NASCAR's most turbulent season in decades ends with a familiar champ, Sophie Cunningham and more storm clouds
This was, in my estimation, the most turbulent season since 2001...
Key points
- I've got a genuine question about yesterday's Championship race, and — yes — more TV ratings talk.
- NASCAR SHOULD BE FUMING OVER EMBARRASSING 'DEGA RACE, DRIVERS ARE LIVID & CONTROVERSIAL FINISH RAISES DOUBT So, NASCAR went back to the old Chase format.
- Steve O'Donnell spoke over the weekend in his first real State of the Sport since taking over for Steve Phelps in January, and then Jim France in April.
Instead, we got a championship weekend where Kyle Larson had it pretty much wrapped up before the race even began, and then officially clinched it 45 minutes into the event.
NASCAR'S NEW VILLAIN PICKS ANOTHER VICTIM AND FANS WANT HIM PARKED, DRIVER FLIES WITH TRUMP & RATINGS REBOUND?
Additional details
- Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the 'If The Championship Is Decided Before The Championship, Is The Championship Still Worth Watching?' edition — is LIVE!
- One minute you're taking the green flag in Daytona, and the next Kyle Larson is taking the checkered flag in Miami as a three-time Cup champion.
- Not fully, because it was a long season, but we do need to address a few things.
- NASCAR needed to ditch the playoffs and the elimination races and the drama because it was a "gimmick" and created illegitimate champions.
- That was a little anticlimactic, but that's cool." That's how Kyle Larson won his third Cup championship yesterday at Homestead.
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