How NASCAR Points are awarded

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The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series stars race every week towards the year-end championship. But how do they determine who the Champion is at the end of the year?

Every race on the schedule is worth the same amount of NASCAR points (except the Budweiser Shootout and the NEXTEL All-Star race in Charlotte which are not worth any points at all). Winning the Daytona 500 scores exactly the same number of points that winning in Watkins Glen does. This is why it is so important for the racers to run hard every week, there are no "unimportant" races during the season.

After every race points are assigned per the table at the bottom of this page.