11 Days and Counting

Today we take our first look at the Fantasy Auto Racing games that we will be following throughout the Nextel Cup Series.

Lets start with the NASCAR Fantasy Cup Challenge. You can sign up for this game at http://fantasy.nascar.com/games/cap/splash.cfm .

Cost: $9.95

Includes: Live Scoring, Unlimited Preseason Transactions, and 6 In-season Transactions.

Prizes: Offers prizes totaling $50,665. Prizes are broken into Season, Segment, and Weekly.

Season Prizes

• First Place Overall Winner (1): $5,000
• Second Place Overall Winner (1): Two gift certificates for the "Experience of a Lifetime" driving experience from the Richard Petty Driving Experience at a race track of your choice. ($2,500 value)
• Third Place Overall Winner (1): Four Tickets to a NASCAR Nextel Cup race of the winner's choice during the 2006 season ($500 value)

Segment Prizes (The season is broken down into 4 seven week segments and 1 eight week segment)

• First Place for Each Segment (1): $500.00
  
• Second Place for Each Segment (4): $100.00
  
• Third Place for Each Segment (95): $25.00

Weekly Prizes

• First Place for Each Week (1): $250.00
  
• Second Place for Each Week (24): $20.00

Basic Rules of the Game: Pick 6 drivers and stay within an initial $100 salary cap. Drivers salary cap changes weekly based on their performance. Your salary cap will change by the sum of the change in your 6 drivers' salary. Scoring is based on the Nextel Cup point system. Highest point total wins.

Leagues: Public Leagues (15 teams) and Private Leagues available.

Check the site listed above for complete rules.

Tomorrow we will look at the NASCAR Superstar Fantasy Cup Challenge