Chase Tweak That I Would Like

[Brierley]

Post #4, 3rd paragraph down explains that for our younger members who haven't been around long.

Thanks.

Ok, I'll play your game. How about Overly Manufactured. Is that better?

If it pleases you. I don't see The Chase system as Overly Manufactured, but I said above, "others feel differently".

This is true, it is my opinion. But apparently it is also the opinion of many as fans are leaving the sport in droves, as evidenced by the dwindling attendance at the track and in the TV ratings.

It can't be the car any more, the COT is dead. It's not the racing, the actual on track product is the best it has been in years. So what is it then that is causing this downward trend?

I don't know the definitive answer as to what is causing the reduction in attendance and tv ratings, but if it were The Chase, I would think that NASCAR would abandon it. It apparently isn't bad enough for you to stop watching.

You sound knowledgeable about the sport. Can you sit there and tell me that it didn't bother you a few of years ago when Jimmie Johnson had a particularly bad finish at the Brickyard and when he was interviewed he looked at the pit reporter and gave that little smirk an said "Ahh it doesn't matter, this track isn't in the Chase anyway."? That absolutely floored me when I saw that, thats when the realization set in for me that other than achieving positioning for the almighty Chase the first 26 races were basically meaningless.

Not really. All races are meaningful, whether their part of The Chase, or whether they are part of qualifying for The Chase. Was Johnson already locked into The Chase by then?