Richard Petty says road course racing 'isn't NASCAR'

While many fans enjoyed NASCAR's trip to Mexico City this weekend, one of the main storylines following Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race is the inclusion of race winner Shane van Gisbergen in the Cup Series playoffs. 

By virtue of his victory, van Gisbergen, who entered Sunday's race 33rd in the Cup Series standings and left Mexico City 30th in the standings, is now locked into the Cup Series playoffs and is assured the opportunity to compete for a championship. 

Seven-time Cup Series champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty wasn't afraid to voice his take on the matter of the "win and in" system that has been in place since 2014, as well as what he thinks of road course racing as a whole. 

"They got this thing fixed where if you win, you're in. That can't be right," Petty said on Monday in a video posted to social media. "You got somebody that's 30th in points that's going to make the playoffs. What happened to the guy that 15th, or 16th or 18th (that's) been running good (and) finished good everywhere?" 

"You're making a championship situation by winning a road course, which is not really NASCAR to begin with," Petty continued. "From that standpoint, I think they're going to have to jockey around and change some stuff."