Re: FAQ (Paxton Points)

He would have been if he hadn't had so many awful finishes. he failed to
finish 7 races. 11 times he finished outside the top 20. 7 of those times he
was outside the top 30.

Tell me this. if he'd only run 10 races for the year and won 8 of the 10
races. but failed to even run the other 26 races, would you still be saying
he should be higher in the points?

The fact of the matter is, he finished 6th in average finishing position for
the year too. The top 10 drivers based on average finish are...

Matt Kenseth        10.25        with 2 DNFs
Jimmie Johnson        11.39        with 3 DNFs
Kevin Harvick        12.33        with NO DNFs
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.        12.72        with 4 DNFs
Jeff Gordon        12.92        with 5 DNFs
Ryan Newman        13.93        with 7 DNFs
Tony Stewart        14.58        with 5 DNFs
Bill Elliot        16.06        with 2 DNFs
Bobby Labonte        16.14        with 5 DNFs
Terry Labonte        16.69        with 1 DNF

Now if you'll notice Ryan had more DNFs than any other person in the top 10.
that's one of the reason he couldn't get higher in the points. Matt Kenseth
finished 5 more races than Ryan Newman did. Shoot, Kevin Harvick finished
SEVEN more races than Ryan Newman did.

So yes. I think Ryan Newman deserves a lot of respect and praise for winning
8 races. but no, I do not think he was the champion this year. The ONLY area
where he was best was in the number of wins. average finish he was 6th in
the top 10, most DNFs he was LAST in the top 10, basically Matt Kenseth beat
him in every area EXCEPT most wins.

just my opinion.

Michael

"J Haag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:54:11 +0000 (UTC), Bob Paxton wrote:
> <snip>
> > Say what you will about consistency, but I find it unconsionable that
> > anyone can win a championship with just one win in 36 races while the
> > guy with eight wins finishes SIXTH for crying out loud.
>
> That is what I have an issue with. Not so much that Newman didn't win
> the championship, but that he was a distant *sixth*. When the guy that
> wins the championship only has one win, the guy with eight wins should
> at least be somewhat close in points.
>