Indycar Fantasy Competition - RULES/SEASON STANDINGS THREAD

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I am introducing this new Fantasy Game here on the Motorsport Forums, which is very similar to what 16th & Georgetown ran in 2010.

The game is very simple. All you have to do before the race's qualifying session is choose ONE driver as your fantasy driver. After Sunday's race, you will get the same amount of points as that driver's finishing position. If the driver wins, you get 1 point, 2 points for 2nd, etc. At the end of the season, the player with the least points wins the competition.

The one very tactical and strategic part of this game, is that you cannot pick the same driver more than THREE times all season. So this game may come down to just a little bit of luck as well.

If you choose a driver before the race weekend and they are replaced (example, Simona de Silvestro at Infineon last year), you would have gotten points for where Simon Pagenaud finished in the final results.

If you choose a driver before the race weekend, and they withdraw due to injury, or other reason where they are not replaced (I'll use Simona D again, 2011 Iowa), you will get the average points of each session that the driver completes in one race weekend. So for example, you choose Ryan Hunter-Reay and he does 2 practice sessions and gets hurt in qualifying and the team withdraws his entry, his 2 practice session results will be averaged, and you will receive x points for that weekend.

If you accidentally choose a driver for the 4th time, I will write you a response informing you that you cannot choose that driver, and you will have the opportunity to pick again. In this thread, I will be keeping an active drivers list so you know exactly who will be competing each weekend.

If you do not submit an entry before the deadline (before qualifying session), you will automatically have the driver for the last GP chosen. If your 3-pick quota has been reached, then you will get max points for the event. If you join the competition late, the same penalty applies (26 points given at St. Pete, etc.)

When choosing your fantasy driver, you may either send me a private message with your pick, or more preferably, send me an email. I have created a special email address for this competition only that I will use exclusively, and which may be easier to communicate, say you accidentally pick a 4th driver and I need to email you back quickly.

Email address: [email:2jgi527g]azw1528@gmail.com[/email:2jgi527g]
Please write your forum name and your driver choice in your message.
I will be creating an excel spreadsheet with all of this compiled info, and will post 1 spreadsheet with your driver choices (so you can keep track visually) and a separate one with points standings after each race weekend.

You may start emailing/messaging at any time! Hope you all enjoy!

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After doing a bit of thinking, I amended the above post and decided the first name and last initial for the entry is not necessary. No one will know who anyone is by looking at it, so we will just stick with forum names only. Please see above post for correction, thank you.

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Season Roster / Driver Picks thus far :

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Season Standings:

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* standings updated

It's never too late to join! If this competition seems like something any of you other folks want to tackle we can easily slide you right in!!

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* standings updated for Long Beach

Points starting to spread out now! Competition is heating up. See you all for Brazil!

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* standings updated for Brazil

Start thinking about your picks for Indy! A poor pick can result in a whopping 33 points if not thought out correctly.

Anyone new willing to give this competition a try? Indy would be the place to make your stab at it!!

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* updated for Indy

Big shakeup after the Indy race!

Those who picked Andretti really lost out with his DNF towards the end of the race, dropping several people from the top of the standings.

However, the Ganassi picks, as well as Hinchcliffe propelled several people upwards towards the top of the charts.

Detroit picks up next! The driver picks are updated also...some who haven't picked for the past couple of races have now used up their 3 drivers, so make sure you double check who you've picked already before making your guess!!

Rememeber, if you would like your pick to be private, please send a private message or shoot me an email to the address in the original post.

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* updated for the Detroit GP

Lot of upsets this week by some pickers. BobGarage had a nifty pick with Will Power to raise him up the standings a bit.

Some drivers running out of their compulsory 3-pickers, our championship leader is one of them. I hope you guys choose to stay in this competition for the rest of the year and lets make it even bigger next year!!

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*Standings updated for Texas

Another tough week seeing some top drivers not make it to the end of the race, but the standings did not get shuffled all that much.

Going to try to point out who moves up or down how many positions starting next week, just gotta figure out how to implement that in my spreadsheet.

Thanks all for playing - make sure to start double checking the table above to make sure you don't go over your allotted 3 picks, as it can get tough this time of season!

Good luck at Milwaukee.