Congratulations to Jamie McMurray for winning the Brickyard 400 - AND winning the Daytona 500 in the same year! Kudos also to Chip Ganassi for pulling off the Motorsports Trifecta of winning the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, and the Brickyard 400 all in one year - the only owner who has ever acheived this!
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People often complain about NASCAR not listening to the fans, but sometimes they can listen to them too much. The talk of revamping the points system is a classic example of this. NASCAR is now bowing to all the whining about Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus winning too much, and is reportably considering revamping the points system. Revamping the points system to appease the whiners in an attempt to change the outcome of the Championship not only won’t work, it’ll make a joke out of the sport! In addition, when the same teams dominate the new points system, the very same whiners who demanded the changes will be the first to start whining that it’s all rigged again! Whiners are never happy!
Changing the points system takes a lot away from the historical value of being able to compare one era of drivers to another. There’s also a price to pay from moving away from tradition. So, NASCAR should think long and hard before making any changes to the Championship rules. While I was in favor of the Chase system, I appreciated that they tried to keep it as close to the traditional system as possible. They kept the points system the same for those in the Chase, and then doing a best out of ten races playoff. This mad it so consistency would still be the main factor, and not just that someone lucked out and did well for a couple races. I think with the current system, the best team wins the Championship. Any other result from a playoff system cheapens the sport!
I have a few words on the latest Carl Edwards Brad Keselowski incident at Gateway:
I’m all for the bump and run, but as Dale Earnhardt, his son Junior, and most other drivers other drivers have said: “If you do the bump and run on a guy, you better make sure you can get away from him or expect to be wrecked in return!”
Congrats to Austin Dillon, grandson of Richard Childress, for his first win in the Truck Series driving the the famous #3 paint scheme. 
In other related Earnhardt news, Ty Dillon, Austin’s little brother, came in 2nd in the ARCA race and Jeffery Earnhardt, Dale’s grandson, just got a Truck ride. I watched Jeffery race against Joey Logano and Austin Dillon in the East series. He wasn’t at the same talent level as those two, but he showed promise and seems very dedicated. Will be fun to watch all three of them, Austin, Jeffery and Ty, and see how their careers progress.
Sorry I’m slow with the report, been busy the last few days.
First: What a race! I tell you, Dale Earnhardt is still making his presence known at Daytona! First, Kevin Harvick and Dale’s old team win the Budweiser Shootout! Then the the team wins the Daytona 500… and Jamie McMurray racing for Earnhardt Ganssi goes on to win the Daytona 512 or whatever it ended up being. Next, Dale’s son and nephew Dale Junior and Tony Juniorwin the NW race at Daytona running Dale’s #3 and classic Wrangler scheme! And to cap off the Earnhardt streak at Daytona, Harvick wins AGAIN in the Firecracker 400!
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