Oh. Gordon didn't make it? Sweet.

harvick, Logano, Hamlin and Newman

Newman got in by punting the 42 into the wall.

A new Champion for NASCAR and first time for one of them.

Lol. Newman. Sheesh.

The 31 wrecks the 24 out of the chase. I am very pleased for my boy! The closer baby! The only damper is less the 22 the other two are not near Gordon or Brad~

I hope HMS learned a lot about the new racing/format today.

They have a "means nothing" free-for-all week next week to hone their skills with the new rules, let's hope they take a hardened car (perhaps their Martinsville chassis???) to Homestead and come ready to trade some paint with a few others and get used to "racing hard". As long as nobody's worried about what they've seen in despiration moves in the last two weeks, then there's no reason think they won't say the same thing when HMS drivers do it.

I guess it's a pretty good cross section of the manufacturers: 2 Chevy, 1 Ford, 1 Toyota-san.

Perhaps next week the HMS boys can hone their skills on Lagano next week, it seems like Team Penske is due some time on the other side. After all, we all know winning the race is the #1 thing, they need not worry about anything but wining this one race, to hell with anything the other folks might be driving for..

It's all about this race, or getting into the next level, and since there is no next level after next week, all that matters is winning the race. If the guys who are trying to win the championship get punted, I'm sure NASCAR, and their commentators, will understand and defend any level of paint swapping..

This is the part I don't like. The 31 gets in by wrecking Larson thus eliminating a clearly superior contender. Next week will be WWF. I guess whoever is in a position to wreck someone wins. The final 4 should be winner based. If they allow a non winner like Newman then bring it to 5 drivers. The only way Newman should be able to claim the title is to win. Next week 5 line up and the best finishing driver with a win takes it~

LMAO well played~

Unfortunately I don't think it will be a wreck-fest. It seems like all the talking heads (NASCAR's talking heads) seem OK withthe move Newman pulled as "hell yeah he's going to do whatever it takes to get in, DUH!!!" But next week, if HMS guys rough-race somebody who's still in the chase for the championship "for the win", they'll quickly forget how just 7 days prior it was all OK if you were doing it "for a reason!" Conveniently, the other 39 cars will expected to start the race but then drive into the garage so the four remaining can race - and this is the first week that's OK.

Like I said, it'll be nice if HMS gives no space to anybody in the Panske group, starting with Lagano, and see how interesting it gets from the hypocrites in the booth.

It won't happen though, it'd just be fun to see it.

Fantastic job today by Harvick! Such a great car. Best of luck to him in Miami. Best of luck to all the guys left for a championship.
Surprise, surpise, again I don't have any problem with what Newman did to pass in the end. Current points format I'd like to see a night race at Bristol as one of the last chase races. Get Darlington in there. Maybe even Richmond. Throw Loudon, Kansas, and Chicagoland out of the chase races. I think all the races would be much more entertaining.

Jeff Gordon crying again about how a race ends up was comical.

You're right, putting a car in the wall doesn't matter to you until it's your guy having it done to him...

I'll LOL if Newman or Lagano are put in the wall (for any reason), just to hear the hypocrites tell us how "it's different". But alas, it won't happen,.