The follow is s paste with a few RFL specific edits.
Welcome to the "Driver Group Game" where you manage your own fantasy team of NASCAR Cup Series drivers.
Each race week, before qualifying begins, you select an eight-driver team from among three groups of eligible drivers. Then, before the race, you will decide which four 'Starter' drivers will race for your team. So, the challenge is not only to pick the best team race in and race out, but also to manage your team in a way that produces the highest possible fantasy score.
Official DRIVER GROUP GAME League
If you want to have a team that competes against a large group of players be sure to join the DGG League.
We will be using the DGG default rules for the RFL 2020 league.
Default Rules - DGG LEAGUE
Length of Season
Driver Group Game is a weekly game that runs the full 36 race 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. It begins with race #1, the Daytona 500 on Sunday, February 16, 2020 and concludes after race #36 on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at ISM Raceway.
Non-points races ('The Clash' at Daytona and the 'All-Star Race' at Charlotte Motor Speedway) are not included in the game. Take these races off and enjoy the action!
Spring, Summer and Playoff Segments
In addition, the full-season will be divided into three segments.
Spring: Begins with race #1, the Daytona 500 (February 16, 2020) at Daytona International Speedway and ends with race #13, the Coca-Cola 600 (May 24th, 2020) at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Summer: Begins with race #14 on May 31st, 2020 at Kansas Speedway and ends with race #26 on August 29, 2020 at Daytona International Speedway.
Playoffs: Begins with race #27 on September 6th, 2020 at Darlington Speedway and ends with race#36 on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at ISM Raceway.
Joining the Game
The Driver Group Game is free to play.
You can join the game anytime from when the game opens for entries until the final deadline for the last race of the 2020 NASCAR race season. The game is comprised of weekly contests that begin on Monday and conclude on Sunday, unless Monday racing is required to decide a real-life race winner.
Join as many leagues as you like! There is no need to create additional registrations on the site because each league you play in has an entry for you unique to that league.
Our RFL sign up instructions will be posted soon
Weekly Team Carry Ove
Your weekly team entry does carry over from race-to-race. If you're going to play the game to win, it makes sense to set the optimum line-up each race. But, even the most diligent player could have some real life event that causes them to miss setting their team. As such, your line-up from the previous week will advance forward to the current race. If, however, a driver on the 'carry over' team is out of eligible usage because their starts have reached 0, you will no longer receive any points for them.
Selecting Drivers for Your Team Entry
Available drivers are broken into three driver groups. A, B and C. Placement of drivers in these three groups is determined prior to the season based on their level of past or predicted future performance. Once in the A, B or C driver group a driver will not be moved to another group at any time during the season. However, we may add additional drivers to a group at any point during the season.
Select drivers on your entry page to choose your team entry for each race week. You must choose an eight-driver team that includes two drivers from the A Group, four from the B Group, and two from the C Group.
The 'Bench' spots are important because each team will accumulate points for drivers who qualify in the five best starting positions after qualifying, regardless of whether they are in the 'Starter' or 'Bench' position.
When you have finished setting your team lineup click the Save Team button to save your entry.
Substitute Drivers
If a driver on your roster gets replaced/substituted with another driver (due to sickness or any circumstance) during the race weekend you can still use that new driver in the 'Starter' or 'Bench' position and earn the points from the replacement driver. The original driver will still be charged with a start if in the 'Starter' position. The number of races each driver has started for you will be listed along with all of his other stats.
Maximum Starts
Each driver in the Driver Group Game can be in the 'Starter' position of your team in no more than eight races. For the purposes of this game, a driver must be in the 'Starter' position for a race (not only during qualifying) in order to be charged with a race start. Likewise, a driver who is on your team but stays in the 'Bench' position during the race does not get charged for a race start.
Once a driver has reached the eight-race limit, he will no longer accumulate any fantasy points for your team even if he occupies a 'Starter' or 'Bench' roster spot. This limit does not change no matter when you join the game.
