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A points system for rank in the race and another point system for points based on the length of the race and the distance covered by the driver. For Example: The winner of the Daytona 500 in 1972 received a total of 350 points, 100 points for first place and an additional 250 points (1.25 points per lap * 200 laps) for race distance completed.
corresponds to the basic points system plus 2 additional points for all points paying ranks 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - 2013: 2013 American Le Mans Series: Scoring system used for endurance races between 9 and 12 hours, corresponds to the basic points system plus 4 additional points for all points paying ranks 24 20 17 14 12 10 ...
The first 20 ranks were given points. The points scoring system is similar to the original CART points scoring system. Although the Indy Racing League commissioned the USAC to perform the races, the old USAC points system was not reused. Instead, the IRL used its own simple points scoring system for all races, regardless of their distance.
The NASCAR points system has undergone several incarnations since its initial implementation. Originally, races awarded points by a complicated system based upon final positioning and weighted by prize money purses, such that higher-paying events gave more points.
In 1973, the NASCAR points system was changed. In 1972, only the number of laps completed in a race (regardless of position) counted toward the accumulation of points. In 1973, points were awarded both for the number of laps in a race completed, and for a finish in the top 50 in a race, a higher placing receiving more points.
NASCAR's audience at this point is strictly race fans. It owes its drivers and teams the opportunity to show who is the best over the full season. And not just can be best at gaming the system in ...
The NASCAR Winston Cup Series era was the period of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) from 1971 to 2003. In 1971, NASCAR leased its naming rights to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company who named the series after its premier brand "Winston". The series was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from that point ...
Truth be told, it's what NASCAR was hoping to see more of when it established the system that divides races into three stages, rewards drivers with points for doing well in those stages and allows ...