|| *Comments on the 2016 Lucas Oil 150:* View the most recent comment <#85> | Post a comment <#post> 1. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) NASCAR debuts for Noah Gragson, Myatt Snider, and Dominique Van Wieringen. 2. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag! And that didn't take long. 3. Canadianfan posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Three Canadians in this race Yay. 4. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Back under green. We make it more than one lap this time. 5. Canadianfan posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hayley, Friesen, and Van Wieringen 6. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I get the feeling Byron will win this one going away. 7. Luigistarted06 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Cindric a little too aggressive there... 8. Canadianfan posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree Chevy looked crazy fast in practice. 9. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution #2. Spencer Gallagher crashed all by himself. 10. Danica10Racer posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Interested in how DVW does, she's the one female driver I think that has some potential in the future. On another note, Rico is moving backwards again. The experiment should end, Thorsport should go get another veteran driver to replace him. 11. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Gragson and Cincric wreck. 12. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My god, this is comical at this point. Not even 30 laps into the race and FOUR cautions already. 13. that e-guy posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not even halfway and already 4 cautions. 14. Canadianfan posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) For the love of God guys stop diving on the inside of turn one there's a wall there. 15. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Not even halfway and already 4 cautions." "Not even 1/5 of the way and already 4 cautions." Fixed your comment. 16. rm posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not sure what the caution record is for this track, but they seem determined to make a run for that number so far. 17. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nearly twice as many caution flag laps as green flag laps so far. 18. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh my god they made it more than one lap. Great job guys! 19. Canadianfan posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dominique behind the wall I guess that her damage was a little more severe than it looked. So much for being able to have a solid run for her first start. 20. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron is back in the lead and driving away. 21. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 10:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jordan Anderson blows up 22. Kevin Colley posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow. Can't believe that Abreu actually thought that was going to work. 23. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hard crash for Grala. Rico had been driving really aggressively all race. 24. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Caution for debris, clock is turned off. Good. 25. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Cindric has been a wrecking ball tonight. This is like the third accident he's been involved in. 26. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're practically trying to wreck. This is ridiculous. 27. Nathan8848 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bryon is impressive on the re-starts. 28. Stewart14rocks posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Michael waltrip bullshit has been at a record high tonight 29. Nathan8848 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I saw that major renovations are coming at Phoenix. Why didn't they do more when they added the dog-leg? 30. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) "Michael waltrip bullshit has been at a record high tonight" Disagree, he hasn't had a chance to talk about how he loves the cawshun clawk tonight. 31. Nathan8848 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) UNREAL!! 32. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WOW 33. murb posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What the f**k. 34. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) He's going to miss the next round. Un-be-liev-a-ble. 35. Nathan8848 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The agony of defeat. 36. Kevin Colley posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:44 pm Rate this comment: (3) (1) That's exactly why I don't like this chase format. No reason why, because of one issue out of his control in one race, that William Byron should not be in the Championship/Final/Whatever The Heck It's Called Now 4. 37. Nathan8848 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Saurez had the 2nd best car. Could Johnny NASCAR sweep the 3rd round? 38. JeffGordon24FanForever posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) That made me feel sick. You don't get a championship over one race. 39. 