 10 and let them go at it for the final 10 races.

Either way, I can't wait for Daytona.

[Quilla]

I'm relatively new to Nascar, I watch it because my son watches it. I certainly don't have a grasp on the point system, but it doesn't seem quite right. If I recall correctly, Kenseth won the points last year but just one race. That just doesn't sound like a champion.

[steveegg]

BUT - the down side is that this favors the Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE guys while penalizing the Matt Kenseth, terry Labonte type drivers that just keep the fenders on and finish races.

That's precisely why they've done it. Hard-chargers sell.

The real pisser would be if Kenseth (who isn't milquetoast, but seemed like he was with his underpowered Ford) went and took full advantage of the new headers and won the first Nextel championship to go with the last Winston Cup.