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How the NASCAR point system works
Turner Sports Interactive January 30, 2004
3:11 PM EST (2011 GMT)

The biggest barometer of how a NASCAR team determines its success or failure during a season is the number of series points it earns.

The winner of each NASCAR race receives 180 points. The runner-up in each event scores 170. From there, the point total declines in five-point increments for places two through six, points awarded drop four points per driver for positions seven through 11 and three-point increments separate drivers' points for finishers in 12th place or lower.

The 43rd, or last-place driver, gets 34 points.

There are also bonus points up for grabs at each event. Drivers receive five points for leading a lap and an additional five points for leading the most laps.

In Nextel Cup racing, following the 26th race of the season, all drivers in the NASCAR Top 10 and any others within 400 points of the leader will earn a berth in the "Chase for the Championship."

All drivers in the "chase" will have their point totals adjusted. The first-place driver in the standings will begin the chase with 5,050 points; the second-place driver will start with 5,045, etc. Incremental five-point drops will continue through the list of title contenders.

Owners are rewarded in the points race in much the same fashion but, unlike drivers, they earn points for merely attempting to make a race. If an owner shows up with a pair of drivers, and one fails to qualify, the owner still receives points for the non-qualifying effort.

The fastest non-qualifier on race day earns 31 points for his owner, three down from the 43rd-place points. The scale continues downward from there for all non-qualifiers, with the lowest possible point(s) awarded being one.

Manufacturers have a points race of their own. The car maker who has a driver take first place in a race earns nine points for that race. Second-best performance by a manufacturer gets six points, third place earns four points and fourth place, three points.


http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/cup/01/30/points_system/index.html


How NASCAR Points Are Awarded
From Steve McCormick,
Your Guide to NASCAR Racing.

A thorough explanation of how points are awarded In NASCAR
The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series stars race every week towards the year-end championship. But how do they determine who the Champion is at the end of the year?

Every race on the schedule is worth the same amount of NASCAR points (except the Budweiser Shootout and the NEXTEL All-Star race in Charlotte which are not worth any points at all).

Winning the Daytona 500 scores exactly the same number of points that winning in Watkins Glen does. This is why it is so important for the racers to run hard every week, there are no "unimportant" races during the season.

After every race points are assigned per the table at the bottom of this page.

The Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup

As of the 2004 season NASCAR points are tallied after 26 races and the top ten are locked into the final ten race Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup.

These ten drivers have their points manually set. The point leader automatically gets 5,050 points, the second place driver gets 5,045 and so on, five points per position through the top ten.
For the last ten races, NASCAR points are still assigned the same way as the rest of the season to determine the champion.

NASCAR Bonus Points

Bonus points are awarded as follows:

Five bonus points are awarded to any driver that leads any lap. An additional five bonus points are awarded to the driver that leads the most laps.

Example #1

The most points a driver can earn in a single race is 190. If you win the race and lead the most laps you would receive 180 for winning, five bonus points for leading a lap and five bonus points for leading the most laps.

Example #2

If you win the race but do not lead the most laps you would receive 185 points, 180 for winning and five bonus points for leading a lap (since you must have lead at least the last lap). While the most the second place driver could earn is 180 points. 170 for second, five bonus points for leading and five additional bonus points for leading the most laps.

It used to be possible for the first and second place finishers to earn the same number of points. As of 2004 NASCAR has fixed that by giving the race winners an extra five points to bring it to 180 instead of the previous 175 points.

NASCAR Points Awarded

Finish Points
1st 180
2nd 170
3rd 165
4th 160
5th 155
6th 150
7th 146
8th 142
9th 138
10th 134
11th 130
12th 127
13th 124
14th 121
15th 118
16th 115
17th 112
18th 109
19th 106
20th 103
21st 100
22nd 97
23rd 94
24th 91
25th 88
26th 85
27th 82
28th 79
29th 76
30th 73
31st 70
32nd 67
33rd 64
34th 61
35th 58
36th 55
37th 52
38th 49
39th 46
40th 43
41st 40
42nd 37
43rd 34

http://nascar.about.com/od/standings/a/nascarpoints.htm

For those who understand no explanation is needed, ...For those who don't none will.

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