NASCAR breaks silence on significant criticism of playoff format with “creates incredible racing” assertion
NASCAR president Steve Phelps has made some strong comments about the criticism against the playoff format.
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The NASCAR Cup garage is set for the season finale at Phoenix Raceway and yet again the criticism of playoff system has taken the centre stage. Kyle Larson, the winningest driver of the year and Christopher Bell, the most consistent driver of the season missing out of the championship-4 owing to poor performance in the R-8.
Many former drivers and senior race analysts have come out criticizing the format, claiming it doesn’t reward the best drivers, and finale doesn’t feature the best. Now during his press-conference ahead of the NASCAR season finale, the series President Steve Phelps has addressed the situation and pointed out that not every series has best teams in the finale.
Steve Phelps and Steve O’Donnell say the playoffs are here to stay and that the format produced great racing this year. pic.twitter.com/l0WNzkgmzW
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The format is the format. And we are always looking if there are opportunities for us to tweak something, so be it. We are not the only sport where the best statistical team does not get to the Final Four or the Super Bowl or the World Series.
Steve Phelps said via a press conference at Phoenix.
He went onto assert that Steve Phelps over the last 10 years the format has been tweaked multiple times to make it better. Phelps pointed out that the driver in the championship-4 won their way into the finale and it creates incredible racing.
The format — there was a huge emphasis put 10 years ago when the format was put into place about winning. Three of the four on Sunday, they won to get through. I go back to the format itself I think creates incredible racing.
Steve Phelps added.
NASCAR believes the playoff races has been impressive because of the format
While further talking about the point, Steve Phelps pointed out that the playoff format creates impressive races. He asserted that the post-season rewarding race winners makes the races much more interesting as they have to race their heats out.
So, if we are all gonna be honest and say, ‘Hey, how’s the racing been during the playoffs and these nine weeks?’ I don’t think it’s been ever better, and I think part of that is due to the system itself. They raced their guts out. They did.
Steve Phelps said.
The points made by the NASCAR senior executive seems to be valid and he is right to say that the format inspires impressive racing. But it put drivers in a desperate situation, often causing unwanted incidents.
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