Entry: $50 paid before the start of the Daytona 500. Feel free to use any of the ways below, or if you have another way to get the money to Craig or myself that’s fine too just let us know.

Venmo: Brent-Brevak

PayPal: brevak3134@gmail.com

Cash/Check Address: Brent Brevak
      2925A Dashwood Ave
                                      Troy, MI 48083

Picking your team

Each week you will select your name and pick 1 driver from each of 5 groups. The groups are all separated and you literally can’t pick multiple drivers in the same group so it’s really easy to fill out and submit. On ovals drivers are sorted by their current points scored for the season. For road courses we may alter the drivers a bit to account for guys who are typically high end contenders on road courses. For the first few races the groups will be set by last year’s points to allow time for points to even out.

The deadline to get your picks in is just before either first practice, or qualifying if there is no practice. Don’t worry, we let you know the exact day/time picks are due each week in an email on Monday with the results of the previous race, and the deadline for the current week’s race.

Scoring

Scoring is simple. You get however many points your drivers get in that race between stages/final position. Just in case it comes up, you technically get however many points the car gets. So if you pick a driver who is racing a one off race and does not receive Cup Series points, or someone needs a replacement driver for some reason, you still get however many points the car gets for where they finished. If there is a unique situation where a car must completely withdraw, we will allow the player to select a new driver from that group only.

NASCAR Penalties

If you select a driver who’s disqualified immediately following post race inspection, they receive last place points for the actual race and his points for your team will reflect that. If a driver is penalized points later in the week, that will not count towards your team.

Post race disqualification=last place for that driver, no stage points. Midweek points penalty=not applicable

Forgetting to make Picks

If you fail to make new selections before the deadline in a given week, you will just keep the same drivers as you had the previous week and receive points as normal. If one of your drivers from the previous week has changed groups, you will receive whoever is the lowest driver in the group he left. So for example you have William Byron in Group 2, you forget to make picks but Byron has now moved into Group 1. Your team will be all the same drivers as the previous week, except for Group 2 you will have whoever is the bottom driver on the picks form.

Winning Money!

Payouts depend on how many total entrants we have, below are projections based on previous year’s player counts. We will send out the final money breakdown once we have a finalized list of players. There are 3 ways to win money.

Weekly

$25 each week to the highest points getter for that race (split evenly if there is a tie)

Quarterly

We break up the 26 race NASCAR regular season into 3 “quarters”. The first 2 quarters are 9 races, the 3rd quarter is 8. We keep track of points just for each quarter separate from the overall points. Everyone starts at 0 points to begin each quarter. That way, even if you have a terrible first couple of quarters, you can still have 1 great quarter and pocket some serious cash!

1st – $100
2nd – $50
3rd – $25

We also keep track of your points throughout all of the Regular Season’s 26 races with these payouts:

Regular Season (First 26 races)

1st – $125
2nd – $75
3rd – $50

See more info on the Chase below:

Chase

1st – $340
2nd – $240
3rd – $150
4th – $100
5th – $80

Top non playoff – $50

Perfect Team

$50 This is split at the end of the year between players who were lucky enough to select a perfect team in any given week. That means you picked the drivers with the most points in each of the 5 groups. If there are no perfect teams, it’ll roll over to next season.

We will send out the full money payouts before the first race of the season after we know how many people are in the league.

The Chase

We have a Chase system similar to that of NASCAR itself. Over the course of the first 26 regular season races we keep track of total points everyone accumulates (These do not reset during the regular season like the quarter points do). After 26 races, 16 total players will make the playoffs. The top 14 in yearly points automatically make it into the Chase. Then, of the remaining players, the 2 players with the most weekly wins make it in as wild cards. If there is a tie for weekly wins, the player with the most points between the tied players makes it.

To start the Chase everyone’s points first reset to 0, then we add bonus points for both where you were in points, and weekly wins. All of this will be laid out updated weekly so you’ll always know exactly where you are in points whether it’s for the quarter money/playoffs etc.

There are no eliminations, just a cumulative total of your points over the final 10 races, plus the bonus points you started the playoffs with. Whoever ends up with the most points wins! Plus money to the top 4-5 and the top non Chase player as well.

Most importantly we hope everybody has fun and never hesitate to reach out with questions, comments or concerns!