How to Do It

1. Go to the NASCAR homepage, at http://www.nascar.com/ 

2. Look for the 2002point standings. Go to : http://www.nascar.com/races/wc/2002/data/standings_official.html for this and other years' standings, as well.

3. In that area, you will see the complete standings information. You don't need it all.

4. So, your list would actually look like this:

5. This information must be used carefully and correctly. Follow this procedure:

    a. take the driver's points and divide that number by his number of starts.

Sample: Stewart - 4800 / 36 = 133.33

    b. take the driver's wins and multiply that by 10.

Sample: Stewart - 3 x 10 = 30

    c. take the driver's top 5 finishes and multiply that by 2.

Sample: Stewart - 15 x 2 = 30

    d. take the driver's average [from step a.], the driver's wins number [from step b.], the driver's top 5 points [from step c], and add them together, with his top 10 number.

Sample: Stewart 133.33 + 30 + 30 + 21 = 214.33

    e. take the driver's total from step c, and add that by his total starts.

Sample : Stewart 214.33 + 36 = 250.33

 6. This will be the driver's rating number. It will be used to compare it to the other drivers you are considering. Remember, the top 10 drivers or so will not be available for your team. So, you probably ought to start with whomever is in 11th place or rank in the standings.

    If you know of a driver who is not in the 2002 standings, or he only raced a few times, you might want to do his rating number from the 2003 standings instead.

http://www.nascar.com/races/wc/2003/data/standings_official.html

7. I suggest your final list might look like this:

8. Based on this work, you would have to pick either Tony Stewart or Kurt Busch. Of course, remember that the top 10 guys aren't available.

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