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Beyond The Flag is proud to bring its readers the “NASCAR What If” series. This series will look at the chase in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from 2004-2013 and play it out under the new 2014 rules. Obviously this is just for fun but we thought that it would be interesting to see what previous chase seasons would look like if they were all played out like the 2014 chase.

Be sure to comment to let us know what you think of the series and more importantly the results of each year. In this edition of “NASCAR What If” we will be covering the 2004 season in which Kurt Busch was the champion.

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