1995z71 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Another example of why The Chase is utter crap. Sucks for Byron and NASCAR 40. Kevin Colley posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) In fact, I don't like ANY chase format. NASCAR, please bring back traditional points, or if you're going to do a playoff system, take the top five with five races remaining in the season and let them duke it out with no elimination rounds. 41. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:47 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) My heart breaks for Byron here. BUT you can't blame this on the chase format. If there were no chase, Sauter would all but have the championship locked up. 42. chevyfan98 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez finally gets his first truck win! 43. Nathan8848 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Daniel Saurez's engine last 5 laps longer than Bryon's and wins his first Truck race. 44. Nathan8848 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Honestly surprised it took Saurez this long to finally win a truck race. 45. Stan posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Even if a championship is clinched with two or three races to go, at least it's played out over the course of the season. I feel for Byron. To win six races, and dominate the entire season, and have a blown engine cost you a shot at the championship. 46. Nathan8848 posted: 11.11.2016 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No surprise, but Toyota wins the manufacture's championship. 47. Nathan8848 posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Someone was hungry and took a bite out of his hat. 48. Nathan8848 posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) his = Peters. 49. Sean posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I feel for Byron. To win six races, and dominate the entire season, and have a blown engine cost you a shot at the championship." Brad Keselowski too. He likewise ran away with the Talladega race until an engine failure, and I feel Keselowski and Byron were both the most impressive drivers in their series this year (Keselowski's year is really impressive when you see that Penske isn't as fast as it was last year except on the plate tracks, and I think he's been overachieving the level of his equipment more than anybody else...) So in my mind the best driver has already been eliminated from both. Not that the Latford points system was really any better, because under any full-season points system I would want, Byron would still be ahead of Sauter. I do hope Sauter wins the title though. I feel he's one of the most underrated drivers of the last 15 years, and back in 2001, I saw Sauter and Scott Wimmer as 'the next big stars', even over Jimmie Johnson, and it would be nice to see that partially vindicated. I still feel Sauter probably deserved to be in Cup for a decade, definitely more than several drivers who have been. 50. NASCAR posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) But at least we have a Game 7 moment next week at Homestead!!! Four drivers all racing for a title! Tune in, you won't wanna miss the spectacular championship chase! 51. Scott25 posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @50 you forgot to add "and one of the four will win the race! We guarantee it!" 52. rm posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (3) (3) It's funny, I don't know of any other sport where the fans are so hellbent on wishing that a 13-year-old rule change would be reverted. Hell I'm pretty sure half of these kids commenting on this site don't even remember watching a Cup race live with the old points system in place, and yet they beg for the classic points system. No fanbase in general seems to whine and complain as much as NASCAR fans do - I swear at least half of the comments these days on this site are negative. If you really hate the rule changes in NASCAR that much, why do you still watch even? 53. Kevin Colley posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:38 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Actually, I do. Started watching full seasons of racing since 1999, when I turned 7, and from 1999 to 2003, I thought that the racing was wonderful and the storylines even moreso - without a chase. Yes, Jarrett dominated the 1999 season and Labonte likewise in 2000, but the racing in every one of those seasons was wonderful, and in 2001 and 2002, the points battles were wonderful with storylines every week, drama, and most importantly, a deserving champion. 54. RaceFanX posted: 11.12.2016 - 1:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daniel Suarez' first Truck win comes in his 25th start in the series. Both his first Xfinity and Truck wins have come here in 2016. This isn't the first big win for Suarez at Phoenix though, he previously won here in the soon to be revived NASCAR Mexico Series here on one of its rare ventures north of the border in 2014. 