Ryan Blaney DESERVED This Championship. The PROBLEM Is With NASCAR!

[@naparacingfan9275]

Blaney deserves it under this format. This format will likely never change. Blaney should be celebrated as champion but it doesn't mean we can't question the format (especially after the Truck championship disaster).

[@sw120]

I think the trucks disaster is just trucks. Some of those incidents were by guys not in it and the one big incident with Heim and Hocevar was from two guys who were not winning anyway. This is what happens when you have a lot of young guys without the racecraft or maturity causing there to be a lot of cautions and no long green flag runs.

[@thumblessgod]

Reasons why Game 7's are special, is because they dont happen very often, with the winston format and the og chase playoff system they often have close races decided in the last few races.

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

The thing is, there were still plenty of races where the championship battle wasn't *that* close in the final race. 2004 & 2011 were the only ones that truly came down to the final lap of the race. However, that's why the Chase was generally still interesting, because it had plenty of variations in it. It's problem was that Jimmie Johnson gamed the system to win 5-straight championships, which turned people off

[@jacobevenson8702]

What's wild to me is some fans along with NASCAR itself don't understand that if there was no playoff format, and hell even just no "win and you're in", it would be absolute balls to the wall racing every race of the season because if a driver or team wants the championship, they need to be on their game all year. There would be zero room for error.

[@smokeybandit9760]

Literally this!

[@jerwatson79]

Ur not hitting the nail on the head

[@hamlinfanatic11]

As much as I hate this format if you play it right you deserve to be Champion and Blaney played it right so good for them

[@johnvaughan22]

being nascar champion just doesn’t hold the same wight it used to, pre 2003 showed who was the best all year, 2004-2014 just showed who was the best in last 10 races and now it just shows who was the best in final race

[@T4R_2OUL]

I had my doubts about this format, but after going too Martinsville and seeing Ryan Blaney clutch up like that and be able too see all the Blaney fans goes absolutely bonkers after he got a spot on the final 4 made me a believer! Sure this system is flawed but watching fans shoot fireworks and pop Champaign bottles after a Cinderella run too the championship honestly is what sports is all about.

[@jamesmaas3928]

Agreed. Ryan blaney is essentially an eight seed making a playoff championship run. He deserved it

[@imapopo2924]

I've been saying this from the start. I was fine with the chase since you'd have to do good enough all season to make it and then you're into the second mini season that decides the title. You still have to be consistent enough to make it AND you could also get a better start to the chase by being higher up in the points, so there's still good motivation to give it your all every week. Its close enough to the old Winston format to still be fair while also adding an interesting twist that can make the end of the season more exciting like in 2011. Having this all decided in one race leaves things far too open to chance. Bell's end to his run yesterday is exactly what I mean. A single brake rotor failure decided his season full stop. Meanwhile, like you mentioned, you could still have a guy like Newman in 2014 win the title with 0 wins in a format that relies on wins. If Harvick had been 3rd instead of 1st and there was a non Champ4 driver in his place, then Newman is champion. The playoffs format is not a good idea in a motorsport.

[@daltonsisson3870]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Man I couldn’t agree more! I thought I was the only one who thought like this. You’re absolutely right. The next gen is the great equalizer, so much parody right now. NASCAR could be in a unique situation to make their sport the most competitive it’s ever been in its history, and instead they can’t get out of their own way. SMH. I agree 10 drivers. Final 10 races. The first 26 races would actually MEAN something. It means I more likely going to watch races past March, bc right now as it stands the regular season is meaningless. Man good stuff brother

[@Jthamano]

12 driver, 10 race chase format please! With how many drivers are winning these days, the win and you're in still makes it interesting since you can have drivers that win still miss out on the chase, and would make them have to be competitive all year instead of just laying back and taking it easy after they get that 1 win. Also prevents drivers like Stenhouse and Lajoie from fluking their way in. Another reason why I like this format is because you can still have playoff points and all of that, but you can't use your huge bank of playoff points to ride through to the final 4 either. I think the old chase format is the right balance of entertainment and legitimacy but honestly, NASCAR would never renege and go back to an old format. *Heavy sigh*

[@KurtH7842]

How does a 10 race chase with the current stage and playoffs points formula sound? I bring this up because the next gen car makes the field more even than ever. Like you said we don't have to worry about a single driver dominating every race for a full season.

