LEAGUE SETUP:

The NASCAR Cup Series 36 points races make up the whole season. The season is divided into 3 segments using the following format: 

Segment 1: (Races 1-13) 13 races

Segment 2: (Races 14-26) 13 races

Fantasy Playoffs and Segment 3: (Races 27-36) 10 races
The Clash in February and All Star Race in May are not part of this league.

Driver Groups: Choose one driver from each of 6 groups to comprise your fantasy team each week. You can make roster changes every week but are not required to do so. If a team owner does not make selections for a given week, the picks will rollover to the following week. There are exceptions to this rule, so please read further. 

Points: Each fantasy team receives stage points based on where your chosen driver finishes each stage. Each fantasy team receives finishing points based on where your chosen driver finishes each race. We will use the Nascar points system to award driver points. See a more detailed points breakdown at the bottom of this rules page. 

Fantasy Playoffs: 16 teams make the Fantasy Nascar playoffs. The Top 14 teams in points after Race #26 will qualify for the playoffs, plus 2 fantasy teams that score the most Wildcard points during the regular season. 

Segment 3: Teams that don't make the playoffs still have something to play for. They will be placed in their own group (separate from the playoff teams) and will compete in Segment 3 over the final 10 races of the season. 

Champion: The fantasy team that qualifies for and scores the most points during the Fantasy Nascar playoffs will be the Fantasy Nascar Champion. 

Segment Winners: The fantasy teams that scores the most points during each segment will be the Segment winners. There could be additional winners throughout the season depending on the number of teams in the league.  

Regular Season Champion: The team that scores the most points during the first 26 races (also known as the regular season), will be the regular season champ.

We use Fantrax to run the league. While typically their software is set up to run fantasy leagues with a draft, etc., this league will still be using the same "picking from groups" format that has been successful in these leagues since day 1.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The items listed above are just an overview of the league. For further explanation on the rules, please read further as they are broken down further in each section. 
 

DRIVER GROUPS:

Drivers/cars are divided into 6 groups. 

Choose one driver/car from each of the 6 groups. This will comprise your race team each week. You may make changes to your roster every week but are not required to do so. If you do not make changes, your picks will roll over from the following week with a few exceptions: 

Picks Rolling Over Exception/New Segments: After each segment is completed, but before the following race, driver groups will change. The races when driver groups will change will be prior to Week #14 and when the playoffs start. If you have a driver on your roster at the end of the segment that has been placed in a new group for the next segment, you will need to change your roster prior to that race to make your roster legal again. If not, penalties are assessed for having a driver in an incorrect group, so please keep this in mind as those weeks approach.

The "Pick Penalties" section below addresses penalties for leaving drivers from an incorrect group on your roster when groups change. 
 

FANTASY PLAYOFFS:

There are 2 ways to qualify for the Fantasy Nascar Playoffs: 

1.) After Race #26, have your team in the Top 14 in the overall point standings

or

2.) If you don't have enough points to qualify for the Fantasy Nascar Playoffs in #1 above, you can qualify by being one of the two Wildcard winners. Score the most bonus points during the first 26 races of those fantasy teams that have not yet made the playoffs and you qualify.

BONUS POINTS:

Nascar divides each race into 3 stages and awards points after each of the 2 stages (Top 10 only) plus the final results.

Bonus points are awarded as follows:

5 bonus points for each driver you choose that wins a race
1 bonus point for each driver you choose that wins a stage during each race. 

The maximum amount of bonus points you can earn in one race is 7. (The Coca Cola 600 race awards 8 points because that race has 4 stages).

WILDCARD TIEBREAKER: If 2 or more Wildcard eligible teams have the same amount of bonus points, all tied teams will qualify for the Fantasy Nascar Playoffs.

BONUS POINTS (START OF THE PLAYOFFS): Bonus points will be awarded to each Fantasy team based on the following method:  

The 16 teams that make the playoffs will have their points reset to 10,000 points. In addition, their bonus points accumulated throughout the first 26 races will be added to that total. This will be the amount of points their fantasy team will start the Fantasy Nascar playoffs with. 

Example 1: Team A chooses the winning driver/car in 10 races and in 5 stages during the season. They will start the Fantasy Nascar Playoffs with 10,055pts. (10,000 start points + 50 race win points + 5 stage win points)

Example 2: Team B chooses the winning driver/car in 8 races, and in 2 stages during the season. They will start the Fantasy Nascar Playoffs with 10,042 pts. (10,000 start points + 40 race win points + 2 stage win points) 

The goal is to reward the fantasy teams that choose race winners and stage winners each race.

