Sorry John but Compton's "Competitive Welfare Points" system probably won't bleed into the real world such as our little game.

However, if such an option is being considered only Bernstein will be consulted prior to being imposed on the competitors. If you buy me lunch in Pomona, you can have all my points? Heck, I'll even buy lunch!

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I was wondering if anyone else got that feeling.
New team. Probably slow start. With any luck, in top 8 after 17 and running better............hmmmmm

Well I was going to wait but since people have already started asking about next years points for the game I figure I should set everybody straight before the rumors get going to wild. I already had the national enquirer here this morning...although that could be due to a separate incident. Anyway.

I am please to announce starting next season I to will be having a journey to quest for the cup of championshipism. Its actually pretty simple. After the first 12 races we take away all your points, after 5 more we divide what we took away by 23, add 2 points for every point you won plus 3 points for every point we took away. For the next 3 races we'll go old school straight point system. At Indy points will be tripled, however for every first round loser you lose 100 points. From there we will take the top 97.29% of the field and they will really start the chasing journey to the great beyond cup of the quest. After 4 races we divide everyones points by zero. We feel that this will really tighten up the field. If it doesn't work then we will do that again after the 22nd race. To top if off we're not gonna keep track of points at the last race. So if you've done the math correctly than that means that you will be the 2007 champion of this game.....in a massive tie with everyone else. Of ocurse I'll give you a bonus point for actually reading through this



Here they are the new and improved updated standings. I need to borrow a parachute and fast. I've gone from first to 16, whats even worse is Bobk might actually catch me.. I'll never hear the end of it.


1 Todd Bade 271
2 Vincent Carmichael 265
3 Big Zappy 264
4 Paul Miller 259
5 Tim Connolly 256
6 Justin League 254
7 Frank Veloz 253
. Sue Nichols 253
9 Scott Bessee 252
. Brian Okeefe 252
11 Mark Glading 246
. Alan Peck 246
13 Dan Lynch 245
14 John Rogers 244
15 Tony Rieck 243
16 PJ 241
. Chirs Schoen 241
18 Brent Friar 238
19 Doug Wright 237
20 Bob Kushon 234
21 Alan loder 232
22 Roger Hammom 231
23 Amanda Smith 230
24 Bob Webb 228
25 Jer Weaver 225
. Terry Mayhew 225
27 Mark Bell 224
28 Mark Rohwein 221
29 Greg Rice 220
30 Mel Smith 218
31 Mike Veskovich 215
32 Rick Hildebrand 213
33 Mike Larson 210
. Lady Linda 210
35 Lance Peltier 205
36 Barry Feyh 204
37 Joe Fuchita 200
38 Kellee Bradley 197
. Ron Holter 197
40 Brian Papallo 194
41 Mike Omalley 192
. Jenn Jaramillo 192
43 Don Richerson 187
44 RacerForChrist 159
45 Martin Thomas 157
. Tom Hynd 157
47 Christopher 156
. Jim Young 156
49 tfx5002002 152
50 Scott C 152
51 Greg Green 146
52 dct 137
53 Dale Johnson 135
54 Rowdy 133
55 Bobby Miler 127
56 T/D 402Y 126
57 Jim Tiggelaar 125
58 MoPro#1 123
. TimmyD 123
60 Karl Stalcup 121
61 techrat 77 116
62 Joyce Welsh 114
63 Jeremy Farmer 110
. Dave Labs 110
65 Earl Kendall 106
66 David Gawboy 105
67 Gordon Carlon 92
68 nick9597 89
. 714racer 89
70 MrLucky 86
. Bob Pellegrini 86
72 Tim Donnelly 85
73 Pbre 79
74 Norcalsully 77
. Billy Gebhart 77
76 Chris Degidio 75
77 Ray Ghio Jr 74
78 Dalton Blevins 71
79 Michele Martindale 69
. John Panuzzo 69
81 Jared Brouwer 67
82 Anthony Williams 58
83 Teri Sewell 55
84 Ken Rau 52
85 Spinwithagrin 51
86 Erica Ortiz 49
. CatWoman 49
88 David Tolley 43
89 JC Mayes 42
90 TooTall 41
. Kris Hill 41
. John Wulff 41
93 th38 36
94 John Foard 34
95 Mike Lovely 33
96 Nenitro 31
97 Jim Jannard 30
98 Engineczar 28
. Angie Hawkins 28
100 bfe50391 27
101 Howard Levine 26
. Richard Haymaker 26
. tf330fan 26
. nitromaniac1 26
. Devallion Piper 26
106 Jay Smith 22
107 Sketch 18
. nhra army fan 18
. 4spdss 18
. Dave Murphy 18
111 mach9 17
. F/C503 17
. Duckman679 17
. Vegasnitro 17
115 Woodnut 16
. Dr Flames 16
. nascarfan1987 16
118 gmtech 15
. Paul Berglund 15
120 aafunnycar 14
121 Steve Bullard 13
122 Shan Ochoa 13
123 RiverQueen 12
. Steve Gonzales 12
. bighurt494 12
126 golfng8tr 11
. Rick Gideon 11
128 Greenskeeper 10
129 Clark 9
. Michael Anderson 9
. Mark Jones 9
. ch3no2 theory 9
133 Boss358c 7
134 Kenr 7
135 ThaDogg 6
136 John Geltink 5

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Rats!!! I missed it by one point.... AGAIN.

Congrats to John Rogers....Nice job on your picks!!

Thanks PJ! Congrats to the Indy Champion!

oh just in case someone took me seriously (hasn't happened yet in my 31 years but I suppose its bound to eventually) the points thing was a joke, ya know kinda like the one nhra plans on using

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Dang, I was counting on that point for reading it.

Dang PJ.... I was just tracking my points under the new system....

Congrats Mr. Rogers on this weeks win....

And Yay me, I'm up to 60th... now if I can just average 16 a race, I'll break 200 by the end of the season...

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I'm kinda counting on the new points system for the following vitally important reasons:
* I'm really crappy at guessing these winners
* I forgot to enter a number of races
* I don't have enough points to win on my own
* I've had just enough luck to be in the race when the "points welfare" kicks in
* That alone will give me the winner's hard earned points
* The system will give me a fresh start by the time I can tell who would have won to make more educated guesses when they count the very most.
* I'll have an excellent chance at winning it all under the new system
* If you don't make the change, I'll be forced to live with what I earn?
* That will make me average at best and that's just not fair at all!

Make the change and save me from mediocrity.

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OK I've got it figured out.. there are 136 people in the points contest...If we take everyone's point total & add it up then divide by 136 everyone will be tied after the last race... so far so good...

Then if we pick the guy/girl who has the best looking "Red Leather Pants" on their Avatar and make him the winner the problem will be solved

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Very cool..thanks everyone! This made Indy even better....if that was possible. It's been a rough year for me and Pick the winners....especially when I missed a race on vacation...but with the new points system I might have a shot next year....

Thanks!!!

Congrats John, Indy was the race that we all really wanted. Now you're the MAN!

Congrats to Brian on a runner up performance too. I know you've been runner before, but it's better than 3rd on down atleast.

Under the new system, shouldn't we be provided with red leather pants?

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