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RacingNation.com Fantasy Racing

Austin Dillon is on the pole for the Daytona 500. Are you going to pick for your team?  [Russ Lake Photo]

It’s that time of year again, the Daytona 500 is right around the corner.

So…… it’s time to sign up for Fantasy Racing and join the RacingNation.com Fantasy Racing League.

We utilize the Yahoo Fantasy Racing Game and have set up a RacingNation.com group.  If you are not familiar with the game, you pick two drivers in an A group, four in a B group and two in a C group prior to 2:00 am PST on the morning of the qualifying day for each race.  With those eight drivers you can obtain points if they qualify in the top four.  Out of those eight drivers you pick one starter in the A group, two in the B group and one in the C group.  The deadline to set your active, “starter”, drivers for the race is five minutes before the scheduled start of the race.  With those starters you obtain points based on how they finish in the race and how many laps they lead.  During the season you can only have a driver as a “starter” for nine races, so choose wisely and plan ahead.  The rules and some FAQ can be found here:  https://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=topics&y=PROD_SPORTS_FAN_AUTO&locale=en_US&topics=TOP_BASICS

By the way, the Daytona 500 is a little different, the deadline to signup is 5 minutes before the start of the race (so, 1:25 eastern), but really… you shouldn’t procrastinate that much – signup now and set up your team.

To sign up for Fantasy racing go to: http://racing.fantasysports.yahoo.com/auto and setup your team.

You will be asked to join a group and by clicking on the Join Private Group button you can join the RacingNation.com group.  Just enter the Group ID# (12341) and the Password (rn2014) and you are in.  Remember, it is the Group ID#, not the group name, that you must use to join the RacingNation.com group. Then it is up to you to pick your drivers and manage your team throughout the season.

RacingNation.com will be giving out some prizes (t-shirts, hats and we’ll get together some other stuff) throughout the season to keep things interesting.  Check the message box for upcoming mini-contests.  Also feel free to use the message box to let others know your thoughts about the fantasy racing and other stuff, just keep it fun, clean and family orientated please.

So, signup, have fun and let’s go racing in 2014.

Good luck!

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