A mere 30 points

Here is a race senareo using the same 30 point amount from (30 points for Joey).

It's the start of the 25th race, you are 11th in points and need to make up 30 points to take over 10th by the end of the race to get locked in The Chase.

You have been finishing most of the races in the top 10 or 15 with no DNFs. You came close to a win but lost it in a green,white,checker. The competitors behind you in points can't pass you points wise, but they have more wins then you.

The checker flag falls on the 25th race, man you finished 23 positions ahead of the person 10th in points, you gotta have 10th in points now, right. Wrong, you missed it by 7 positions or 7 points. Remember NASCAR made the point system simpler and easier to understand this year, although much harder to make up. It gets worse, the competitors behind you in points have more wins then you, so they make the wild card spots. So have a nice flight home, and we'll see ya next week.

30 points for Joey

I heard Joey Logano on Sirius 128 one day mention the old point system was a bit confusing to figure out. If he was 30 points behind someone, how many positions/points he would need to make up in a race? In the old point system it was 3,4,or 5 points, so it depended on where each of you are in the running order during the race. It looks like you would need a minimum of 6 positions and a maximum of 10 positions.

The new point system with it being one point for each position, means he will have to make up 30 positions/points. Three times more then the maximum in the old point system.

NASCAR brags on the low attrition rate, competitive cars, close competition, parity in the sport, and alot of cars finishing on the led lap.
So good luck, Joey, on making up those 30 points/postions now.

Million Dollar Winner

There has been alot of talk about paying the winner of a Sprint Cup race 1 million dollars. The idea is the drivers would race harder, and the money could come from paying the rest of the field a little less.

If a driver is going to or will drive harder to win a race just because it pays more, then I think the car owner or team need to get a new driver.

The amount of money suggested to make up the 1 million was $15,000 from each spot. So how does that affect the rest of the field for the race and for the year. This is what I came up with.

$15,000 x 36 races per year = $540,000 less per spot for the year

$15,000 x 42 competitors per race = $630,000 away from the field per race

$630,000 x 36 races per year = $22,680,000 away from the field per year

Taking $22,680,000 away from the field in a year, SHEER GENIUS