The Knoxville Nationals Grimes Points System (Was created by promoter P. Ray Grimes)
Time Trials: 1st 200 points, 2nd 198, 3rd 196, and drops 2 points per position.
Heat Races: 1st 100, 2nd 97, 3rd 94, and drops 3 points per position.
A-Main: (same as time trials) 24th 154 points.
B-Main: 5th place 142, 6th 140, dropping 2 points per position
The qualifying night heat races are lined up by time trials with 6 cars inverted in the 360 nationals and 8 cars inverted in the 410 nationals. So quick time falls into heat 1 in the 6th position, 2nd quick is in heat 2 in the 6th position, etc.
Heat race finishing position 1-4 transfer to the A-main, positions 5-8 go the B main, 9-10 to the C main.
The C and B mains are lined up by time trials with no invert, so the fastest car in the B main starts on the pole.
The A main has a invert of 8. So the fastest car transferring from the heat races will start 8th, second quickest in 7th…. 8th fastest of the cars transferring from the heats is on the pole. 9th fastest starts 9th, etc. All heats and mains are lined up according to your qualifying time.
At then end of the night the points are added up. So quick time in qualifying earns the same amount of points as winning the A-Main (200) and a perfect score is 500.
After both qualifying nights the points are combined and the top cars are locked in and lined up by point totals. Make sense?
This system has been used for long long time, and it works.
Every position matters in every event. No settling for a transfer spot in the heat race, you have to keep racing to earn more points. And qualifying is a huge part of the format as it's just as important as the feature, and determines the lineup of everything. And you don't get your time spot back if you transfer to the A main. You tag the tail. There are no extra passing points.
The top 16 over all from Wednesday and Thursday points are locked in for Saturday's A-Main. Position 17-26 points have the option to start up front in the Saturday B-Main or hit the reset button and race Friday night. Positions 17-20 of the Saturday A-Main are made up of the top four finishers on Friday night's feature. Friday night feature finishers 5-14 make up the last five rows of the B-Main Saturday, and as they finish on Friday from there is where you start in the C, D, and E on Saturday.
KNOXVILLE NATIONALS POINTS SYSTEM
A-Main and Time Trials: 1-200, 2-198, 3-196, 4-194, 5-192, 6-190, 7-188, 8-186, 9-184, 10-182, 11-180, 12-178, 13-176, 14-174, 15-172, 16-170, 17-168, 18-166, 19-164, 20-162...
Heats: 1-100, 2-97, 3-94, 4-91, 5-88, 6-85, 7-82, 8-79, 9-76, 10-73
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