RULES FOR THE 2015 NASCAR
FANTASSY CUP LEAGUE
1)
Entry fee for the 2015 NASCAR Fantassy Cup League
(NFCL) season is 200 chips per team
a)
Send entry fee chips to the NFCL Commissioner: Larry
Laviolette, 1187 Skyline Drive, Canyon Lake, TX
78133 or PayPal larry.laviolette@gmail.com (please be sure to go to the
‘Personal’ tab and select ‘Gift’ to avoid extra charges)
b)
If the Commissioner does not receive a team’s entry
fee chips by the scheduled green flag drop time for the second race of the 2015
NSCS season, March 1st in Atlanta, that team will not be allowed
into the NFCL 2015 season
2)
Prize distribution
a)
The Commissioner's fee is waived
b)
The prize distribution is dependent on the
number of teams in the NFCL; number of teams is TBD
i)
The following are examples with both 16 and 17
teams (awards will be based on these example percentages pending final number
of teams):
We have 15 teams committed to the 2015 Season... so I'll add this little update...
(15 teams x 200 chips) - 200 Commissioner chips = 2800 available chips
Winners’ breakdown would be:
1st place: 1700 chips
2nd place: 750 chips
3rd place: 350 chips
(16 teams x 200 chips) - 200 Commissioner
chips = 3000 available chips
Winners’ breakdown would be:
1st place: 1800 chips
2nd place: 800 chips
3rd place: 400 chips
(17 x 200) - 200 = 3200 chips
Winners’ breakdown would be:
1st place: 1900 chips
2nd place: 850 chips
3rd place: 450 chips
ii)
Official chip distribution will be posted on the
NFCL league web site before the start of the week 3 race in Las Vegas
3)
For each scheduled NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)
race, NFCL teams will pick and submit a driver for that race
a)
The preferred way to submit your driver pick is
an email to larry.laviolette@gmail.com
i)
If you don’t have access to email, call or text the
Commissioner’s mobile number at (210) 862 2976; if there is no answer, leave a
message
b)
You cannot start the same driver more than twice
during the season: if you start the same driver more than twice, you get zero
points for that race and get penalized the use of your top remaining driver
(see rule #4 below for explanation of how this works)
c)
Your pick must be submitted before the scheduled
green flag time as per the NASCAR.com web site
i)
“Scheduled” is defined as the time when the
green flag is supposed to drop (e.g., the 2015 Daytona 500 has a 1:19 PM EST
green flag drop time); it is not when the green flag actually drops
(1) E.g.,
if the race is delayed and NASCAR moves the scheduled green flag drop time back,
you do not get more time to submit your pick; the deadline will remain the
scheduled time prior to the delay
(2) One
exception: if inclement weather is on the way and NASCAR moves the scheduled
green flag drop time up in an effort to get the race in, the new green flag time
will be the new deadline for pick submissions so please pay attention and submit
your pick on time
4)
If a NFCL team does not submit a pick in time,
or if a team picks the same driver more than twice, that team gets zero points
and will lose their top available remaining driver according to the NSCS points
system standings prior to the race
a)
E.g., if you forget to submit a pick for a race,
and Jimmie Johnson is leading the NSCS points prior to the race, and you have
at least one Jimmie Johnson pick remaining, you will lose that pick. If you have already used both of your J.J.
