Yeah, Martin definitely got a raw deal at Roush, especially after he delayed retirement a year at the request of Jack Roush and then was shown the door. I never cared much for Roush, but after that I always hoped his drivers would lose every race. Just classless.

Of course, Martin had a couple of great years after that…

You're right, the Stewart-Haas connection was one I wondered about as well for Chase, except with the addition of Busch and Harvick last season, there was no room there, either, unless they wanted to put Chase in 7 races with Stewart-Hass and 7 with Hendrick (NASCAR allows up to 7 races by a 5th car for a team). That…

I think that might bother me most about the chase — throwing away everything that was done before the chase. I mean, a lot about the chase bothers me, but the idea of a guy building a huge lead, then throwing it away but still leaving all the same guys on the track with him for the next ten races just makes no sense.…

I think you're right, the pieces for this started falling into place more than a year ago, when Chase Elliott signed a two-year contract to drive for Hendrick at the Nationwide level. Then, in that offseason, Gordon began spending more time in Charlotte working with the team, kicking up his workouts and physical…

Earnhardt was an absolutely great driver, one of my all time favorites. But if Gordon and Earnhardt had competed over the same time throughout both of their careers, I believe Gordon comes out with more wins and titles.

The past 14 years since Earnhardt died were a much more competitive time, with teams and cars on a…

Modern era of NASCAR began in 1972, when the racing landscape changed considerably. Prior to 1972, the number of races was all over the place — some years there were 48 races, other years there were as many as 62. And what constituted a NASCAR Sprint Cup (then Winston Cup) race changed as well.