[@Mr.X2188]

I think this is the best of both worlds (playoffs vs no playoffs).

[@Blaneybest]

The fact that you made a video on if he deserves it is crazy

[@Greg1_c]

But he say nothing went Elliot win in 2020

[@NottherealKyleLarson]

Did you not read the title?

[@CrustySoup97]

I feel like most of it is in response to his initial reaction video. That video was very emotional and blunt and this is definitely a response to that if it’s not mentioned specifically.

[@jacobevenson8702]

@@Greg1_c Elliott was the best in the final 10 races of 2020, Blaney was not the best in the final 10 races of 2023

[@DiehardtNG10]

He does not deserve it. Was not a final 4 Driver He was a 15th place car most of the year

[@xdrizzydrake]

I agree with Radman. Deciding the champion in ONE race is so moronic. If nascar could just make the championship round decide in a 3 or 5 race format, it'll be a whole lot better.

[@noahfrankel7966]

Even a 2 race final round with different tracks would be good with me, so that if you have one mid race you can still win.

[@sw120]

3 race championship round at Phoenix, Homestead, and Charlotte, most points scored of the final 4 drivers wins the championship. Not perfect but playoff system stays, but dominance and consistency are both needed over multiple weeks

[@alexwilcoxson1279]

Would that include stage points or no because that is one of my biggest problems with the 1 race to crown a champ.

[@sw120]

@@alexwilcoxson1279 stage points would count for the final 4. Don't love the stage cautions for the championship, just cause that provides more of a chance for non championship drivers to potentially ruin someone's race

[@steviegiamalis9251]

This year just hurts as a former Gordon, now Byron fan. With that being said, blaney won under the current format, and he did what he had to do, fair and square. Congrats to him

[@Arod15sf]

I say we Nascar fans go Charlotte and protest in front of Nascar HQ they'd probably listen then

[@ambroze426]

I agree with you for the most part but I refuse to be a part of your community anymore. If you are unwilling to hear the opposing side of an argument, and cannot find it within you to realize that other people will disagree with you... then I don't want to hear your opinion, even if I agree with it. There are a lot of things I can never have my mind changed on and will never understand why someone would disagree with my point of view on... but you have to be mature enough as an adult to know that people have different perspectives, priorities and like/dislikes. You made it clear you don't understand or appreciate that, so I refuse to respect your opinion.

[@Walker_41279]

Proposal for a “Chase For The Cup” format. Top 10 Drivers after the regular Season get set with +1000 points and set extra points from +20 to +2 (2 points less in each position) for the Stage Wins from the regular season so they make sense. And from that moment onwards, every race counts. Stage Wins add up to your Chase Points so you force them to go for them as well. You mess up only once, your championship may be over. This Gen7 car has a lot to give and it shows, but surprise surprise, they have the need to artificially create spectacle that actually kills the racing quality and degrades the name of the Nascar Cup Championship a lot.

[@tankmaster72208]

I agree with you, @RealRadman. It's stupid. Byron should be crowned champion after the success he has had all season.

[@lemonjuicegaming6551]

It's not Blaney's fault that he's racing under this wacky format. I know drivers would have raced differently had we had the old format. But the playoffs aren't the best way to crown a champion, especially the win and you're in and the one race for the championship.

[@whiteboi_18]

Please NASCAR see this video.

[@smokeybandit9760]

Basically, dont hate the player, hate the game

[@kx4gamingandmodels123]

I think the 1 race winner is flawed for sure, especially with Bell having a mechanical issue… I believe that NASCAR should have at least a 3 race championship, one road course, one short or intermediate course, and finish it with a Super Speedway Course. Also bring back points for laps lead.

[@itsmb8]

Back in the day I watched EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY, back in the heyday with Jeff, Jimmie, Smoke, MM, Harvick, the Buschs, Kenseth, etc. This year, I watched the 500, the Chicago Street, and the Final. The 500 because its the 500, the Street because im from Chicago and its new, and the Final for obvious reasons. Literally no other race really matters.

[@itsmb8]

@@phoenixfire257 how about you kiss my ass instead

[@Withered2nd]

We need to send this video to NASCAR fr.

