Linear thinking
There are many ways to distribute points in racing and seemingly more being created every year. For us the most important purpose any points structure is to crown a deserving champion. Next it should accurately rank the remaining drivers and lastly it should encourage continued participation by as many drivers as possible.
With more variation in grid sizes in 2018 it became important to make the points linear. No longer will the 1st place points in any of the Sportsman splits be fixed.
If for example the Pro split has 55 drivers in it, last place will get 129 points. 1st place in the Sportsman 1 split will get 128 pts (the equivalent to 56th place). If we are running a dirt race and the A Main has 15 drivers then 15th place would get 189 pts and 1st place in Sportsman 1 would get 186 pts (equivalent to 16th place). Below are the first 30 places to give you an idea.
Place / Points
1st / 250
2nd/ 240
3rd / 235
4th/ 232
5th/ 219
6th / 216
7th / 213
8th / 210
9th / 207
10th / 204
11th / 201
12th / 198
13th / 195
14th / 192
15th / 189
16th / 186
17th / 183
18th / 180
19th / 177
20th / 174
21st / 172
22nd / 170
23rd / 168
24th / 166
25th / 164
26th / 162
27th / 160
28th / 158
29th / 156
30th / 154
Additionally we retain two drop weeks, one oval and one road.