NASCAR is returning to a version of a championship format it used from 2004 to 2013 but two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch ponders if this is really for the best.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we got away from it for a reason in the past,\u201d said Kyle Busch during a Monday morning appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. \u201cSo, I\u2019m not real sure why we went back to it. The reasons why we sort of went away from it was obviously Jimmie Johnson\u2019s dominance, number one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like number two is there were times where guys like myself, who would have one bad race or two that would then knock them out of the championship. I finished 3rd one year, 5th another year just from having a wreck in one race like Talladega. You can\u2019t make up enough points to get back to the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI got wrecked at Kansas one year. That put me 5th in the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
The point Busch was articulating is that the elimination rounds format used over the past 11 years allowed a top-tier driver to recover by winning. It\u2019s also fair to mention that Busch won both of his championships under that format.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just stuff like that,\u201d Busch said. \u201cI don\u2019t really agree with it. But, the racing, the way that it is today and everybody running over everybody all the time, you might see that all 16 of us have a bad race.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf all of us have a bad race then that could be construed as a throw away and you gotta be good in the other nine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll see how it plays out.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This isn\u2019t entirely the old Chase for the Championship either as NASCAR has drastically increased the number of points allocated for winning races and more points are available in the form of stage points.<\/p>\n
Busch says, ultimately, the only teams capable of recovering from a bad race moving forward are those who win in bulk.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re a winner,\u201d Busch said of overcoming a mulligan. \u201cIf you\u2019re a Hendrick, Gibbs or Penske car, yeah. Name me another team that wins races outside of those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
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