2016 NASCAR Cup Classic Points Standings – Non Chase

2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Classic Points Standings – Non Chase Points

Who would be the 2016 NASCAR Champion as leader of the 2016 NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings without the chase format? We’re taking a look at the 2016 classic NASCAR point standings.

Many NASCAR fans dislike the chase, others love it. As a hypothetical, how would the 2016 NASCAR Championship standings look without the chase? See the NASCAR classic point standings below.

RELATED: 2016 NASCAR Point Standings – Official

The 2016 NASCAR Cup Classic point standings are basically the current points, without the chase. That means a continual points format, without elimination. In this format, a win doesn’t give you +1,000 points.

2016 NASCAR Cup Classic Points Standings - Non Chase - NASCAR Retro Points

The 2016 NASCAR retro point standings below still use the current points structor. Meaning, it’s basically 1 point per position. In the old style, there was a gap points differential between positions. So, it’s not truly the old NASCAR points system. It’s just the current NASCAR standings without the chase.

The NASCAR Chase format basically crowns an alternative champion, in most years prior. NASCAR Non-Chase points are something to look at for curiosities sake. But it’s nothing that will be officially added to the record books, in any way.

The new NASCAR Chase doesn’t at all crown a ‘season champion’ if you look at that term from a traditional sense. However, the Chase re-defines what being a ‘season champion’ is.

Before The Chase drivers were required to finish well while also avoiding accidents. The new Chase requires drivers to run harder and put your car in higher risk situations, in search of the all important win.

Avoiding accidents is far less important, until you reach the short elimination rounds. Drivers must also ‘get hot’ at the correct times. Timing is important when you only have 3 races to get it done and advance to the next round.

I’ll fully admit to having a burning hatred of The Chase, in the beginning. I’ve since grown to like it. As you’ve found this page, I’m certain you likely disagree with me and that’s ok. We can agree that we share a mutual curiosity on what exactly the old points standings would look like. So I created this page for you and I.

I’ve just recently decided that I like the new definition of a ‘season champion’.

 

2016 NASCAR Cup Classic Points Standings Without The Chase Format

Last Update: November 20th, 2016 (Homestead-Miami Speedway)

POS CAR DRIVER POINTS
1 4 KEVIN HARVICK 1160
2 22 JOEY LOGANO 1139
3 18 KYLE BUSCH 1106
4 2 BRAD KESELOWSKI 1089
5 11 DENNY HAMLIN 1087
6 41 KURT BUSCH 1055
7 19 CARL EDWARDS 1008
8 48 JIMMIE JOHNSON 1008
9 20 MATT KENSETH 999
10 78 MARTIN TRUEX JR 993
11 24 CHASE ELLIOTT 967
12 42 KYLE LARSON 933
13 1 JAMIE MCMURRAY 907
14 3 AUSTIN DILLON 902
15 5 KASEY KAHNE 898
16 31 RYAN NEWMAN 895
17 47 AJ ALLMENDINGER 831
18 21 RYAN BLANEY 812
19 17 RICKY STENHOUSE JR 772
20 6 TREVOR BAYNE 762
21 16 GREG BIFFLE 691
22 10 DANICA PATRICK 689
23 27 PAUL MENARD 678
24 14 TONY STEWART 642
25 43 ARIC ALMIROLA 638
26 15 CLINT BOWYER 628
27 13 CASEY MEARS 556
28 34 CHRIS BUESCHER 541
29 38 LANDON CASSILL 530
30 95 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 499
31 44 BRIAN SCOTT 481
32 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR 461
33 23 DAVID RAGAN 455
34 7 REGAN SMITH 453
35 93 MATT DIBENEDETTO 386
36 46 MICHAEL ANNETT 328
37 98 COLE WHITT 276
38 88 JEFF GORDON 218
39 55 REED SORENSON 198
40 30 JOSH WISE 168
41 83 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 159
42 14 BRIAN VICKERS 86
43 32 BOBBY LABONTE 86
44 35 DAVID GILLILAND 46
45 55 MICHAEL WALTRIP 42
46 32 BORIS SAID 17
47 32 PATRICK CARPENTIER 11
48 30 GRAY GAULDING 7
49 32 EDDIE MACDONALD 5
50 55 ALEX KENNEDY 5
51 26 ROBERT RICHARDSON 3
52 88 ALEX BOWMAN 0
53 95 TY DILLON 0
54 83 DYLAN LUPTON 0
55 99 RYAN REED 0
56 32 JEB BURTON 0
57 32 JOEY GASE 0
58 93 RYAN ELLIS 0
59 98 TIMMY HILL 0
60 55 CODY WARE 0

 

2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Photos

 

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Photo Credit: Michael Reaves/Jeff Curry/Jonathan Ferrey/Jeff Zelevansky/Sean Gardner/NASCAR via Getty Images

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