Why did they blame Kenseth for the chase system?

May be...

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Because he won one race all season and still won the Championship.

Couple reasons, he was consistent and with only one win made the chase again. As he is not one of the favored sons, there had to be a way to keep him out of the chase, so far no go.

who is "they"?
I don't think Kenseth ever had that jurisdiction

Jay is the man on this answer session. Kenseth won the championship in lame un-winner fashion, winning one race all season and borrring his way through 8th place finishes the rest of the year. Thanks a lot, Matt.

and i'll agree with jay on this one

For years Winston Cup had its set of points system then Nextel came along and shook it up and changed and with that change came controversary so they are working out the bugs.

Jay is right on ! The Chase crap did cost Jeff Gordon a championship, looks like it will scr*_w Rowdy of one this year.

Matt Kenseth was very consistent in 2003 when he won the championship, but he only won one race that season. Ryan Newman won eight races that year, but finished sixth in points. That's probably the main reason for the criticism, but the chase was probably made to help the TV ratings and the fact that NEXTEL was just coming in the sport.

Read the article. Kenseth won only one race all year, but finished in the top 10 in almost every race. Noone challenged him for the points lead all year. That's a big reason Nascar decide to rearrange the championship race. Not smart to ask a question when the answer is already right in front of you.

Because he won the championship while winning so few races. They changed the point system solely because of this.

I don't think it was anything personal against Matt,it's just that the old system was so boring,in general(not just when he won in 2003).95 ford escort wagon