I'll admit I have not been paying very close attention
this year, and forgotten a lot of what I once knew,
but after reading the posts re: Mike Wallace
(start & park), I went and found
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009/data/standings_official.html

I see what seems to me interesting:
40th place, Brad Keselowski, 787 points, 7 starts, 1 win,
3 top 10s, $988,784
Just seems that of 7 starts, getting 3 finishes in top ten = good!

Meanwhile, at what place is a person an automatic qualifier?
(recalling it around #33, 35 or 37??)

How in the world did
P.J. Jones get one start, & $72,490,
but zero points?

In article " <a425couple (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:


He did not register until after the deadline...

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Dan

I got a new Matco tool box for my wife.
Best trade I ever made...

"a425couple" <a425couple (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in
news:h5hd1o01uue (AT) news6 (DOT) newsguy.com:

Keselowski runs a Hendrick car...while I think he's a talented
driver, the results say more for the Hendrick cars than for his
skill (and before anyone says "sometimes Keselowski drives for
Phoenix/James Finch", those are Hendrick cars when they're Chevies.
When they come out of the Phoenix shop, they're Dodges).

If I understand the question correctly, 35th in owners points.

As Dan said, the car was entered after the deadline. This, I
think, is a fairly new rule (last few years), it seems to me that
cars used to get points based on finishing position regardless
of how late they entered. And I really can't see the point of
the rule (it's particularly silly considering a car which fails
to qualify can get points).

John

"John McCoy" <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote

Regardless of where the equipment is coming from, BK has run very well
considering his level of experience in Cup. He's certainly performed far
better than a certain very, very popular driver with similar equipment.

Keselowski is such a nice, southern name, dontcha think? 8^)

a425couple wrote:

Automatic qualifier for what?
For each race, it's the top 35, but in owner points, not driver
points.
(Do they still award owner points for non-qualifiers? I think it's
31, 28, 25, on down for the non-qualifiers.)

-- Don

In article Don Del Grande <del_grande_news (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote:

Yes. Down to one point.

Chuck Steak wrote:

When was the last time a race had at least 54 entries?

-- Don

"Don Del Grande" <del_grande_news (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote

The 2009 Daytona 500 had 56 cars complete qualifying.

"John McCoy" <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote ...
Thank you, everyone. For all answers.
Took me a bit to figure out what you said/implied.
OK, P.J.J. did start, and actually finish (somewhere),
but due to late 'entry', was not elgible to get points. OK.

"a425couple" <a425couple (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Any time you see "PE" for race points, that stands for "Post Entry" and
means the race entry was received after the deadline. I believe the deadline
is 13 days prior to the event, but that is just off the top of my head, so
don't quote me on that unless i am right. 8^)