If you revamped...

[Ward Burton]

If you were to revamp the points system, what is first and foremost on your list?

I say give points to the pole sitter...that would seem like something smart to do.

 

[oldgoatin49]

I would give more points to the most laps led. That would be one way to stop the inline racings that Nascar has become. One reason I wouldn't want to give the points to the pole setter is that it would just drive up the costs more as teams would start putting more money into the qualifying packages.

 

[barelypure]

More points for the winner. Winning the race has to mean something.
More points for leading the most laps. Having a dominant car should count.
No points for leading a lap under caution. Staying out on the caution just to pick up 5 points when you haven't even sniffed the front all day is meaningless.
Sitting on the pole, I'll have to rethink. It costing the teams more money is a good point but still shouldn't there be some reward for doing something right.

And, I think the subtraction of points for rules violation needs to be addressed and codified. As do some of the rules. (Think the yellow line. Either you do or you don't. If you are forced then you shouldn't have put yourself in that situation. Personally as long as its inside the fence race on it...

 

[redrock]

I say "Other" er.. uh,,,, All the above! Let the drivers race for the win and get the most points, stop with the torn up car riding around for points and rear pack drivers running around for points if these guys are racers they should be racing throughout the field!

 

[DirtyMo1381529]

I'd give the polesitter 5 points,

Id give like .05 points for every lap you lead so 5 laps it would be .25 points, 10 laps would be half a point, and 100 laps would be 5 points and so on...

I'd also space the points out a little bit more, instead of 5 points between id do 10, instead of 4 points itd be 8, and instead of 3 itd be 6.

 

[97forever]

I hate the current point system.True,it is much better than any prior ps in top level NASCAR racing,but still in need of improvement.The current point system is designed to reward consistency over performance.And another glaring flaw is that it maintains the SAME point-count for any type track.A win at Loudon is worth as many points as a win at Indy or Daytona.I dis-agree with that aspect too.The modern day point system---that is the Earnhardt/Gordon era system is much different than previous systems.The 'pre-modern' Nascar put MUCH more emphasis on race victories than point-counting.David Pearson could have had God knows how many titles---IF he had chosen to run the full race schedules instead of only the 'big' events.Also,more races were run and the field contained much larger numbers of entries back then.Winning in a field of 60 cars is much harder than beating 42 or so.

Just a little rant.

Here are a few ideas for improving the point system:

1.A bigger spread thru-out the field.The current system does not address winning enough.Give the winner at least 15-20 points more than the second place guy.
2.Points for the pole?A good idea(especially if you are a Ryan Newman fan)!
3.More points for short track/road course wins.Superspeedways the middle ground,plate races the least.
4.Only a top 25 finish gets you points.Think about the repercussions of this!This would sure create a LOT more racing thru-out the field.
5.Barelypure had a great point:No points for caution-leading.I agree with that.
6.Finally:If you aren't a regular circuit
driver(Fellows or Said,for instance)NO points.No need to let these one type track wonders take points from the guys who race hard every week,IMO.

These ideas may or may not be feasible...just some ideas to toss around.

 

[j ozzman 5000]

1. i would give 5 points for getting the pole.

2.i would give 20 points to the winner of a race.

3. points are only given to the guy who leads the most laps & the points would be 15 points.

4.anyone that finishes lower than 25th don't get any points.

5.a i special bonus points worth 10 points if you get the pole, lead the most laps & win the race.

 

[24thunder]

I voted to give the winner of a race more points,IMO 10 more points(185 points),this way the 2nd place driver couldn't tie the winner with 180 points by leading the most laps,this does happen & it's sickening to Me,kind of a hollow victory for the winner,if U ask Me!
I also like the 5 bonus points for the pole,but I'd add 3 bonus points for the outside pole,as that's also very hard to achieve these days & both positions should be rewarded,except when field is set by owner's points of course in which case no bonus points awarded for the front-row positions.
I think that a 5 point bonus should be awarded to any driver that wins after leading the most laps,aka a perfect race,currently 185 points,would become 195 points,with a possible 200 points if the winner had started on the pole & therefore had gotten those 5 bonus points b4 the race started.

In the Owner's points system,I'd like to see the pit crew with the best overall average pit stop times gain 5 owner's points,just a thought

 

[17_Fan]

I'd like to see a weighted system for leading laps. Right now if a driver leads 65 laps, and another leads 70...it's meaningless to the driver that lead 65 laps because of the driver who had a 25th place car stayed out an extra lap to lead and got 5 points also.

I wouldn't be against points for a pole postion & only scoring the top 30, but they wouldn't be my top choice.

 

[17_Fan]

Originally posted by 24thunder@Jul 19 2003, 02:42 PM
I voted to give the winner of a race more points,IMO 10 more points(185 points),this way the 2nd place driver couldn't tie the winner with 180 points by leading the most laps,this does happen & it's sickening to Me,kind of a hollow victory for the winner,if U ask Me!

Still, the winner walks away with all the hardware even though the 2nd place driver ended up with the same amount of points.

P.S. Nobody remembers who finished 2nd.