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Points System Explained

How ESCORS Points Are Awarded
The ESCORS Cup, National, Truck and Late Model Series stars race every week towards the year-end championship. But how do they determine who the champion is at the end of the year? Every race on the schedule is worth the same amount of points. Winning the Daytona 200 scores exactly the same number of points that winning at Watkins Glen does. This is why it is so important for the racers to run hard every week, there are no "unimportant" races during the season. In Cup racing, drivers are tallied after 26 races and the top-12 drivers will have their point totals re-set to 5,000; each will then receive a 10-point bonus for each race victory they had during the first 26 races. The Chase drivers will be "seeded" to start the Chase based on the number of wins amassed during the regular season. For the last ten races, points are still assigned the same way as the rest of the season to determine the champion. The National, Truck and Late Model Series do not use The Chase format. They simply race every race, total up the points at the end and award the Championship to the driver that has the most points. After every race points are assigned as follows: ESCORS Points Awarded ESCORS Cup, National ESCORS Late Model Series and Truck Series Finish Points Finish Points 1st 43 1st 50 2nd 42 2nd 48 3rd 41 3rd 46 4th 40 4th 44 5th 39 5th 42 6th 38 6th 40 7th 37 7th 38 8th 36 8th 36 9th 35 9th 34 10th 34 10th 32 11th 33 11th 30 12th 32 12th 28 13th 31 13th 26 14th 30 14th 24 15th 29 15th 22 16th 28 16th 20 17th 27 17th 18 18th 26 18th 16 19th 25 19th 14 20th 24 20th 12 21st 23 21st 10 22nd 22 22nd 8 23rd 21 23rd 6 24th 20 24th 4 25th 19 25th 2 26th 18 27th 17 28th 16 29th 15 30th 14 31th 13 32nd 12 33rd 11 34th 10 35th 9 36th 8 37th 7 38th 6 39th 5 40th 4 41st 3 42nd 2 43rd 1 Bonus Points Bonus points are awarded as follows: ESCORS Cup, National and Truck Series Three bonus points are awarded to the driver that wins the race. One bonus point is awarded to any driver that leads any lap. An additional bonus point is awarded to the driver that leads the most laps in each race. ESCORS Late Model Series Two bonus points are awarded to the driver that starts on pole. Two bonus points are awarded to the driver that improves the most positions (from starting position to race finish). Other Owners are rewarded in the points race in the same fashion, but receive points for every single car they field. Manufacturers have a points race of their own. The car maker who has a driver take first place in a race earns nine points for that race. Second-best performance by a manufacturer gets six points, third place earns four points and fourth place, three points.

Jeroen Anema