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Point of order: critics say the current points system places too much emphasis on consistency and not enough on wins--and NASCAR seems as if it's beginning to agree.
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Auto Racing Digest
- Article date:
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December 1, 2003
- Author:
- Willis, Ken
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YOUR TEAM HAS SPENT AN inordinate amount of its budget on one race, the Daytona 500, because it's the first and biggest event of the season. You've tested throughout January, you've gone to the wind tunnel, and you hired new engineers--all to be in the best possible position to win this one race.
And, sure enough, as the white flag falls you're leading the field around the high-banked Daytona International Speedway. Then, off turn 4, you lead the whole gang to the checkers, and you're the new Daytona 500 champion, holder of your sport's most prized race trophy.
A few days later, as you slowly come down from the high, you start thinking about Rockingham, the season's ...