How are points awarded in the new SRX stock car series?

SRX got the inaugural six-race 2021 season underway on Saturday night at Stafford Speedway. How are points awarded in these new events?

The Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) stock car series saw its first race run on Saturday night at Stafford Speedway, and it was local driver Doug Coby, a six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, who took the checkered flag.

Coby led 80 of the 100 laps around the four-turn, 0.5-mile (0.805-kilometer) oval in Stafford Springs, Connecticut behind the wheel of his #10 car ahead of Greg Biffle in second place and Tony Stewart in third.

One race into the inaugural six-race season, Coby leads the point standings with 44 points ahead of Stewart with 36 and Biffle with 35.

But just how are points awarded in these races?

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Interestingly, Coby and Biffle are the two non-full-time drivers who competed in this 12-car race, making Stewart the leader among the 10 full-time drivers (he leads Biffle anyway based on the point system, despite finishing one spot lower in the feature race).

Coby isn’t scheduled to return to the series this year while Biffle is set to make his only other start of the season in the season’s penultimate race at Slinger Speedway on Saturday, July 10.

There are two 15-minute heat races ahead of the 100-lap main event. Points are awarded after the heat races as well as after the main event.

After the first heat race, points are awarded, and the field is inverted to set the starting lineup for the second. Points are awarded in the same manner after the second (see below).

• 1st place – 12 points
• 2nd place – 11 points
• 3rd place – 10 points
• 4th place – 9 points
• 5th place – 8 points
• 6th place – 7 points
• 7th place – 6 points
• 8th place – 5 points
• 9th place – 4 points
• 10th place – 3 points
• 11th place – 2 points
• 12th place – 1 point

The results of the second heat race set the starting lineup for the 100-lap main event, and after those 100 laps (or more, depending on whether or not there are attempt(s) at a green-white-checkered finish), more points are awarded.

Except for the win, which pays 25 points, the point totals from the heat races are doubled for each position in the main event (see below).

• 1st place – 25 points
• 2nd place – 22 points
• 3rd place – 20 points
• 4th place – 18 points
• 5th place – 16 points
• 6th place – 14 points
• 7th place – 12 points
• 8th place – 10 points
• 9th place – 8 points
• 10th place – 6 points
• 11th place – 4 points
• 12th place – 2 points

Here are the results from Saturday night’s first heat race.

• 1st place – Greg Biffle
• 2nd place – Bobby Labonte
• 3rd place – Helio Castroneves
• 4th place – Ernie Francis Jr.
• 5th place – Tony Kanaan
• 6th place – Doug Coby
• 7th place – Tony Stewart
• 8th place – Marco Andretti
• 9th place – Bill Elliott
• 10th place – Michael Waltrip
• 11th place – Willy T. Ribbs
• 12th place – Paul Tracy

Here are the results from Saturday night’s second heat race.

• 1st place – Doug Coby
• 2nd place – Michael Waltrip
• 3rd place – Tony Stewart
• 4th place – Bill Elliott
• 5th place – Ernie Francis Jr.
• 6th place – Paul Tracy
• 7th place – Tony Kanaan
• 8th place – Bobby Labonte
• 9th place – Marco Andretti
• 10th place – Willy T. Ribbs
• 11th place – Helio Castroneves
• 12th place – Greg Biffle

Here are the results from Saturday’s 100-lap feature.

• 1st place – Doug Coby
• 2nd place – Greg Biffle
• 3rd place – Tony Stewart
• 4th place – Helio Castroneves
• 5th place – Bobby Labonte
• 6th place – Ernie Francis Jr.
• 7th place – Tony Kanaan
• 8th place – Willy T. Ribbs
• 9th place – Paul Tracy
• 10th place – Marco Andretti
• 11th place – Michael Waltrip
• 12th place – Bill Elliott

Finally, based on these results, here is how the standings look after the inaugural event.

• 1st place – Doug Coby, 44 points (0)
• 2nd place – Tony Stewart, 36 points (-8)
• 3rd place – Greg Biffle, 35 points (-9)
• 4th place – Bobby Labonte, 32 points (-12)
• 5th place – Ernie Francis Jr., 31 points (-13)
• 6th place – Helio Castroneves, 30 points (-14)
• 7th place – Tony Kanaan, 26 points (-18)
• 8th place – Michael Waltrip, 18 points (-26)
• 9th place – Paul Tracy, 16 points (-28)
• 10th place – Willy T. Ribbs, 15 points (-29)
• 11th place – Marco Andretti, 15 points (-29)
• 12th place – Bill Elliott, 15 points (-29)

The second race on the 2021 SRX schedule is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 19. This race is set to be broadcast live on CBS from Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET.