NASCAR What If: The 2005 Chase Under 2014 Rules
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Final Race – Homestead-Miami
Below are how the final-four drivers in the chase ran at Homestead-Miami and how the championship panned out.
- Greg Biffle – 1st place
- Mark Martin – 2nd place
- Carl Edwards – 4th place
- Tony Stewart – 15th place
In this season under the 2014 rules Greg Biffle would have won the championship. Biffle also won the final race of the 2004 season however he did not make the final-four in 2004.
If NASCAR had dreamed up this current chase system some 10 years ago it would have had an immediate impact on history as Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart would not have won the championship in 2004 and 2005 respectively.
Be on the lookout for the 2006 edition of “NASCAR What If” sometime in the near future.