The final Chase for the Sprint Cup lineup this year would have looked different under the previous format, which NASCAR used in 2011, '12 and '13, and did not use the "win and you're in" method, but simply took the top ten in points after 26 races plus the two winningest drivers between 11th and 20th and reset their points to 2,000, plus three bonus points for each win for the top ten drivers. The new Chase format still uses the 2,000 plus three point system, but it now features 16 drivers with four eliminated every three races. Here is what the Chase standings would look like right now if NASCAR had kept the format they implemented in 2011:
1. #2-Brad Keselowski - 4 wins, 2,012 points
2. #24-Jeff Gordon - 3 wins, 2,009 points
3. #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 3 wins, 2,009 points
4. #22-Joey Logano - 3 wins, 2,009 points
5. #48-Jimmie Johnson - 3 wins, 2,009 points
6. #4-Kevin Harvick - 2 wins, 2,006 points
7. #99-Carl Edwards - 2 wins, 2,006 points
8. #20-Matt Kenseth - 2,000 points
9. #31-Ryan Newman - 2,000 points
10. #16-Greg Biffle - 2,000 points
11. 5-Kasey Kahne - 1 win, 2,000 points
12. 18-Kyle Busch - 1 win, 2000 points
Most of the differences would be in the second half of the Chase field above. A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin, who have each won once this year, would not have made the Chase under this format due to being lower than 17th-place Kyle Busch in the non-Chase point standings.
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