Jan 24, 2017

Pool Rules 2017

  1. ORGANIZATION
    • Purpose: This pool is provided for recreational purposes only. There are no cash or other prizes involved other than the 2017 Season Trophy provided by the Commissioner. There is no affiliation with NASCAR, nor its participants, sponsors, broadcasters, advertisers, and suppliers. There is no affiliation with any other organization, public or private.
    • Commissioner: The Commissioner, retiring this year, runs this pool one more time in 2017.
  2. PARTICIPATION
    • Eligibility: This year's pool is open to 2016 pool participants, regardless of current employment, who are attending the 2017 Daytona 500 on February 26.
    • Transferability: Entries are not transferable under any circumstances this year.
    • Deadline to join: Players enter by submitting their Daytona 500 pick by noon, Thursday, February 16, 2017. No entries will be accepted after that.
  3. WEEKLY ENTRIES
    • Selecting picks: Players submit one driver each week, until a 2017 winner is determined.
    • Submitting picks: Picks for a given race must be submitted via eMail no later than noon on the Friday before the race.
    • Scoring picks: Points are by driver, not the actual car they might drive. Drivers need only start the race to get the points awarded. If they do not start the race, your pick gets zero points.
    • Defaults: Players who fail to submit picks on time score nothing for that week.
    • Revising picks: Picks for the current race can be revised any time up to the deadline.
  4. RACE POINTS Scoring is greatly simplified this year. You received the race points your driver pick earning, including stage bonsuses.
    • Weekly Winner: The player with the most points wins the week, tie breakers being race finish and when pick was submitted.
    • There is no separate Chase or Playoff in 2017 as in past years. or when the 2017 winner is determined. Points are simply accumulate all season long.
  5. TROPHIES
    • Weekly Trophy: The traveling Weekly Trophy has been retired.
    • Season Trophy: The season trophy goes to the highest scoring player, either at the end of the year or before if all others are mathematically elimiated. The season abruptly ends in the latter case.