I noticed this on the NASCAR sight. Seems there are still a few of us that aren't thrilled with the "chase"... 8-) Don't mean much really, just a different viewpoint is all.

Without the Chase the #99 beat the #29 by 78 points & clinched the title last week at Phoenix. The #14 was 3rd, 87 points behind and eliminated last week also. The #99 had as many top 5's as the #14 had top 10's. He led the points for 21 weeks to 3 for the #14, which would have been 1 wihtout the Chase. The #14 had 3 top 5's in the 1st 26 races. Edwards has now finished 2nd 3 times in his 1st 7 seasons, the last 2 of which the Chase cost him the title. He's the 1st driver in history to have the most points in the same season in both the Cup and Nationwide series. Thanks to Nascar's new rules, he won neither. His 19 top 5's, over half the races are more then double the 9 of Stewart.