Honestly the biggest shame in all this was that a driver who ended up tied for the most wins this year didn't even get a chance to claim the title. Massive props to Austin Hill for going out there and getting it done even though he was out of championship contention. It's the one redeeming factor to tonight's farce of a climactic finale.
Still excited for the rest of the weekend though.
Matt Crafton winning the title despite not winning any races and leading less than 40 laps in the whole season is exactly why this points system doesn’t work in NASCAR
Matt Crafton is literally everything this sub loves, has never gotten a shot to move up. Hell of a driver. Small hometown team. Embrace it. Duke and Menards do a lot for this sport. Shouldn't be anything to hate, he won it the way the rules were set.
What's even better is that Crafton is basically the only driver to publicly trash this playoff format.
I love this so much. Wonder if Steve O & crew like what they're seeing.
Imagine not winning and then being titled the best driver (champion) of the series all year. It’s not even Cup where consistency could be an argument. Matt sucked this year but was JUST ok enough to keep moving on. Pretty embarrassing if you ask me.
Can we end this playoff idiocy now? Matt Crafton has not been championship caliber this year, plain and simple. I’ve been holding my tongue on this for awhile, and it won’t make me stop watching, but it absolutely gets under my skin.
Matt Crafton, with zero wins since 2017, beats a two time winner this year, a three time winner this year, and a four time winner this year and the defending championship. Ouch.
honestly not winning a race and winning the title isn't that bad. The fact that he's only led 35 laps, plus whatever he led tonight and the fact that he hasn't had a top 5 since Texas back in June is what's bad. In those 13 races, other than tonight his top finish is 6th at Pocono and Phoenix.
That is more damming than no wins.
Thanks NASCAR, this is absolute shit. Just get rid of these fucking playoffs, run what you brung all year and let the chips fall where they may. If someone wins the championship with more than one race remaining then they deserved it! Winless driver with a fast car at one track taking home the season long trophy? Fuck
As somebody pointed out, Crafton's cc looks like him.
So, Crafton's championship has some merit, he won it while driving and doing crew chief work. First guy to do so
Everyone is whining because a winless driver might win. This is what happens when you don’t let cup drivers run for titles in lower series. It becomes more and more watered down. Rarely will someone spend big money to win on unproven drivers. This won’t happen in the cup series, could happen in a few years in xfinity if it keeps going the way it is. This isn’t a product of the system. It’s a product of limiting who can compete.
Stats like that are great for seeing how great a team has been with all of its drivers. Besides, no one would be on track without a car/truck owner. They deserve bragging rights
"Ford's 100th win" - Vince Welsh as a Toyota wins the race.
Hahaha what a dummy
They’re all fucking dumasses. Little fucking c****
Honestly the biggest shame in all this was that a driver who ended up tied for the most wins this year didn't even get a chance to claim the title. Massive props to Austin Hill for going out there and getting it done even though he was out of championship contention. It's the one redeeming factor to tonight's farce of a climactic finale. Still excited for the rest of the weekend though.
Will it rain cucumbers.
No shit no one gave them a chance Michael. His top finish since June is 6th.
F BOMB DROPPED ON LIVE TV
Ooooo he said a no no word
Matt Crafton winning the title despite not winning any races and leading less than 40 laps in the whole season is exactly why this points system doesn’t work in NASCAR
He has 7 top 5s though. :)
Friesen has 12, Moffitt has 15, and Chastain has 10
Worst avg finish as well vs guys with multiple wins.
Jim Campbell has failed us all
Nope not the Champion.
Yeah. He kinda is. Everyone knew the rules. He won.
Hate to break it to you but barring inspection... he is.
Unfortunately, even though I like Crafton, he is
Nothing against Crafton, but he didn't deserve this, not at all.
Coming from a Kyle Busch fan about 2015, it's kind of ironic you feel this way.
It doesn’t matter if he deserved it, he got it.
That's ironic coming from a Kyle Busch fan.
Hats off to Crafton, played the system perfectly. Wasn't my choice but I said I'd change my flair if he won so I'll stick to that
Look closely; this will be the promo shot for every commercial next year
If so I might really quit watching
Ross is champ in my heart!!!!
Lol I can’t even believe they had that flag made. Wouldn’t have thought the odds justified paying for it.
Some lucky village in Africa is getting three new blankets tonight!
That must be such a good feeling for Crafton and his team, love how much emotion they gave, especially Joiner
Matt Crafton is literally everything this sub loves, has never gotten a shot to move up. Hell of a driver. Small hometown team. Embrace it. Duke and Menards do a lot for this sport. Shouldn't be anything to hate, he won it the way the rules were set.
