“Don’t say it’s not legit… Just because it didn’t work for you, it doesn’t mean change the rules.” Joey Logano put forward this bold opinion about the NASCAR playoff system recently. Yet he himself was close to falling on a slippery slope. The Team Penske driver entered Gateway three points below the elimination line. Banking on the superb strategies of crew chief Paul Wolfe, Logano accrued 8 points in stage 2 and clinched a top-five finish. However, his maneuvers did not dazzle Dale Jr.

Under NASCAR’s current elimination format, Joey Logano has won three Cup Series championships. And last year’s title run sparked a hot debate in the sport, as Logano had the worst average finish for a champion in NASCAR’s Modern Era. You can guess that Dale Jr. took the opposite side of Logano’s opinion

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