IndyCar To Honor Oval & Road Course Drivers

[DanicaFan]

Well, IndyCar will be doing something different this year. They will start to honor the top performers on the types of tracks driven in the series.... ovals and road/street courses. The drivers that score the most points in each type of track, regardless of where they finish in the championship standings, will be given a trophy bearing a former race champion and a cash bonus.

They will still honor the overall series points champion but will add these 2 designations under the Series Champion. The name on the trophies for ovals will be revealed June 3-5 at Texas Motor Speedway. The name on the road/street course trophy will be revealed July 3-4 at Watkins Glen.

Here is an example if these awards were given out last year..

Oval Champion - Scott Dixon - 406 points
Road/Street Champion - Dario Franchitti -270

 

[SlowNeasy]

hmm, i don't like it. matter of fact i never would have even thought of such a stupid idea. yeah, he's the oval/road course champ but not the real series champ. hope nascar manages to give a pass on introducing something similar in cup. although an argument could be made that the chase is just as gimmicky.