Should NASCAR Change Chase for the Cup Format to Make Comebacks More Likely?

The disappointment was plainly evident on the face of Dale Earnhardt Jr. just minutes after he climbed from a smoking, oil-dripping race car that had failed in the critical first round of his championship hunt. "It’s tough," he said. "It’s going to be really hard to win a championship this far behind.”

The mood was equally downtrodden nearby, as Joey Logano's team packed up his broken down Ford as the race roared around them. Logano could only shake his head and wonder what could have been.

"Everyone was doing the right thing," Logano said. "We have a really fast race car and we put it on the pole and led laps; it just wasn’t our day I guess.”

Earnhardt and Logano, just three days bef...

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