Quick note to say that I'm not dead - just in a part of France where WiFi isn't exactly universal. Will update this thread next week when I get home.
Just the good ol' boys
Never meanin' no harm
Beats all you ever saw
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day they was born
Straight'nin' the curves
Flatt'nin' the hills
Someday the mountain might get 'em
But the law never will
Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow
Just the good ol' boys
Wouldn't change if they could
Fightin' the system like a true modern day Robin Hood
I'm pretty up to speed anyway but I'd like some clarification on the 'chase' system.
Is it purely done on points or do wins come into it?
Wiki said:Under the new system, the Chase field is expanded to 16 drivers for the 10-race Chase. The 16 drivers are chosen primarily on wins during the "regular season"; if fewer than 16 drivers win races during the regular season, the remaining field is filled on the basis of regular season points. These drivers compete against each other while racing in the standard field of 43 cars. The driver with the most points after the final 10 races is declared the champion.
The new playoff system means that drivers are eliminated from title contention as the Chase progresses. The bottom four of the top-16 drivers are eliminated from title contention after the third race (Dover) in what is called the "Challenger Round", reducing the size of the field by 25%. The bottom four winless drivers have their points reset based on the standard points system, while the remaining 12 Chase drivers' points are reset to 3,000 points. The new bottom four are eliminated after the sixth Chase race (Talladega) in the "Contender Round", reducing the size of the field another 33%. Those who continue have their points all reset to 4,000. Then the "Eliminator Round" involves axing 50% of the Chase grid, cutting the drivers 5th-8th in the points after the penultimate race at Phoenix, and the top four drivers have their point totals reset to 5,000 so that they are tied for the final race at Homestead-Miami for the title run. Of these four drivers, the driver with the best finish at Homestead is then the crowned series champion (these drivers do not earn bonus points for leading a lap or leading the most laps).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_for_the_Sprint_Cup#cite_note-9 Any Chase driver who wins a race is automatically guaranteed a spot in the next round. Up to three drivers thus can advance to the next round of the Chase through race wins, regardless of their actual points position when the elimination race in that round happens. The remaining drivers advance on points.
And are the points counted only between the chase drivers or through the entire field? For example if chase driver x is in 3rd and chase driver y is in 5th do they differ in 1 point because the car in 4th isn't in the chase? Or do they have two points difference? (Hope that makes sense )
Finally what's the best way to watch this in the UK? So far I've been limited to watching replays on Youtube.
And it's not as if Logano was the reason for his crash earlier in the day
Loghead and Brat playing games on the restarts are what resulted in the crash that took Kenseth out of contention so he had every right to be miffed at Loghead for the the crash.
And what does you blaming this latest collision on a tyre going down count as, eh Matt?NASCAR.com said:Kenseth expressed frustration at Logano's unapologetic stance after the incident, saying he "should have stopped running his mouth, A, and No. 2, he's lying when he said he didn't do it on purpose."