[@nomadman5288]

I wanna point out that some of the reason some drivers might not have as good of an avg finish in this format could depend on if/when they win a race to lock in. Blaney won the 600 at the end of may, then a few weeks later had a bad hit at Nasvhille with the only wall on the track not using a safer barrier, so did that factor in? Who knows. My point is more that once you win a race, especially if it's earlier in the season, you can kind of cruise from there and just take any points if they fall to you or if you're in position to get them. So, could it be that once they win at Penkse, they start focusing more on the playoff races and not as much on the remaining regular season? Is that why they seem to get hot in the final 5 races? I'm just saying that if it were me and I won in May, while I'd still want to perform well, strategically, it would make more sense to start preparing for the final 10 races more and more with each passing week. A "Chase" format gives you the same problem. The only format that would prevent this is a full season format in which consistently good performances are necessary to even be in the picture.

[@SnapBackToReality-KFB]

Won't change my mind to go back to a different full season points format. My format= Last 10 races the top 10 get put into the CHASE FOR THE CUP, there points get reset to 0, the amount of points is determent by there position ( if 36 cars enter 1st gets 36, 2nd 35 etc ). The rest of the field battle it out for the 15 million dollar sprint challange. The entire team ( exemple the RCR 3 gets 15 million dollars ).

[@jacobevenson8702]

huh?

[@BrandonA1]

What is the point of the first 26 races? You're literally making 70% of your season completely worthless, everyone has such an amazing idea on how to "fix" the chase when the chase itself is the problem

[@SnapBackToReality-KFB]

@@BrandonA1 now that i look at it, yeah it's shit. Or just make it a season long format by the points from each drivers, no extra points.

[@zoelotero]

​@@BrandonA1They would set up the field for the final 10 races. I agree with you and don't like his system, but I think that's what he means: normal 26 races, then he ties the top 10 and has them compete against each other for the rest of the year.

[@TSpeer07]

I would just do a 9 Race playoff format. After each of the first 2 rounds, eliminated 6 drivers, so then the final 4 drivers race for the championship in 3 races.

[@chromediesel444]

How about 8 drivers compete for the championship. That would be super wild

[@AlexB1760]

100%. Perfectly said

[@LessGo7921]

The main thing that matters is we know Ryan is a caliber of driver that could win a championship under the full season 2003 format. As proven in the 2022 regular season Ryan won the title with the stupid format he was given, and he and the team deserves the credit for that. But it sucks this format is used to do it. Don’t hate the player, hate the game

[@nomadman5288]

I understood what you were saying. I'm in full agreement. The competition format for auto racing different than other sports, which is exactly why the format needs to be different than other sports. A final race deciding it in the organic, full season system is different than with a manufactured format. Just throwing that out there in case people try to make that argument.

[@1972lesteryan]

AMEN brother. I've been saying everything you've said in this video since day one when Nascar went to this format😊

[@keegandaugherty8277]

Put this on the other video but a way they could still have this “game 7” moment with the one race but still having atleast the final 10 races matter. Carry the points each driver gained DURING the playoffs be added onto the champ 4 points and then having them actually go for stage points. The standings this year with this format would be this: 1: Kyle Larson - 59 Points 2: William Byron - 55 points (-4) 3: Ryan Blaney - 54 points (-5) 4: Christopher Bell - 9 points (-50) Had Blaney won this race he would’ve won the championship, tying Larson in points and then getting the tie breaker with the win. Still gives the game 7 moment where all 4 can win but let’s more than just that race matter

[@BrandonA1]

I will never dispute the fact that the guy who wins the championship is the most deserving winner. However, I will dispute that winning the guy who wins is the best driver in a given season, because that isn't even close to the case. And the biggest problem is resetting it at all. Any alterations are just covering up a bullet wound with a band-aid. You cannot have a points reset and have a championship that awards being the best driver for a season. Blaney deserves his championship, but he wasn't remotely close to being the best driver this season and everyone, including Ryan Blaney, has to know that

[@bubberdeewolfe]

I think it should only be 2 rounds in playoff. Round 1 has 6 races and top 4 in points move to Round 2 for the championship. 4 races short track, 1.5 track, road course, and superseded way. The person with most points at end of 4 races is the championship. And get rid of the win in you in crap.

