How many times have you heard—from NASCAR drivers, the media or the guy sitting next to you in the Talladega bleachers—that the new points system makes it tougher for drivers to make up ground in the points after suffering a bad finish? Don’t believe it for a minute. The reasoning behind that assertion rests on a faulty assumption. Today, I want to debunk that myth. Here is an explanation of how the current points system does not punish poor finishes more than the pre-2011 system.The reasoning goes something like this: "Pre-2011, the fewest percentage of points a driver could earn in comparison to the winner stopped at 18 percent. This year? Any finish below 35th is below that mark. A 43rd-place finish earning just t...

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How many times have you heard—from NASCAR drivers, the media or the guy sitting next to you in the Talladega bleachers—that the new points system makes it tougher for drivers to make up ground in the points after suffering a bad finish? Don’t believe it for a minute. The reasoning behind that assertion rests on a faulty assumption. Today, I want to debunk that myth. Here is an explanation of how the current points system does not punish poor finishes more than the pre-2011 system.The reasoning goes something like this: "Pre-2011, the fewest percentage of points a driver could earn in comparison to the winner stopped at 18 percent. This year? Any finish below 35th is below that mark. A 43rd-place finish earning just t...

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