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Watermill updated the "what if Nascar used F1 points?". The top five would still have a shot at the title (though realistically the top four would be gunning for it).
Sometimes the best solution is the simplest?
The unofficial driver standings and an exciting championship
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Watermill updated the "what if Nascar used F1 points?". The top five would still have a shot at the title (though realistically the top four would be gunning for it).
Sometimes the best solution is the simplest?
And the F1 system would be that much closer today. I wish that was the actual point standings.
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Texas was a huge shakeup to the unofficial (read:non-chase) points. Johnson falls back to third, one point behind behind second place Gordon. Stewart retakes the lead by 93 points.
After rallying from 80 points back of Stewart at Talladega to lead the championship by 7 points, Johnson's early wreck causes the points to swing wildly out of his favor. With two races to go, any one of these three drivers could take the championship.
After rallying from 80 points back of Stewart at Talladega to lead the championship by 7 points, Johnson's early wreck causes the points to swing wildly out of his favor. With two races to go, any one of these three drivers could take the championship.
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LOL.. if only
instead we have a 3 way Hendrick battle
instead we have a 3 way Hendrick battle
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Either way it's a 3-way Hendrick battle.
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...unless we get some more divine intervention like we had at Texas 
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I hate the what if's. Seems that the clowns in Daytona wanted this and that is how Chad et. al. race the series.
Tony Schumacher said it well on Wind Tunnel last night with respect to NHRA's version. You know going into the season what the rules about the chase are. You should use them to your advantage. I think that's what Chad and Jimmy do so well.
You don't breed a beagle to do what a golden lab does.
Tony Schumacher said it well on Wind Tunnel last night with respect to NHRA's version. You know going into the season what the rules about the chase are. You should use them to your advantage. I think that's what Chad and Jimmy do so well.
You don't breed a beagle to do what a golden lab does.
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All I know is that I am rooting for Reut to do the same thing two more times.
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And the F1 system would be that much closer today.
I just added up the points after Texas:
Johnson: 120
Gordon: 117
Stewart: 116
Martin: 110
Hamlin: 99
Hamlin would be eliminated from the title chase with two races to go.
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You know going into the season what the rules about the chase are. You should use them to your advantage. I think that's what Chad and Jimmy do so well.
You don't breed a beagle to do what a golden lab does.
The original thrust of this thread was to bring to light how Jimmie Johnson would likely win the Championship under either point system (though, Texas may have changed that). The irony was that the more "exciting" chase turned fans off while the old system was legitimately more exciting because Johnson was charging from the back (the underdog rather than the favorite, the front-runner).
The F1 what if is just for fun. A more refined, simpler, point system that rewards frequent victories and good finishes more than it punishes the occasional bad race.
