how do drivers get points in Nascar Nextel cup?
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Dale Jr. lead the most laps at Daytona so he gets 5 points for that. Plus any driver that leads a single lap get's 5 points, so that's a total of 10.
522995
I think something needs to be done, but I'm not sure where to begin.  If you don't run the whole Busch Series, is it fair to get points for those races that you are in?  For someone like Jr or Stewart, they're there to win, forget about points...\nAnd really, once you've made it to Cup, why mess around in Busch, unless you want the win, or extra practice, or you like that track??  \nMaybe you could have a rule where if you make a race, you are required to attempt to qualify for the next one, to try keep them in all season...\nI'm against changing anything in the points, like only giving points to Busch regulars, but yes, something needs to be done...\nDon't take away my Saturday race though, I like going to the track for the weekend and seeing both Series race...
821169
click on league and then settings in the top right of the screen to see all of the settings.  You should get points
897810
Info on how the NHRA pays out:\n\nhttp://www.nhra.com/apcm/templates/about.asp?articleid=3262&zoneid=101\n\n"NHRA and POWERade's total payout to competitors in 2005 will be more than $3 million, including the NHRA POWERade championship points fund and NHRA POWERade Top 10 bonus program."\n\nConsidering that Tony Stewart alone had nearly $7 million in winnings in 2005, I think it's safe to say that NASCAR pays more than NHRA.\n\nhttp://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2005/data/standings_official.html\n\n(Edited to pull 2005 stats for more "apples to apples" comparison)
297144
Grand Prix = Formula One Racing\n\nPoints are awarded to drivers and teams exclusively on where they finish in a race, with the winner receiving 10 points, the second place finisher 8 points, third 6, fourth 5, fifth 4 and sixth 3, seventh 2 and eighth 1. If a race has to be abandoned before 75% of the planned distance has been completed all points are halved. The winner of the annual championship is the driver (or team, for the Constructors' Championship) with the most points.\n\nHistorically, the races were scored on the basis of a six-place tally: IE: via an 8-6-4-3-2-1 scoring system, with the holder of the fastest race lap also receiving a bonus point. In the late 1950s, the scoring was revised to give the winner nine points instead of eight, and the single point awarded for fastest lap was abandoned.\n\nIn the late 1980s, the points system was again revised to give the victor 10 points, with all other scorers recording the same 6-4-3-2-1 result. This was thought to have been something of a knee-jerk reaction to the spate of drivers who had won the championship despite scoring fewer victories than their nearest challenger.\n\nIn the mid 2000s, the FIA again revised the scoring system to apportion points to the first eight classified finishers (a classified finisher must complete 90% of race distance) on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. The winner of the world championship is the driver who accumulates the most points throughout the course of the season.\n\nAt certain periods in F1's history, the world champion has been determined by virtue of the "best 7 scores" in each "half" of the world championship, meaning that drivers have been able to "discard" lower scores in either half of the season. This was done in order to equalise the footings of teams which may not have had the wherewithall to compete in all events. With the advent of the Concorde Agreements, this practice has been discontinued, though it did feature prominently in several world championships through the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nThe change in the awarding of world championship points has rendered the comparison of historical teams and drivers to current ones largely ineffectual. For instance, Michael Schumacher is widely credited with being the most successful GP driver of all time. While his statistics are very impressive and easily outstrip those of his nearest competitor, it is worth noting that his points tally vs points available, and winning percentage of grands prix entered, do not significantly exceed those of Juan Manuel Fangio, whom he dethroned as "winningest" driver recently. As with most other sports, it is very difficult to compare stars of different eras owing to the changes in the sport and regulations.
995681
Here is how Yahoo does it:\n\nFor every time you pick a team right, you get one point.\nFor every time you pick wrong or do not pick you get zero points.\n\nSimple, really!
172963
Depends what level your in, click the link below to better understand the points system.\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system;_ylt=AuY_E3dh0ANRfeRUopnXKsUezKIX
864111
Look in http://www.nascar.com\nthey will DEFENTAILY have it listed there. Gordon,Harvick,Someone,Dale JR so on so on
51446
You can find the points rules on the website www.nascar.com  I don't know about all the other rules for the car specs, etc.  They change so much that the teams can't keep up, let alone us fans!
