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I know we have at least a few gearhead NASCAR fans on this board, and at least a few more that follow it at least on a casual level (like me). ESPN has a game they do every year called the Stock Car Challenge. They changed the rules a little this season, taking the "salary" equation out of the mix, and instead lumping drivers into two categories...top drivers in category A, good-but-not-top drivers in category B. For each race, you select 3 drivers from category A and 2 drivers from category B. You score the points that those drivers score for that race. You can keep the same drivers the next race, or turn them in and select different drivers. It's a pretty fun game, and it actually got me watching more racing last year just because of the game.

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Game on!!

hmm....i hated on nascar for a long time.  then i started working at ESPN, and for some reason I kinda dig it now....i spend a lot of time having to watch highlights of the races.  often i have to watch all the pressers after the games and really have gotten to know all the characters, and those guys crack me up.

I'm in.

Tony...nice commentary, now sign your ass up for the game. ;)

Dave... Always good to see you participating in the TDMMC games.

I had some friends who do this.  It's super easy and you don't need to know squat about Nascar to play.

This should go without saying, but let me go ahead and say it... If anyone has friends who aren't currently members of TDMMC, but you think they'd enjoy playing a particular game, please invite them in and give them the password and other details so they can join. TDMMC Fantasy Games is an equal opportunity organization that believes everyone works too hard...and should really take some time off to play every once in a while.

Stroke, you are addicted to these fantasy games.....












....I'm in.

i dunno if i'd participate.  is it very involved?  i don't play fantasy baseball just cuz there is too much to monitor.  i just hate being that guy who gives up after a few weeks.

Tony... You have to take roughly 20 seconds before each race, so once a week. It's possibly the least time-intensive among all of ESPN's games.


No argument about the addiction, but it's an addiction fueled by obligation. I literally "need" to do all these little Cat B and Cat C games on ESPN, because all games go toward your overall fantasy ranking on ESPN, and the fantasy gaming group (ESPN TOP 50) I'm in pretty much wants us all to keep a full slate of games.

If not for the ESPN ranking, I probably wouldn't do any games other than the traditional fantasy football, baseball and basketball.

Do your selections carry over from week to week?  If so, then you technically only have to set your choices once, and then whenever you want, after that.

Your "roster" does carry over from week to week, so if you want to roll with the same fivesome each race, more power to ya. With no salary considerations, you can swap or not swap without penalty any time.

i'm in, when's the draft?

No draft... Just make sure you set your roster of drivers at least 15 minutes before the first "game race," which is the Daytona 500 on Feb 14th (1 PM ET).

Good to have ya playing!

so everyone can just pick the same drivers?  ahhh..

Count me in!

I gacked the first race pretty badly...special thanks to Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart for absolutely nothing.

Lots of racing to go though...

I'm in pretty good shape.  Having Earnhardt Jr. helped quite a bit.

I'm going to keep switching around my drivers, though....not get comfortable.

Yeah, the new format really makes that easy.  I do miss a little bit of the salary strategy from last year's game though. Part of what got my ranking up so high was getting on Mark Martin and Joey Logano before their salaries blew up, and riding them as my 4th/5th drivers the rest of the way.

Reminder:  New race today (Fontana), so if you want to switch up your drivers at all, you should probably do that soon, as rosters lock at 3 PM ET.

Dave's finished either 1 or 2 in group for the first two races... If he can keep up that sort of consistency, he'll be tough to beat. I was pretty up and down with my scores last season, and expect more of the same this year.

I have my lineup set.  I'm thinking that I want to keep ahead of the curve, while I'm up at the top, and not just be content with the guys I've chosen.  I'm switching it up.  Go fast, turn left, bitches!

I dropped two drivers and added two new ones for the next race.

Last year, with the salary, I locked in 3 drivers when their value was at its lowest point and rode them the rest of the way. Not gonna be the case this year. I'll substitute liberally, based on how drivers are doing, qualifying performances, track history, etc...

I got lucky again, hitting on 4 of the top-5 finishers for a second straight week. I'm a little bummed that I changed my 5th driver from Logano to Reutimann...I could've gone 1-2-3-4-6 this week.

Game hint for those who are fairly new to racing... Today's race is a short track at Bristol, and certain drivers historically do well on short tracks. Guys like both Busch's (Kyle wins here regularly and Kurt always runs well on the short track), Hamlin, Harvick, Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle and even Matt Kemseth.

And props to white bread (Logano) on becoming the youngest driver to ever take the pole position for a Cup race.

I'm on your heels, Stroke.

Yeah, you pretty much cut my lead in half this week.

As long as you're drafting on me from behind, rather than giving me a bump...it's all good. ;)

Rubbin' is racin', son.

I always knew you were a closet Catholic...

We swapped the lead about a dozen times yesterday, Dave...you were up by 30-40 pts at one stage of the race, before I finally made it back up.

Tight battle, and with scoring being the way it is, none of the other entries are more than one good race away from joining us at the top.

I've been riding my same team for a few weeks, thinking that the consistency would help.  However, I seem to be slipping to Stroke by a small amount each week.  Time for a change.  I'm shaking things up a bit this week.

After some roster tooling 2 weeks back, I have had some good fortune.  I studied some short track guys and made the switch.

I may have slipped out of the lead, but I'll make it up on the restart...my pit crew is crazy-fast.

I had to re-set my whole team for the 2nd half.  The choices didn't carry over.   ...anyone else notice that?

Good call, Dave... Segment 1 and segment 2 are separate games for the uber ranking purposes, so it does clear rosters. Please make sure you check your roster before the next race!!

...and congrat's to Dave for kicking all of our butts during the first segment of the game.

I took a spill this week.  Gotta re-tool my team and get back into it.

Something tells me you forgot this week was a road course, Phat D...so I'll take that gift and run with it. ;)

One of my guys crashed and was 34 laps behind.  That will get ya.

Trying to use another road course to catch Dave in the standings...tight pack at the top of this group.

Only 61 points seperates 1st from 3rd in total points!