[@jamesmaas3928]

I think if we are gonna do this format we should just have the championship drivers race on their own at different tracks like iroc

[@parker838]

Blaney wasn't the most deserving in terms of the champ 4. Byron was the best out of the 4. Blaney is still legitimate as a Nascar champion based on his season.

[@chrisfletcher7598]

Radman has to find acceptance with this. I know that he knows. Nascar is not changing shit. They're not going to change shit with this 1 race settles it all championship. Unless You, or somebody has pockets that are infinite. Go to Nascar, and throw them however much money, and say "we're going to change some things." Its not happening. Not for the next 5 to 10 or more years. I hope i am wrong with what am saying. But as of NOW. This is what Nascar is going to be about, and its not changing. Stop bitching, and moaning. Grow up, Accept it. Celebrate the driver who was there at the end, and wins it all. Or not, and go watch football, and keep bitching and moaning. We're just people on a rock in space afterall. Nothing matters. I dont matter, you dont matter. We're all going to die anyway.

[@alexwilcoxson1279]

That got dark at the end.

[@Nextgen04]

What i think should do is extend the number of races in the playoffs where we can get like a final 3 races for the final 4 and best finishing position or most points in those 3 races will crown the champion

[@jamesburroughs3813]

Seriously one of the best videos you've made. Sure the current format is exciting but nothing compares to seeing those Winston Cup standings and how naturally close they are. Nostalgia with 2002.

[@codybaker590]

So when kenseth won in 03 everyone bitched about him being constant and didn’t win enough so they changed everything and now people want to bitch because there not constant enough but wins when it counts

[@lucasw802]

Make the first round a 1 race wild card. Top 10 in playoff pts are locked in. Bottom 6 race heads up for the final 2 spots. This gives them 1 race of attention for their sponsors. Proceed with rounds of 3 races including a 3 race Final 4 (no playoff pts)

[@ringoflatts6571]

Exactly what I’ve been saying. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. But damn the game needs to be changed

[@larrelllewis9407]

I'm happy for Ryan Blaney winning the championship because he deserves to be a champion. I just wish NASCAR would have a more legitimate way to crown a champion instead of this 1 race championship deciding format. I would love for NASCAR to go back to a full season format or at least the Chase from 2004-2006 because they would feel more legitimate than what we have now but we know NASCAR don't wanna do that.

[@dj_9570]

I believe that Nascar originally introduced this one race format in order to prevent runs like what Jimmie Johnson had, essentially winning 6 championships in a span of 8 seasons. Although I don't agree with it because it does take away the value of a championship, I can see why Nascar did it at the time, and that's to essentially keep more drivers in the mix, keeping fans of other drivers engaged in the season for a longer period of time. However, I completely agree with your points in the video. With these next gen cars, there's already so much parody between who wins each week and who truly is the best driver each season. So therefore, I feel like Nascar definitely should strongly consider returning to the format they had in 2004 when the chase was first introduced, since a dominant Jimmie Johnson stretch isn't likely to occur again in today’s Nascar. I feel like it would bring back true value to the championship and is much more fair in determining a champion than this one race format. Great video man

[@SlimTalby27]

Alright Radman. You make a very valid point. But let’s go one step further, and the most important point. The Winston Cup comparison is flawed because the current format drives the teams to take unnecessary risks after someone wins. Those risks drive bad finishes. In the old format, consistency was rewarded and that was in the form of the best finish possible. The risks weren’t as easy to take. Therefore, comparing isn’t easy and Byron might not be the actual champion taking this into account. That all being said, I think your prime example is Keselowski. He didn’t have a win so his whole year depended on consistency. That’s the example of the old model. Considering his consistency drove him to finish 8th in this standings, you can validate your position. Love to see your feedback!

[@wolfpackstudios3040]

Your a 100% right but the whole getting a 2nd chance thing nope that needs Togo. If you missed races you don't deserve to play with the big boys for a championship. My biggest thing I hate it shouldn't be win and your win you should have to be top 15 in points and win. Then your in we waste spots on guys who luck into a win who have no business being in the playoffs.

[@HondaOdysseyTypeR]

Honestly NASCAR might as well just dissolve the championship entirely if it’s gonna be decided in one race anyway. Make every single race a “championship” so to speak, like in the days of Grand Prix Racing before the Formula 1 World Championship came about.

