NASCAR What If: The 2008 Chase Under 2014 Rules
Final Race – Homestead-Miami
Below are how the final-four drivers in the chase ran at Homestead-Miami and how the championship panned out.
- Kevin Harvick – 2nd place
- Denny Hamlin – 13th place
- Jimmie Johnson – 15th place
- Greg Biffle -18th place
In this season under the 2014 rules Kevin Harvick would have won the championship, which would have been the first of his career. Carl Edwards won the final race of the year in 2008. Edwards won three of the last four races of 2008 which gave him nine wins on the year and the most in the series.
If NASCAR had dreamed up this current chase system some 10 years ago it would have had an immediate impact on history as every champion from 2004-2008 would have been different. Be sure to check out the past years by clicking on the links in the first slide.
Be on the lookout for the 2009 edition of “NASCAR What If” sometime in the near future.