NEXTEL CUP Standings

KARNUBAWAX

NEXTEL CUP Standings

(utilizing both Davey Karnuba's "Best of all Worlds" point sysem, and NASCAR's crappy "Mediocrity Rules" points system...)

NASCAR's point system - put into place thousands of years ago - has always rewarded consistency over excellence. "Consistency is the key to winning championships" goes the old saying. But there are some of us who feel that the key to winning championships should be, well, actually WINNING.

Let's see whose system more accurately reflects the level of competition, shall we?

2005 Standings

After 2 Chase races...

Davey Karnuba's
"Best of all Worlds"
point system

DRIVER

1. Stewart - 268*****
2. Johnson - 259***
3. Biffle - 253*****
4. Busch - 240***
5. Edwards - 232**
6. Martin - 229
7. Kenseth - 227*
8. Newman - 225*
9. Gordon - 223***
10. Kyle Busch - 223*

11. R. Wallace - 155
12. Kahne - 142*
13. Dale Jr - 141*
14. Vickers - 140
15. Harvick - 131*
16. Mayfield - 129*
17. Sadler - 124
18. Waltrip - 110
19. McMurray - 108
20. Nemechek - 102

21. Jarrett - 78
22. B. Labonte - 75
23. Rudd - 74
24. Burton - 71
25. Riggs - 66
26. Marlin - 62
27. Mears - 62
28. Schrader - 52
29. Petty - 50
30. Green - 45
31. Bliss - 44
32. Blaney - 41
33. M. Wallace - 36
34. R. Gordon - 35
35. Kvapil - 35
36. Wimmer - 35
37. Leffler - 23
38. LePage - 21
39. Hamilton Jr - 18

Drivers must compete in at least
half of the races to be eligible.

Penalties (factored-in):

3/11-
Harvick - 4 pts.
Johnson - 4 pts.
Kyle Busch - 4 pts.

9/11 -

R. Gordon - 4 pts.
Kahne - 4 pts.
Vickers - 4 pts.
Waltrip - 4 pts.

NASCAR' s crappy
"Mediocrity Rules"
point system

DRIVER

(position difference from Karnuba system)

1. Tony Stewart (=)
2. Jimmie Johnson (+1)
3. Greg Biffle (-1)
4. Rusty Wallace (+9)
5. Kurt Busch (-1)
6. Mark Martin (+2)
7. Ryan Newman (=)
8. Jeremy Mayfield (+13)
9. Dale Jarrett (+10)
10. Carl Edwards (-4)

11. Jamie McMurray (+7)
12. Elliott Sadler (+2)
13. Kevin Harvick (+2)
14. Jeff Gordon (-9)
15. Matt Kensteth (+2)
16. Dale Earnhart Jr. (-6)
17. Joe Nemechek (+5)
18. Jeff Burton (+8)
19. Michael Waltrip (-3)
20. Kyle Busch (-8)
21. Kasey Kahne (-12)
22. Brian Vickers (-11)
23. Bobby Labonte (-3)
24. Casey Mears (+1)
25. Sterling Marlin (-2)
26. Ricky Rudd (-2)
27. Mike Bliss (+6)
28. Kenny Shrader (=)
29. Kyle Petty (=)
30. Dave Blaney (=)
31. Scott Riggs (-4)
32. Jeff Green (-1)
33. Travis Kvapil (+1)
34. Scott Wimmer (+1)
35. Jason Leffler (+1)
36. Mike Wallace (-4)
37. Bobby Hamilton Jr. (+2)
38. Robby Gordon (+1)
39. Kevin LePage (-2)

But what does it all mean?
Drivers with (+) are overrated
Drivers with (-) are underrated
Want to make something of it?

Most Underrated Drivers:

Kasey Kahne (-12)
Brian Vickers (-11)
Jeff Gordon (-9)

Most Overrated Drivers:

Jeremy Mayfield (+13)
Dale Jarrett (+10)
Rusty Wallace (+9)

My "Best of all worlds" point system owes more to the Formula 1 system, spread out a bit to account for a 43-car field. The points are alotted as follows...

1st place = 20 pts.
2nd place = 15 pts.
3rd place = 10 pts.
4th place = 8 pts
5th place = 7 pts
6th place = 6 pts
7th place = 5 pts
8th place = 4 pts
9th place = 3 pts
10th place = 2 pts

All cars that lead a lap = 1 pt
All cars that finish on lead lap = 1 pt
All cars that are running at the end = 1 pt

The only other points available are

pole position = 2 pts.
most laps led = 2 pts.

In the event that qualifying is rained out, no poins are awarded for the pole.

In the event of a points tie, the driver with the most wins gets the spot. Wins are denoted with an *

THE CHASE...

For the Chase to the Cup, my top 20 drivers had their points reset, with the 20th place driver starting at 100, and going up 5 points per spot, and the 10th place driver starting at 200, and going up 5 points per spot. As you can see, it is possible for a chase driver to actually finish the season out of the top 10! Of course, for that to happen, somebody out of the top 10 would have to do EXCEPTIONALLY well!

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