NASCAR hoping simplified points system will put emphasis on wins

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CHARLOTTE, N.C -- NASCAR is hoping a Points Racing for Dummies approach will help solve some complicated problems, but whether the new simplified scoring system CEO Brian France announced Wednesday night helps boost attendance and television ratings remains to be seen.

The points system for 2011 scraps the often confusing and convoluted points formula to one that even a first-grader can understand. First place pays 43 points and last place pays 1 point, with every position in between separated by one point. Three bonus points will be awarded to the winner of a race along with one bonus point for leading a lap and one point for leading the most laps.

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[Mark Watkins]

I watched the Q&A on Speed and one reporter brought up the fact that when you compare the old to the new as far as winning, virtually nothing changes. Brian France admitted the same.

So as to make winning more important, they did nothing.:W

Mark