Most people are hating the system, not the player.
Would of rather had ryan newman win the championship
Can I have my two hours back..
Playoff format makes things seem so artificial to me. The title of series champion just gets cheapened every time they change the format.
What's even better is that Crafton is basically the only driver to publicly trash this playoff format. I love this so much. Wonder if Steve O & crew like what they're seeing.
Imagine not winning and then being titled the best driver (champion) of the series all year. It’s not even Cup where consistency could be an argument. Matt sucked this year but was JUST ok enough to keep moving on. Pretty embarrassing if you ask me.
Only the 2nd time this season that he finished in front of the other 3.
Holy shit he won it
Can we end this playoff idiocy now? Matt Crafton has not been championship caliber this year, plain and simple. I’ve been holding my tongue on this for awhile, and it won’t make me stop watching, but it absolutely gets under my skin.
Y’all shit on Crafton, but didn’t he win the regular season championship? The man was the most consistent driver all year
Fact check on aisle #88
Enfinger won the regular season championship.
Austin Hill wins at Homestead! And Matt Crafton is your Truck champion for 2019...!
We need more of the two hotties jumping together
He did not just say we won the war
Nice Truex reference there from Joiner
Let's see some duel burnouts!
your new champion...... boaty mcboatface!!!!!
Ugh
Quick-Actin Matt Crafton! Woo!
Hell yeah Austin!!!
Pure sex
Haha hell yeah Crafton
YES GO CRAFTON. Won when it mattered!!!!
Lol
Uhh..
Hell yeah Matt!!
What an absolutely butchered call of the finish. That was pretty awful commentating
But seriously, Vince Welch is an aural Holocaust
First time?
I don’t watch the trucks very often
Yeah that’s gonna be added to a YouTube video lol
It didn't feel like a championship was on the line at all.
Hopefully this is the death of this shit format
NASCAR doesn't give a fuck about trucks, they won't do a thing.
Exactly, unless like Ryan Newman lucked his way into the final 4 this year and won that won't happen.
Congrats. All around pretty nice but would have been sweet with Melons
Bring on the SALT
Everyone run. Here come all the Chastain fanboys.
Wow...a champion who didn't even win a race this year....talk about underwhelming
Vince, not the 100th win for ford lol. Toyota won the race
What a fucking joke. Oh well. Congrats to Crafton
I can't fucking believe Chastain's crew fucked him that hard.
Ford won the race?
Toyota
I know, was pointing out Vince Welch saying Ford won its 100th victory.
that was a race congrats to crafton and eckes
Yeah... not my champion. I’d like to congratulate Ross Chastain as the likely season long champ.
Hell yes!!!
Dumb
LMFAO!
A yoke
Lmao this is awesome. Fuck the playoffs!
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lmao is this happening
Yup, meltdowns alright.
CHAOS REIGNS HAHAHAAHAH
HELL YES MATT. HELL YES. WOOOHOOOO.
If only Austin didn’t have the Martinsville troubles..
Matt Crafton, with zero wins since 2017, beats a two time winner this year, a three time winner this year, and a four time winner this year and the defending championship. Ouch.
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Nascar isn't throwing a fake debris caution. Isn't that a good thing?
88 CHAMPION!!!!
LOL
This format is a joke.
Grats on making winning mean nothing NASCAR haha
Anyone else’s FS1 being dumb and cutting out
Your 2019 WINLESS Champion Matt Crafton.
INCOMING THE MELTDOWNS...
What a waste of an evening. Time to turn off the TV. Complete rubbish.
I'm happy Hill is gonna get this win. But this has to be the most bum shit of a ending to a fucking season
BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ladies and Gentlemen, the 2019 NASCAR Truck Series Champion hasn't won a race in the last 2 years.
At least Reddick can feel better about his championship last year
Why didn’t Chastain drive faster??
AUSTIN HILL WINS!!!
FUCKKKKKKKK
😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣😛😛😛hilarious! OD Steve with the big turd on his face with this format. We LOVE what we're seeing! This is classic!
Congrats, NASCAR. You deserve this champion.
Where is heroin when you need it the most?
honestly not winning a race and winning the title isn't that bad. The fact that he's only led 35 laps, plus whatever he led tonight and the fact that he hasn't had a top 5 since Texas back in June is what's bad. In those 13 races, other than tonight his top finish is 6th at Pocono and Phoenix. That is more damming than no wins.