There will be no points resets and no bonus points awarded during the playoffs. Once the Fantasy playoffs start, points will be awarded the same as every other race. The team with the most points after the final race of the season is your Fantasy Nascar League Champion. 

SEGMENT 3:

Fantasy teams that do not make the playoffs will be placed in their own segment during the final 10 races of the season. Everyone in this segment starts at zero and accumulate stage and race points. The team to accumulate the most points in the final 10 races will be the winner of Segment 3. No playoff bonus points will be used towards this segment. Everyone will start equal.

NOTE: Since these team owners are not eligible for the Fantasy Nascar playoffs, this will be scored in its own separate group. The 16 playoff teams will not be eligible for any Segment 3 winnings.
 

PLAYOFF WINNERS/TIEBREAKERS:

1st Tiebreaker: The entry with the most race winners chosen throughout the season (regular season + playoffs). 

2nd Tiebreaker: The entry with the most race winners chosen in the playoffs only. 

If there is still a tie, the winnings will be split by those tied.

MAKING SELECTIONS:

Selections can be any time before each race deadline and can be made more than one race ahead. Please be aware though, that when driver groups change before Race #14 and Race #27, this could affect any future roster changes you may have made previously.  

NEW SEGMENTS: Before making selections for the start of the new segments, the league commissioner will let everyone know when the new groups have been posted. Please do not set your picks before this. If you make a set of picks before the new groups are set for the next segment, you will at minimum have to go back into your roster page and make your picks again or worse incur penalties because you still have drivers in an incorrect group.
 

SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

Changes are due each week prior to the posted start time of each race. The deadline to make your selections will be posted on the "Commish Messages" section of the league homepage every week. 

It is recommended that you make selections well before this, since start times can vary from week to week. While every effort will be made to keep you posted on this, it is ultimately the team owner's responsibility to make sure rosters are locked in on time each week, if you are making any.

RACES DELAYED: If there is a delay to the start of a race for any reason or a postponement to another day, you are still responsible to set your roster at the originally scheduled deadline, if you are making any. Note: In situations of postponements, the commish reserves the right to extend the picks deadline if circumstances allow. This is in rare situations though and not the norm.

HELP MAKING SELECTIONS: If you need help making your selections, please email your roster to the commish before the deadline and he will enter them for you. If you are having trouble logging in to the league and its approaching the deadline, email your roster to the commish immediately. That way your picks are at least submitted on time for the week. Afterwards, you and the commish can work out the issues you are having.
 

LATE SELECTIONS/NO SELECTIONS:

If you should fail to make any selections for a particular week, your previous weeks team will roll over to the current week, with the following exception:

Exception: If you fail to make selections at the start of a new segment, you may be subject to penalties if the driver that you attempt to roll over from the previous week has moved to a different group. See the "Pick Penalties" section of the rules page for further explanation.

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 with your desired picks/changes before the deadline and he will enter them for you.

PICK PENALTIES:

Typically, pick penalties happen when groups change at the beginning of a new segment (Race #14 and #27). If a driver switches groups and no change is made to a team roster from the previous week to compensate, the following penalties will be assessed:

-Level One: For the first offense, after the first race in the new segment is over, the driver/car in the wrong group will be removed and your team will be assigned the driver/car with the lowest point total in that group for that race. That new driver will be considered the driver for that group going forward or until a change is made by the team owner. 

-Level Two: For the second offense, no changes will be made to your lineup which will make your lineup illegal, and you will receive zero points each week until you make the roster change yourself. 

Team owners need to be active participants in the league and need to be making changes to their lineups at the very least before every new segment begins to ensure penalties do not happen to your team. 

DISQUALIFIED DRIVERS/POINTS DEDUCTIONS:

If a driver is disqualified by Nascar after the race, they will be disqualified in this league as well. Where they are placed in the finalized Nascar race results (presumably last place) will be where they finish in this league as well

This doesn't happen as much anymore, however, if a driver is docked points by NASCAR after a race and does not cause a disqualification, such as driver/crew conduct, there will be no points deductions in this league.
 

SCORING (RACE POINTS BREAKDOWN):

Race Points awarded during the regular season and playoffs based on the following:

1.) Drivers/cars that finish in the Top 10 after Stage 1 of each race
2.) Drivers/cars that finish in the Top 10 after Stage 2 of each race
3.) Drivers/cars based on their Stage 3 finishing position (final results)

NOTE: The spring Charlotte race (600-mile race) uses 4 stages. 3 race stages and the 4th stage is the final results.

