I am in the process of finishing up a Windows program to track Winston Cup
seasons for modem players. I have noticed that the NASCAR game does not
award points for winning the pole position and I had thought that 5 points
were awarded. I am also tracking the UNICAL bonus (is that spelled right?)
through the season but am unsure of the amount added to the pot each race.
Is it around $15000? Thanks for the help.
Scott Mullin
Pepsi-IBM Ford Thunderbird
Car #69
: I am in the process of finishing up a Windows program to track Winston Cup
: seasons for modem players. I have noticed that the NASCAR game does not
: award points for winning the pole position and I had thought that 5 points
: were awarded. I am also tracking the UNICAL bonus (is that spelled right?)
: through the season but am unsure of the amount added to the pot each race.
: Is it around $15000? Thanks for the help.
: Scott Mullin
: Pepsi-IBM Ford Thunderbird
: Car #69
hmm.. not sure, I think it's 5 points for the pole. You might want to
post this on rec.autos.sports.nascar if you haven't already.
ujj
NASCAR awards 5 points for leading a lap during a race, and 5 points for
leading the most laps during a race. However, no points are awarded for
winning the pole.
UNOCAL posts $7,600 dollars before the start of every race. The amount
builds cumulatively until a driver wins the race from the pole.
(source: "American Zoom: Stock Car Racing - From the Dirt Tracks to Daytona"
by Peter Golenbock)
Hope this helps.
Go #24! Go #18!
There are no bonus points for sitting on the pole. You get 5 bonus
points for leading a lap and 5 more if you lead the most laps.
The UNICAL 76 bonus is given to the driver who wins the race from
the pole and goes up $7,600 dollars each race.
Hope this helps.
SteveMc
c
> I am in the process of finishing up a Windows program to track Winston Cup
> seasons for modem players. I have noticed that the NASCAR game does not
> award points for winning the pole position and I had thought that 5 points
> were awarded. I am also tracking the UNICAL bonus (is that spelled right?)
> through the season but am unsure of the amount added to the pot each race.
> Is it around $15000? Thanks for the help.
The winner of a NASCAR Winston Cup race receives 175 points. For
positions 2-6, the
points awarded are decreased by 5 for each position. For positions 7-11,
the points
awarded are decreased by 4 for each position. For all the remaining
positions, the
points awarded are decreased by 3 for each position. There are also two
bonus point
possibilities: 5 bonus points to every driver leading a lap and 5 bonus
points to the
driver who leads the most laps (if there is a tie, all drivers involved in
the tie get the
5 bonus points).
Note that a race winner has to receive 180 (175+5) points since he had
to lead
at least the last lap.
Tim
The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.
There are no points awarded in NASCAR for winning the pole. Busch beer
recognizes each pole winner with a plaque and cash and a chance to compete in
the next Busch Clash ( A race held prior to the Daytona 500...sort of a warm
up). The UNOCAL bonus from UNOCAL 76 is what else.....$7600. If the pole winner should also win the race he will get this $7600, if not, the pot is carried over to the
next race where another $7600 will be added and so on.
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