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Chewbaccer
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Your champions would have been:
2004- Jeff Gordon instead of Kurt Busch
2005- Tony Stewart(won CHase as well)
2006- Jimmie Johnson(Won Chase as well)
2007- Jeff Gordon instead of Jimmie Johnson
2008- Carl Edwards instead of Jimmie Johnson
2009- Jimmie Johnson(won Chase as well)
2010- Kevin Harvick instead of Jimmie Johnson
2011- Carl Edwards instead of Tony Stewart
2012- Brad Keselowski(won CHase as well)
2013- Jimmie Johnson(Won CHase as well)
2014- Jeff Gordon instead of Kevin Harvick
2015- Kevin Harvick instead of Kyle Busch
2016- Kevin Harvick instead of Jimmie Johnson
2017- Martin Truex Jr(Won Playoffs as well)
2018- Kyle Busch instead of Joey Logano
2019- Kyle Busch(won playoffs as well)
So had we kept the old championship format, Jeff Gordon would be a 7 time champ, Jimmie Johnson would be a 3 time champ, they'd already be engraving Kevin Harvick's 4th championship trophy, Carl Edwards would be a 2 time champ, Tony Stewart would only have 2 championships, and Joey Logano and Kurt Busch wouldn't have any championships.
I use this as a way to rank the modern drivers. It's the reason I rank Jeff Gordon ahead of Dale Earnhardt even though I absolutely hated Gordon and loved Earnhardt, and it's why I rank Harvick as high as I do on my all time list, and why I don't have Jimmie Johnson as high as most people.
2004- Jeff Gordon instead of Kurt Busch
2005- Tony Stewart(won CHase as well)
2006- Jimmie Johnson(Won Chase as well)
2007- Jeff Gordon instead of Jimmie Johnson
2008- Carl Edwards instead of Jimmie Johnson
2009- Jimmie Johnson(won Chase as well)
2010- Kevin Harvick instead of Jimmie Johnson
2011- Carl Edwards instead of Tony Stewart
2012- Brad Keselowski(won CHase as well)
2013- Jimmie Johnson(Won CHase as well)
2014- Jeff Gordon instead of Kevin Harvick
2015- Kevin Harvick instead of Kyle Busch
2016- Kevin Harvick instead of Jimmie Johnson
2017- Martin Truex Jr(Won Playoffs as well)
2018- Kyle Busch instead of Joey Logano
2019- Kyle Busch(won playoffs as well)
So had we kept the old championship format, Jeff Gordon would be a 7 time champ, Jimmie Johnson would be a 3 time champ, they'd already be engraving Kevin Harvick's 4th championship trophy, Carl Edwards would be a 2 time champ, Tony Stewart would only have 2 championships, and Joey Logano and Kurt Busch wouldn't have any championships.
I use this as a way to rank the modern drivers. It's the reason I rank Jeff Gordon ahead of Dale Earnhardt even though I absolutely hated Gordon and loved Earnhardt, and it's why I rank Harvick as high as I do on my all time list, and why I don't have Jimmie Johnson as high as most people.