...and a little idea I may or may not have stolen from F1
Tuesday, September 12, 2006, 08:22 AM EST
[General]
I love F1. I was just up at 4:30 on Sunday to watch the Italian Grand Prix, as a matter of fact. Is it just me or have the last few races been suddenly awesome?
Anyway, one thing F1 has that NASCAR doesn't is a team championship. I know there's a manufacturer's championship or something like that because Chevy has won 23 out of 35 or whatever they tout in their ads, but F1 is broken down by teams that happen to all have different manufacturers. Thinking about that, I decided to put my points system into a team-format, and here's what I came up with.
I am using the same 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring from 1st through 12th, but only awarding points to the highest finisher on a team to try and even out from the smaller teams to the larger teams. There is an advantage built-in for the larger teams, because let's say Roush sweeps the top five spots, even though Roush only gets the 20 points for winning the next highest point available is the eight points for sixth, but shouldn't there be a reward for getting multiple cars in the top 12? I say yes.
One point for the pole, one point if a team car leads a lap, and two point for the team whose single car leads the most laps. I did it that way because it seemed more fair that if, say Robby Gordon leads 99 laps and the four Hendrick guys combine to lead the other 101, Gordon ought to get the points, I think, and it helps the single-car team over the super-team.
Here are my standings after Richmond. It's important to note that NASCAR's official owner list shows James Rocco, NOT Ray Evernham as the owner of the 10 car, so none of Scoot Riggs results go toward Evernham Motorsports. The 10 car owner is officially Valvoline Evernham Racing, per NASCAR.com.
Hendrick Motorsports 398
Roush Racing 375
Richard Childress Racing 281
Joe Gibbs Racing 278
Evernham Motorsports 200
Dale Earnhardt Inc. 162
Penske Racing South 161
Chip Ganassi Racing 82
Robert Yates Racing 59
Valvoline Evernham Racing 41
Petty Enterprises 37
Robby Gordon Motorsports 20
No Fear Racing 19
Hall of Fame Racing 19
Bill Davis Racing 15
Wood Brothers Racing 13
MB2 Motorsports 9
Peak Performance Motorsports 4
Haas CNC Racing 4
PPI Motorsports 3
Waltrip-Jasper Racing 3
Morgan-McClure Motorsports 3
Ash Motorsports 1
McGlynn Racing 1
BAM Racing 1
Furniture Row Racing 1
MBA Racing 1
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