55. chevyfan98 posted: 11.12.2016 - 3:33 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) "It's funny, I don't know of any other sport where the fans are so hellbent on wishing that a 13-year-old rule change would be reverted. Hell I'm pretty sure half of these kids commenting on this site don't even remember watching a Cup race live with the old points system in place, and yet they beg for the classic points system. No fanbase in general seems to whine and complain as much as NASCAR fans do - I swear at least half of the comments these days on this site are negative. If you really hate the rule changes in NASCAR that much, why do you still watch even?" Your constant complaining about other posters and acting like this is the worst website on the internet is way more annoying than people here who bring up legitimate issues with the sport. Try looking at a comments section on Yahoo, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, or NASCAR.com... they're 1000x worse. 56. Larson42 posted: 11.12.2016 - 7:02 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @41- if my math is right, without a chase we'd still have 4 drivers mathematically alive heading to Homestead next weekend. Sauter would've taken the points lead tonight after Byrons engine failure and carried a 9 point lead to the finale. Daniel Hemric and Timothy Peters would also be alive despite being 20-25 points out. I have no issue with the way the chase used to be. Reset the points and have a 10 race mini season where the guy who scores the most points in those final 10 races is champ. But to me where they jumped the shark and made it way to gimmicky and reeking of manufactured drama was when they added the eliminations throughout the chase. We've seen far too many deserving drivers - like Truex and Byron this year - miss out on racing for a title because of one blown motor in one single race. NASCAR says they want to reward winning? Ok. Then explain how Kurt Busch remains alive for the title with 1 win while Martin Truex and Brad Keselowski with 4 wins each are out. Hell Truex even won twice as much as Kurt Busch IN THE CHASE RACES ALONE And Byron and the Truck Series is even worse. Byron had maybe 3 bad races ALL SEASON. And one blown engine. But it was tonight and now he and his SIX WINS don't even get a CHANCE to compete for the title. But a winless Timothy Peters does. It happens in Xfinity as well. Only 3 of the 8 remaining drivers have won this year. I'll admit a lot of that is Cup Series drivers fault. But here we are. Now, in a NASCAR that wants to reward winning, William Byron sits out the chases final round while 4 guys who COMBINED have won as many races as he has Duke it out for the crown. Ugh. 57. Sector posted: 11.12.2016 - 7:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is actually Daniel's 26th start, RaceFanX 58. Sector posted: 11.12.2016 - 7:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I should probably mention that I don't care what system they race in, Chase or no Chase, it's still NASCAR and the competitors all still go for the same goal. And for Carl Edwards, one of the major things I've always wanted to see occur since 2011 is for him to redeem himself after the loss on the tiebreaker to Tony Stewart. He surely deserves one, especially showing a class act while losing to a completely heartbroken manner. 59. Sector posted: 11.12.2016 - 7:02 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) "It's funny, I don't know of any other sport where the fans are so hellbent on wishing that a 13-year-old rule change would be reverted. Hell I'm pretty sure half of these kids commenting on this site don't even remember watching a Cup race live with the old points system in place, and yet they beg for the classic points system. No fanbase in general seems to whine and complain as much as NASCAR fans do - I swear at least half of the comments these days on this site are negative. If you really hate the rule changes in NASCAR that much, why do you still watch even?" I was actually 12 when the Chase was introduced (currently 25), at the time I was iffy about the whole Chase thing but didn't really understand how much of an impact the "full season champions didn't mean squat." Now that I'm older, I completely agree that the full season champions should be a thing instead of the Chase, but really the ONLY driver who has technically been screwed out of winning a title is Carl Edwards. Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick are debatable, but they are already champions so it's alright. As for the lower series, they are minor leagues. I honestly could care less who wins and who scores the most points anymore but I still watch them. Right now I'm hoping for a year of "redemption" across all three series: Johnny Sauter (Trucks), Elliott Sadler (Xfinity) and Carl Edwards (Cup) all winning their long-awaited series championship. I don't think there is a story any better than the three winning it and I sure as hell don't want Jimmie Johnson winning his 7th, at least not this year. It was only a matter of time before Daniel Suarez won one for Kyle Busch Motorsports. I feel like his time was coming, and it finally happened. Congrats Daniel Suarez! He first won against his teammate Kyle Busch in the Xfinity series, and now he won FOR Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Truck Series. Poetic. 