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Originally Posted by KCTitus
As a Gordon fan, Ive got mixed emotions about it. It was certainly disappointing leaving the race Saturday night having missed by 1pt. Do I feel he got screwed on the deal, yes. But he never should have been in that situation to begin with. 5 DNF's on the year will do that...
I guess I'm glad they made it right. I dont think given his lack of real competitiveness over the last couple of years, I dont see him winning the chase, he is #13 on Friday the 13th...that cant be the best of omens.
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I agree with you, I'm always happy when good things happen to him, but I'm not that kind of blind homer homer either - he got lucky that NASCAR wanted his star-power in the chase and they found an injustice (or set of them) that allowed them to make it happen without too much scrutiny. He did plenty to put himself in the position to get ****ed by one point. So I think I was just as happy saying he was out for no other reason than he didn't win a race. Not that it's listed as a requirement or anything, but without a win, I'm not sure anybody should be in "the chase." Hell, I'm not even sure I'm a fan of the chase!
So before I explain how banning "teams" and making every lap count (again), I'll just say that A) Jeff don't think will be a contender in the chase for very long, and B) that if he wants to be in the chase next year he better decide to race a lot more and get back to being one of the better pure racers (like he used to be). If not, choose family (never a better choice), and retire.
He got lucky when he shouldn't have needed to be (from many angles).