[@nnn6054]

I lost interest in nascar when Jeff Gordon retired. I still pop from time to time to see who is winning etc. I can’t believe the stupid 1 race for the championship is still happening. The old format wasn’t perfect because the champion was decided several races before the final race but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth when the most dominant driver doesn’t win because of nascar’s stupid arbitrary system. Literally in all other racing formats Byron wins.

[@shawnschaitel838]

i firmly believe the championship should be based on wins only with the driver with the most wins after 36 the champion should there be a tie the tiebreaker would then be based on most top 5, most top 10s etc until its decided most people don't realize that King Richard's 7 titles were probably the most impressive in history because he won them in 3 different championship formats

[@MotorSportsLegend93]

I honestly still prefer to chase for the cup but that's just me or even the Winston Cup points standings. 🏁

[@oakshrorgaming]

Easy fix with keeping playoffs, 4 Races to take it from 16 to 8, 3 races to go from 8 to 4. and then a 3 race showdown between the final 4 on one 1.5mile, one Short track, and one road course.

[@redhitman5311]

I agree, I don't care about the championship, I just look to see who makes the final 4 and I basically say those 4 are the best that season and don't really care who wins the championship because I don't agree with a 1 race to decide the champion because of the potential of the best driver of the season having a bad race or not being the best for that one race so to me the championship is just a cherry on top instead of being the grand prize.

[@dan3162]

Let’s dump the playoffs, go pure points during the season and if you want drama, fine, keep the stage points. I can imagine one race being remotely fair when you have upwards of 4 different types of tracks throughout the year.

[@racegrubb2152]

Man that would have been like the 1992 last race if it was full year points. That would have been awesom. I feel robbed after seeing that

[@fast_mattw8059]

Allow me to pull up a chair… Edit: @3:55 then why should we respect yours? Moronic thing to say and then expect people to buy into your take 🤣

[@TWProductions90]

12 drivers + 2 wildcards. Playoff tracks are only ran in the playoffs, like bowl games have become playoff games, southern 500, bristol night race, would be only times nascar runs there. The wildcards enter as that, no playoff points or anything from the season carries over. Start it as the round of 12 portion right off the bat. 4 drivers still get eliminated leaving 10, then up the stakes to 5. Leaving 5 drivers 3 races to race for a championship. This would also be in conjunction with a shorter season starting early March and ending late October due to football season. Playoff tracks in no order: Darlington Bristol ROVAL Atlanta Homestead Phoenix Martinsville Kansas Michigan North Wilkesboro

[@brianburke7677]

We want to talk about ratings? Ratings have plummeted since the late 2000s, since the introduction of the “chase” “playoff” formats. Ratings were higher with the Winston cup format.

[@GTLame]

Blaney and kyle bush had almost had the same year and stats just kyle did it at the beginning of the year and blaney did it at the end.

[@zoelotero]

I usually would throw in lots if stuff to justify why the playoff system in NASCAR, specially the current system, is stupid. But in reality it's as simple as asking ourself why other sports do have playoffs, and the reason is that it's set up that way so the best face each other to determine the champion, which in NASCAR (and most other motorsports) happens EVERY SINGLE RACE. Which means that you're using something that's used with a premise that already existed. And to make things worst, NASCAR has only made it more and more absurd, in a way Denny Hamlin perfectly described on Friday as US motorsports doing things "for the show". We went from the original Chase system, to one with two more guys, to one where two guys from 11th to 20th place would get in based on wins if they were in those positions, to Jeff Gordon being added for no reason in 2013 to the absurd "win and you're in" system, that you made ven worse by stopping the races twice for no reason in 2017. Which leaves us with what we have now, where random guys (no offense) get championships over guys that sometimes are clearly dominant and the only driver that should be champion, like Chase Elliott last year or Kevin Harvick in 2020. Not only that, but we get absurd situations like the ones we saw last year, where MTJ was eliminated from championship contention after Daytona despite being top 6 in the standings all year because Austin Dillon (who was in freaking 19th) won a chaotic race, and Ryan Blaney (who was 2nd almost the whole regular season) almost got eliminated as well, and only got in cause Kurt Busch got a career-ending injury. And all because they didn't have wins, despite having everything else; it's beyond absurd and gimmicky. I know you Radman don't want the Winston Cup system back, but a season long system with the current point system and no stage cautions would be perfect for current NASCAR (specially with how much parity the Next Gen car has brought in), while also restoring legitimacy to winning a championship. Hell, even with a 04-2010 Chase system you would be able to do that. As you said, they have already sorted out the parity issue (and even if they didn't, it still wouldn't be an excuse for having such a poor system). So keeping an absurd system that was created by Brian France out of all people is something that's counterproductive for everything and everyone involved (from the drivers to the fans). PS: And as someone who's a lifelong F1 fan, NASCAR and this system is a big reason why most of us don't want sprints, two-lap red flag restarts, races like Miami and Vega and similar gimmicky stuff Liberty Media and the FIA. Cause it ends up in doing this type of crap, where a great series with great drivers has had this cloud over their heads for 2 decades now.

