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[Guest Faded Sanity]

The Budshoot out is on right now. Tune in to Fox. Here are a few things to know about tonight's race.

Pos. Car -------Driver------- Make------- Sponsor

1 88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS

2 16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard

3 39 Bill Elliott Dodge Coors

4 25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet GMAC

5 49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service

6 97 Kurt Busch Ford Crown Royal

7 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL

8 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot

9 21 Ricky Rudd Ford Motorcraft

10 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW

11 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont

12 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser

13 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW

14 6 Mark Martin Ford Kraft - Guess Who's Got The Groceries

15 2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite

16 01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army

17 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's

18 41 Casey Mears Dodge Target

19 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries

20 193 Geoffrey Bodine Chevrolet Global Industrial Contractors

The format was altered from 25 laps to 70 laps four years ago, but who's counting?

The 70 laps will be split into two segments of 20 and 50 laps, with a break in between to work on the cars.

And since 50 laps on one tank of fuel is impossible, the second segment will include a pit stop.

Lets go boys.... boogity boogity boogity

[Guest BacknBlackHoez]

why is this in the sports section? Nascar

[tristy]

why is this in the sports section? Nascar

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[sahyder1]

why is this in the sports section? Nascar

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[Guest Faded Sanity]

That's just the way it's always been.

[Guest JT179]

The points system as it is was created in the 1970's was created to try and make the series more competitive. It worked out pretty well. They changed the system last year to a playoff format style system. After the first 26 races the top 10 in points and anyone else within 400 points of the leader start a playoff type scenario. The leader starts 5 points ahead of second place, second is 5 points ahead third, and so forth. If you lead a lap you get 5 bonus points during a race. If you lead the most laps you get another 5 bonus points. I've been a NASCAR fan for years, so if anyone has ANY questions about NASCAR i'd be glad to explain things to the best of my ability.

PS

GO MATT KENSETH!

[thumbers]

The high scoring system is so the drivers can have points even if they had a penalty. You participate in the race, you get some points. If you get 43rd and then have a 25 point penalty, then you would still have 9 points. More points than somebody who didn't race.

From 43rd to 12th, the points go up in incriments of 3. The reasoning behind this is that you don't notice the difference if your favorite driver comes in 33rd or 34th, so there is no need for the difference there.

From 11th to 7th, the points go in incriments of 4. The thought is that this group is more elite and harder to pass in, causing the more points to be awarded.

From 6th to 2nd, the points go up by 5, because it shows you are one of the best drivers on the track that day.

First place gets 180 points so that he will be assured the most points at the end of the day.

Five bonus points are awarded for leading a lap. Five extra points are awarded for leading the most laps. In the past, if second place lead the most laps, they would end up with the same amount of points as the winner.