Yup, The Chase Is Still Over
by Bronto on Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 05:06pm
Denny Hamlin won yesterday at Martinsville.
Buuuuuut Jimmie Johnson finished second, while Mark Martin finished eighth.
That means that Johnson’s points lead extended from 90 to 118, taking even more drama out of the Chase barring a a big calamity including Johnson next week at Talladega.
The old system–the one where the points went over the whole season, like in soccer–would actually be closer than the Chase is now.
Tony Stewart would be leading, with Johnson 80 behind in second and Jeff Gordon 117 behind in third.
Yes, under the yawn inducing old system, the third place driver would be closer to first than Martin is now.
I’m sure NASCAR is loving that.
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