[@allenbarkley1853]

Kyle bush in twenty fifteen at daytona xfinity race broke his Left ankle and his right femur in three separate places

[@ImMullet3]

Im glad I'm not the only one that feels this way, Every year I watch the first 26 races and follow everything. I DO NOT CARE about anything after that its crap. Sure i check in if the "deserving" driver is still doing well but Im just not invested in it and would rather watch anything else. Something I wanna add to Nascar solving the Parody issue, the points system without the "playoffs" stages and all actually make for an interesting points battle in the regular season. Been hoping for Playoffs/Chase/Bologna to just be gone for years.

[@ryanhowell2363]

Your so mad a Hendrick driver didn’t win lol. The Super Bowl is decided in 1 game. You can go undefeated and already have beat the team you are facing that year. But if you lose, your out.

[@volticcrown6601]

I was going to say there hasn’t been a dominant car since the next gen car was introduced so I agree the championship needs to be changed it’s ridiculous to determine a champion in 1 race it’s dumb something needs to change

[@843Core]

Radman entering his KamikazeGames era

[@KanonDaioh]

Random Chase format that I was using this year was Top 10 in points plus any winner between 11th and 20th. If there's only one winner or no additional winner then spots 11 and 12 are decided by highest driver in points (Minimum 12 Chasers) 3 Rounds. 1st Round 2 Races at the end top 9 move on. 2nd Round 3 Races Top 6 Move on. Final round 5 Races every driver keeps their Playoff points and Top driver at the end wins the championship. This Year William Byron won the championship by 2 points over Blaney.

[@MrMatthias]

NASCAR constantly brings up the 1992 championship every time we go to Atlanta for the exact reason you are saying - it was dramatic because it formed naturally. For a non Winston Cup example, was it 2011 when Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards ***tied***?! That happened on its own! Sure, this one time, the final race was a thriller, but that does not justify the entire format. They say they wanted wins to matter more, but the winner-take-all final race makes all the wins prior completely worthless.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Ryan Blaney is a Deserving Champion Even though The Playoff System Is Flawed

[@Dyljm]

I love the playoffs in nascar, but it needs some work. Personally, here's my playoff format idea. First 2 rounds of the playoffs should be 2 races each, top 4 drivers get a first round bye, Last 2 rounds should be 3 races each. First round should be top 12 instead of 16, then round of 8, then round of 4 (No win and you're in), and final 2. The final 2 round could be treated as a best of 3 series determined by finishing position in each race rather than an actual points format. That's just my idea on that.

[@carsonk1066]

“If you don’t agree with me you are stupid” nascar fanbase at it’s finest😂

[@Me181]

Byron deserved it

[@miltonmcgaskey190]

I think the playoff format is fine but for the championship 4 maybe they should have the 4 drivers start with a certain number of points and they should all have the same number and have 2 races and whoever finishes with the most points at the end of the 2 races is crowned. IDK what yall think about that but that’s just my opinion

[@dwest9cubs]

absolutely agreed with this, though i definitely prefer the full season points format.

[@Wisconsin222]

I feel like the “playoffs” should start in the round of 12 and from there a round of 8. And finally a three race round of 4 BASED SOLEY ON BEST AVERAGE POINTS FINISH THAT ROUND

[@CoryLowe]

Honestly I've come to accept it and I'm much happier because of it lol because I mean at some point you have to realize Nascar loves this format and they will not change it

[@kevincantrell1459]

As a Newman fan I was waiting on Harvick to slip up so bad

[@racegrubb2152]

I want to hear about purses again too

[@walletracer9882]

The championship doesn't matter anymore because chaos is expected. The "game seven" thing is so prevalent we know that nothing but the final race really matters. Kind of defeats the purpose.

