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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.
Basic point system from which all other points systems are derived. This system was used only for qualification or sprint races with length of 100 km or below. 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2009: 2024: Supercars Championship
A new championship points system, the "Chase for the Nextel Cup", (renamed "Chase for the Sprint Cup" in 2008) was also developed, which reset the point standings with ten races to go, making only drivers in the top ten or within 400 points of the leader eligible to win the championship. In 2007, NASCAR announced it was expanding "The Chase ...
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 ...
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 ...
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The playoff system has been referred to as "the Matt Kenseth Rule" as a result of Kenseth's championship in 2003, the year prior to NASCAR adopting the playoff system. In 2003, Kenseth won the championship with just one race win (the third race of the year, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway) along with 25 top-ten finishes with him leading the championship for 33 races throughout the season, while ...
He devised a point system, which was adopted in 1975, and used by NASCAR from 1975 until 2010. In the system, the winner received 175 points, second 170 points, and other positions exactly the same as the current points system. [2] From 1979–2000, Latford was the statistician for all NASCAR broadcasts on CBS. [3] Latford was also a color ...