How it Works

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We'll be running the site as a beta for 2012 Sprint Cup season, which means a few things for you:

1. It's free this season. We'll most likely charge a small fee for each league during the 2013 season.
2. It won't be perfect this season, and we may even ask you to point out the flaws if you see any
3. Since we're in beta testing, you never know what could happen... so be prepared for the best and be prepared for the worst.

That last part is important. Because we're in beta, you're essentially helping test fantasynascar.com. While we make every effort to keep things running smoothly, keep your team and league data in order, and keep the site up and running 24/7, we do not make any guarantees whatsoever this season. Remember, this season is a beta test and sometimes tests fail... so please do keep that in mind.

But how does it work?

You (and up to 9 of your friends) decide you want to do a fantasy NASCAR league this year. You have your own draft, in which each team gets to draft 6 drivers. You also appoint a league manager.

Your league manager registers here on the site, then sets up the league and all teams. It's dead simple and should only take your manager maybe 20 minutes to set up.

After your league mangager sets up your teams, you will receive an email from fantasynascar.com with their username and password, and you can start making your picks for the 2012 season any time you want. You probably don't want to make your picks until after qualifying for each race, but hey, it's your team... do whatever the heck you want!

After each race is over, fantasynascar.com will enter the actual race results, which will automatically show you your league and team totals in your dashboard. You don't have to do anything except make your picks every week and all the math is done for you!

What are the rules?

There aren't many, but there are a few:

• Each league can have a maximum of 10 players (9 players, plus your league manager who is also a player). Please be aware its only been tested with 5 players per league (4 players, plus the league manager who is also a player) so more teams than that per league may encounter issues which we'll attempt to resolve quickly if they come up. So ideally, stick with 5 teams per league this season just to be safe.
• Your league manager must also be running a team in your league
• Each team will draft 6 players (this is done by you and your friends before the league manager registers with us)
• Each team can pick 3 drivers for each race
• A driver can only be picked a maximum of 20 times during the season

So how are points calculated?

Here's how we do the math:

• Each week you pick three of your drivers you want to run that week, and your driver points are based on each of your picked driver's finishing position at the end of the race
• If one of your picks for that week wins the race, you receive a bonus of -5 points
• If you pick a driver one week and that driver does not race, you're penalized +44 points
• If you pick a driver which you were not allowed to pick because they've already been used 20 times, you're penalized +44 points
• You receive a -5 point bonus for each of your 6 drivers who makes the Chase
• You receive a -10 point bonus if one on your 6 drivers wins the Sprint Cup

The team in your league with the fewest points at the end of the season is the winner of your league

Do we play against other leagues or get to see how other leagues are doing?

No, this is just between you and your friends, co-workers, or people you know. Your dashboard will only show information about YOUR league.

How can I report a problem I'm having?

You can email us at support@fantasynascar.com