[@cito1101]

Which is why I prefer the full season points format, or just go back to the 2004-06 format in the future, or when the next TV deal comes in.

[@dislocation8400]

Can I say Preach and preach some more. Honestly if I didn’t go to Martinsville I would’ve watched my football team on Sunday. I don’t know how in the world you could look at ratings and be ok with it.

[@jordanpattondiecastreviews]

I’m so sick of the bitching again this is why they changed the whole ass system in the first place. I don’t think he’s entirely wrong but the fact that he’s entitled to say if you enjoy it the way it is then your wrong is the fucking single most annoying thing about society.

[@WithFearGaming]

My boy needs an edible 💀💀 (I do agree, though)

[@crowley29]

I have an idea for a format the first 26 races win and get in stage points everything the same.....what if they change the playoffs to a standard points system. The last 10 races to win the championship no eliminations the top 16 last 10 races to the end points based.

[@dinococupseries3290]

19:06 🤣🤣

[@epicgamerp6895]

Once again, Doesn’t matter your opinion on if it’s the best way of crowning a champion is. This is how NASCAR does it. If you wanna keep talking about “Oh it’s not a good thing” it doesn’t matter. This is how Nascar does it. If you have a problem with it don’t watch, Simple. (Also quick note I love how you didn’t have a problem with the format until Blaney won the championship even though the TWO SERIES THAT HAPPENED THE NIGHTS BEFORE arguably (in my opinion) had 2 “undeserving champions” Custer had 2 wins and Ben Rhodes had 1 imo its kinda crazy you aren’t talking about the 2 lower series when arguably those were more screwed then the top series) Edit 4:38 okay? Like who gives a fuck 💀 It’s Nascar it’s different it adds drama it adds things that would never happen in any other series, Again it’s not about crowning a champion in the “correct way” this is NASCARS correct way. If they win the championship they deserved it since they won it in the format in place. simple.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Keep defending bogus ways of crowning a champion though.

[@epicgamerp6895]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld not questioning the legitimacy of the champions, There’s no doubt that it’s not the best way to crown a champion, I’m saying the way Nascar crowns a champion is whoever does the best in the system they have, That’s there way, And that’s that.

[@jacobevenson8702]

@@epicgamerp6895 Why would he even consider talking about the lower series when..... they are the lower series... Also out of every "champion" this year, Custer was the most deserving. Best average finish out of everyone in the xfinity playoffs.

[@epicgamerp6895]

@@jacobevenson8702 consider he’s labeling it as a Nascar problem, And gee idk the lower divisions are Nascar. If it’s a nascar problem then the lower series should be included in the argument 🤷‍♂️

[@kilmachine89]

Why didn’t you make this video in 2020 when Kevin harvick dominated the season with a 7.3 average finish. Oh that’s right a hendrick car one the championship and it was your favorite driver. Your argument is invalid if you only decide to speak up and make a total meltdown video now when a hendrick car doesn’t win. It doesn’t matter if I like the last race to win it all format or not. That’s what nascar has decided to do.

[@kennystronczek9854]

Should NASCAR have a championship weekend to determine their champion ? Yes . Why ? It's championship weekend . You beat the other 3 competitive cars and you're the champion . Should we go back to determine a championship by points only ? No . Why ? If someone does good in 35 races and has a gap more than the pay out in the championship race , the championship race does not matter . The champion was crowned at race 35 or it could be determined way sooner than that . Double file restarts are great . I watched NASCAR when it was a single file restart with lap down cars on the inside . Some tracks you restart your already 1/2 lap down before you see the green flag . Let's bring F1 into this . When the championship was decided did any race after that matter ?

