NASCAR considering giving more points to race winners
When Kasey Kahne came perilously close to not making the Chase For The Nextel Cup despite a series-high five victories, the debate raged during the Richmond race weekend on how a win should affect determining the Chase field.
The question: Whether the driver with the most wins in a season might qualify as a wild card or whether a win should be worth more points in general.
"I don't know of too many situations you'd be in with five wins on the outside looking in," Kahne said Sept. 8, the day before he put himself in the Chase with a third-place finish at Richmond. "As good as we've been all year, we've had those six or seven races we did not run well in.
"We've had some engine problems, we've had three or four we just didn't run good in, and I've wrecked in a couple. You add up all those and that's a lot of points."
NASCAR is considering adding more points for a win. The sanctioning body increased the points margin between first and second place from five to 10 points in 2004 when it instituted the Chase format.
"We're looking at what effect it would make to award more points," NASCAR Managing Director of Corporate Communications Ramsey Poston said Sept. 9. "But at this point, nothing is done. It is important for us to get through this season so we have three full seasons to look back on." more on more points for a NEXTEL Cup race winner
The question: Whether the driver with the most wins in a season might qualify as a wild card or whether a win should be worth more points in general.
"I don't know of too many situations you'd be in with five wins on the outside looking in," Kahne said Sept. 8, the day before he put himself in the Chase with a third-place finish at Richmond. "As good as we've been all year, we've had those six or seven races we did not run well in.
"We've had some engine problems, we've had three or four we just didn't run good in, and I've wrecked in a couple. You add up all those and that's a lot of points."
NASCAR is considering adding more points for a win. The sanctioning body increased the points margin between first and second place from five to 10 points in 2004 when it instituted the Chase format.
"We're looking at what effect it would make to award more points," NASCAR Managing Director of Corporate Communications Ramsey Poston said Sept. 9. "But at this point, nothing is done. It is important for us to get through this season so we have three full seasons to look back on." more on more points for a NEXTEL Cup race winner
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