Fantasy Nascar
League Rules
HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED
League Setup: The NASCAR Sprint Cup 36 points races make up the whole season. The season is divided into 4 Segments using the following format:

Segment 1: (Races 1-9) 9 races
Segment 2: (Races 10-18) 9 races
Segment 3: (Races 19-26) 8 races
Fantasy Chase for the Championship and Segment 4: (Races 27-36) 10 races
Fantasy Playoff: The Top 12 fantasy teams in the Overall Standings after Race #26 will qualify for the Fantasy Playoff. Only these 12 teams will be eligible for the Fantasy NASCAR championship.
Segment 4: The remaining teams teams that are not eligible for the Fantasy Nascar championship will be placed in their own group to compete for Segment 4 honors.
Points Structure: Total qualifying and finishing points accumulated throughout the whole season. No points are awarded if qualifying gets rained out. Separate awards will be given for each segment as well as overall winners. Points structure is listed at the bottom of this page.
Weekly Scoring: Scoring for each week will be final on the Friday following the race. If you feel a mistake was made to your scoring, please contact the commissioner before this deadline to get it corrected.
Choosing Your Drivers: Drivers are divided into 6 groups below labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. (This example below is just a sample group. The real groups will be provided at the beginning of the season) Choose one driver from each of the 6 groups. Driver groups will change at the end of each Segment.
Weekly Starting Lineups: You may change your drivers weekly if you wish, but are not required to. After each Segment, however, you may be required to due to the driver groups changing. (Your lineup may not have the same drivers in the same groups)
Deadline For Submitting Picks: Changes are due each week before qualifying. Qualifying varies from week to week according to qualifying procedures set by NASCAR. While effort will be made to keep you posted on this, it is ultimately your responsibility to make sure picks are submitted on time before qualifying each week if you are making any.

IMPORTANT: If there is a rain delay during qualifying or qualifying is rained out, you are still responsible to submit your selections for the week, if you are making any, before the original scheduled start of qualifying
Earliest Driver Picks Will Be Accepted: The earliest driver selections for the following week will be accepted as soon as totals are official for the previous week. Anyone submitting picks for the following week before totals are completed for the previous week will not be accepted. The only exception will be if a team owner will not have computer access for the week. In this instance, you must then contact the league commissioner to let him know and he will accommodate.

EXAMPLE DRIVER GROUPS (THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE)
Opening Day Drivers and Segment 1 Groups Will Be Provided Before the Season Starts
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
24-Jeff Gordon
48-Jimmie Johnson
14-Tony Stewart
33-Clint Boyer
18-Kyle Busch
17-Matt Kenseth

11-Denny Hamlin
99-Carl Edwards
29-Kevin Harvick
56-Martin Truex, Jr.
2-Kurt Busch
88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr

1-Jamie McMurray
16-Greg Biffle
9-Kasey Kahne
31-Jeff Burton
39-Ryan Newman
5-Mark Martin

Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
43-A.J. Allmendinger
6-David Regan
19-Elliott Sadler
42-Juan Montoya
20-Joey Logano
00-David Reutimann

47-Marcos Ambrose
83-Brian Vickers
12-Brad Keselowski
82-Scott Speed
90-Casey Mears
49-David Gilliland

7-Robby Gordon
21-Bill Elliott
78-Regan Smith
87-Joe Nemechek
66-Dave Blaney
71-Bobby Labonte


SEGMENTS
Races Per Segment: The season is divided into four segments using the following format:

Segment 1: (Races 1-9) 9 races
Segment 2: (Races 10-18) 9 races
Segment 3: (Races 19-26) 8 races
Fantasy Chase and Segment 4: (Races 27-36) 10 races

After every segment, but before the following race, the driver groups will change. Typically, this is done according to Fantasy Nascar points accumulated by the drivers over the course of the season. There may be exceptions to this rule in order to attempt to keep a level playing field in all groups. 
Segment 1: 9 Races: Races 1-9 (Driver groups change before qualifying for Race #10)
Segment 2: 9 Races: Races 10-18 (Driver groups change before qualifying for Race #19)
Segment 3: 8 Races: Races 19-26 (Driver groups change before qualifying for Race #27)
Chase Championship and Segment 4: 10 Races: Races 28-36 (End of season)
Excluded Races: The Bud Shootout and the Nextel Challenge (or whatever they will be named this year) are non points races in this league

DAYTONA 500 (RACE #1)
NEW FOR 2010: Selections Due for Daytona 500 only: In past seasons, selections have been due before Pole Qualifying a week before the race.

This season (2010), selections for the Daytona 500 will not be due until 1PM Eastern time the day of the race. NO QUALIFYING POINTS WILL BE AWAREDED FOR THIS RACE. ONLY RACE POINTS. This is a new format being tried out this year to give people more time to sign up if they wish to play with us this season.

FANTASY CHASE PLAYOFF
How Do You Qualify For This: Your fantasy team must be in the Top 12 in the Overall Fantasy Standings after Race #26 at Richmond
What Happens to The Top 10 That Make The Chase Playoff?: Nascar currently uses a format that rewards drivers bonus points to use when they begin the Chase for the Championship. This league will use a similar format as well. Here is how it works:

The 12 teams that make the chase will have their points reset to zero. In addition, each race winner they select (during the first 26 races only), will earn 5 playoff bonus points for their team. This total is the amount of points their fantasy team will start the Fantasy Chase with.

