This is the basis of the point system that NOVAR uses since 2012.
1st:42
2nd:41
3rd:40
4th:39
5th:38
6th:37
7th:36
8th:35
9th:34
10th:33
11th:32
12th:31
13th:30
14th:29
15th:28
16th:27
17th:26
18th:25
19th:24
20th:23
21st:22
22nd:21
23rd:20
24th:19
25th:18
26th:17
27th:16
28th:15
29th:14
30th:13
31st:12
32nd:11
33rd:10
34th:9
35th:8
36th:7
37th:6
38th:5
39th:4
40th:3
41st:2
42nd:1
Lap Lead: 1
Most Laps Lead : 1
Pole Sitter: 1
Hard Charger: 1
A Driver can a get a max of 45 points in a race..
The system is varied by divison.
NVCS and GS use full 42 grid slots
NGSTS use 40 grid slots (40-1 counting 40 positions)[max of 43 points]
Razor Aero uses 35 grid slots (35-1 counting 35 positions)[max of 38 points]
Kelloggs Series, Canadian Cup, and Mexican Series uses 30 grid slots (30-1 counting 30 positions)[max of 33 points]
Most of the regionals except for Dirt Tour use 25 grid slots (25-1 counting 25 positions) [max of 28 points]
Dirt Tour, and European Tour use 20 grid slots (20-1 counting 20 positions) [max of 23 points]