Winston Cup points

[paulzinho]

How does the scoring work for the NASCAR Winston Cup? I've never managed to figure it out. :confused:

[Joe Fan]

The driver who leads the most laps during the race gets a 10 point bonus and any driver who leads at least one lap gets a 5 point bonus. Then final finishing order gets rewarded with the following points:

1-175
2-170
3-165
4-160
5-155
6-150
7-146
8-142
9-138
10-134
11-130
12-127
13-124
14-121
15-118
16-115
17-112
18-109
19-106
20-103
21-100
22-97
23-94
24-91
25-88
26-85
27-82
28-79
29-76
30-73
31-70
32-67
33-64
34-61
35-58
36-55
37-52
38-49
39-46
40-43
41-40
42-37
43-34

Note: This is the same scoring system used for Winston Cup, Busch Grand National and the Craftsman Truck Series.

[paulzinho]

How am i gonna remember all that?!?

[Joe Fan]

Originally posted by paulzinho
How am i gonna remember all that?!?

Remember that first place pays 175 points. The points decrease by 5 for each positon after that until 7th place, then it decreases by 4 until 13th place, where it decreases by 3 for all places thereafter.

[Roselady3]

Originally posted by paulzinho
How am i gonna remember all that?!?

Well- you can remember like Joe says....

Or you can just focus on rooting on your fav's & let NASCAR do the dirty work. They list it at the end of each race.

[paulzinho]

Thanx!!!!

[Ax Slinger]

Don't forget the driver who leads the most laps of a race gets an additional 10 points, because they get 5 points for leading a lap, and 5 points for leading the most laps.

[The Beer Baron]

By virtue of qualifying you pick up 30 points?

[Joe Fan]

Originally posted by The Beer Baron
By virtue of qualifying you pick up 30 points?

If you qualify for the field, you are guaranteed at least 34 points even if you finish dead last. I do think you at least have to take the green flag to get the points but I know that you don't have to complete a lap.

One other thing, owners get some points if they attempt to qualify a car for the field but the car fails to make the grid. The driver gets no points in this situation but the owners get some points (in a declining order..I think 31 for 44th,etc.) if they attempt to make the field. This helps the borderline teams because money is handed out to the teams at the end of the year based upon where they finish in the owners point standings. Also owner point standings are used as a pecking order for provisionals. Teams get the same amount of points that the drivers get in the race except for these failed qualfying attempts.

[Raoul Duke]

The F1 points system is the only one I can keep track of. Everything else, I just rely on the info that's provided for me.

[The Beer Baron]

I remember Dale Jr. had to take the green at Homestead '98 to win the Busch Series, so You're right you need to take the green!