RULES
1. Owners will select 3 drivers for a race. A driver will only be able to be used by an owner 5 times in one year.
2. Driver changes must be submitted no later than Midnight CST the day before Qualifying Day. If you do not submit any changes, you will receive the same 3 drivers that you had in the previous race. A violation will occur if one or more of those drivers that carried over causes that driver(s) to be taken beyond the limit of 5 times.
3. The cost for each returning team owner will be $105 for the entire 36 points race season. Fees paid for the website and to racescore.com will be taken out as well as expenses such as envelopes, postage and checks. All other money will be returned to the prize fund. Officials will not be getting paid. There will be no refund of any money paid after February 17, 2018.
SCORING
1. Results of the race will be tabulated using NASCAR.COM official results after they have been posted. If any penalties result in loss of position for your driver in days following the race, scores will be re-calculated using the official results.
2. Drivers will be scored for positions advanced using NASCAR.COM lineup. Missed drivers meeting or starting a backup car in rear of field will not change your drivers starting position. If your driver qualifies and then is penalized and is delegated by NASCAR to a provisional starting spot then the driver will be scored from the provisional spot. NASCAR scores this way for all contingency awards.
3. If your driver is penalized and all of his points are taken away for a race, you will score ½ your original points for his ending position and points for positions advanced will be 0. If it is a monetary fine, then all points stand as in rule #2 above.
4. If a driver you selected fails to start a race, you will receive 0 points for that driver. If a driver you have selected fails to qualify for the race or does not make the race if qualifying is rained out, you will receive 0 points for that driver. If one of your 3 selected drivers is relieved once the race has started you will still receive points for that driver. If you pick a driver that subs for another driver and he/she is credited with NASCAR points, then you will receive points for that driver.
5. You will receive 1 point for every position your driver advances from his starting position. This scoring will be used for all 3 of your drivers.
6. If there is a tie for points in the top money winners at the end of the year, then the money will be split between those that are tied. If there is a tie for 1st place, the tiebreakers will be as follows:
a. Number of weekly wins
b. Top point total for any week
c. Second highest point total for a week
Finish Position - Points Earned
1 100
2-5 80
6-10 70
11-15 60
16-20 50
21-25 40
26-30 30
31-35 20
36-40 10
41-43 0
1. Owners will select 3 drivers for a race. A driver will only be able to be used by an owner 5 times in one year.
2. Driver changes must be submitted no later than Midnight CST the day before Qualifying Day. If you do not submit any changes, you will receive the same 3 drivers that you had in the previous race. A violation will occur if one or more of those drivers that carried over causes that driver(s) to be taken beyond the limit of 5 times.
3. The cost for each returning team owner will be $105 for the entire 36 points race season. Fees paid for the website and to racescore.com will be taken out as well as expenses such as envelopes, postage and checks. All other money will be returned to the prize fund. Officials will not be getting paid. There will be no refund of any money paid after February 17, 2018.
SCORING
1. Results of the race will be tabulated using NASCAR.COM official results after they have been posted. If any penalties result in loss of position for your driver in days following the race, scores will be re-calculated using the official results.
2. Drivers will be scored for positions advanced using NASCAR.COM lineup. Missed drivers meeting or starting a backup car in rear of field will not change your drivers starting position. If your driver qualifies and then is penalized and is delegated by NASCAR to a provisional starting spot then the driver will be scored from the provisional spot. NASCAR scores this way for all contingency awards.
3. If your driver is penalized and all of his points are taken away for a race, you will score ½ your original points for his ending position and points for positions advanced will be 0. If it is a monetary fine, then all points stand as in rule #2 above.
4. If a driver you selected fails to start a race, you will receive 0 points for that driver. If a driver you have selected fails to qualify for the race or does not make the race if qualifying is rained out, you will receive 0 points for that driver. If one of your 3 selected drivers is relieved once the race has started you will still receive points for that driver. If you pick a driver that subs for another driver and he/she is credited with NASCAR points, then you will receive points for that driver.
5. You will receive 1 point for every position your driver advances from his starting position. This scoring will be used for all 3 of your drivers.
6. If there is a tie for points in the top money winners at the end of the year, then the money will be split between those that are tied. If there is a tie for 1st place, the tiebreakers will be as follows:
a. Number of weekly wins
b. Top point total for any week
c. Second highest point total for a week
Finish Position - Points Earned
1 100
2-5 80
6-10 70
11-15 60
16-20 50
21-25 40
26-30 30
31-35 20
36-40 10
41-43 0
BEVERAGE BET
1. This is an OPTIONAL bet.
2. You must declare by 2/10/2017 if you want to be included. There will be a YES/NO option on the Weekly Picks page until 2/14. After that date the option will be taken off of the page. You can also send a message through the website or post on the MERC Facebook page that you want to be included. Participants will be noted with an asterisk behind their team name.
3. The winner is determined by who has the highest year-to-date point total after Race #35 in Phoenix.
4. The winner will declare their beverage of choice. It can be anything up to a $25 value (for example, it could be a 30-pack of beer or it could be a fifth of whiskey, vodka, etc.)
5. Each participant is responsible for paying up to the winner at the final get-together for Homestead. If you cannot be there, you are responsible for making arrangements to get it to the winner.
6. If you do not pay-up on the bet from the previous year PRIOR to race #2, you are not eligible to participate in the current year's bet.
1. This is an OPTIONAL bet.
2. You must declare by 2/10/2017 if you want to be included. There will be a YES/NO option on the Weekly Picks page until 2/14. After that date the option will be taken off of the page. You can also send a message through the website or post on the MERC Facebook page that you want to be included. Participants will be noted with an asterisk behind their team name.
3. The winner is determined by who has the highest year-to-date point total after Race #35 in Phoenix.
4. The winner will declare their beverage of choice. It can be anything up to a $25 value (for example, it could be a 30-pack of beer or it could be a fifth of whiskey, vodka, etc.)
5. Each participant is responsible for paying up to the winner at the final get-together for Homestead. If you cannot be there, you are responsible for making arrangements to get it to the winner.
6. If you do not pay-up on the bet from the previous year PRIOR to race #2, you are not eligible to participate in the current year's bet.