The Supercars Points System

How does the Supercars points system work?

The current Supercars points system was introduced in 2008. The scoring was amended after it was felt that the previous system, which only awarded points down to 15th place, prevented too many competitors from getting points on the board. Both Supercars drivers’ championship and teams’ championship titles are now decided through a simple system of point scoring at each race. Here’s how it works over the season…

How are the Supercars Drivers’ Championship Points awarded?

The emphasis is on rewarding race victories, but points are extended to the last place, if, a driver (or drivers) has completed 75% of the race distance and is running at the completion of the final lap, and provided a car has a final lap time within 200% of the race winner’s fastest lap time. Non-finishers will not be awarded points.

Different points scales are assigned to rounds having one, two, three or four races, ensuring a maximum 300 points for a driver winning all races at any one event.

The Supercars Drivers’ Championship is awarded to the driver that has accumulated the most points throughout the season.

What happens if a Supercars race is red flagged and cannot be restarted?

If a race is stopped after more than half the scheduled race distance or duration has been completed by the leading car and cannot be restarted, full race points will be awarded. If a race is stopped before half the scheduled race distance or duration has been completed by the leading car and cannot be restarted, no points will be awarded.

What happens if two drivers have equal points at the end of the championship?
In the event of two (or more) drivers scoring equal points at the end of the season, the driver with the greater number of first places will be deemed the winner. If this should fail to produce a result, then the driver with the greater number of second places will assume the higher place in the series order and so on until the tie is broken.

In 2014, V8 Supercars revised its race formats with just three event formats making up the season’s calendar – the SuperSprint, the SuperStreet and the Enduro Cup – a structure that remains in place in 2018, with the SuperSprint format further broken down to include the International SuperSprint and the SuperNight formats. However, this simplified structure brought with it a variation in how the points are awarded.

How are the points allocated for the SuperStreet rounds?

Adelaide 500, Townsville 400, Newcastle 500
With the return of the Adelaide 500’s twin 250km race format and the introduction of the Newcastle 500 in 2017, all three SuperStreet rounds now comprise of two races with a maximum 150 points on offer in each. For each race 150 points are available to the winner, 12 points over second place, then the graduation is nine points per place to sixth, six points down to 11th and three points thereafter down to 28th.

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FORMAT
SuperStreet	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Race 1 Race 2	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21	18 18	15 15

How are points awarded for the SuperSprint, SuperNight and International SuperSprint rounds?

The SuperSprint format comprises of two races in each round – one 120km race on Saturday and one 200km race on Sunday – with the exception of the Phillip Island Supersprint which is raced over two 250km races, the International SuperSprint event in Auckland which is contested over two 200km races, the Melbourne 400 International SuperSprint event which comprises of two races over 70 laps and two races over 130 laps, and the new-for-2018 Sydney SuperNight 300 which consists of a single 300km race.

Tasmania, Phillip Island, Perth, Winton, Darwin, Ipswich, Tailem Bend, Auckland
Each race nets the race winner 150 points, 12 points over second place, then the graduation is nine points per place to sixth, six points down to 11th and three points thereafter down to 30th. The driver with the best combined results over the two Auckland SuperSprint races is also awarded the coveted Jason Richards Memorial Trophy.

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FORMAT
SuperSprint	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Race 1 Race 2	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21	18 18	15 15

Supercars Melbourne 400 (F1 Australian Grand Prix)
The Supercars Melbourne 400 features four separate races, a pair of 25-lap (130km) races on Friday and Saturday evening and two shorter 13-lap sprint races on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Counting for Championship points for the first time in 2018, points are awarded across the four races, with the highest scoring driver declared the event winner and winner of the Larry Perkins Trophy.

The two 13-lap races reward the race winner 50 points per race, four points over second place, then the graduation is three points per place down to sixth, two points down to 11th and one point there on to 30th. The two 25-lap races reward the race winner with 100 points per race, eight points over second place, then the graduation is six points per place down to sixth, four points down to 11th and two points down to 30th.

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FORMAT
International SuperSprint	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4	100 50 100 50	92 46 92 46	86 43 86 43	80 40 80 40	74 37 74 37	68 34 68 34	64 32 64 32	60 30 60 30	56 28 56 28	52 26 52 26	48 24 48 24	46 23 46 23	44 22 44 22	42 21 42 21	40 20 40 20	38 19 38 19	36 18 36 18	34 17 34 17	32 16 32 16	30 15 30 15	28 14 28 14	26 13 26 13	24 12 24 12	22 11 22 11	20 10 20 10	18 9 18 9	16 8 16 8	14 7 14 7	12 6 12 6	10 5 10 5

Sydney SuperNight 300
The Sydney SuperNight 300 is a 300km Saturday night stand-alone race under lights at Sydney Motorsport Park. The single-race round victor collects 300 points, 24 points over second place. The points are then graduated down the list 18 points between second and sixth, 12 points from seventh to 11th, and then six points from 12th onwards down to 30th.

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FORMAT
SuperNight	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Single Race	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30

How are points given out for the Enduro Cup rounds?

Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000
The Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 points system gives the single-race round winner 300 points, a 24 points advantage over second place. The points are then graduated down the list 18 points between second and sixth, 12 points from seventh to 11th, and then six points from 12th onwards down to 28th.

Gold Coast 600
Each of the two 300km races offer the winner 150 points, 12 points more than second place, then equal graduations of nine points per place to sixth, six points down to 11th and three points thereafter down to 28th.

The highest points scoring Supercars driver and co-driver pairing across over the three endurance events is awarded the PIRTEK Enduro Cup.

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FORMAT
Enduro Cup	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Single Race	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30
Two Races	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21	18 18	15 15

Teams’ Championship Points

Created in 2005, the Teams Championship is decided in the same manner as the Drivers Championship, by simply adding together the points of the team’s drivers.

For scoring purposes, teams with four cars are split and treated as two separate two-car teams. Teams must nominate which cars will be paired together to be counted towards the Team Championship prior to race one. The two-car teams with the highest combined point score from both its cars at the end of the season will be determined the Champion Team.

Three-car teams must nominate which two cars will be counted towards the Team Championship prior to race one. The third car will then be eligible for the Single Car Teams Championship.

What happens if two teams have equal points at the end of the season?
In the event of two or more teams tying for the championship at the end of the season, the team with the greatest number of first places will be deemed to be the winner. If this should fail to produce a result, then the team with the greater number of second places will assume the higher place in the series and so on until the tie is broken.

Manufacturers’ Championship Points

Rather than a point score, the Manufacturers’ title is awarded to the marque that claims the most race wins over the season.