How To Win A Championship Title In This New, Confusing Age Of NASCAR
by Alanis King on Jalopnik, shared by Chris Thompson from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3G70W)

At the end of Sunday's Daytona 500, there will most likely already be a driver in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. How, you ask, could someone be in the postseason playoffs after the first event of the year? Thank NASCAR's complicated new championship format, which we're here to help simplify.