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If a track or series is going to use passing points, why not eliminate the fractions? Instead of trying to keep track of the goofy 55, 52, 49, etc./1.5 pts. for each car passed, why not go to whole numbers, while keeping the weights the same? Make it a two point drop for each position drop from 1st, and give drivers one point for each car passed? The weights are exactly the same as they are now, but now you've eliminated the complication of the fractions.

Here's a system I would propose: 1.) 20
2.) 18
3.) 16
4.) 14
5.) 12
6.) 10
7.) 8
8.) 6
9.) 4
10.) 2

Each car passed=1 point.

Let's just look at how much simpler this system works. Under the customary 55, 52, etc. system used right now, a driver who starts 4th and finishes 3rd gets 49 pts. for their finish, and 1.5 pts. to total 50.5 pts. Under the system I've proposed, that same driver gets 16 pts. for their finish, plus one point for one pass. So they would finish with 17 pts, a whole number. And if your math is right, the drivers' standings will come out exactly the same everytime, no matter which system you elect to use. Only the actual numbers will change.