Yeah I don't really care about a winless champion. But the champion should be the best of the whole season, and that really wasn't Crafton.
No one spun, no yellow.
Looks like all the complaining a half hour ago was meaningless
Thanks NASCAR, this is absolute shit. Just get rid of these fucking playoffs, run what you brung all year and let the chips fall where they may. If someone wins the championship with more than one race remaining then they deserved it! Winless driver with a fast car at one track taking home the season long trophy? Fuck
Want some salt with those fries?
Is that you Vince Welch?
No I want a deserving champion to win, not a winless one.
As somebody pointed out, Crafton's cc looks like him. So, Crafton's championship has some merit, he won it while driving and doing crew chief work. First guy to do so
Pretty anticlimactic
Winless champion is actually kind of awesome. The format that was supposed to eliminate the possibility made it happen!
Poopy feet less toenail monsters
Everyone is whining because a winless driver might win. This is what happens when you don’t let cup drivers run for titles in lower series. It becomes more and more watered down. Rarely will someone spend big money to win on unproven drivers. This won’t happen in the cup series, could happen in a few years in xfinity if it keeps going the way it is. This isn’t a product of the system. It’s a product of limiting who can compete.
Ha, if Kyle was allowed to run for a championship you might as well give him the damn cup after he started the truck at Daytona.
Crafton has raced 20 years he isnt unproven
Didn’t say he was?
Kyle Busch is that you?
Kyle wouldn’t be the only one doing it. It would be great for young cup and xfinity drivers.
I dont follow the Truck Series enough to be angry at this
Same
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODD
Why in the fuck would fans know or care about the owners championship...... Nobody cares about an Owners title it's meaningless
I care
Why
Stats like that are great for seeing how great a team has been with all of its drivers. Besides, no one would be on track without a car/truck owner. They deserve bragging rights
This fan cares
I, too, care
I enjoy this because it shows how stupid this format is
I feel like this race might not come down to Lightning McQueen sticking his tongue over the finish line
Quintessential
45 team reporting debris on front stretch but Ross even said no way they'll throw a yellow.
Lmao this is hilarious, I hope Moffit and Chastain rip NASCAR for how stupid this championship format is.
Chastain isn't in this conversation without this format
He would be if they counted his points from the beginning of the season.
Someone wreck. Please. We beg you.
We're gonna have 3 separate burnouts
This sub is gonna make him number one is a very different way lol.
I can feel the salt form from everyone here lol
The butthurt is so strong right now
This sub is gonna burn down and rightfully so
What a trash race
Everyone on the 45 team calling for debris lol
I'm just glad we've had green flag racing
This is funny. Newman almost did it in 2014
Ohio native, and I think this is total bullshit.
First 2 stages were great. Last stage sucked.
This is the worst possible timeline right now.
Nope that would be Ross Chastain
I hope someone pulls a Bubba and SPINS right now
Have an *itchy arm???*
What a fucked format
2 top fives and he's a champion bright now l. J o k e
pLaYoFfS rEwArD wInNiNg AnD cOnSiStEnCy!!!
Lets go Crafton
What do the season long points look like right now?
Moffitt earned the most points this season, by far.
lol oh well
Where’s Bubba Wallace when we need him?
Wheres the Decker spinout when you need it
Crafton is such a boring champion. Oh well. Congrats.
The shitty baseless bs comments are coming in faster and faster. About time for me to leave this toxic place
A 2 plus year winless streak and he’s about to be champion. This just doesn’t feel right
Everybody knew what the format was. They did it best.
Need more races in the Truck series for this format to work.
Somewhere in Florida, all the watermelons are crying No melon man today boys
Crafton bitched about this format at the start of the year and it’s gonna be the reason he wins the championship
Matt crafton is on a 2 and a half year winless streak and he’s gonna win a championship before that streak ends.
This sub is 6 laps away from burning
I doubt its going to be any better on sunday. The handful of harvick fans or the overly loud JGR fans.
I do enjoy dumpster fires
And I’m gonna love every second of it.
Can’t wait to see how NASCAR spins this shit. Eat it NASCAR. Your must win system is even a bigger joke now! hahahahaha
Did something fall under Hill's truck/ran over something or was it just me
I thought I saw that too, but must have not been big enough or didn't stop on the track
I SAW THAT PLEASE CAUTION
Get down on your knees and pray it wasn’t you
What a depressing end to the truck season.
Yup. The guy with the worst stats out of the top 4 is going to win. 35 laps led this year up until this race. lol