William Byron apologizes to Denny Hamlin for bringing out the race-altering caution as he joins the post-race press conference. "You deserved it."
Why'd he apologize? "I don't know. It just doesn't seem right."
William Byron apologized to Denny Hamlin when he came into the press room and sat on the podium next to him.
"It just doesn't seem right. He beat us ... it sucks. I don't want to be that guy (who causes a caution). That sucks."
You don't need to be good over the whole season
You don't need to be good over the final 10 races
You don't need to be good for all 312 laps of the final race
Be fast for 2 laps and you're a Nascar champion. That's where the standard is at.
Here's one for ya: I asked @chaseelliott about the topic of the week with the NASCAR championship format debate, and he endorsed full-season points.
Chase: "We've had a really good and competitive battle to the regular season (championship) over -- correct me if I'm wrong -- the last two or three years. It's really been pretty tight all the way down to Daytona.
If you just take that as your sample set over the first 26 weeks, it looks pretty solid to me.
The system would be just fine if you just had a full season. And if somebody runs away with it, so what? Let's celebrate the fact that somebody ran away with it, that somebody was just that good.
Motorsports does not have to be like everybody else to be successful. And I'll stand by that til I get done."
And I'm not just talking about the points format. Races have been split into 3 sprint races, green flag pitstops are rare and tires barely wear. Why does NASCAR continue to make the same mistake of trying to please an audience who obviously doesn't care.