During the annual Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour, it was announced by NASCAR’s Brian France that the sanctioning body will adopt a new point system in 2011. The system will be used in all three national series. Beginning this season, a winning driver will receive 43 points. Each subsequent position will drop by one point. For example if a driver finishes second in the Cup or Nationwide series, they will receive 42 points and so on, right down to one point for last place. There will also be a 3 point bonus for winning the race and 1 point each for leading a lap and leading the most laps. When calculated, this makes it possible to receive up to 48 points during a weekend. The Camping World truck Series has a smaller field of 36 trucks, so the last place finisher will receive 8 points.
There will continue to be 12 drivers eligible for the Sprint Cup title with one small wrinkle. After race 26, the top 10 drivers will qualify for the chase. The final two positions will be given to the drivers that won the most races in the 26 races but only if they have managed to fall out of the top 10 and are still inside the top 20. If the drivers are already locked into the chase, then the drivers that are 11th and 12th in the standings will take up the final two positions.
Seeding of the drivers will remain the same; however, each race win will only be worth 3 points instead of 10 points like in past years. Drivers that are eligible for the last two spots will not have their wins count in the seeding process. I can’t wait to see this new point system implemented. I think that it will make it a lot easier for NASCAR’s fans to understand how drivers earn points. What do you think of the new point system?
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