NASCAR 75: No. 30 in a series of 75 stories that helped define the first three quarters of a century of NASCAR.
Up until 2003, the NASCAR Cup Series driver with the most points at the end of the season was declared the champion.
For the most part, at least at the outset, NASCAR fans hated the Chase format, feeling it was an artificial way to crown a champion That new concept would be called the “Chase for the NEXTEL Cup”—also known more simply as just “The Chase”—a playoff series that would start with 10 drivers competing in the final 10 races to determine the eventual champion .Even with the implementation of the playoff format, Roush Racing would bookend its stranglehold on the Cup championship, as Kenseth won the final Winston Cup crown and his teammate, Kurt Busch, would wind up winning the first NEXTEL Cup championship in 2004.
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