picks, we will go to the second place driver in the NSCS standings and if you
have at least one of those picks left, you will lose that pick, and so on until
we get to your top remaining driver
i)
If there is a tie in the NSCS standings between
your top available remaining drivers, we will go back in the NSCS standings to
prior weeks to see which driver was ahead last and you will lose that driver
ii)
If there is still a tie between those two
drivers after going back through the previous races, we will choose the driver
who last won a race
iii)
If neither driver has won a race, we will choose
the driver who finished higher in the standings the previous NSCS season
iv)
If that doesn’t settle it, we will choose the
driver who appears on top of the other driver in the NSCS standings on the
NASCAR.com list from the previous week
b)
If, for whatever reason, you don't have access
to the Commissioner’s contact information, please contact another league
participant and have them submit your pick
c)
Picks submitted to other players will not be
accepted unless they are forwarded to the Commissioner by the scheduled green
flag drop time for that race
d)
Proof of submission (if needed) will be in the
form of:
i)
Email - Screen shot or picture of email in “Sent”
folder
ii)
Text - Screen shot or picture of time-stamped
text in conversation string
iii)
Phone - Screen shot or picture of call log with Commissioner’s
mobile number
iv)
Other compelling proof will be reviewed by the
Rules Committee but not necessarily accepted
e)
After the end of each week’s race, you have
nearly seven days to submit your pick for the next race - please submit your
pick in time
5)
Total points awarded for each race will be the
same as points awarded by the NSCS point system appearing in the official race
results on NASCAR.com
a)
If you choose a driver who is ineligible for NSCS
points (e.g., an Xfinity Series driver racing in a NSCS race, or a road racing
specialist who isn’t a full time NSCS driver, etc.) and NASCAR.com shows that
driver receiving zero NSCS points after the race, we will award the points
typically awarded for that finishing position
i)
Note: Because of our league format, we want to
encourage use of all drivers for each NSCS race; the NFCL wants to reward
owners who take risks and use their racing knowledge to their benefit
ii)
If a driver who is not eligible for NSCS points
leads a lap or leads the most laps in the race, he/she is not eligible for NSCS
bonus points nor will he/she receive NFCL bonus points; only the points
typically awarded for their finishing position
b)
If NASCAR is not awarding bonus points for
certain drivers in a race and you choose a driver affected by that rule,
whatever points are posted in the official race results on NASCAR.com will be
awarded
i)
Note: Please be aware of all NASCAR rules
affecting points awarded in all races; it is not the NFCL league’s
responsibility to make team owners aware of NASCAR rules nor is it the role of
the Commissioner to decide which drivers receive NSCS bonus points
c)
If NASCAR penalizes a team or driver and takes
away points due to an infraction that affected the car's performance, than any
team who started that driver will have the same points deducted from their
total for that race
i)
If NASCAR takes away points from a driver due to
an infraction that did not affect the car's performance (e.g., bumping another
driver in the pit, fighting, cursing during an interview, etc.), any team who
started that driver will not have points deducted
6)
The top three teams with the most points at the
end of the season as per the NFCL Chase rules (below) wins the chip amounts
posted in Rule #2
7)
Eligibility for the NFCL Chase and Chase format
will be as follows:
Ø
The top eight teams in points after the first 26
NSCS races will qualify for the NFCL Chase
Ø
Any team with three or more wins during the
first 26 races will automatically qualify for the NFCL Chase
o
If a team is outside of the top eight in points
after 26 races but has three or more wins, they will be added to the Chase as a
Wild Card
Ø
Points for the eligible teams entering the NFCL Chase
will be reset to start the ten race playoff as follows:
o
1st place team after 26 races - 1020
points
o
2nd place team - 1016 points
o
3rd place team - 1013 points
o
4th place team -1010 points
o
5th place team - 1008 points
o
6th place team - 1006 points
o
7th place team - 1004 points
o
8th place team - 1002 points
o
Each NFCL Chase team in the top eight will
receive three bonus points for each win accumulated during the 26 race regular
season to start the Chase
§
E.g., if a team finishes 6th in
points and has 2 wins during the regular season, that team will start the Chase
with 1012 points (1006 + 3 + 3)
o
Wild Card teams are not eligible for bonus
