[Wayne Maybury]

Ron

I was going to mention the sponsorship thing but didn't. If only 12 cars were running in the chase, there would be much more pressure from the sponsors to make it into the chase. I just find it ironic that cars and teams that have absolutely no chance of winning are still out there mixing it up with the 12 cars that are in the chase. At least they could guarantee the 12 chase cars starting in the first 6 rows. Johnson & Edwards as well as Biffle & Gordon put on quite a show yesterday and NASCAR managed to keep the yellow flag in their pocket for the final 25 laps for a change.

OK, here is another question for NASCAR fans. Let's assume that there are 12 cars in the chase that are fairly tightly grouped in points and a 13th place car just a few points out of the chase. What would happen if that 13th place team really got their act together and starting winning most of the remaining races and actually ended up first in the points at the end of the season? How could NASCAR possibly not give the cup to the car that had the most points overall?

Wayne