Denny Hamlin won the last race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and is first on Twitter to defend the idea of a potential Chase points structure change.
The idea was brought to light last night following a report by the Charlotte Observer‘s Jim Utter, with NASCAR then issuing a response shortly afterwards.
Anyway, while drivers have yet to truly chime in on the matter, Hamlin offered a couple tweets on Saturday to outlined the potential excitement this could bring.
This points system change is going to be a really good thing. Trust in it and watch how exciting each chase race is going to be
— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) January 18, 2014
Every race will be a fight to get out of the bottom 4 of the standings. Races will play out like Richmond each race.Minus the arm scratching
— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) January 18, 2014
The “arm scratching” line is, of course, paying tribute to Clint Bowyer’s infamous spin at Richmond last September, that set off a firestorm of controversy regarding who did and didn’t make the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
He added a couple more tweets when asked by fans about consistency.
Consistency will keep you up top“@BuddyRushing: @dennyhamlin What if I value rewarding consistency over artificially constructed excitement?
— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) January 18, 2014
Same reason they watch Richmnd see who’s in and who’s out @redneckcowboy_1 @dennyhamlin what’s going stop ppl from only watching homestead
— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) January 18, 2014