NASCAR Fantasy Racing

NASCAR.com has its own fantasy racing challenges. There are two "easy weekly pick 'em" games. You can play Holiday Inn Racing's Burn the Competition Fantasy Game for free each week for a chance to win a 2009 VIP Nationwide Racing Experience. Weekly and monthly prizes are also awarded. The game began with the Pocono 500 on June 8 and runs through the Ford 400 on November 16, but you can join in anytime. Each week pick the one driver from each of the eight driver groups who you think will score the most points. Your drivers earn fantasy points based on their actual performance under the NASCAR scoring system. Your team points and standings are updated at the end of each race when the results are official. Because the driver entry list changes each week, your roster of drivers does not carry over from week to week. So be sure to select new drivers prior to the TV start time of each race.

NASCAR's other "easy weekly pick 'em" game is Streak to the Finish. NASCAR calls this game "the easiest fantasy racing game on the planet." Each week you choose one driver you believe with finish in the Top 10 of the upcoming race. If you're correct, you're on a "streak" and you earn the driver's weekly Sprint Cup points. You also get bonuses for longer streaks. For example, for each race in which you correctly predict a top-10 finisher, you will earn that driver's actual Sprint Cup points. If you correctly predict a top-10 finisher in the next race, your streak grows to two and you'll earn twenty bonus points. As long as you keep your streak going, your bonus points are equal to ten times your streak length. Once your selected driver fails to finish in the top-10, you're streak reverts to zero.

NASCAR features an intermediate level fantasy race game called the Fantasy Cap Challenge. For $9.95 per segment, you will own a team of NASCAR drivers. Starting with a fantasy $100 million bank account, pick your team of six drivers that you think will rack up the most Qualifying and Sprint Cup points each week. Each driver listed has been assigned a salary based on past performance. Each week, you can trade your drivers. Just stay within your salary cap. Drop a slumping driver and add a rising star. You are the Owner - you call the shots. Trades cost as low as $1 each ($2 for one trade, 10 trades for $15, or 20 trades for $20). Plus, all online entrants will receive one Full-Team Trade Certificates which allow you to trade up to all six of your drivers once during a segment. There are many ways to win in the Fantasy Cap Challenge. The top team based on total points from all segments wins $5,000, the top team in each segment wins $500, and the top weekly teams win $200.

For advanced players, NASCAR has the Draft and Play. Join an eight-team private league and use the automated draft or live draft option. Or join a public league and the computer will make your selections based upon your defined pre-draft rankings. Your team - four starters and two garage drivers - will compete each week. Your starting drivers will earn points based the following formula: Total Points = Qualifying Points + Sprint Cup Points. Qualifying Points are awarded to a driver based on his qualifying position where position 1 receives 43 points, Position 2 received 42 points, and so forth to Position 43 which receives 1 point.