Nationwide Series - Circuit 1

SIGNUP

Overview

To enter the NATIONWIDE SERIES CHALLENGE via the Contest website, click the appropriate navigational link on the Contest website, agree to abide by the official rules governing the Contest, then follow the instructions to submit your entry, which includes selecting your team name and team. Upon successfully entering your team, you will receive via email your username and password to be used for modifying your team, viewing results and accessing the message boards and chat features.

Entries are also accepted via toll-free number (866-918-RACE), regular mail (FUN Technologies, 11756 Borman Drive, #220, St. Louis, MO 63146) and fax (314-991-1564).

All valid entries will be randomly assigned to a 10-team league.

Deadline

NEW THIS YEAR! Your Internet entry must be paid by credit card, using MasterCard, VISA, or American Express, and be received before the dropping of the green flag for the race on Saturday, February 14, 2009, in order to accumulate points for all 18 weeks of the Contest, and no later than the start of the race on Saturday, April 4, 2009. Phone and fax entries have the same requirements.

You may still enter the Contest after February 14, 2009, and up until the start of the race on Saturday, April 4, 2009. To be eligible for the upcoming week, your entry must be submitted before the dropping of the green flag for the weekend's race. Late entries will receive 0 points for the weeks prior to the time of entry.

Mailed entries can also be paid by check or money order and must be postmarked by Friday, February 13, 2009, and received by Monday, February 16, 2009, in order to accumulate points for all 18 weeks of the Contest. Mailed entries postmarked after Friday, February 13, 2009, will be entered on the day the entry is received for the upcoming weekend's race. Mailed entries must be received no later than Friday, April 3, 2009.

The Contest begins with the race on Saturday, February 14, 2009, and ends with the race on Friday, July 10, 2009.

The best 14 of 18 race weeks are used to determine prizes.

Costs

To enter the Nationwide Series Challenge, there is a one time entry fee as well as additional fees for trading drivers using trade tokens.

Upgrade your team with a ONE TIME fee. ONE TIME fee teams are NOT required to purchase tokens to trade drivers. Choose ONE TIME fee for your team and pay NO MORE!

All fees are payable in U.S. funds. All purchased trade tokens are non-refundable. All unused Circuit 1 trade tokens will transfer to Nationwide Series Challenge • Circuit 2. All unused Nationwide Series Challenge • Circuit 2 trade tokens are non-refundable and non-transferable.

SELECT TEAM

Overview

During signup, you select a team of 8 drivers within the constraints of a $10,000,000 salary cap. Any unspent money remains in your cash reserve. These drivers remain on your team until you decide to modify your team.

Driver Selection

You can select listed or unlisted drivers at any time before or during the Contest. All unlisted drivers are initially assigned a $300,000 salary with two exceptions; if an unlisted driver qualifies for the 2009 Daytona 500 or drives in at least one 2009 Sprint Cup race, then his salary will be $1,100,000. To request that an unlisted driver be added to the salary file in order to be selected, click here to email us or call 1-866-918-RACE.

Salary Cap and Driver Salaries

The $10,000,000 salary cap is used to select your initial team of drivers, and any unspent money remains in your cash reserve. When trading drivers during the Contest, you may not exceed the value of your team’s current salary plus your cash reserve. Driver salaries are updated after every two races beginning February 28, 2009.

Click here to review the schedule for updated driver salaries.

For current driver salaries, click here.

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