Example 1: Team A chooses the winning driver in 10 races, they will start the Fantasy Chase with 50 pts.

Example 2: Team B chooses the winning driver in 8 races, they will start the Fantasy Chase with 40 pts.

The goal is to award the team owners that choose the winning driver each week.

Once the Fantasy Chase starts, points will be awarded the same as every other race. The team with the most points after the final race of the season (Homestead) is your fantasy league champion.
What Happens To The 10 Fantasy Teams That DON'T Qualify For The Playoff?: Fantasy teams outside of the top 12 in fantasy points will be placed in their own segment of 10 races. Everyone in this segment starts at zero and the team to accumulate the most points in the final 10 races will be the winner of Segment 4. No bonus points will be used towards this segment. Everyone will start equal.

NOTE: Since these team owners are not eligible for the Fantasy Chase for the championship, this will be scored in its own separate group.
Can the 10 Fantasy Teams in the Chase Also Win The 4th Segment?: Teams who make the Fantasy Chase will not be eligible to compete in Segment 4. The 4th Segment is reserved for only those Fantasy NASCAR teams that do not make the Fantasy Chase for the Championship.  

This is to give those that are not in the top 10 in the standings something to play for at the end of the season and to give someone else a chance to win a segment since the top 10 are fighting it out for the championship.

PICK'EM PENALTIES
2 Drivers On Your Roster From The Same Group: The penalty for leaving 2 drivers on your roster in the same group will be as follows:

The driver on your team highest on the group list according to fantasy points will receive points as normal.
The other driver(s) on your team in that same group will get zero points for that race.

Important: It is the responsibility of all team owners to make sure that weekly changes get accepted via the picks form on time (if you make any) or you may email them if you choose to do it that way..

The league commissioner will not be held responsible for any changes being late, lost, or misdirected as a result of any computer malfunction, delay, etc. If you are having computer problems, contact the commissioner before the deadline and he will enter your desired changes for you.

DRIVER PENALTIES
Qualifying: If a driver is found to have illegal equipment, etc during or after qualifying and he is sent to the rear of the field, he will be penalized the same in this league. If NASCAR has the driver starting 35th, then qualifying points will be given for 35th position. All drivers that move up positions as a result of the penalty will NOT receive the additional points.

The determining factor will be, did that/those driver(s) earn those points? The answer would be no in both cases so no points or additional points should be given in either case.
Backup Car/Engine Change: If a driver is sent to the rear of the field due to having to use a backup car or to change an engine, he will not be penalized and will still receive his qualifying points for that race as the reason for going to the back of the field was voluntary and not the result of a penalty. 
Race: If a driver is docked points by NASCAR for illegal equipment etc. during the race, his finishing points will be determined where his finishing position would have been after the points were docked according to NASCAR points.

(Example: A driver finishes 2nd in the race (170 NASCAR pts)  but after inspection is docked 25 points for something illegal, dropping his point total to 145 NASCAR pts, his resulting finish would be 8th according to NASCAR points depending on the other drivers points. He would go from 46 Fantasy League finishing points to 40 points)
Non-Race Penalties Issued by Nascar: If an altercation should happen after the race, and points are deducted by NASCAR due to driver behavior, crew chief behavior, etc, with no direct correlation to what happened on the track, no points will be deducted in this fantasy league.


FANTASY NASCAR SCORING
Qualifying Points
1st
15pts
4th
12pts
7th
9 pts
10th
6 pts
13th
3 pts
2nd
14pts
5th
11pts
8th
8 pts
11th
5 pts
14th
2 pts
3rd
13pts
6th
10pts
9th
7 pts
12th
4 pts
15th
1 pts
Finishing Points
1st
60pts
10th
38pts
19th
29pts
28th
20pts
37th
11pts
2nd
46pts
11th
37pts
20th
28pts
29th
19pts
38th
10pts
3rd
45pts
12th
36pts
21st
27pts
30th
18pts
38th
9pts
4th
44pts
13th
35pts
22nd
26pts
31st
17pts
40th
8pts
5th
43pts
14th
34pts
23rd
25pts
32nd
16pts
41st
7pts
6th
42pts
15th
33pts
24th
24pts
33rd
15pts
42nd
6pts
7th
41pts
16th
32pts
25th
23pts
34th
14pts
43rd
5pts
8th
40pts
17th
31pts
25th
22pts
35th
13pts
9th
39pts
18th
30pts
27th
21pts
36th
12pts
Additional Points
Led Lap:
2pts
Most Laps Led
3 pts


COST TO PLAY
By Mail $50 full season
By Paypal $52 full season
No Additional Costs For Transactions



SEGMENT PAYOUTS
Winner of Segment One
Races (1-9)
$50
Winner of Segment Two
Races (10-18)
$50
Winner of Segment Three
Races (19-26)
$50
Winner of Segment Four (Non Playoff Teams Only)
Races (27-36)
$50
All Segment Payouts Will Be Made End Of Season
OVERALL PAYOUT
(In addition to the above Segment payouts)
Based on Total Number of People Playing
People Playing
Overall Payout
People Playing
Overall Payout
11
$130
19
$370
12
$160
20
$400
13
$190
21
$430
14
$220
22
$460
15
$250
23
$490
16
$280
24
$520
17
$310
25
$550
18
$340
26
$580
PLEASE NOTE: The amounts listed in this section are only guaranteed minimum payouts. Typically, the actual payouts are higher. Official payout amounts will be announced shortly after the season begins.