| Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be | | | | became more accessible to more people over the |
| a NASCAR team owner or team leader? This is what | | | | Internet. Fantasy leagues based on Formula One and |
| the Fantasy NASCAR League permits you to | | | | Indy soon followed. |
| experience. Several other sports offer fantasy | | | | There are in fact quite a few Fantasy NASCAR |
| leagues, and in fact the Fantasy NASCAR League | | | | Leagues and the rules vary slightly from league to |
| was styled on the original fantasy league, the Soccer | | | | league, although on the whole they all adhere to the |
| Fantasy League, but for lovers of car racing, it is the | | | | points awarded by NASCAR. However, there are |
| top one. | | | | often quirky rules to avoid ties such as limiting the |
| If you do not know how the Fantasy NASCAR | | | | amount of times a driver's results can count for a |
| League works, it is pretty simple to explain. People | | | | fantasy team depending on the popularity of that |
| who enroll in the league become team owners, and | | | | driver within that fantasy league. |
| they have to pick a racing team from the selection of | | | | There are all kinds of Fantasy NASCAR Leagues, |
| real human drivers on the NASCAR circuit. These | | | | some even include motorcycle races in the list of |
| drivers then earn points for the team, exactly as they | | | | races that a team owner has to predict, while other |
| do in real life. | | | | leagues place significance on such criteria as fastest |
| This means that when one of your team members is | | | | lap time, average lap time or total time spent in first |
| participating in a real race, say at Pocono, you can | | | | place. Sometimes these extra rules are more |
| cheer him on in the hope that he will add points to your | | | | important with Fantasy NASCAR Leagues that build |
| team's total. This makes it quite realistic, except that | | | | their results on fewer races |
| you do not have to foot the millions of dollars it would | | | | There is of course an official NASCAR Fantasy |
| normally cost to own such a team and run it. | | | | NASCAR League, which is accessible on its website. |
| The fantasy league teams' points totals are then | | | | In this league team owners are given a hundred million |
| computed centrally and prizes are awarded at fixed | | | | dollars to put together a team and the league is based |
| intervals: monthly, quarterly, etc.. Some fantasy leagues | | | | on weekly results. |
| award prizes of gear or equipment others award | | | | It also costs real money to play. However, you may |
| prizes of money. Some charge to become a member, | | | | consider it a small price to pay to be embroiled with |
| others do not. | | | | the sport you love at the official Fantasy NASCAR |
| The Fantasy NASCAR League started life in the | | | | League level. For more details about the official |
| Eighties after the success of the Fantasy Soccer | | | | Fantasy NASCAR League, please go over to their |
| League proved that the idea could work, but it did not | | | | website. |
| truly take off until ten years later when the league | | | | |