Here's Smoke's thoughts on the Chase contenders and points.
At Dover in the second race of the Chase, Stewart spun and collected Chase contender Kasey Kahne, who was saddled with a 39th-place finish.
"I'd give the top 10 their own points structure these last 10 races to where the other 33 guys in the field don't dictate how many or how little points they get," Stewart said. "It shouldn't be that way; it would be like a team that is not in the playoffs interfering with the playoffs.
"That is the only thing that I would do, and it could be done very easily the way the system is now."
and on the COT.....snip~
"I finally got to see one painted," said Stewart, speaking at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Thursday, where PowerAde presented his charitable foundation with a $100,000 check. "I thought it would look a lot better with paint on it, and it didn't look any better.
"It is still really ugly. When you're used to seeing real slick racecars and you see that, it doesn't look like it's a step forward."
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"It is still really ugly. When you're used to seeing real slick racecars and you see that, it doesn't look like it's a step forward."
That's because Smoke saw a truly-putrid Crown Royal car, one that would look butt-ugly on this year's Fusion. The COT would look a lot better than that hulk if it had some yellow-and-black or red on it.