Next season’s race winners will likely receive a 10 or 15 point bonus, and drivers finishing 37th or lower will likely receive the same points, if NASCAR goes ahead with its plans to revise the Winston/Nextel Cup point system. But then maybe the point system doesn’t need revision. After all, the Busch tour uses the same system, and five men still have a shot at the title.( Winston Salem Journal )(10-27-2003) UPDATE: NASCAR will change its point system for 2004. An announcement could come as early as the Winston Cup awards banquet next month in New York, but more likely it will be made during the annual media tour in January. The new system is expected to award more points for wins and discourage drivers in damaged cars from returning to the track just to collect additional points.( Yahoo Sports/Sporting News )(11-3-2003)
