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Bears ... ya need to read the thread.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by PenelopePitStop

I'm still lost ... but that's ok. When has the "owner/team" championship differed from the "driver" championship?

I thought each "owner/team" earned the same points as the "driver" during a race/season. It's who stands at the Waldorf in December, isn't it? I'm so flippin' confused ... doesn't matter ... life goes on ...

Each driver who competes in a Cup race is awarded points in the following manner: starting at 185 points for 1st, 170 points for 2nd, dropping 5 points from spots 2-6, 4 points from 7-11 and 3 points from 12th and lower. 43rd is worth 34 points. Bonus points are giving to any driver who leads a lap and to the driver that leads the most laps is awarded an additional 5 bonus points (in a case of a tie, both drivers get the extra points).

Owners are awarded points in the same manner, PLUS they get points for attempting a race, where as drivers do not. All teams who pass inspection and fail to make the race get owner points that descend in the order of quickest non-qualifier to the slowest. Those teams earn the position/points immediately below the last car in the field. So if a team misses the race but was the fastest non qualifier the owner would get 31 points and other teams would follow the 3 point drop scale, down to a minimum of 1 point.

The Jayski's Silly Season Site explains the complete points system used by NASCAR for the 2007 season. Also at this link are some examples of the previous points systems used for the Chase as well as announcements about possible future "modifications" to the points system being considered.