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Thread: 1975 FIA Cup Championship
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17th September 2010, 08:34 #1
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1975 FIA Cup Championship
In 1975, Richard Petty won 13 races enroute to his then record 6th Championship in real life, beating 2nd place Dave Marcis by 722 points using the Latford points system.
His arch-nemisis, the "Silver Fox" David Pearson only raced in 21 of the 30 races that year, and finished 14th in the standings in real life. Lets see how the season shakes out using the FIA points system:
Code:001 Richard Petty..........478 002 David Pearson..........243 003 Dave Marcis............232 004 Buddy Baker............226 005 Cale Yarbrough.........220 006 Benny Parsons..........214 007 Darrell Waltrip........185 008 Bobby Allison..........178 009 Dick Brooks............138 010 Cecil Gordon...........117 __________________________ 011 Lennie Pond............103 t12 Coo Coo Marlin.........078 t12 James Hylton...........078 014 Richard Childress......071 015 Bruce Hill.............062
The Bud Pole award winner of this group would have been David Pearson, with 7 poles.
to Richard Petty, Both the 1975 Winston Cup, and 1975 FIA Cup Champion!#4 2014 Sprint Cup Champion, 2007 Daytona 500,2003 Brickyard 400,2x Coke 600,2014 Southern 500 Champ: 962 starts,90 wins, 345 T5s, 544 T10s, 44 poles, 2x NNS champ
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17th September 2010, 20:23 #2
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The previous year, David Pearson was third in real life running only 19 of 30 races. Latfords system was designed to encourage people to run the full schedule, and it was the first time all of the races paid points equally.
It's interesting to do these scenarios. Sometimes it changes results, sometimes it doesn't.¿Quién es el que anda aquí?
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