sounds like a crap shoot
It
is to a crap shoot to an extent. If one of your early opponents checks the turf and does the chicken on the floor, you can only get 500 points.
Worse yet, if he hits you, you might end up with 20 points for the match. Of course, not getting hit is part of the game so blame yourself.
On the upside, you get to fly four matches and
somebody will win.
At best you can get 800 points per match, a total of 3200. The winner got 2290 last year, so you don't need to be perfect.