NASCAR ran a full season points format through 2003. The sport moved to a playoff format for the first time in 2004. It was made up of the final 10 races of the season, with the top 10 drivers in the point standings at the end of the regular season.

For most of its 76 years, the NASCAR Cup series crowned a champ through a season-long points race. Some want a return of that method.

The NASCAR Cup Series Championship race between Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe and Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson and William Byron might be the end of the one-race championship and possibly the 10-race playoffs.

NASCAR’s goal when it introduced the current format in 2014 was to provide "Game 7" moments comparable to the big team sports. And while there has certainly been plenty of on-track excitement in the past decade as four drivers duked it out for a title ...

Saturday's Xfinity Series Championship Race will be the final event with Xfinity as the title sponsor for NASCAR's No. 2 series.