points and will each start the Chase with 1000 points
Ø
The NFCL Chase is a four round format starting
at Chicagoland (race 27) and continuing through Homestead (race 36)
o
A win in any round automatically advances that
team to the next round (in theory)
§
Wins result in 3 bonus points added to that
team’s total to start the next round during the Chase (if that team qualifies
for the next round)
o
Only seven teams will advance after the first
round
o
Two teams will be eliminated after the second
round
o
Two teams will be eliminated after the third
round
o
Only three teams will enter the fourth and final
round for the NASCAR Fantassy Cup
Ø
First round (races 27-29) - “The Flirter”
o
The top seven teams based on points accumulated
during races 27-29 will advance to the 2nd round
o
Wins automatically advance a team (in theory) and
add 3 extra points to that team’s total to start the next round
o
The balance of teams will be filled in according
to points accumulated in the three-race Flirter Round
§
The first tiebreaker is number of wins in the current
round
§
Second tiebreaker is number of wins during the entire
Chase
§
Third tiebreaker is number of wins during the
regular season
§
Fourth tiebreaker is number of points during the
regular season
§
Fifth tiebreaker is whoever got their first win
first
Ø
Second round (races 30-32) - “The Teaser”
o
The top five teams based on points accumulated
during races 27-32 will advance to the 3rd round
o
Wins automatically advance teams; same format
for filling in the balance of teams and tiebreakers applies
Ø
Third round (races 33 & 34) - “The Fluffer”
o
The top three teams based on points accumulated
during races 27-34 will advance to the final round
o
Wins automatically advance teams; same format
for balance of filling in the teams and tiebreakers applies
Ø
Fourth round - (races 35 & 36) - “The
Finisher”
o
The three teams entering the Finisher Round will
have their points reset to 2000
§
Three bonus points for each win in the previous
Fluffer round will be awarded
o
Wins in the Finisher round are worth 3 extra
points which will be added to their final total at the end of that round
o
The team with the most points after races 35 and
36 is the NASCAR Fantassy Cup winner
§
Same format for tiebreakers applies
§
Please note that the NSCS modifies their points
system for their final race; our NFCL will award whatever points that are
posted in the official race results on NASCAR.com
8)
The Rules Committee (RC) has final say on any
league issues
a)
The RC is comprised of three members to avoid
ties in voting situations
b)
In the event of a discrepancy, the RC will hear
arguments from all parties involved
i)
The NFCL Commissioner will also provide his/her
opinion to the RC, but will not have an official vote
c)
In the event that one member of the RC is
involved in a dispute, the Commissioner will take his/her place in the voting
process
i)
In the event that two members of the RC are
involved in a dispute, the Commissioner will join in the voting process and
will choose a tenured NFCL team owner to act as the third vote
ii)
In the event that two or more members of the RC
are involved in a dispute, the Commissioner will join the voting process and
hand-select substitute RC members from the remaining team owners
iii)
In the event that all members of the RC and the
Commissioner are involved in a dispute, the Commissioner will hand-select three
substitute RC members from the remaining team owners
d)
The RC can solicit opinions from any team owner
in the NFCL league about any matter, but is not required to do so
e)
The RC might have to make up rules as they go,
but will always act with fairness and the best interests of the league in mind
9)
All future communications will be handled
through this site: http://9monthsoffrustration.blogspot.com/
a)
The Commissioner will try to get each week’s
picks posted as soon as possible to the above web site
b)
The Commissioner will track each team’s picks,
finishing places, points earned, current NFCL standings, and try to be witty in
a charming yet unassuming way on the web site, but the team owners are ultimately
responsible for keeping track of picks and points; please check the web site
information regularly to ensure accuracy (he’s just a redneck…this isn’t his
day job…the only reason he’s doing this is because you wouldn’t…there are a lot
of chips at stake so keep an eye on him)
10) The
Commissioner will submit his pick to Scott Goodman (Rusty Truck) and Chris
Nealon (Doc Beef) each week
2014 NASCAR Fantassy League Leadership
Commissioner:
Larry Laviolette
Rules Committee:
George Bunca: hoganshero206@hotmail.com
Chris Nealon: docbeef@hotmail.com
Scott Goodman: rustytruckrules@yahoo.com
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