Back in the day ( 1970's ) a French pilot (Aundre Demestry) flying as a guest in the Minden US Nationals, was the only finisher! Nobody knew what to do, finally decided he should get a proportionally higher score.............believe that was something like 2300 points, with the best US land out getting 1000 points. Aundre was an alpine pilot and flew deep into the Sierras to log his winning flight. Alas, Aundre didn't know much about racing and dwindled his massive score down to less than the highest US contersent by the end of the contest.
JJ