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Congratulations to your
2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Champion...
JIMMIE JOHNSON
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| JJ celebrates a win at Darlington, and what should be his first championship |
What?!? That's right... according to the Karnubawax point system this year's champ is Jimmie Johnson! JJ sewed up the title
at Darlington, putting the rest of the field farther than 24 points back - the maximum points possible per race.
Coming in second was Hendrick teammate Jeff Gordon. Rounding out the podium was Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jimmie Johnson had a stellar season and more than deserved to win this year's title. Of course, this is NASCAR... where
the best man doesn't always win. The problems with NASCAR's "mediocrity rules" system are now pretty evident.
Go ahead... I DARE you to argue that Busch deserved the title over Jimmie! Only in NASCAR does a guy with 3 wins and 10 top-5's
beat out a guy with 8 WINS and 20 TOP-5's!
NASCAR wanted to create drama with The Chase, and they certainly did. But what is drama without justice? Answer: a bad
soap opera. JJ was robbed - plain and simple. The record books will list Busch as the winner, but we all know who really
won.
The Karnubawax Top 10
1. Jimmie Johnson - 344
2. Jeff Gordon - 311
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 297
4. Kurt Busch - 274
5. Mark Martin - 269
6. Ryan Newman - 265
7. Tony Stewart - 261
8. Kasey Kahne - 258
9. Matt Kenseth - 240
10. Elliot Sadler - 223
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2004 Final Standings
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Davey Karnuba's
"Best of all Worlds"
point system
DRIVER
1. JJ - 344********
2. Jeffie-poo - 311*****
3. June Bug - 297******
4. Babyface - 274***
5. Markie Mark - 269*
6. Hellooo Newman - 265**
7. Home Despot - 261**
8. 2nd place Kase - 258
9. Matty - 240**
10. Mr. Baloney Burger - 223**
11. Jamie Mac - 149
12. Octane 93 lover - 113*
13. Dale who? - 95
14. Bobby Lab - 90
15. Ratface Harvick - 81
16. Biffle Boy - 80**
17. Joltin' Joe - 74*
18. Rusty Walrus - 74*
19. The other Casey - 53
20. The Brass Bullet - 49
21. Urban Burton - 48
22. Come on, Mikey... - 45
23. Terry the Tiger - 39
24. Rotten Robby - 39
25. Ruddy Doze - 35
26. Not Gaughan yet - 28
27. Scott, the new cat - 25
28. Vickers Vapo-rub - 25
29. Scotty Nesquik - 21
30. Not easy bein' Green - 14
31. Oh my God, it's Kenny! - 13
32. Where's Ward? - 12
33. That's right, Kyle Petty - 10
34. Ricky Waaaaah! - 4
35. Uncle Jasper - 4
36. The Elephant - 3
37. AOL's dropped line - 2
38. Super Mario Nephew - 2
These are the only
regular series drivers
with points this season.
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NASCAR' s crappy
"Mediocrity Rules"
point system
DRIVER
(position difference from Karnuba system)
1. Kurt Busch (+3)
2. Jimmie Johnson (-1)
3. Jeff Gordon (-1)
4. Mark Martin (+1)
5. Dale Earnhart Jr. (-2)
6. Tony Stewart (+1)
7. Ryan Newman (-1)
9. Matt Kenseth (+1)
8. Elliott Sadler (+1)
10. Jeremy Mayfield (+2)
11. Jamie McMurray (=)
12. Bobby Labonte (+2)
13. Kasey Kahne (-5)
14. Kevin Harvick (+1)
15. Dale Jarrett (-2)
16. Rusty Wallace (+2)
17. Greg Biffle (-1)
18. Jeff Burton (+3)
19. Joe Nemechek (-2)
20. Michael Waltrip (+2)
21. Sterling Marlin (-1)
22. Casey Mears (-3)
23. Robby Gordon (+1)
24. Ricky Rudd (+1)
25. Brian Vickers (+3)
26. Terry Labonte (-3)
27. Scott Wimmer (=)
28. Brendan Gaughan (-2)
29. Scott Riggs (=)
30. Jeff Green (=)
31. Kenny Shrader (=)
32. Ward Burton (=)
33. Kyle Petty (=)
34. Ricky Craven (=)
35. Jimmy Spencer (+1)
36. Johnny Sauter (+1)
37. Dave Blaney (-2)
38. Derrick Cope (NC)
39. Todd Bodine (NC)
40. Morgan Shepherd (NC)
41. Kevin LePage (NC)
42. Kirk Shelmerdine (NC)
based on a minimum of 19 starts
But what does it all mean?
Drivers with (+) are overrated
Drivers with (-) are underrated
Want to make something of it?
MOST UNDERRATED DRIVERS
Kasey Kahne (-5)
Casey Mears (-3)
Dale Jr., Jarrett, Nemechek, Gaughan, Blaney (-2)
MOST OVERRATED DRIVERS
Kurt Busch, Jeff Burton, Brian Vickers (+3)
Waltrip, Mayfield, B. Labonte, R. Wallace (+2)
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My "Best of all worlds" point system owes more to the Formula 1 system, spread out a bit to account for a 43-car
field. The points are alotted as follows...
1st place = 20 pts.
2nd place = 15 pts.
3rd place = 10 pts.
4th place = 8 pts
5th place = 7 pts
6th place = 6 pts
7th place = 5 pts
8th place = 4 pts
9th place = 3 pts
10th place = 2 pts
All others finishing on lead lap = 1 pt
The only other points available are
pole position = 2 pts.
most laps led = 2 pts.
In the event that qualifying is rained out, no poins are awarded for the pole.
In the event of a points tie, the driver with the most wins gets the spot. Wins are denoted with an *
THE CHASE...
For the Chase to the Cup, my top 10 drivers had their points reset, with the 10th place driver starting at 200, and going
up 5 points per spot. As you can see, it is possible for a chase driver to actually finish the season out of the top 10!
Of course, for that to happen, somebody out of the top 10 would have to do EXCEPTIONALLY well!
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