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Who’s Going To Make the 2010 Chase?

Site Admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:40:16 +0000

Over the past few weeks, the ‘Chase for the Championship’ has been mentioned more and more on the NASCAR race broadcasts. With the regular season close to three quarters finished, it’s a good time to take a look at who the 12 contenders for the title may be. We’ll take a look at the current [...]

Using Nascar Pools Online : League Types

Site Admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:44:11 +0000

We get several emails over the course of the pre-season asking if we can handle all sorts of different Nascar pools. Here’s a general outline of what we currently offer: 1. Salary Cap Each team is given $1000 to pick exactly 8 drivers for the season. You can select any 8 drivers as long as [...]

Using Nascar Pools Online : Scoring

Site Admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:46:10 +0000

We have several scoring methods set up as default options, and we also have a number of custom methods. Here’s an outline all of the different options that are currently available. New methods will be added once they’ve been used for a full season. 1. Standard Points Uses the Nascar Championship points scoring system. Can choose whether [...]

Using Nascar Pools Online : Adding Teams

Site Admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:40:20 +0000

Once your league is set up, you’ll need to get all of teams entered. There are basically two ways to go about this. Enter them yourself as the commish, or if your pool allows online selections, have people register for the site and add their teams themselves. Picking Your Team Register and/or Login to the [...]

Using Nascar Pools Online : Set up a League

Site Admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:25:59 +0000

To help out all of the new commissioners on Nascar Pools Online this coming season, we’ve put together some quick step by step instructions on setting up a fantasy Nascar pool on the site. Creating Your League Register and/or Login to the site. Go to the Create League page and give your league a name, [...]

2010 Nascar Pool Salaries : Drivers

Site Admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:28:10 +0000

We’ve started putting together the default driver groups and salaries for the upcoming season. The following are what we are leaning towards for the coming season. There may be some additions and some small changes prior to Sunday when we add the salaries to the site, and make leagues publically available. Driver Salaries Driver Salary Driver Salary J. [...]

2010 Nascar Pool Groups : Drivers

Site Admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:27:55 +0000

We’ve started putting together the default driver groups and salaries for the upcoming season. Of course things are still up in the air with several teams, so these are currently ‘potential’ groups. The first six groups of the box pools are pretty firm, but there may be some changes by Sunday of the final two [...]

Grow Your Nascar Pool

Site Admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:00:51 +0000

This is the third part of the Nascar Pool Help series. Part 1 Part 2 Now that you’ve decided the set-up and scoring method your pool will use, your next task is formalizing some rules, and inviting people to participate in your pool. This is probably the first time you’ll need to put something on paper (or the internet). You’ll want to describe [...]

Setting up my Nascar Pool Details

Site Admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:00:47 +0000

This is the second part of the Nascar Pool Help series. Part 1 Once you’ve decided to start your own fantasy Nascar pool, you’ll need to decide what type of pool to run. The are plenty of options, and your choice may depend on the number and type of participants in your pool. Are you aiming for only the most hardcore [...]

Start a Nascar Pool

Site Admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:51:20 +0000

This is the first part of the Nascar Pool Help series. The first step in getting a fantasy Nascar league up and running, is deciding you want to manage one. Office pools for any sport can be a lot of fun, if promoted and managed properly, and we want to help you make your Nascar [...]

Nascar Pool Help

Site Admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:22:05 +0000

Since we started Nascar Pools Online, we’ve received a number of questions about starting, and managing NASCAR pools. I’ve personally run a number of pools myself, not just in NASCAR but several other sports as well, plus I’ve participated in numerous others. Not to mention, I’ve communicated with several of the people that run their pools [...]

Pit Picks : Season Wrap up

Site Admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:13:41 +0000

The long and grueling Sprint Cup season has finally come to an end, and my weekends seem a little empty now. I was talking to a friend on Saturday night and he posed the question, “What do we do tomorrow with no race?” I hadn’t really even considered it until then. I guess I watch [...]