Nationwide Series - Circuit 1
MODIFY TEAM
Overview
To make driver trades via the Internet, click the appropriate navigational link on the Contest website, login using your username and password (if you haven't already done so), make your trades as needed within the constraints of your team's current value plus your cash reserve, submit the trades and record the confirmation number you receive for them.
Trades are also accepted via toll-free number or voice mail (866-918-RACE) and fax (314-991-1564).
Deadlines and Race Schedule
During the Contest, trades must be made each week before the dropping of the green flag for the weekend's race. If a race start is postponed to a new date, the deadline for trades will be the start of the race on the new date. For the race schedule, click here.
The first deadline for making trades during the Contest is the start of the race on February 21, 2009.
Before the Contest begins, all trades are free and unlimited.
In the event that a race starts and then is postponed to another date, regardless of whether or not the laps from the original race date count as official race laps, no additional trades will be allowed prior to the re-start of the race. In the event that a race is postponed until after the end of the Contest, the race will be removed from the Contest's race schedule.
Trades
Unlimited trades can be made before each race. When trading drivers, 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.
To determine the number of trades used for each race week, your driver lineup from the previous race is compared to your driver lineup at the deadline for the current week’s race. The difference in drivers determines the number of trades used, and thus the maximum number of trades for a week is 8. For example, if your previous race lineup included Kevin Harvick, and on Tuesday you trade Kevin Harvick for Denny Hamlin, on Wednesday you trade Hamlin for Greg Biffle, on Thursday you trade Biffle for Jeff Burton, on Friday you trade Burton for Clint Bowyer, and on Saturday morning before the race you trade Bowyer for Kasey Kahne, only 1 trade would be used for the week.
In the event that a race is postponed until after the end of the Contest, all driver lineups will revert to the previous race lineup and no trades will have been used.
Costs
For each trade made via the website during the Contest, a trade token is required. Trade tokens cost $1. Unused trade tokens may be used for the Nationwide Series Challenge • Circuit 2. All purchased trade tokens are non-refundable. All unused Nationwide Series Challenge • Circuit 2 trade tokens are non-refundable and non-transferable.
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! Click here for more on ONE TIME fee.
Before the Contest begins, all trades are free and unlimited.
SCORING
Overview
Teams are ranked overall by averaging the number of team points per race. The best 14 race weeks are used to determine standings.
Scoring System
Points are awarded to your team for each race based on the following formula:
Total Points = Nationwide Series Points
NEW THIS YEAR!Driver points are determined by race results. Drivers that qualify for an event and do not run the race (qualify for another driver, etc.) DO NOT get any points.
Nationwide Series Points are awarded to each of your drivers based on their race finish and laps led. For a complete explanation of how Nationwide Series Points are awarded, click here.
Teams are ranked overall by averaging the number of team points per race. The team with the highest race average is first and the team with the lowest race average is last. An accumulated total is not used.
After the 5th race, your lowest weekly total will be dropped before determining standings. After the 6th race, your 2 lowest weekly totals will be dropped, and after the 7th race, your 3 lowest weekly totals will be dropped. Beginning with the 8th race, your 4 lowest weekly totals will be dropped each week before determining your team's average race points and standings.
If your driver is penalized by NASCAR, your team will not lose the corresponding Nationwide Series Points.
Only Nationwide Series Points from the listed races are used. A driver's Nationwide Series Points are added to your weekly team totals only during the week(s) that he is on your team.
Previous points by a driver before he was on your team do not count.
