I’m not sure what the percentages are, but a lot of NASCAR fans don’t like the Chase.
Jeff Burton Is Fired Up About The Chase; After Reading His Comments, Are You?
They want NASCAR to scrap the playoff system and revert to a season-long format (which will never happen, of course, but they want it anyway).
Personally, I think the Chase is a great idea for the sport, even if it hasn’t worked out aside from the excitement of 2004, when it came down to the last lap at Homestead. If Jimmie Johnson hadn’t been so dominant, perhaps the Chase would have been viewed more favorably.
A lot of fans don’t share my enthusiasm. Some even get angry when I say I like the Chase.
But just when I was feeling in the minority, along came Jeff Burton to fire things up. His comments about the Chase on Friday at Richmond reminded me why NASCAR’s playoff is worth following.
Read Burton’s comments below and tell me if it gets you excited about the Chase. If not, perhaps we’re just not meant to find common ground on this issue.
Burton on the Chase:
First of all, this is the most fun 10 weeks of the year. This is what you live for. Every time I get in the Chase, I tell myself I waited my whole life to be in this position, so that’s a hell of a cool thing. It really is.
We tend to get caught up in the pressure of it, but man, we’re playing a game and it’s supposed to be fun. My deal is that I’m going to go race as hard as I know how to race. I’m going to ask my team to work as hard as they know how to work. We’re going to work together and try to defeat problems, but we’re going to have fun at it.
It’s going to be intense. When you waited your whole life for something and it’s in front of you, it’s going to be intense, it’s going to be full of emotion, and as it should be. There is going to be disappointment, there is going to be happiness, all those things and hell that’s life. That’s what we’re doing.
I can’t really say I’ve changed a lot other than my family knows that it’s go-time. Racing is going to come first here for the next few months. My team members understand if we’ve got to build a car in a week-and-a-half, we’re going to build a car in a week-and-a-half.
Whatever we’ve got to do, we’re going to have to do. We ask that of everybody every week.
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