Controversial Indy 500 rule scrapped

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IndyCar has announced that it volition nary longer grant treble points astatine the Indianapolis 500.

It volition beryllium invited quality among drivers, who person agelong bemoaned the arguable rule.

From 2014 to 2022, the victor of the contention was awarded 100 points alternatively than the 50 connected connection astatine each different race.

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Despite the information that nary Indianapolis 500 victor implicit that play went connected to triumph the title, those who didn't fare truthful good successful the contention spent the remainder of the play playing drawback up.

In 2022, Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin failed to decorativeness the contention aft helium crashed retired of 11th place, yet classified 29th.

Had helium finished successful 11th helium could person ended the play successful 2nd overall.

In 2021, McLaughlin's teammate Josef Newgarden would person beaten Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou to the rubric connected a tiebreak if not for treble points.

In a statement, IndyCar said determination was a feeling that the regularisation had overly penalised full-time teams that performed poorly successful the 200-lapper.

"For 17 consecutive seasons, the IndyCar Series title has been decided successful the last contention of the season," said IndyCar Series president Jay Frye.

"While treble points astatine the Indianapolis 500 has not altered who won the season-long championship, occasionally it has had a antagonistic effect connected the last presumption of the full-time teams.

"As our introduction database grows, this determination volition supply consistency for teams competing for title positions portion not diminishing the value of 'The Greatest Spectacle successful Racing.'"

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Points volition inactive beryllium awarded successful qualifying astatine the Indianapolis 500 for archetypal done to 12th.

That strategy volition stay unchanged, with rod presumption earning 12 points down to 1 constituent for 12th.

One constituent is awarded for starring a thigh of the contention portion 2 points are fixed to who leads the astir laps.

Under the caller rules, the largest spread that tin beryllium created from archetypal to past is 60 points (65 versus five)rather than 105 (115 versus 10).

This year's Indianapolis 500 takes spot connected May 27.

The IndyCar Series gets underway with its play opener connected March 6 connected the streets of St Petersburg.

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