60. The Great Dave posted: 11.12.2016 - 8:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) SPONSOR UPDATES #1: Pit Stops For Hope / Grimes Irrigation #24: Chevrolet Black Friday Sale #50: Make Motorsports #74: Mike Harmon Racing 61. Damon posted: 11.12.2016 - 8:55 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) "It's funny, I don't know of any other sport where the fans are so hellbent on wishing that a 13-year-old rule change would be reverted" Except it's not just the fans who are upset about the system, Brad Keselowski tweeted about it last night as well. 62. Archie posted: 11.12.2016 - 8:57 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) "It's funny, I don't know of any other sport where the fans are so hellbent on wishing that a 13-year-old rule change would be reverted" You're probably not old enough to remember when this thing called the "designated hitter" was introduced in baseball. The debate about that one went on for way more than 13 years and some people are probably still fighting about it 40+ years later. 63. Scott25 posted: 11.12.2016 - 9:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @52 in case you haven't noticed NASCAR's popularity, attendance and ratings have been on a constant decline since they introduced the chase. Plenty of other reasons for that (young people becoming more liberal, the economy, NASCAR shooting themselves in the foot with the crappiness of the COT and many fans never returned to see the improvements the Gen 6 car made, inconsistency and plain stupid rules changes, and the inability of NASCAR to adapt to changing times, less characterful drivers) but the chase is a pretty big one. 64. JSPorts posted: 11.12.2016 - 9:06 am Rate this comment: (2) (2) Ok, didn't get the chance to weigh in on this last night so I will now. What a heartbreak for William Byron. I am not the biggest William Byron fan in the world, but he got completely screwed. This is what I said could happen when they introduced this system. I know that in Cup sometimes the top points-scorer or top winner hasn't made it, but Byron has been so good this year it's utterly ridiculous. Byron has the most wins with 6, double what anyone else has. Byron is tied for the most poles, with 2. He has led 696 laps this year, 260 more than any other driver. I think if you asked anyone in the Truck Series garage, they would say he has been the best driver this year, no exceptions. Don't be surprised if he goes and wins that last race, just to prove to everyone what happened. If there was no Chase, he maybe wouldn't win the title, but he would at least have a shot at it. Now he's going to finish 5th. 65. JSPorts posted: 11.12.2016 - 9:08 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) That said, congrats to Suarez. I don't know about everyone else on here, but I think he is very talented and I really like him, just seems like an all-around good guy. I want him to get a shot in Cup. I don't know where, or if, it will come, but if it doesn't, that's a real shame. 66. chevyfan98 posted: 11.12.2016 - 9:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh okay, Sauter only has a nine point lead in the full season standings. For some reason I thought it was much bigger than that. 67. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 11.12.2016 - 10:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 4 teams battling for owner titles are 1. 21 GMS 2. 88 Thorsport 3. 4 KBM 4. 9 KBM --------- 5. 33 GMS 6. 11 Red Horse 7. 19 BKR 8. 8 NEMCO 9. 17 Red Horse 10. 29 BKR 10. 00 JR Motorsports Tifft was not able to capitalize on Bryon engine failure Very possible that Peters win the title and Bell or Sauter wins the owners title 68. chevyfan98 posted: 11.12.2016 - 10:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A more likely scenario would be Byron winning the owners title, but not the championship. 69. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 11.12.2016 - 10:41 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) Sponsor Updates #13 Ride TV #4 Toyota "Lets Go Places" #05 Lupton Excavation #71 WAR Shocks #50 Blue Lives Matter #63 Norm Benning Racing (Same last week at Texas) Some Notes (NOT Owner Updates) #71 was owned by Mike Mittler this week, Nascar owner is Carlos Contreras (This is confirmed on Kevin twitter and Carlos has done a bunch of points sharing this season) #66 was owned by Tim Self this week, Nascar owner is Jeff Bolen (Bolen been points sharing the #66 since Anderson funds dried up) #1 was owned by JJC this week, Nascar owner is Mark Beaver (JJC has ran the #1 since Iowa and S&P the #10 for extra money) #49 was owned by Rick Ware this week, Nascar owner is Jay Robinson (Napier is a RWR driver and ran two races earlier in the year with Ware) #63 was owned by Norm Benning this week, Nascar owner is Mike Mittler (Norm been fielding the #63 a lot the second half of the season) #02 was owned by Mark Rette this week, Nascar owner is Randy Young 70. Maverick posted: 11.12.2016 - 10:46 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) "It's funny, I don't know of any other sport where the fans are so hellbent on wishing that a 13-year-old rule change would be reverted. Hell I'm pretty sure half of these kids commenting on this site don't even remember watching a Cup race live with the old points system in place, and yet they beg for the