The problem with chase stats is that for those who actually win a race, they're locked in and it's very easy to argue the efforts given, in part that some weekends before the final ten races teams don't put too much effort or worry about winning. Considering that you have to just maintain a points scenario above a threshold which isn't too difficult even if you just try to round out the top 25 or 30.
To me it's hard to see how if you revert back to standard points in those chase years, those drivers mentioned would actually be the winner opposed to some of those who actually won. Stewart and Kyle wouldn't have won their chases years in regular format, because of the situation in how they won to begin with. There seems to be a perceived attitude between the different formats, and that is a variable you can't place into stats.
Last edited: Jul 13, 2017