Not impossible at this point, but I heard somewhere that when NASCAR ran its models on this format, that a driver realistically needs to be in the top 6 or 3 at the start of the Chase to have a shot. No more playoff points and no more win and in.
Will be interesting for sure, but I have a feeling that we will end up liking it in comparison to what we had before... but wow, only 2 drivers currently within 100 points of the leader only 4 races in... that's a pretty amazing stat.