| Every year there are a few hundred thousand people | | | | use them throughout the season and not have uses |
| that play Yahoo fantasy racing. This is the lone Yahoo | | | | left over for them at seasons end. |
| fantasy NASCAR game that they offer during the | | | | #2) Driver Performance by Track: A great fantasy |
| Sprint Cup season. In my opinion it is a rousing success! | | | | NASCAR tool to use is where you can see how a |
| I think this particular fantasy NASCAR game has to | | | | driver has performed at a specific track in the past. I |
| have the largest amount of single game players of | | | | like to lean on this NASCAR statistic as an indicator of |
| any other fantasy NASCAR game being offered on | | | | success, but not the be and end all factor. There are |
| the internet. It is free to play, so you are not gonna win | | | | many reasons outside of a drivers control that turns a |
| any money from Yahoo! But, you can join or create | | | | good run into a bad finish. Getting caught up in some |
| any number of public or private leagues and create a | | | | other drivers wreck or an ill-timed pit stop right before |
| 'pot' or prizes that the winner gets at the end of the | | | | the yellow flag waves can ruin a drivers day. But, on |
| season. | | | | the flip side, looking at a drivers average finish at the |
| So, how are you gonna beat out a few hundred | | | | track is a good indicator of if they have a history of |
| thousand other people and win at Yahoo fantasy | | | | good results here. I don't like to look at more then the |
| racing? Honestly, it is gonna come down to luck more | | | | last couple of years for this statistic though. |
| than anything else. But, a close second behind luck are | | | | #3) Driver Momentum: Some will argue against the |
| four essential fantasy NASCAR tips that can make or | | | | philosophy and belief that any player or team in sports |
| break your Yahoo fantasy NASCAR season. | | | | can be on a 'hot streak'. How many times have we |
| #1) Driver Management: Managing the drivers on your | | | | seen Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon or |
| yahoo fantasy racing team throughout the entire | | | | Matt Kenseth sweep race weekends or win races in |
| NASCAR season it vital. I like to have a plan for driver | | | | consecutive weeks? Plus, from what I hear drivers, |
| management before the season even starts. As soon | | | | teams and broadcasters say, Momentum is a real |
| as the yahoo fantasy racing game opens up I create | | | | thing in NASCAR racing. I like to look at how hot a |
| a spreadsheet of each of the three driver groups. I | | | | driver is over the last three races. Is he finishing in the |
| have that running down the first column. Then across | | | | top-five for the past three weeks? If so, then I am |
| the top I put each race on the schedule for the year. I | | | | more likely to pick him for my fantasy NASCAR team. |
| can then use available fantasy NASCAR tools to | | | | #4) Practice Results Prior to the Race: This is big. How |
| make my initial choice for which driver I want to run at | | | | well is a driver running in practice? Is he on the top of |
| that specific race. I pick the best driver for the track | | | | the charts or the bottom? Especially if the race is an |
| and adjust each one until I have used a driver no more | | | | 'impound' race where teams cannot work on the cars |
| then the allotted 9 times per NASCAR season. I've | | | | after qualifying. What are drivers saying in interviews |
| found that this spreadsheet helps me not try to use a | | | | during and after practice? What are they tweeting |
| driver too many times before the season is over as | | | | about how their car felt? Listen to these insights and |
| well as make sure I use a valuable driver more times | | | | use them to make any final decisions for who to put |
| then I would if I was just haphazardly guessing each | | | | on your fantasy NASCAR lineup. |
| week without a driver management plan. In reality, you | | | | Taking these four factors into mind each and every |
| could use the top four drivers in the yahoo fantasy | | | | NASCAR race could put you in the top percentile of |
| racing 'A' group nine times each and not use another | | | | the whole Yahoo! racing league as well as at the top |
| 'A' group driver all season long if you didn't want to. | | | | of any and all of the smaller groups that you are a |
| Bottom line, driver management will ensure that you | | | | part of. |
| use your best drivers the maximum amount you can | | | | |