Our last article started as a whimsical look at crowning an overall champion for the old TV series Wacky Races. But it moved on to (some would say bogged down by) a discussion of different ways to distributed points for performances in individual races.
One method we considered was an 'Olympic' style method, where the racers were simply ordered by the number of races won, then by the number of second places, then by the number of third places.