Here is the official points breakdown for the league:

SCORING (PLAYOFF BONUS POINTS BREAKDOWN)

 There are 4 ways to accumulate Playoff Bonus Points during the season: 

1.) Driver/car that is in the lead after stage 1 each race.
2.) Driver/car that is in the lead after stage 2 each race.
3.) Driver/cars that wins the race.

These points accumulated all season and are used by all playoff teams prior to the start of the playoffs.

-No points are awarded for qualifying. Points will be awarded for each of the 2 race stages instead.
-No points are awarded for leading a lap or leading the most laps.
-No points are awarded for fastest lap of the race. 
-No playoff bonus points are awarded once the playoffs have begun. 

-Separate awards will be given for the 3 segment winners and regular season points winner as well. 
 

POSTING SELECTIONS/RESULTS:

WHEN ARE SELECTIONS POSTED: Selections are posted immediately after the picks deadline has passed.  

LIVE SCORING: The "Live Scoring" page will be used so you can follow along in semi real time how your team is doing. Stage results and final race results should be posted shortly after completion of each.
Please note that while live scoring is timely and pretty accurate, it is NOT the official scoring. Final results do not become official until Nascar makes the race official the day after each race, so changes could be made up to 48 hours after the race has completed.
 

DRIVERS USED TO DETERMINE POINTS:

Drivers will be used to determine points for your team in this league. Typically, drivers race in the same car throughout the season. However, there are times when driver swaps happen after qualifying but before the race or even during the race. Please read the next section for rare instances of driver changes and how they are handled:

DRIVER REPLACEMENTS: 

Replacement Driver Announced on Race Day: This will be considered an emergency situation. If a driver is replaced in this situation, you will receive points for the replacement driver for this particular race even if you don't make a change to your lineup. 

Replacement Driver Announced Prior To Race Day: Team owners will be responsible for making the change to their lineup like normal. If you do not make a change prior to the race and the driver that was replaced is still in their lineup, you will receive zero points for that driver. 

NOTE: If a driver simply switches cars (or car numbers) but is still participating in the race, then the criteria above does not apply and he will earn his normal race points. 

The league commissioner will do everything he can to keep teams updated on any changes to the driver lineup each race, but unfortunately he can't catch everything. It is ultimately the team owner's responsibility to be sure you are submitting a proper lineup each week.  
 

SIGNUP AND PAYMENT:

To sign up, click "Sign Up Now" in the "Cost To Play" box at the top of this page, or click on "Signup" at the top right of any page on this site.

As mentioned above, we use Fantrax to run the league. If you do not have an account with them, no worries. After you sign up, you will receive 2 emails:

1- An email will be sent to you from the commish with instructions on how to get set up, how to accept your email invite to join the league, and how to make your payment for the season. 

2- The email invite to join the league. This will come from Fantrax through the league commish.

Please note that in order to maintain the highest integrity of these leagues/pools, payments for all entries must be received by the deadline at the start of the season. If entries are not paid by the deadline, they will be removed from the league for lack of payment. If you are having trouble with payment, please contact the commish. 

MULTIPLE ENTRIES:

To increase your chances of winning, you may play as many times as you wish. Each entry will be separate. 

If you would like to play additional entries, you may use the same Fantrax account for all teams. You do not have to sign up more than once, as you can provide these at sign up. If you have already signed up, or wish to have multiple entries, please contact the league commish at info@primefantasysports.com.

PROMOTIONS:

There are 2 promotions this year. One to coincide with a new league we are starting this season and the other is the popular Buy 2 Get One offer. Both are explained below

NASCAR SPECIAL: We are starting a new league this season with a different format. If you wish to enter a team in each league, you will receive a discounted price to play in both. Discounted price is listed on the right hand column at the top of the page under the "Cost To Play" section. 

BTGO PROMOTION: Back again this season! If you purchase 2 entries in either of the 2 full season Nascar Leagues, you receive a $20 credit towards a future league/pool. The 2 entries must come from the same league, but there is no limit to the amount of Nascar entries you can purchase, nor free entries you can earn this way. 

CONTACT US WITH QUESTIONS:

We would be happy to answer any questions on rules not covered here. Please contact the league commish at info@primefantasysports.com.

1 entry: $65
2 entries: $130
OR
Nascar Special

1 entry Fantasy Nascar League +

1 entry Start Em Once League = $90
 

 Total Payout:

$1,100 or 70% total entries
(whichever is higher)

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