classic points system. No fanbase in general seems to whine and complain as much as NASCAR fans do - I swear at least half of the comments these days on this site are negative. If you really hate the rule changes in NASCAR that much, why do you still watch even?" Unlike everyone else here, I wasn't old enough to remember pre-Chase (I was 4 when it came out), but the idea of a championship is to crown the best driver of the season, not make the season "exciting." I mean, William Byron was the class of the field all year, but because of one blown engine, he's out of it. Where's the excitement in that? The best driver all year won't be able to have a chance at his first title. Beside, the all year long format would have set up an excellent battle between Sauter and Byron, two deserving drivers. Now, you have Sauter, but Crafton, Bell, and Peters, all of whom were 4th-6th in points. And all of the 4 drivers in the final 4 have less wins than Byron combined. On the Cup side, Keselowski and Truex each won 4 apiece, but because of blown engines they're out of it, while Kurt Busch is still alive (although likely eliminated) with only 1 win. This format hardly rewards winning at all (unless you're Kevin Harvick), the only thing it rewards is avoiding trouble. Let's face it NASCAR, this format is a failure. It's supposed to put emphasis on winning and the best drivers all year, but it does the exact opposite. The only thing it puts an emphasis on is finishing 10th every Chase race and not getting into trouble. The sooner they realize this, the better. And lastly, let's look at Xfinity. Although a great Cinderella story, would Blake Koch be a title contender in ANY other format? No way. The fact that he still has a realistic shot of making Homestead with only 4 top tens all year long is a joke. Especially since Sadler and Suarez are almost 300 points ahead of him all year long. Although I would like to see the best drivers win that are left, I would also love to see this happen: 2016 Truck Champion- Timothy Peters 2016 Xfinity Champion- Blake Koch or Ryan Reed or Darrell Wallace, Jr. 2016 Cup Champion- Kurt Busch or Matt Kenseth Perhaps if this happens, maybe NASCAR will get the message... But anyways, since you assume that I'm a kid that's begging and being nostalgic for the Old points system, I'm not. The more I think about it, the 10 man Chase was actually not too bad of a format. If NASCAR needs to have a Chase, I'd rather revert back to that. But the reason why I would like the season long points back is because I want to see the most deserrving driver of the year hoist the trophy up, not because I have a vendetta against the Chase. And the season long points seems to be one of the best ways to do it. /rant 71. Lucstar88 posted: 11.12.2016 - 11:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only saw 80 laps before falling asleep. Surprised Suarez finally won a truck race, and happy for him. Byron not making the next round is a real shock. I wish Dominique could've ran more laps. My honest pick for the title is Sauter, two wins and a second in the last 3 has giving him all the momentum. 72. Mannoroth posted: 11.12.2016 - 11:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 70. But because one driver and the team made the Chase their b*tch 5 times in a row, they changed the Chase rules. But don't blame just JJ and his team - it's NASCAR's fault they created that monster who got out of control. I bet no one, even NASCAR, wasn't expecting some team would rather be really good in the Chase and race worse in the regular season. And it looked like it was a good idea... until the 48 team figured it out after 2 years of struggling in the Chase. 73. Anonymous posted: 11.12.2016 - 11:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Owner change: The #18 was actually a Richie Wauters truck for this race, with support from KBM. 74. BMan0213 posted: 11.12.2016 - 11:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) If things like what happened to Byron keep happening I think it's only a matter of time until NASCAR changes the Chase format again. The only question is would they go back to an older version of the Chase, or would they attempt to "fix" what they currently have. Knowing NASCAR they would probably never want to go back to an old system because it would look like they were admitting that the Eliminator Chase, well to put it bluntly sucked. If they were to fix it though, then they could put a spin of it like "see now it's even better than it was before"..... Which I feel is most likely to happen if they do make any changes. 