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[Eddie Fleming]

They had a great race yesterday at Martinsville. That is up until the teams started playing games to get drivers in the final winner take all race. There were drivers blocking for other drivers and drivers with sudden mystery tires going down and all BS because of a contrived BS playoff  format. 

 

You may be able to tell I do not like the playoff idea in the first place, but it is what it is. 

 

With all the crap yesterday the final this year should be just 3 drivers. IMO.

[Jay Guard]

Eddie:

I thought it was one of the best Nascar races I've ever seen.  It finally wasn't gerrymandered by last minute caution flags and 2-lap shoot outs.  There were a lot of elements in play the whole race and I enjoyed it.

 

One thing I didn't really understand was the business right near the end and the announcers kept talking about "two Chevys" blocking.  All I recall seeing was Byron doing a great job of blocking the two cars behind him to save his shot at the playoffs, which was legal and pretty exciting to watch, and even a bit surprising that nobody just put the bumper to him and pushed him off.

 

Then of course there was the Wallace flat tire and Bell wall riding thing.  What I didn't fully understand about that was Wallace really did have a tire down (hard to fake I think) and once Bell passed him he was in the playoffs.  From what I could see he didn't have to punch it while on the wall, but he did, so he was in fact in violation of the rules, maybe he didn't realize what the situation was? My thought on that was that I would have let both Byron and Bell into the final race, as from my point of view the wall riding thing had no real effect on the outcome.

 

Finally there was Blaney really making a great drive to win, and with a lot of drama from bad pit stops and such just thrown in to make it all exciting until the last.

 

I do agree with you about not being a big fan of the way they do the playoffs as it kind of comes down to a "winner" take all last race, but as you said it is what it is.

[Sloter]

NACAR continues to lose sponsors, viewers, attendance, and teams. Some tracks do well with spectators but way too many do not. NASCAR is all about money and not the driver and fans. This playoff BS is a joke. Even NHRA has adopted a similar play off for the same reasons and the results are the same (losing sponsors, fans, and teams). What a shame, both organizations are ruining the sports!  

 

Lets stop the play-off BS and get back to their roots of true season champions!

 

Bob

[Mike Patterson]

I've given up on most major motorsports. It's nice not having to spend Sundays in front of the TV.

[Eddie Fleming]

WHAT THE UNUSUAL RADIO COMMS REVEAL ABOUT CONTENTIOUS MARTINSVILLE FINISH
 
What do you think?

[Jay Guard]

Thanks for that, Eddie.  

 

Obviously I didn't have access to the radio information and not surprisingly it does look very suspect. But I clearly remember seeing Wallace's car making a pretty crazy swerve near the end and to me it actually did look like his left rear tire actually was down, of course it's just what i thought I saw on-the-fly and I could easily have been wrong. It would have been pretty easy for NASCAR to have checked to see if Wallace really did have a low tire, or if it was all just a set up, which I'm not sure if that's actually illegal but certainly goes against the spirit of racing. I'm sure we'll hear more about this in the near future.

[Sloter]

It's not real racing, drivers and teams caught up in the whole pile of B.S.! 

 

Bob

[Eddie Fleming]

It's not real racing, drivers and teams caught up in the whole pile of B.S.! 

 

Bob

Cant say I have been thinking about it much but it occurred to me that NASCAR is a lot about entertainment now not racing.

 

Kind of like watching the Beverly Hillbillies.  

 

Then once in a while you get a good drive like the one Blaney put on Sunday. It really was a good race until they started the BS at the end. Then NASCAR is good at BS at the end.

[Larry Labounty]

Always felt the playoff system is a big joke! Seems to me Nascar has done whatever they could to help there dying fan base. Use to really enjoy the superspeedway racing Now I feel they should just have a demo derby last standing wins. 

[NSwanberg]

National Association for Standard Car Auto Racing

 

I still get a kick out of it. I like The Chase. I even like the Stages and think stage leads should count more for playoff qualification and final points. I like strategy races and the drama and pit stops most of all. I don't like the crash drama but I suppose there is no way around it. Perhaps open wheel NASCAR. Oh wait. That would be INDYcar. lol