Rubbins' Racing News

If Corey Heim fails to win the Truck Championship tonight, he might as well change his name to Corey Hamlin. Hopefully he doesn't get the "can't win a big race" tag.

For all you race fans hoping for a Season long format, keep this is mind. The reason the playoff format was created was because Matt Kenseth won the 2003 title with just one win. And fans were outraged that it was so boring to have a driver with such little dominance win a championship.

Now look at Joey Logano. Two of his championship seasons were complete struggles. Joey made the Playoffs, got hot at the right time and was clutch. But the same questions are asked, how can a driver have such a lack of dominance and still win a championship?

So is going back to that old system the answer?? No. I think the answer that's best at this moment is a 3-3-4 format. Having 4 races to determine a champion makes sense, you can't put all your chips into one race, and the 4 drivers will have to be both consistent and push hard to maximize points. Win win to me.

We would get the rush of the elimination races and the Hail Mary moves, but also point racing at the end with a mix of chaos. NASCAR wins, and the fans win.