Any NASCAR fans on here?

[shinerbock]

I can understand that. I mean, I didn't really like his dad that much. I was actually a pretty big Gordon fan when I was younger, but like a lot of people his issues with Brooke and the whining turned me off.

I'm not really the average Junior fan, but I still dislike Gordon as they do. I mean, what do you expect. You've got a beer sponsored, gutsy driving guy who could quit and go work at his dad's dealership vs. a hollywood type, high pitched voice guy with a yankee accent. I'm not as into the rivalry as most people, but I understand where they're coming from

Side note, a lot of the intensity came from that Dega race a few years ago before we had green white checkered.

[navane]

Hey,

May I ask you fellas a question? You all seem to know a bit and, as I mentioned earlier, I am totally new to this.

I'm participating in yahoo fantasy auto racing and I went to check on my picks today. I'm wondering if either of you could explain how the points system works. For example, I've got Khane on my team as an A driver. When I clicked the chart symbol next to his name last week, it showed him as being owned by 8% of players for some 77 points. Today, it's showing 23% of players own him for 5 points. See here:

http://racing.fantasysports.yahoo.com/auto/players/396

How does this work? I tried reading the instructions/rules but I'm still not sure what the chart is really telling me. If he does well, does this mean I'll get less points because everybody else was playing him too?

Ah well, we'll see how I do tomorrow!

.....Kelly

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by navane

Hey,

May I ask you fellas a question? You all seem to know a bit and, as I mentioned earlier, I am totally new to this.

I'm participating in yahoo fantasy auto racing and I went to check on my picks today. I'm wondering if either of you could explain how the points system works. For example, I've got Khane on my team as an A driver. When I clicked the chart symbol next to his name last week, it showed him as being owned by 8% of players for some 77 points. Today, it's showing 23% of players own him for 5 points. See here:

http://racing.fantasysports.yahoo.com/auto/players/396

How does this work? I tried reading the instructions/rules but I'm still not sure what the chart is really telling me. If he does well, does this mean I'll get less points because everybody else was playing him too?

Ah well, we'll see how I do tomorrow!

.....Kelly

I play fantasy NASCAR on a different site, and the one I play on gives me points based on what the driver actually gets. The more races my team wins or the more top 5s and top 10s I get, I move up in the rankings. Your's sounds a little different.

If you really want have fun try playing the NASCAR sim on the computer or XBox. It's so real and so much fun. Denny Hamlin & Jr. actually play the same sim. I'm in the middle of a season right now with my own team. You'll actually learn a lot from the sim.

[navane]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I play fantasy NASCAR on a different site, and the one I play on gives me points based on what the driver actually gets. The more races my team wins or the more top 5s and top 10s I get, I move up in the rankings. Your's sounds a little different.

Well, the way it works, is I get points based on how my active drivers place in each race. A maximum of 90 pts is awarded for 1st place and then 2 points less for each placement after that (88 for 2nd, 86 for 3rd, etc). There are also bonus points for leading laps and for being top 4 after qualifying. So yeah, Top 5s and 10s will bank points.

But ah ha...I think I just figured it out after staring at it for a while. I think the charts are showing how many fanstasy points the players earned last week. The puny little points currently posted for this week reflect the bonus points earned from qualifying yesterday. Duh. Thank you for trying to help. I'd have asked my roommates, but one is out of town and the other is returning from Iraq on Tuesday!

.....Kelly

[navane]

Auto Club 500

bold - drivers active for this race


Kahne - earned bonus pts for 2nd qual.
Kenseth


Sadler
Martin - earned bonus pts for 3rd qual.
Gilliland
Montoya


Sauter
Ragan

I "broke the rules" and decided not to run any Ford cars. Due to Kahne and Martin's performance on Friday, I've already got some points on the board; I hope they come through for me tomorrow.


.....Kelly <--- wants to embarass her NASCAR roommates with some beginner's luck.

[shinerbock]

Can't help you, i'm clueless with fantasy stuff.

I just don't like drivers who constantly bitch whenever something goes wrong. One reason a lot of people like Junior is that he very rarely blames anyone but himself. Tony used to be bad, but he seems to be getting better. Some drama makes for entertaining post race.

I'm not very impressed with the COTF, we'll see how it all shakes out.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Can't help you, i'm clueless with fantasy stuff.

I just don't like drivers who constantly bitch whenever something goes wrong. One reason a lot of people like Junior is that he very rarely blames anyone but himself. Tony used to be bad, but he seems to be getting better. Some drama makes for entertaining post race.

I'm not very impressed with the COTF, we'll see how it all shakes out.

LOL. Yeah, Jr. never complains. He actually seems to be the driver with the best personality.

I'm not surprised that you don't like the COT. No one does it seems like. The drivers hate it too. It looks pretty cool. Boxy but cool. I think Stewart will adapt to it the quickest.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by navane

Auto Club 500

bold - drivers active for this race


Kahne - earned bonus pts for 2nd qual.
Kenseth


Sadler
Martin - earned bonus pts for 3rd qual.
Gilliland
Montoya


Sauter
Ragan

I "broke the rules" and decided not to run any Ford cars. Due to Kahne and Martin's performance on Friday, I've already got some points on the board; I hope they come through for me tomorrow.


.....Kelly <--- wants to embarass her NASCAR roommates with some beginner's luck.

Kahne will come through. He's good at California, Texas, Charlotte, Michigan and Atlanta just to name a few. Good luck.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

I can understand that. I mean, I didn't really like his dad that much. I was actually a pretty big Gordon fan when I was younger, but like a lot of people his issues with Brooke and the whining turned me off.

I'm not really the average Junior fan, but I still dislike Gordon as they do. I mean, what do you expect. You've got a beer sponsored, gutsy driving guy who could quit and go work at his dad's dealership vs. a hollywood type, high pitched voice guy with a yankee accent. I'm not as into the rivalry as most people, but I understand where they're coming from

Side note, a lot of the intensity came from that Dega race a few years ago before we had green white checkered.

Why does everyone say Jeff whines? I hear this a lot. I think it's just the way he talks.

Have you seen the car of tomorrow yet? I think it looks cool as a road coarse car but not an actual oval track car.