Beginning this season, a new online fantasy game comes to NASCAR.com as it introduces ’36 for 36.’
It is a survivor-pool style game introduced last year where a handful of NASCAR.com staff members and the NASCAR Reddit Community selected each of the 36 chartered race cars for all 36 races. This year, everyone will be eligible to sign up and participate in the game.
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Unlike other survivor-pool games, you will not be eliminated if you make a wrong pick on any given weekend. Instead, it will be a full-season points accumulation based on the picks made each week starting with the Daytona 500. Only chartered cars will be available to pick, so Daytona 500 entries like Helio Castroneves in the Project 91 Trackhouse Chevrolet or Jimmie Johnson in the No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Toyota will not be available selections for the “Great American Race.”
Once you make a selection, you will not be able to select that car number for the rest of the season. Players will have to select every number come the championship race at Phoenix Raceway (Nov. 2), adding lots of strategy to the game. Picks can be made until five minutes before the official start time of the race and can be extended in the event of a delayed start.
Points earned each weekend will align with the current Cup Series points format, including finishing result, stage points earned and a bonus point for the newly added Xfinity Fastest Lap, which is rewarded to the driver who puts down the fastest lap in a given race.
A grand prize of $10,000 will go to the overall winner of the game, with second and third-place finishers earning $5,000 and $2,500 respectively.
A weekly reminder email will be sent ahead of each event so players can make selections for each race.