NASCAR chasing . . . after Kenseth (San Diego Union-Tribune)

'03 title drive led to playoff format By Bill Center UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER FONTANA – When you think about the Chase for the Championship, the first driver who should come to mind is Matt Kenseth. He caused this. It was after Kenseth won the Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) championship in 2003 that NASCAR took a look at its three-decades-old system and decided changes must be made. The Chase was created not because Kenseth won a record number of races in 2003 and ran away from the field ...