RaceWeek THUNDER 2009 - How to Play?

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Welcome to RaceWeek THUNDER 2009.

This year's game revolves around picking drivers that affect the whole race weekend of an event.
RaceWeek THUNDER entrants will play for up to 40pts!

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 receive a 10 point penalty possibly resulting in a weekend score of zero.

This years format is as follows...
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• Pole Sitter- Qualifying is an important part of the race weekend because it determines who races and who doesn't. It also can 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 an accident towards the back of the pack. Your goal is to pick the pole sitter of the race for a total of 5pts. for a correct pick.
• Wreckers- Race fans love excitement and many fans look forward to the Big One at Talladega and Daytona or the beating and banging at Bristol and Martinsville. Wrecks make the race exciting so this year players will pick a driver that they think will be involved in an accident and DNF. Players will receive 5pts. for a driver pick that results in a DNF. (Doesn't have to DNF due to an accident)
• Checkers- 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 who they think will win the race and earn points based on where their pick ends up in the final rundown. If your pick wins you'll earn 10pts., a 2nd. place finish will earn you 5pts., 3rd earns 4pts., 4th earns 3pts., and 5th earns 2pts. You never know how a race will end on the last lap though...some of the most exciting crashes happen coming to the checkers. I understand that occasionally the leader gets wrecked on their way to winning the race so if your pick ends up finishing 6th-10th then you'll earn 1pt.
• Dominator- The race talk and highlights don't end with the winner...the driver who leads the most laps is often a factor in the outcome as well. The driver who might not have won the race but had the dominate car affects the race as a whole and players who pick the driver who leads the most laps will earn themselves 5pts. One driver doesn't neccessarily dominate in every race though...so if your pick leads at least one lap in the race, then you can look forward to at least 1pt!
• Underachiever- Let's not forget about the others...the drivers who didn't quite have it all together but didn't drop out either. Sometimes you're just not a lucky little doggy. Your goal is to pick a driver that doesn't finish on the lead lap...but finishes no worse than 1 lap down for a total of 5pts. All picks of drivers who finished the race but were more than one lap down will earn 1pt.
• Wildcard- Your race picks bombed out...you would have earned zero points? You're in luck unless you're that unlucky... Your wildcard pick can be any driver. You will earn points based on the second digit of their finishing position. A 35th place finish earn you 5pts. For finishes between 1st and 9th you will receive that many points...6th gets you 6pts.! However, a finish of 10th, 20th, 30th, or 40th will not earn you any points.

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The Chase.

The Chase is on during the final 10 races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Unlike the real chase, no points are reset, and no one is left out! The point payout will increase! Players will earn double points during the last 10 races for everything! All points DOUBLE!

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.

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 private topic that will be merged into the public topic on race day.

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The Goods.

• The 2009 RaceWeek THUNDER Champion will win a $10 eBay Gift Certificate and a Personalized RaceWeek THUNDER Champion T-Shirt!
• The remaining 4 players in the top 5 will each receive a $5 eBay Gift Certificate!

[JoKeR]

cant wait till this year gets started all over again.

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There was only one addition to the gameplay. Any drivers picked for dominator that leads at least one lap with get at least 1 pt. I also plan to do a chase. I did plan to this year but forgot when it came time for it. Should make it a little tighter.

I've also added prizes for players who finish 2nd-5th.

[Gump]

Your mine!

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Bring it on!!! I'm ready to defend my title :)!

[Gump]

maybe you can have a counter, count-down to race-week thunder?

[JoKeR]

i need to regain my title, lol

[Geebi]

Looking forward to playing again in 09

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Voting is now LIVE for the Daytona 500.

Everyone should be using the EZ Form to vote.

All votes will be entered into a private topic that will be merged into the public topic on race day.

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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.