606298
your best bet would be jimmy johnson, he qualified second for allstar race,plus its at lowes motor speedway and well  johnson drives for lowes so they fork out a little more money and time to get his car just right thats why he wins there so much
198044
That is really strange.  He's definitely listed as having 0 points overall.  When I look at the Official Results for the Golden Corral 500, he's listed in the points column as "PE."  (First link below.)\n\nOkay.  I looked this up, and apparently it stands for "Post Entry" and means that his "entry blank was submitted to NASCAR past the due date, hence disallowing . . . the ability to earn championship points despite starting the race."  (Second link below; describing another driver, but the same situation.)
125261
According to Nascar Illustrated, in order that they pick to finish in points: #1 Jeff Gordon,#2 Jimmie Johnson,#3 Tony Stewart,#4 Ryan Newman,#5 Carl Edwards,#6 Greg Biffle,#7 Dale Earnhardt Jr.#8 Kurt Busch,#9 Matt Kenseth,and #10 is Jamie McMurray. I have been a diehard Nascar fan for 40 of my 47 years of life and in my own opinion, I'd say this is about as good as you can get to a "guess" for your question. Good luck and enjoy the 2006 Nascar racing season!!
812568
I think that more points should be awarded for a win, but not too many more because consistancy is very important in my opinion.  \n\nThis is kind of off topic, but I agree with Kenny Wallace that the Chase drivers should have their own point system...
1026605
Actually, a lot of the drivers aren't from NASCAR families. A few of the biggest names in the Cup aren't family drivers. Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are not from NASCAR families. There are too many to name.
974888
If you're in a Roto league, all the points you get in those different categories are tallied and kept and whoever has the most points in each category get the most available points for leading.\n\nex. 12 teams  if your team is leading in scoring above all other teams in the roto league, you get 12 points, the next highest point total receives 11 points the team with the lowest amount of points out of all team receives 1 point.\n\nIn A head to head league\nThe points are tallied by you competiting against another manager weekly. and whoever wins the most categories at the end of the week receives points for how many categories you won\n\nEx. your team at the end of the week, has won the fg% ft% points, 3pt , rebounds and assists. and the other team wins blocks, turnovers, steals,  \nYou win that week by a score of 6 to 3 because you won 6 categories to the other person 3
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1 Kasey Kahne (9) \n 2 Mark Martin (6) \n 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (8) \n 4 Jeff Gordon (24) \n 5 Tony Stewart (20) \n 6 Jimmie Johnson (48) \n 7 Paul Menard (15) \n 8 Kyle Petty (45) \n 9 Dale Jarrett (88)\n 10 Reed Sorenson (41) \n 11 Scott Riggs (10)\n 12 Kyle Busch (5) \n 13 Matt Kenseth (17) \n 14 Jamie McMurray (26) \n 15 J.J. Yeley (18) \n 16 Greg Biffle (16) \n 17 Joe Nemechek (01) \n 18 Ryan Newman (12) \n 19 Martin Truex Jr. (1) \n 20 Michael Waltrip (55) \n 21 Casey Mears (42) \n 22 Terry Labonte (96) \n 23 Brian Vickers (25) \n 24 Ken Schrader (21) \n 25 Jeff Burton (31) \n 26 Jeff Green (66) \n 27 Clint Bowyer (07) \n 28 Robby Gordon (7) \n 29 Elliott Sadler (38) \n 30 Scott Wimmer (4) \n 31 Denny Hamlin (11) \n 32 Dave Blaney (22) \n 33 David Stremme (40)\n 34 Sterling Marlin (14) \n 35 Kevin Lepage (61) \n 36 Brent Sherman (49) \n 37 Kurt Busch (2) \n 38 Bill Lester (23) \n 39 Kevin Harvick (29) \n 40 Carl Edwards (99) \n 41 Jeremy Mayfield (19) \n 42 Hermie Sadler (00) \n 43 Bobby Labonte (43)
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That is funny 'cause my coworker and I always race too.  Of course I have the most points.  LOL  Well all I can say is answer smart.  You want the ask-er to choose your answer as the best one.  Those people that answer sarcastically never get their answers chosen.  You should check out what other actions give you points too.