on 144 they've been playing a scenerio where the winner gets 50 bonus but more important the point are level from 30th back.
not as much a penalty if ya have a bad day and field fillers and wounded cars aren't out in the way to catch 2-3 positions possibly causing others a bad day...
If they get the same amount of points from 30th on back, it will reduce the amount of "modifieds" going back on the track to pick up 3 points per position, but it seems to leave 10 or more guys in a do-or-die situation, and figuring they're back there for something other than an accident (i.e. less qualified drivers) then they might be more likely to pull out all the stops to get to 30th... no? Hmmmm. I've gotta think that one through some more.
Here's Smoke's thoughts on the Chase contenders and points.
At Dover in the second race of the Chase, Stewart spun and collected Chase contender Kasey Kahne, who was saddled with a 39th-place finish.
"I'd give the top 10 their own points structure these last 10 races to where the other 33 guys in the field don't dictate how many or how little points they get," Stewart said. "It shouldn't be that way; it would be like a team that is not in the playoffs interfering with the playoffs.
"That is the only thing that I would do, and it could be done very easily the way the system is now."
and on the COT.....snip~
"I finally got to see one painted," said Stewart, speaking at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Thursday, where PowerAde presented his charitable foundation with a $100,000 check. "I thought it would look a lot better with paint on it, and it didn't look any better.
"It is still really ugly. When you're used to seeing real slick racecars and you see that, it doesn't look like it's a step forward."
http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/10/20/tstewart.cot.atlanta/index.html