A very good friend of mine submitted a new points system proposal to NASCAR a few years ago. It used a complex formula calculating per race: Finishing position, Money won in event,Laps led, Number of passes completed,Number of cars on lead lap at end of race, Number of cars attempting to Qualify for race and most interesting to me number of Sold Tickets to event.
NASCAR actualy showed some interest until they used it in a comparison to previous years results and realized that Jeff Gordon would never have won a Championship under this system...........it was immediately rejected.

Kinda true story