NASCAR launches all-new fantasy game for 2018 season

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Accessible via NASCAR.com and the NASCAR Mobile app, the all-new NASCAR Fantasy Live follows the NASCAR official scoring system, allows players to make in-race driver substitutions and features incentives for correctly predicting stage wins, race wins and more.

Players can register at NASCAR.com/fantasy beginning today and set their driver rosters for the 2018 DAYTONA 500 when the race entry list is announced.

“In NASCAR, every lap matters,” said Tim Clark, managing director, NASCAR Digital Media. “The new NASCAR Fantasy Live game reflects the lap-by-lap intensity of modern NASCAR racing by giving fans the opportunity to strategize and adjust their driver lineups in real-time during races.”

In NASCAR Fantasy Live, players pick five drivers to start prior to each Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. In addition, a sixth “garage” driver on the roster can be swapped in-race for any active driver before the final stage begins.

Game scoring follows NASCAR official scoring and rewards points based on race results and driver finishing position for all three stages. Only drivers in the “starting” position at the end of each race will earn fantasy points.

Individual drivers can be used a maximum of 10 times during the season. If a driver ends the race in the player’s garage, it will not count against the season limit.

During races, drivers running in the top 10 at the conclusion of Stage 1 and Stage 2 receive points, beginning with 10 points for the stage winner, nine points for second place, eight points for third place, and so on.

Mirroring how Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races are scored, the race-winning driver earns 40 points, the second-place finisher 35 points, the third-place finisher 34 points, and so forth. The final four drivers to finish each race earn one point apiece.

Players can also score bonus points by correctly picking the pole winner (5 points), Stage 1 winner (10 points), Stage 2 winner (10 points), winning manufacturer (10 points) and race-winning driver (30 points).

NASCAR Fantasy Live will run throughout the 26-week Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular season and culminate with the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 9, 2018. The overall points leader after the final race will be crowned 2018 champion and win $10,000.
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/02/05/nascar-fantasy-live-game-all-new-for-2018/
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Well I watch the races on the DVR so I won't be able to make the in-race adjustments. That kills it for me. Also, it was so simple beforehand- look at practice/qual times on Jayski, then pick 5 drivers, throw a a dart at a dartboard to choose the winner and pick the winning manufacturer and hope. I'd do it Sunday morning over coffee at my computer for 10 minutes then do whatever I had to do for the day. Come home from work/skiing and watch the race and follow the five drivers I picked.

Now I'd need a damn spreadsheet. Oh well. And as I said, I can't competitively play since I'm lucky to watch 5 races live over the course of the season.
 
I thought about taking a look at this until I saw that it ends when the Chase starts. That's a deal-breaker for me personally.

I find it interesting that NASCAR would chose to end the game at that time of the year. That's right when they'll lose a chunk of audience to football. I surprised they'd stop something that might cause part of that audience to continue following the sport to some degree.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
I thought about taking a look at this until I saw that it ends when the Chase starts. That's a deal-breaker for me personally.

I find it interesting that NASCAR would chose to end the game at that time of the year. That's right when they'll lose a chunk of audience to football. I surprised they'd stop something that might cause part of that audience to continue following the sport to some degree.
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I'm 99.999% positive there'll be a new "Playoff" Fantasy Game to replace it.
 
Speedbowl14 said:
Well I watch the races on the DVR so I won't be able to make the in-race adjustments. That kills it for me. Also, it was so simple beforehand- look at practice/qual times on Jayski, then pick 5 drivers, throw a a dart at a dartboard to choose the winner and pick the winning manufacturer and hope. I'd do it Sunday morning over coffee at my computer for 10 minutes then do whatever I had to do for the day. Come home from work/skiing and watch the race and follow the five drivers I picked.

Now I'd need a damn spreadsheet. Oh well. And as I said, I can't competitively play since I'm lucky to watch 5 races live over the course of the season.
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Leave it to Brian France to find a way to f' up a wet dream.

You are not in the minority. Most set their team during the week prior to race day or at the latest early race day morning and then do not even look at it again unless there is a crash in final practice or something else happens to one of their drivers.

A lot of people will not be able to change their lineup prior to final stage, thus this creates an uneven playing field. This is like being able to change to your back up QB in fantasy football at the start of the 4th quarter.

Will be the first time in many many years i have not hosted a fantasy league in NASCAR. The ESPN fantasy game is screwed up with the changes and Yahoo is not offering a NASCAR fantasy league this year.

As they say all good things must come to an end.

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ncrdbl1 said:
Leave it to Brian France to find a way to f' up a wet dream.

You are not in the minority. Most set their team during the week prior to race day or at the latest early race day morning and then do not even look at it again unless there is a crash in final practice or something else happens to one of their drivers.

A lot of people will not be able to change their lineup prior to final stage, thus this creates an uneven playing field. This is like being able to change to your back up QB in fantasy football at the start of the 4th quarter.

Will be the first time in many many years i have not hosted a fantasy league in NASCAR. The ESPN fantasy game is screwed up with the changes and Yahoo is not offering a NASCAR fantasy league this year.

As they say all good things must come to an end.

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Hi, new guy! If you're interested, I'm going to pitch my fantasy league to you:

https://racing-forums.com/threads/the-last-american-fantasy-racing-league.62061/
 
When I signed up a few week ago, they still had last years salary cap rules posted. I played one of those on ESPN a few years ago and enjoyed it. After finding out they changed it up, I think I will lose interest after a couple weeks. It looks to confusing. Being able to change drivers mid race is super dumb as well. Its a bummer cuz playing fantasy games is all that really kept me interested in the race once my driver crashes out.
 
Typical Nascar, fix something that wasn't broke. No more watching on dvr, if you want to utilize the new switch a driver rule. Only pic a driver 10 times wtf. Nascar is doing its best to drive me away. Fantasy was a big reason I watched every race. Probably still play but since I watch on dvr to miss commercials, and spend time outside Sunday afternoons I will be at a disadvantage over those who watch live.
 
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