Your driver's start totals will not reset at the segment divisions of the season. If you start your driver eight times during the first segment of the season, he will not be eligible to earn ANY fantasy points (qualifying, finish or lap points) for the remainder of the season.
Deadlines
The deadline for picking new drivers for the upcoming race is 8:00 AM Eastern on the friday of the race weekend. (7:00 AM Central / 6:00 AM Mountain / 5:00 AM Pacific) It is noted as 'PARTIAL LOCK' on your 'Dashboard' and 'Entry' pages.
The deadline to change the status of a driver on your team from 'Bench' to 'Starter' is at the scheduled start of the race. Scheduled start is listed on your entry form. Please note that the scheduled race time will likely differ from the actual start time of the race. Rosters are locked based on the start time displayed on your 'Dashboard' and 'My Entry' pages for that race. It is noted as 'FULL LOCK'.
In the event that NASCAR changes the start time of the race to an earlier time than we have published, the deadline to change the status of a driver on your team from 'Bench' to 'Starter' will also change accordingly.
In the event that NASCAR changes the start time of the race to a later time (or day) than we have published, the deadline to change the status of a driver on your team from 'Bench' to 'Starter' will not change. Entries will not be opened back up after they have locked.
2020 Driver Groups
The drivers for the A, B and C Groups are divided up as follows:
A DRIVER GROUP
Brad Keselowski
Chase Elliott
Denny Hamlin
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Martin Truex Jr
B DRIVER GROUP
Alex Bowman
Aric Almirola
Austin Dillon
Chris Buescher
Clint Bowyer
Erik Jones
Jimmie Johnson
Kurt Busch
Kyle Larson
Matt DiBenedetto
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ryan Blaney
Ryan Newman
William Byron
C DRIVER GROUP
Bayley Currey
BJ McLeod
Brendan Gaughan
Brennan Poole
Christopher Bell
Cody Ware
Cole Custer
Corey Lajoie
Daniel Suarez
Darrell Wallace Jr
David Ragan
Garrett Smithley
JJ Yeley
Joey Gase
John Hunter Nemechek
Justin Haley
Landon Cassill
Michael McDowell
Parker Kligerman
Paul Menard
Quin Houff
Reed Sorenson
Ross Chastain
Ryan Preece
Timmy Hill
Ty Dillon
Tyler Reddick
Scoring (Qualifying)
'Starter' and 'Bench' drivers are eligible to earn qualifying bonus points. Because qualifying for the Daytona 500 is broken up over two days, qualifying points will not be awarded for the Daytona 500. In the event that qualifying is cancelled whereby the race line-up is set by points, there will be no qualifying bonus points awarded.
Pole = 10 points
2nd = 5 points
3rd = 3 points
4th = 2 points
5th = 1 point
Scoring (Laps Led and Most Laps Led)
Only 'Starter' drivers are eligible to earn lap bonus points.
Most Laps Led = 5 points
Lead a Lap = 5 points
Scoring (Stage Position)
Only 'Starter' drivers are eligible to earn stage position points. Our stages match NASCAR stages. Historically, there are two stages at all races except the Charlotte 600 which has three. To clarify, 'stages' does not include the final stage of the race which results in the checkered flag. Rather, 'stages' are the segments of the race that NASCAR refers to as 'stages' and end with a yellow flag.
1st = 5 points
2nd = 4 points
3rd = 3 points
4th = 2 points
5th = 1 point
Scoring (Finish position)
Only 'Starter' drivers are eligible to earn finish position points.
Winner = 100 points
2nd = 90 points
3rd = 88 points (-2 points for every finish thereafter)
If a race is officially canceled, no fantasy team will receive any points for that race. All other scoring rules stay the same. If qualifying or a race is delayed or postponed, no points will be awarded until it is completed. If qualifying is canceled and the starting grid is determined by other means, no qualifying bonus points will be awarded.
Standings
All applicable driver statistics are updated following qualifying and after each race. All weekly fantasy point totals, group standings, and leaderboards will be updated as soon as data is available after the race and we've had time to process the scoring.