[@marcforget33]

Blaney deserves the championship. He did not earn the championship. He earned a mickey mouse championship. MMSCAR

[@Mike_Olee]

Did man city deserve to win the league? Yes, short answer...ARSENAL BOTTLED THE LEAGUE HAHAHA

[@jcfromkpt]

So.... as he stated.... bell went into the Phoenix race as the leader and one race determined his season under the "Winston cup" format right? A random event of brake failure cost him a championship in this format. Isnt that what happened Sunday anyways? You got to have a reason to watch? I watch to see if someone can clutch it up to fight for a championship. I was on edge for blaney that whole race and im not a RB fan. Another point was RB season avg of 14.1 looks bad for a full season champion, but in the playoffs his avg was 9.5 that's pretty darn good. Pre-playoff stats are irrelevant because once you win you can try things to get ready for the final 10. NASCAR is scared he's right. They dont want a other JJ era where you are sick of seeing the same guy win every year. I think changing the points kinda fixed that, but they can't go into Phoenix where the champ can finish 16th and the other contenders finish top 5. Watching keselowski have to finish i think 17th was miserable to watch. He was awful all day and had to scrap to get the finish to clinch the title. Thats not fun either. Idk what the solution is, but im sure they're looking.

[@Therealjefflong]

Im a bell fan... i should hate this format today, but i dont. Its fine. It makes excitement..

[@crowley29]

I never thought about it like that... nascar playoffs is pretty boring next to the chase, or the chase for the cup and I still agree it's stupid although 3 favorites won a championship under this format (harvick larson and now blaney) its still stupid 3 races for the championship......nascar is almost like indycar both cars are spec cars and they both have alot of winners so nascar needs to go back to full season points indycars championship is always exciting until the last race

[@clay3032]

NASCAR playoffs should be 5 and 5. 8 go out and 8 compete for the Cup.

[@jacobevenson8702]

Better yet, 12 make the playoffs, 10 on straight points and 2 on wins like it was prior to this hellscape of a format, then go with the two 5 race rounds where half the field is cut in the middle

[@brandondavis8790]

Or how about no playoffs and we just do points over a full season using like current most to least points you can receive in races in the modern day era only thing I'd change 1st gets 40 points 2nd gets 39 points and so on down from there Whoever scores most points at seasons end is champion

[@jacobevenson8702]

@@brandondavis8790 gotta go with what’s most realistic. NASCAR execs are so against the idea of a full season format that I don’t see it happening at LEAST for another decade or longer. Most realistic option is building a playoff format that is actually decent

[@JBAlternate]

Blaney deserved it 100%. The format SUCKS. Yes, the Super Bowl is decided in one game. That's great and all. But MLB's championship is at least decided in 4-7 games. NBA is also best of 7. At the end of the day, every sport needs to find the format that fits that individual sport and keeps it fair and reasonable. This format DOES NOT fit NASCAR. Hear me out: Playoffs split into two rounds. The first 5 races with the 12 best drivers (10 would be ideal, but they'd never go that low). Half get eliminated. Then the remaining five races have 6 drivers. Best of those five races win it all. That way, you still get an elimination. You still get 10 intense weeks, but it's a lot more reasonable. And if a driver has a brake failure, he has time to overcome it.

[@bobdole4432]

I never blame the champions. I blame nascar. Except maybe the truck series lol

[@crocidayle]

I think full season but shorten to like 30 races

[@janetbarker1216]

Hi Radman I do not like the play off, I would like the Champioship to go to the one who won the most races in the season 11/6/23

[@jonhiggins3715]

Should be full season elimination format, charters and past years results or maybe a bracket system helps cushion bad runs early in years for top teams, but all year they all face elimination rounds all year and have 2 or 3 or drivers race atleast five races at the end. Anything is better than this Championship cringe. You can win the first 9 races, finish second at Phoenix and lose the title. We've come close to seeing that in 2011 and 2021 if you think about it...

[@jonhiggins3715]

NASCAR knows this btw just have no interest in fixing it or trying. That truck race b.s. will soon be in xfinity and then cup anyway. For a 3hr broadcast all they care about is about 50 seconds of footage for the current sought after demographic with short attention spans that give advertisers like 2 seconds to garner their attention, normally some fivewide clusterf*ck, someone getting dumped on a green white checkered, a sucker punch in the pits and maybe if we are lucky a semi clean pass for the lead on the last lap.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Since Sprint is no longer a sponsor then Chase for the Cup NASCAR PLAYOFFS. LoL Imagine the outrage. 😅

[@Athleticduck]

The thing is Byron dominated most of the race, Blaney and Chastain just had the better cars. It was also never that deep

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Never that deep LoL 😅

[@jc1424]

For doing exactly what the format asked of him, yes. That's about it. Didn't perform like a champion at all, though.