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So how do teams competing in NASCAR accrue Owners Points?
First, Owner Points equal to that of the driver points for that finishing position are awarded to owners at the finish of each race.
But of the cars that don’t make the field for the race, they still get owners points.
All teams (cars) that pass inspection and get on the track to make a qualifying run gets points.
The points are handed out, starting with the fastest car that failed to qualify, down to the slowest car that attempted to qualify.
It’s these points a type of priority for actually obtaining qualifying spots, if necessary. Not to mention, this might explain the basis for some of those Start and Parks we see every race.
And of course, owners points are pretty important, because the top-35 in the owners points standings are guaranteed a spot in the next race. Or in the case of the beginning of the year, the top-35 cars in the owners points from the last race of the previous season are guaranteed spots in the first 5 races of the next year.
Now ya know!
