Wow, and I thought the F1 system twisted it around.

IRL Points are as follows:

Place Points
1st 50
2nd 40
3rd 35
4th 32
5th 30
6th 28
7th 26
8th 24
9th 22
10th 20
11th 19
12th 18
13th 17
14th 16
15th 15
16th 14
17th 13
18th 12
19th 12
20th 12
21st 12
22nd 12
23rd 12
24th 12
25th 10
26th 10
27th 10
28th 10
29th 10
30th 10
31st 10
32nd 10
33rd 10
Bonus points: Three points are awarded to the driver who leads
the most laps in each race.

   Driver / PTS / PTS Finishes / NASCAR Difference
1 Mark Martin  345 16 4
2 Carl Edwards 335 14 7
3 Jimmie Johnson  332 14 -1
4 Elliott Sadler  331 16 -1
5 Greg Biffle  304 15 -4
6 Jamie McMurray  302 16 4
7 Ryan Newman  300 14 0
8 Kevin Harvick  293 15 5
9 Kurt Busch  284 13 -1
10 Jeff Gordon  282 13 4
11 Rusty Wallace  281 15 -5
12 Jeremy Mayfield  276 16 -1
13 Michael Waltrip  270 12 2
14 Kyle Busch 264 12 5
15 Dale Jarrett  264 15 -3
16 Dale Earnhardt Jr.  260 14 2
17 Tony Stewart  238 16 -13
18 Jeff Burton  234 15 -2
19 Joe Nemechek  230 15 -2
20 Matt Kenseth  223 13 0
21 Scott Riggs 203 14 1
22 Bobby Labonte  194 11 4
23 Kasey Kahne 190 11 -2
24 Ricky Rudd  188 11 6
25 Sterling Marlin  186 11 -1
26 Casey Mears 179 12 -1
27 Jeff Green  168 14 4
28 Dave Blaney  167 13 -1
29 Travis Kvapil 162 13 0
30 Kyle Petty 158 13 2
31 Brian Vickers 152 10 -8
32 Ken Schrader  152 11 -4
33 Scott Wimmer 144 13 1
34 Mike Bliss 129 10 -1
35 Mike Wallace  120 11 0
36 Kevin LePage 100 8 3
37 Jason Leffler 94 8 -1
38 Bobby Hamilton, Jr 75 6 -1
39 Robby Gordon  56 5 -1
40 Terry Labonte  48 3 0
41 Hermie Sadler 40 4 0
42 Martin Truex Jr. 38 2 3
43 Johnny Sauter 36 2 -1
44 Bill Elliott  34 3 -1
45 Boris Said  33 3 -1
46 John Andretti  30 3 2
47 Ron Fellows  24 1 4
48 Jimmy Spencer  22 2 1
49 Stanton Barrett 20 2 -2
50 Brian Simo 20 1 2
51 Kerry Earnhardt 13 1 4
52 Clint Bowyer 12 1 6
53 Kenny Wallace  10 1 4
54 Mike Skinner 10 1 -4
55 PJ Jones 10 1 9
56 Scott Pruett 10 1 5
57 Eric McClure 10 1 6
58 Mike Garvey 10 1 -12
59 Chris Cook 10 1 0
Everyone else 0

Big shot in the arm for Mark and Carl, but I sure hate what it
does to Tony.

Race Winner: Greg Biffle… gotta go with the impound stats on this one even
though it’s a restrictor race

1: 2 and only 2 roush racers in the top 5

2: Mark Martin in the top 10

3: At least 1 top 5 chase contender will be caught up in the big one and
finish more than 1 lap down.

4: Mark Martin will gain on the points lead (be less points out of first at
the end of the race than at the beginning)

5: Kurt Bush finishes in front of Rusty Wallace

Bonus: The M&Ms car flies during the race… meaning all 4 tires are off the
ground at the same time… body parts dragging are ok as long as all 4 tires
are off the ground….. BUT he still finishes 5 or less laps down from the
winner. (He’s never done that… usually if he leaves the ground it’s a show
stopper for him)

Heck, for some reason I have absolutely no clues this week.
Still, press on regardless…

the win:  Jimmie Johnson.  Hendrick cars seem to have the measure
of the plate tracks right now, but I think Gordon’s still on the
negative side of lady luck, so I’m going with the #2 man there.

1)  Elliott Sadler gets a top 5.  Sadler’s not bad at the plate
tracks, and Yates makes tons of power….the only reason Elliott
doesn’t have a bunch of top finishes is he keeps getting turned
over before the end.

2)  Greg Biffle gets a top 5.  This is Biffle’s year, I think.

3)  neither Mikey nor Dale Jr get a top 10.  This is not DEI’s
year, and they don’t seem to have anything extra on the plate
tracks any more, either.

