Just for the heck of it I calculated what would have happened last year had we run the chase format. After Richmond the league leader, JJR would have received 5050 points. The other teams in the top 10 would all go down in 5 point increments. I just went by the teams in the top 10 after richmond, I don't know if the teams in 11th and below were within 400 points of the leader at the time.
Jerry Jones would still have won the championship but just barely... 2 points over Syracuse Alpine Racing.
Here's what the real top 10 was:
1st Jerry Jones Racing 1965 pts
2nd Intimidator Racing -209
3rd Green Flag Racing -222
4th Ron Racing -247
5th Syracuse Alpine Racing -332
6th Dodge Boys Racing -386
7th Bump And Go Racing -437
8th June Bug Racing -479
9th Trapt Racing -516
10th Team Echo MotorSports -534
And here is what the top 10 would have looked like using the chase format and last year's points system:
how would i have slipped out of the top ten? once in Chase format, those teams are locked into the top ten correct? Mayfield stayed in the Top Ten eventhough I'm sure under old formats, Mcmurray would have passed him.
Because when the chase rolled around you were 15th after Richmond, so you wouldn't have made it. I don't know if you were within 400 points or not, I'm just going by those in the top 10 at the time.
You didn't get into the top 10 until the Talladega race in October.
Just for the heck of it I calculated what would have happened last year had we run the chase format. After Richmond the league leader, JJR would have received 5050 points. The other teams in the top 10 would all go down in 5 point increments. I just went by the teams in the top 10 after richmond, I don't know if the teams in 11th and below were within 400 points of the leader at the time. Jerry Jones would still have won the championship but just barely... 2 points over Syracuse Alpine Racing. Here's what the real top 10 was: 1st Jerry Jones Racing 1965 pts 2nd Intimidator Racing -209 3rd Green Flag Racing -222 4th Ron Racing -247 5th Syracuse Alpine Racing -332 6th Dodge Boys Racing -386 7th Bump And Go Racing -437 8th June Bug Racing -479 9th Trapt Racing -516 10th Team Echo MotorSports -534 And here is what the top 10 would have looked like using the chase format and last year's points system: 1st Jerry Jones Racing 5650 2nd Syracuse Alpine Racing -2 3rd Ron Racing -19 4th Dodge Boys Racing -57 5th Intimidator Racing -59 6th Bump And Go Racing -60 7th Green Flag Racing -157 8th Team Echo MS -204 9th Trapt Racing -231 10th Zipperhead Racing -239 That last race would've been a real nail-biter...
