I still think it's contrived and fucking stupid as hell. In fact I think it completely killed my interest in NASCAR. All the other crap in NASCAR aside, a run of the mill race in Richmond is now bigger and more hyped than the Daytona 500. They killed the Southern 500, a race on the schedule for more than 50 years for a cookie cutter night race in Fontucky. And last year (Or '04, my mind is slippery), EVERYONE was all pissy that Jr. and Gordon wouldn't make the Chase and that they should contrive it even MORE to let them in. Fuck you, they didn't race well enough to make it in, so they don't belong there.
Sorry if I sound like I'm trolling, but I'll take Schumi and Alonso deadlocked with 2 races left over a phantom "debris" yellow flag any day of the week.