After much consideration and input from drivers and teams we have designed a new championship point system for the Santa Maria Speedway local championships. This new system will apply to the Late Models, Super Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Mini Stocks, American Stocks and the Mini Dwarfs for the Santa Maria Speedway Championships.

This new system addresses some of the concerns that were pointed out to us by the race teams at the various drivers meetings that took place earlier this year.

The biggest change is probably the addition of bonus points for the top three finishers in each heat. This will add to the importance of a heat win and ease the affect of an invert for the Main Event start.

The change in Main event points is designed to keep the championship in play even if a racer misses one race. With the previous system, if a racer missed one race it effectively took them out of the championship. This was a common concern communicated to us from the drivers. We spent some time with a calculator going over different scenarios and feel this new system will keep the championship chase competitive. There is also a 3-point spread between 1st and 2nd to reward a Main Event victory.

There are still qualifier points to any driver that completes one competitive lap in qualifying or a heat race, but does not make the main event.

This point system will be in affect for the 2013 Championships.

Main Events

1st         45
2nd        42
3rd         41
4th         40
5th         39
6th         38
7th         37
8th         36
9th         35
10th       34
11th       33
12th       32
13th       31
14th       30
15th       29
16th       28
17th       27
18th       26
19th       25
20th       24
21st       23
22nd      22
23rd       21
24th       20


Heat Races

1st             5 points
2nd            3 points
3rd             1 point


2.      Any racecar that completes one full competitive lap in a heat race or qualifying but does not start the main event will receive 15 qualifier points.

3.      Any Top-3 Heat finishers that qualify for main event but DNS in main event will receive heat race points and the 15 qualifier points.

4.      Any Driver change after qualifying or heat race must start at back of main event. If there is a driver change that has not been reported to race officials then NO POINTS will be awarded for that race night. You must report a driver change to track officials!

5.      Any racecar or driver DQ’d for any reason will receive NO POINTS!

6.      In the event there is a tie for championship points at the end of the season, the driver with the most wins will be declared the Champion. For ties in number of wins, most seconds. If still tied, most thirds, and so on until a champion is declared.

7.      Drivers must have a current track membership to be eligible to receive points and championship awards.