"On Monday, NASCAR president Steve O'Donnell, sitting alongside hall of famers Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr., announced a long-anticipated overhaul of the manner in which stock car racing's top series will determine its champion. There will still be a 26-race "regular season," and after that final event, the 16 top drivers in the points standings will still be separated from the rest to begin a ten-race postseason that will crown a champion."
"But gone is win-and-in, when a racer was essentially guaranteed a postseason berth just by winning one race. Gone are elimination rounds. Gone is any official "stick-and-ball" style bracket. Gone are playoff points and what had become an over-abundance of additional math. The only arithmetic required now is to add up points earned during races (winners now receive 55 points versus 40, and stage points still exist)."
NASCAR implemented a format change preserving a 26-race regular season and a ten-race postseason for the top 16 drivers while removing win-and-in automatic berths, elimination rounds, bracket structures, playoff points, and other added scoring complexities. Winners now earn 55 points (up from 40) and stage points remain in effect. The season champion will be the driver with the most accumulated points when the final race concludes at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November. Several veteran figures and current drivers framed the change as a return to rewarding season-long consistency rather than a single-race roulette outcome.
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