4)  there’s a red flag for rain.  It’s rained every day for the
last forever here in Fla, no reason for it to stop now.

5)  Kasey Kahne is the top Dodge.

bonus:  Rusty Wallace finishes ahead of Mark Martin who’s
ahead of Sterling Marlin who’s ahead of Ricky Rudd who’s
ahead of Ken Shrader who’s ahead of Dale Jarrett  (did I
miss any old guns there?)

John

1.  One and only one of the "Big Three" road ringers (Boris Said, Ron
Fellows, Scott Pruett) will finish in the top 10.

2.  There will be exactly two Roush Fords in the top 10.

3.  Considering just the highest finishing car of each make, the order
of finish will be Chevy-Ford-Dodge.

4.  The driver who leads the most laps also wins the race.

5.  The margin of victory will be two seconds or more.

No risk race winner pick:  Jeff Gordon.

What *is* an "Infineon"?

1.  At least 3 of the starting T5 finish T5
2.  No more than 6 of the starting T10 finish T10
3.  No more than 5 starting outside the T15 finish T15
4.  The winner does not lead the most laps
5.  Jr and Mikey get T15s

Bonus:  In a lemming-like moment, at least 10 cars follow one another off the
track into a runoff area and get stuck.   DW says, "WHOA"

Winner: Jeff Gordon

            Infineon Preview: Ringers ones for the road
            By Rick Minter, Cox News Service
            Friday, June 24, 2005
            The road course "ringers" are back this weekend hoping to capitalize
            on their skills when the Nextel Cup circuit, which typically races
            on oval tracks, takes on the 12-turn Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
            ———-
            Roush ‘Show’ draws 1,700
            ———-
            Roush Racing’s "Gong Show" driver search drew approximately 1,700
            applications, which have been whittled down to about 150, team
            president Geoff Smith said this week.
            Now, team owner Jack Roush, his drivers and crew chiefs will go
            through the entries to give their input before the list is reduced
            again to about 25.
            The finalists will then be taken to Martinsville Speedway and
            Darlington Raceway for their on-track auditions, with the winner or
            winners joining Roush’s NASCAR race team.
            The whole process will be shown in 13 episodes on the Discovery Channel.

–
Crusader

JG Pole
I don’t think JG is of Polish heritage, but he did get his 54th Pole.
That’s 1 behind 6th All-Time Bill Elliott’s 55 in 742 starts.

5.Bobby Allison-58 in 718.
4.Darrell Waltrip-59 in 809.
3.Cale Yarborough-69 in 559.
2.DP-112, 1.RP-123.

JG has 97 Front Row Starts to B.E.’s 99.

JG has 7 Road Poles to DW’s 9 – the most all-time.

–
Crusader

Ringers
Only 3 ‘Regulars’ were sent home:
#37 Kevin LePage has attempted all 16 races, made 10.
#192 has att all, made 5. Stanton Barrett 4of12 to NBS-Milw tonite.
#66 has att all, made 10. Ringer Johnny Borneman III DNQ’d.

The #27 with Kirk Shelmerdine-47y was 0fer10 until
  Tom Hubert-41y got it in the show for his 10th Cup start.
Chris Cook-38y makes his 1st Cup start. In the Nemechek #187.
Brian Simo-46y makes his 4th Cup start, 1st since ’01 & in an RCR #33.
Scott Pruett-45y makes his 36th start in a Ganassi #39.
Boris Said-43y makes his 4th start in 5 att’05 & 16th career.

Terry Labonte-49y subs for #11 Leffler. TL now has 55 Road Starts, 2W.
Ron Fellows-46y subs for #32 HamJr. RF makes his 12th start.

Ringer Brandon Ash-28y DNQ’d but has 1 Cup start at ’04 Infineon.
Ringer Jose Luis Ramirez-26y of Mexico City DNQ’d.

–
Crusader

Winner – Mark Martin

1.  The front row starters do not get podium finishes (the 24 and 48 finish 4th or
worse).

2.  At least 2 Blue Ovals in the Top Ten.

3.  Smoke gets a Top Five.

4.  No Dodges in the Top Five.

5.  Said finishes in front of Pruett.

Bonus – The 8 and 15 fail to finish on the lead lap.

I wanted to publicly wish Scott Legasse Jr luck tonight in Milwaukee. Scotty
has started three races now for this team and has been crashed in the first
two fairly soon. None of the crashes were his fault and I know he is not
going to let him curb his enthusiasm any but hope his sponsors don’t look
badly on him for those DNF’s. Scotty grew up with my youngest attending the
same small class in private school and were close friends growing up. Now
that he has moved to NC he is of course out of touch but Scott should know
his old classmates are pulling for him to finally get to show what he can
do. He has come a long way from when they used to race their bikes around
the house. <G>
Jim