NASCAR What If: The 2007 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.
- Jeff Gordon – 3rd place
- Jimmie Johnson – 5th place
- Jeff Butron – 15th place
- Kyle Busch. – 19th place
In this season under the 2014 rules Jeff Gordon would have won the championship, which would have been the fifth of his career. Matt Kenseth won the final race of the year in 2007.
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, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson would not have won the championship in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Be on the lookout for the 2008 edition of “NASCAR What If” sometime in the near future.