NASCAR can throw away complicated playoff – layout away – Jalopnik

Although Game are 7 moments and cutting lines sports terms that are not usually associated with stock car racing, they entered the Lexicon while Nascar tried to mimic “stick-and ball” competitions. However, fans can throw away the new dictionary. The Playoff Committee of Nascar Cup Series is considering deleting the current Play -off format after a meeting last week. Various committee members spoke to return from the championship to a full season format, previously used in the Cup series and Commonplace in the rest of the racing world.

Die-hard fans would be pleased to see a seasonal championship, but there is still support for maintaining the play-offs and the reform of certain elements. Mike Forde, the director of NASCAR, communication director, indicated that the confusing parallel play -off bonus point system could be dropped. He too told Hauler TalkAn internal Nascar podcast, which can be replaced by the winner-take-all championship race with a final round with four races.

NASCAR introduced a Playoff layout in the Cup series in 2004 for the first time. The chase for the cup was far removed from the complicated system used today. The best ten drivers in points after a regular season of 26 race had reset their points and participated in a mini season with ten race to become a champion.

Let me explain the current format now. The play -offs of the Cup Series contain 16 drivers, who qualify by winning races during the regular season. There has not been a regular season with 16 different racing winners, so the remaining places are filled by the highest placed drivers in points without a victory. Sowing for the play -offs is determined by a parallel bonus point system. The play -offs contain four rounds, with the bottom four drivers eliminated after each of the first three rounds. Just like the regular season, if a play -off driver wins a race, they automatically move on to the next round. The championship round is a single-race winner-all-all final between the last four drivers. The highest placed playoff driver in the final will be champion.

The current format increases the drama around the qualification on points and through the playoff rounds. However, it feels predictable and manufactured. Nascar tried to create an environment where only winning things, but there is nothing useful for a driver to put on the right track after winning other than preparing for the late season. It is difficult for an excellent season to stand out when the majority of the focus is on achieving drivers who win their first victory of the season. Although every change would be welcome at the moment, fans should be a little longer patient. Forde said:

“We do not want to announce a format prior to Phoenix and then let everyone this year’s championship Devalue or some kind of another series of points who would be the champion if there was a new format. So I think that would be after this year.”

Whatever Nascar chooses to do, I hope it will leave the concept of a winner-take-all final. A whole season cannot amount to one race between four drivers, where a mechanical failure or the rest of the entire field could play a major role in determining who the championship wins every season.