Just came to make these points:
1. waivers are garbage and yes, the chase itself is garbage. The latter half of that is neither here nor there.
2. NASCAR doesn't owe him squat. No if's, ands, or but's. If anything JGR themselves owe him if it was their idea that he run the Nationwide before the 500. Inversely, it should have been fate trying to tell Kyle that dominating every single nationwide race he enters is getting old fast.
3. Even though the concept of a waiver is complete and utter garbage; if he can seemingly do the impossible and got from what, 40th in points to the top 16 and win a few races along the way, he deserves it and has now earned my long time respect (for real this time-TORC races notwithstanding). But seeing as that is utterly impossible, I mean really, he has no chance anyway, I think NASCAR made a stupid and garbage move here