@_Gassss_ Agreed, and I'd take it one step further. Full-season points still only score where you finish. Score every lap and the champ is whoever ran up front the most all year, with no riding around waiting for the end.
@bobpockrass@NASCARONFOX That's the format working as designed: it rewards saving it for the end. Scoring every lap, Hamlin had the best Cup season of anyone (290,468, Larson 4th). A system where the guy who raced hardest all year wonders if he tried too hard is backwards.
@dailydownforce He ran the best full season of anyone. Scoring every lap, Hamlin was 1st at 290,468 and Larson 4th. When the system tells the guy who raced hardest all year that he should have saved it, the system is the problem.
@PRNlive Fair or not, the seed only matters because the reset wipes out the year. Score every lap and there's nothing to seed: Hamlin had the best season (290,468 pts), Larson was 4th (265,995). Make every position count every lap and nobody rides around waiting.
@KellyCrandall@RyanoH70 Fair point — teams would race differently under every-lap scoring. That's exactly the goal. Right now they ride until points are on the line, then race. Talladega needed a minimum-speed rule to make them go. Score every lap and nobody needs to be told to race.
Ehhhh, disagree. Larson still did jack for the first 70% of the season, then turned it on in the last 10 races. That will never sit well with me, or be anything like what the greatest full season champs did.