darrell waltrip of fox sports said that he "didn't see anything wrong with what happened. matt needed to win that race to have any chance to advance to the next chase round. true, joey had already punched his ticket to the next round two weeks ago winning at charlotte. sure he could have played it safe, backed off and finished second to matt but why back off? he had a fast race car. the kid is paid to win races for his sponsors, owner and team, plus don't lose sight of this: if he backs off and lets matt win, then he's going to have to face matt and his extremely fast toyota in the next round of the chase. if you have a chance to eliminate a major competitor for the championship, then that's the smart play. simply backing off and letting matt win really isn't a good idea in the big picture.