8 Days and Counting

Our next Fantasy Auto Racing game to check is the Sporting News Ultimate Stock Car Challenge (Season 1). Note that Season 1 consists of 14 races and runs from 2/13/05 through 6/6/05. You can sign up for this game by clicking on the link below:
Sporting News Ultimate Stock Car Challenge (Season 1)
(Sorry, the actual URL is too long to fit here)

Cost: $14.99 (1 Team), $34.99 (3 Teams), $54.99 (5 Teams)

Includes: Scoring based on both the race and the qualifying runs. 1 free trade each week, extra cost less than $1.

Prizes: Offers prizes totaling over $44,000. Prizes are broken into Overall, League, Franchise, and Weekly.

Overall Season Prizes (Highest point total at the end of the season)

• 1st Place: $2,500
  
• 2nd Place: $1,500
  
• 3rd Place: $1,000
  
• 4th Place: $750
• 5th Place: $500
• 6th thru 10th Place: $250
• 11th thru 25th Place: $100
• 26th thru 50th Place: $75
• 51st thru 75th Place: $50
• 76th thru 100th Place: $25
  

League Prizes (For every league that has at least 12 teams)

• Top team owner wins: $50 - Can have only one team in the league
  

Franchise Prizes (Highest Roster Value at the end of the

• 1st Place: $500
  
• 2nd Place: $250
  
• 3rd Place: $125
• 4th Place: $75
  
• 5th Place: $50
  

Weekly Prizes

• 1st Place: $100
  
• 2nd Place: $50
• 3rd Place: $25
  

Basic Rules of the Game: You start with a mythical $50,000,000 to pick 6 drivers. Driver's salaries change throughout the season. You can buy and sell drivers as the season progresses to earn more money. You also pick a manufacturer (Chevy, Dodge, Ford or Pontiac). Scoring is based on performance by subtracting the drivers qualifying points (43 points for 1st continuing down to 1 point for 43rd) from the actual Nextel Cup points earned for the race. Manufacturer points are then added in. Highest point total wins. Remember, Season 1 runs through 6/6/05.

Leagues: Public Leagues and Private Leagues available.

Check the site listed above for complete rules.

Tomorrow we will look at the Sporting News / Fox Fantasy Stock Car League.