NASCAR World Series
| NASCAR World Series | |
|---|---|
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| Category | Stock Car |
| Country/Region | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | NASCAR |
| Inaugural Season | 2015 |
| Records | |
| Driver's Champion |  Marcos Ambrose
|
| Team's Champion |  #81 Chip Ganassi Racing
|
 Current season
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The NASCAR World Series is a worldwide stock car racing championship designed by NASCAR to be an outward-looking alternative to the Cup Series. It offered upward progression for drivers in the PEAK Mexico Series, Pinty's Series in Canada, and the Whelen Euro Series, as well as seeking to establish stock car racing as a worldwide alternative to Formula One. Top drivers from the Cup Series and World Series are then invited to an postseason race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the winner of which is crowned NASCAR Champion of the World.
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Championship Format
The World Series followed in the footsteps of the Cup Series by introducing a multi-stage playoff system to crown its Champion Driver. After a 19-round Regular Season, the top fifteen drivers (including all eligible race winners) advance to the playoffs. The remaining drivers then have one final chance at the winner-take-all Wildcard Race, the winner of which advances to the playoffs.
The lowest-scoring four drivers after every three races will be eliminated from Championship contention until at the 30th and final race of the season, the final four drivers will juke it out for the Championship. Any driver who has completed fewer than 10 Regular Season races is deemed ineligible for the playoffs.
One other point of difference between the World Series and the Cup Series is in the points system: unlike NASCAR's other series, points are only awarded to the top 20 cars at any given event.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Rest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
List of NASCAR World Series Champions
Champions Drivers
| Season | Drivers Champion | Team | Wins | Regular Season Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Marcos Ambrose
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#9 Richard Petty Motorsports
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1 win |  Alon Day
|
| 2016 |
Champion Teams
| Season | Teams Champion | Driver(s) | Manufacturer | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | #81 Chip Ganassi Racing
|
 Alex Tagliani
|
Chevrolet
|
6 wins |
| 2016 |
Champion of the World
| Season | Venue | Race Winner | Team | Series (Result) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Charlotte Motor Speedway
|
Regan Smith
|
#78 Stewart-Haas Racing
|
World Series (4th) |
| 2016 |
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