And Jeff Gordon?

And Jeff Gordon?

Along with his 93 career wins, people rightly celebrate Gordon's four championships, all won between 1995-2001 under the old season-long-points format. His team was clearly the best those years. If the Chase had been in effect his whole career, he might've won four more championships. Or he might've won none at all. That's the weird thing.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken. willis@news-jrnl.com