RaceWeek THUNDER 10' Prologue - How to Play

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Welcome to RaceWeek THUNDER 10' Prologue.

Next year's game revolves around picking drivers that affect the whole race weekend of an event.

There's no wildcard pick next year so you can't depend on luck alone!

RaceWeek THUNDER entrants will play for up to 139pts!

All votes and vote edits will need to be posted by qualifying day of each race weekend.

If you change your mind about picks just re-submit them! I take the newest of all votes when scoring. Just be sure to re-submit before qualifying begins.

Any member that votes or edits their votes after qualifying is over will not have their votes counted.

This years format is as follows...
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"I'll start WAAAAY ahead of you" Pick- Qualifying is an important part of the race weekend because it determines who races and who doesn't. It can also affect the outcome of a race at places such as Bristol, Talladega, and Daytona because the starting position can be the difference between running up front or getting involved in a big one towards the back of the pack. Your goal is to pick the highest placing full time qualifier and the points will be based on where they start. See Graph A

"Last one to the Garage is a rotten egg" Pick- There's just no hope for some guys. They try and try again but just never break the Top 10...and sometimes the Top 20. Pick the full time driver that will finish the worst amongst the rest, the one who hopes to be the first one out of the track to begin a new week of hoping that maybe the next race will be their race! Players will earn points based on where their pick ends up in the final rundown. See Graph B

"Eat My Burnout" Pick- It's now the end of the race, one lap to go, is your driver leading? Who will be the highlight of the race? We made it to the end. The race winner is the highlight of every good race. Players will pick the full time driver they think will win the race and earn points based on where their pick ends up in the final rundown. See Graph A

"Every dog has it's Day" Bonus Pick- Most drivers get lucky once in awhile. It may be a good pit road call or the big one towards the end of a race. All full time drivers that didn't make the previous seasons or current Chase will be available to choose from. Players will earn points only if their pick finishes in the Top 10. See Graph C


Point Scales are as follows.

Graph	A		Graph	B		Graph	C
Finish Pos	Points		Finish Pos	Points		Finish Pos	Points
1st	1		1st	43		1st	10
2nd	2		2nd	42		2nd	9
3rd	3		3rd	41		3rd	8
4th	4		4th	40		4th	7
5th	5		5th	39		5th	6
6th	6		6th	38		6th	5
7th	7		7th	37		7th	4
8th	8		8th	36		8th	3
9th	9		9th	35		9th	2
10th	10		10th	34		10th	1
11th	11		11th	33
12th	12		12th	32
13th	13		13th	31
14th	14		14th	30
15th	15		15th	29
16th	16		16th	28
17th	17		17th	27
18th	18		18th	26
19th	19		19th	25
20th	20		20th	24
21st	21		21st	23
22nd	22		22nd	22
23rd	23		23rd	21
24th	24		24th	20
25th	25		25th	19
26th	26		26th	18
27th	27		27th	17
28th	28		28th	16
29th	29		29th	15
30th	30		30th	14
31st	31		31st	13
32nd	32		32nd	12
33rd	33		33rd	11
34th	34		34th	10
35th	35		35th	9
36th	36		36th	8
37th	37		37th	7
38th	38		38th	6
39th	39		39th	5
40th	40		40th	4
41st	41		41st	3
42nd	42		42nd	2
43rd	43		43rd	1

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The Chase. (2010 Only with 2009 integration)

The Chase is on during the final 10 races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The Top 12 Players will advance into the Chase for the RaceWeek Trophy.

Points will be reset to 5,000 and players will start the chase with an additional 10 bonus points for each win they have earned in the preceding 26 races.

Players who win a race during this years Prologue will earn 5 bonus points for each win if they make it into next years chase.

RollOver Votes.

Ever forget to vote? Hate that you missed those points? You're in luck because RollOver Votes are back! Your votes will be stored in a database from the very first vote you make this season and will only be updated when you submit new votes. Forget to vote and your votes will RollOver from the previous weeks votes! Votes will reset during the Chase so everyone MUST submit their votes at least once during the last 10 races to have a chance at earning points.

RaceWeek Gimme.

The 2009 fall race at Talledega sucked. So many good picks taken out at the end of the race and even a usual start and parker earning a Top 20! This is the kind of race that points are few and far between and you'd give anything for a do-over. Your wish has been granted! Did your week suck? Do you have a good point average? Do you have any "Gimme's" available? If you answered "yes" to all of those questions then you can replace those low points! Every player will start the season with one "RaceWeek Gimme". If you have a bad race and want to replace those low points with your average score then just select the option to use your gimme in the voting form for the next race. When the standings are updated your gimme will be used in place of last week points! Players that try to use more than the alotted one gimme will lose 10 points for each race they select to use the gimme.

When I Win...YOU Win.

I've never been the best player at my own game but I thrive for the challenge. Each week the top scores for the week will be posted in the race thread. If by chance I get the highest score of everyone that week I will give a 5 point bonus to the rest of the players added onto the following weeks score. Each week I will post my picks in the race thread for everyone elses advantage and to ensure fairplay. Can YOU beat me?

Placing Your Votes.

Everyone should be using the EZ Form to vote.

All votes will be entered into a public topic.

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The Goods. (2010 Only)

• The 2010 RaceWeek THUNDER Champion will win a Personalized RaceWeek THUNDER Champion Trophy!

• The 13th place player will receive a $5 eBay Gift Certificate!

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The "Every dog has it's Day" is now a Bonus Pick.

Point max is now just 10. Trying to keep the points closer because as everyone saw at Phoenix, it's not too easy to pick a non-chaser to finish in the Top 10. Those who did get lucky had a huge point advantage over the rest.

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Also, everyone who wants a chance for bonus points for a win should vote this week if they haven't using the new version. There wasn't an easy way to carry over the votes from the first beta version so all votes reset this week.