2007 Fantasy League - Proposed Rule Book

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With the start of the ChampCar season only 45 days away I thought it was time that I published the 2007 ChampCar Fantasy League rule book. If there are massive howls of protest about any of these rules I might change them.


DRIVERS:
1. You have a budget of $5 million, you do not have to spend all of it, but if you go over-budget your team will not be accepted.
2. You may select up to 4 drivers.
3. A driver may be picked by more than 1 team but may not be picked more than once in the same team.
4. Duplicate Teams are not permitted. By allowing different team sizes the number of combinations has increased considerably.
5. You may change your team twice during the year unless the driver is injured or leaves the series. A team change is when the team line-up at one race differs from the line-up at the previous race so you can change your mind as many times as you want between the races.
6. If one of your drivers is replaced, injured, or for whatever reason doesn’t race, it is your responsibility to announce your substitute. You will not use a team change for replacing a driver in this situation.
7. The deadline for changes is the start of 1st practice at any given event. If you do not announce your change before this deadline, your driver will score no points for that event.
8. If in the unlikely event your driver is replaced mid-event, (ie. Due to injury/illness) the replacement driver will score in their place.
9. Team changes should be announced in the main 2007 Fantasy League thread.


POINTS:
10. Drivers will score points based on their finishing position and the current champ car point structure.

1st = 31
2nd = 27
3rd = 25
4th = 23
5th = 21
6th = 19
7th = 17
8th = 15
9th = 13
10th = 11
11th = 10
12th = 9
13th = 8
14th = 7
15th = 6
16th = 5
17th = 4
18th = 3
19th = 2
20th = 1
20th+ = 0

From this your team’s total points is equal to the sum of your driver’s points.

Example: If your drivers finish 2nd, 5th, and 15th you get 27 + 21 + 6 = 54 points

Once all of the total points for all of the teams have been determined they will be ranked from highest to lowest. Any ties will be broken by the highest finishing driver on each team. (i.e., Team A has a 2nd place which beats Team B which has a 3rd place). Once the ranking is complete, the actual fantasy championship points for the event will be awarded once again based on the new points structure. The first place team gets 31, second gets 27, etc. Teams that finish outside the top 20 score no points for an event.


OTHER:
11. A person may enter up to 2 teams.


Driver prices will be announced closer to the first race when we have a better idea of who is actually racing. With this year's results I will be posting the current team line-ups to allow for easier driver changes.