75. RaceFanX posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "It's funny, I don't know of any other sport where the fans are so hellbent on wishing that a 13-year-old rule change would be reverted." The NBA adopted its age limit in 2005, designed to stop players leaping straight from high school to the top league after many did in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Several became huge stars (Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard) but many others underperformed (Kwame Brown) or flopped out quickly. Fans of both the NBA and especially college basketball still dispute this rule as it quickly spawned a trend for "one and done" players who do a single year in college and jump to the pros. 76. Steve posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) My mind just now articulated this reality: NASCAR is no longer a sport. It's merely a game with fast, expensive cars. You can't claim it's anything more than a game if the points are reset four times in the latter part of the year. It's all about catering to the short attention span, instant gratification, low-information viewer, and manufacturing excitement rather than waiting for it to come naturally. That Byron kid was the best all year (although Johnny Sauter has been on a hot streak lately), and he now has NO opportunity to win the title. It doesn't matter how you look at it; that's just plain wrong. 77. chevyfan98 posted: 11.12.2016 - 12:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) I can think of another one: the Tuck Rule in football. I think they finally got rid of it a few years ago, but that playoff game between the Patriots and Raiders is STILL controversial even a decade and a half later. Saying that no fans in any other sport complain about a rule as much as the Chase is ridiculous. 78. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 11.12.2016 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sucks to see Byron miss out on a shot at the title after being THE dominant driver all year long, but that's this crummy Chase format we're stuck with across all three series. One bad race coupled with two great runs is worse than three good/decent runs without any trouble at all. NASCAR loves to change the Chase format every few years anyways; I won't be shocked if it gets tweaked again in another year or two. Still, Byron can hold his head high knowing how great a year he's had-breaking the record for most wins in the series by a rookie, dominating the year as a whole-and can go out and race for one more trophy at Homestead to put an exclamation point on his season. You can't take his stellar overall performance away from him. Considering the fact that Hendrick snapped this guy up for the forseeable future, he's somebody we need to look out for a long, LONG time in the years and decades to come. I have a hard time NOT seeing this guy being a star in Cup when he gets there. As for who wins the title...? Hmm, between the drivers left, I'd have to say I'm torn between Sauter and Crafton. Sauter has had the real momentum lately and has put up a season very comparable with Byron's in terms of everything except for wins (after a bit of a slow start), and it would be a really good title fight without the Chase between them. On the other hand, Crafton tends to be really good on the 1 1/2 milers; you can't really count him out there. A part of me also thinks Bell has a good shot just based on the KBM equipment under him. Will be interesting to see who triumphs (I actually do watch most of the Truck Series races in part or in full, I just...don't find myself commenting on them much lately...) 79. We need more Onion posted: 11.12.2016 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I don't understand how you can say Byron "dominated the year". Yes, he was the fastest driver quite easily, but he didn't dominated races, not the year. Sauter is ahead of him in any points system, regular one, original Chase or this Chase. Although the fact that he is flat-out out of contention is indeed, bullshit. He should be able to win the title by scoring 9 points more than Sauter in Homestead. 80. Rob posted: 11.14.2016 - 7:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Didn't follow every lap and didn't read every post, but explain how the 9 KBM entry is one of the top four in owners points and the 17 is seventh. 81. Chunks posted: 11.14.2016 - 10:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bad luck for William Byron toward the end of the race. 82. Geoff22 posted: 11.17.2016 - 8:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Theoretically, a Truck team could win the first 22 races of the season, finish 2nd in the last one, and still lose the "championship." Just the latest development in NASCAR's descent from the pinnacle to an utter disgrace to the sport of stock car auto racing. 83. Josh posted: 02.20.2020 - 10:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The owner of the #66 was Tim Self..Bolen didn't attempt the race due to Anderson's lack of sponsorship...and since Myatt Snider was making his Truck debut in #22 of AM Racing...Wayne Self driver of the #22 during the season...ran the 66 truck for AM Racing (Tim Self is the owner) using Bolen Motorsports' owners points 84. Josh posted: 05.01.2020 - 2:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The owner of No. 02 was Mark Rette (Rette Jones Racing fielded the truck in a partnership with Young's Motorsports)...Source: https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/11/08/dominique-van-wieringen-set-for-truck-series-debut-at-phoenix/ 85. Rich posted: 09.12.2020 - 7:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Vince Welch, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip were the commentators. Hermie Sadler and Kaitlyn Vincie were the pit road reporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: