Ed K wins on a Harley.

[Bobby]

He was consistent over 6 races.

THis countdown was done to draw new fans right. How does it look to have a guy be crowned as the champion when he can't even win a race???

I don't mean to knock Eddie personally, he won by the rules in place. My complaint is that the rules are horrible

I'm just surprised it took this long for the clowndown to screw up the championship as bad as this.

 

[Bobby]

I don't think its good for the sport when this kind of stuff happens. Can you imagine the same thing in the NFL if one guy owned 2 teams and had one team clearly throw a game in the playoffs and then in addition made light about the situation to the press?

But I don't know what can be done about it, other than not allowing teams to own more than one car in a particular class. That rule actually might do some good for the sport, instead of 4 funny cars, teams like Force would field Top Fuel, Funny Car and a Pro Stock bike and car. He'd probably end up with more total air time that way, and the sponsors would be just as happy, and dives would be a thing of the past.

You could even have a separate "Team Championship" for the team that has the best combined results.


Paul T.

I remember teams like that in the 1970s. You know, the dark ages. I remember Jungle Jim had a pro stock car.

What you say makes so much sense, from the fan's persective, that it will never ever happen.

In reality , diving should be illegal, but you could never prove it. It seems like money justifys anything today.
If a real sport's championship was thrown that way, it would be, well, I don't know, the 1919 Chicago Black Sox.

Say it ain't so....

 

[Bobby]

Some of you guys kill me! First off, stop crying about the Countdown, your crying will not change the format (obviously since it is still here and the "Petition" failed miserably), it is what it is and you can't do a thing about it. Secondly, diving has been around for years and any team would have done the same thing given that particular situation. Some of you guys are taking away some of the glory Eddie deserves given he did what he had to and was playing within the rules! Congrats to Eddie Krawiec, the 2008 Powerade CHAMP!

Crying? Who's crying. We're telling you why some long time fans don't care anymore. We can't do a thing about it. Well , ya, we can not spend our money on this charade, and I won't.