OH MY GOD, JOEY LOGANO GOT SCREWED! HAD WE USED LAST YEAR'S CHASE SYSTEM, JOEY WOULD HAVE WON THE TITLE THIS YEAR!!!!11
Unofficial Chase Standings using 2013 Sprint Cup Chase rules: (per Jayski)
[after Homestead, race 36 of 36]
1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins], 2396
2) #4-Kevin Harvick [5 wins], 2389, -7 (2014 Champ)
3) #2-Brad Keselowski [6 wins], 2361, -35
4) #31-Ryan Newman, 2354, -42
5) #24-Jeff Gordon [4 wins], 2348, -48
6) #20-Matt Kenseth, 2334, -62
7) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [4 wins], 2301, -95
8) #99-Carl Edwards [2 wins], 2288, -108
9) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 2282, -114
10) #48-Jimmie Johnson [4 wins], 2274, -122
11) #16-Greg Biffle, 2247, -149
12) #5-Kasey Kahne [1 win], 2231, -165
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This is why the previous Chase system was overhauled. Even in a smaller ten-race format, the final race would have been nearly meaningless. Joey Logano had a disastrous race. Kevin Harvick won, and Joey still would have cruised to an easy championship using the 2013 methodology.
Personally, I don't want to see a guy riding around, just hoping to finish 18th or better to clinch a title. I loved watching all four guys go all-out the whole time knowing that they had to win the race to guarantee the championship. That was exciting racing all the way up to the final corner.
The win-and-you're in format also makes most of the other races more exciting, as guys are willing to take more chances to just get that one win that it takes to qualify. Next year might even get crazier, as all of the drivers can look up to Ryan Newman's 2014 finale for proof that all it takes is a chance, and you really could win it all.