RacingUnlimited: The Rules

1.      RacingUnlimited (RU).  RU is ArmChairSportsClub.com's fantasy sports activity consisting of a several different contests based on the NASCAR Sprint Cup racing series.  The Rules Committee, consisting of five volunteers, is charged with maintaining these League Rules, making final decisions, and performing administrative support duties for RacingUnlimited.

2.      Dues.  RU dues are $50 per “team” and are paid on a one-time full-season basis.  Dues must be remitted within one week of the start of the season to: ArmChairSportsClub, PO Box 6416, Virginia Beach, VA.  Dues are non-refundable.

3.      Participants.  Participants, called “Racers,” will have a fantasy team (or teams) consisting of actual NASCAR drivers.  Teams will be assigned to "regular" and "unlimited" divisions.  Teams in the regular divisions, known as "Allison" and "Yarborough" will consist of five drivers.  There will be one unlimited division for which the format and rules will be dictated by web site where the unlimited division is hosted.  Participants must enroll for at least regular division team and are permitted to pay additional dues to have more than one regular division team.  A participant with confirmed enrollment for one or more regular division teams will be given one unlimited division team at no additional cost.  Regardless of the number of regular division teams a participant has, he/she will be given just one unlimited division team.  For participants with multiple regular division teams, assignments are made such that teams are spread across as many regular divisions as is possible.

4.      Winning.  Teams compete against all others within the same division.  The team of drivers with the highest total of driver points within a division wins a cash prize for the race.  Teams have the potential of winning every week there is a regular Cup race.

5.      Weekly Contest and Roster Submission Deadline.  Allison and Yarborough teams will use a lineup form posted in the RU section of the ArmChairSportsClub.com website.  The deadline for submitting Allison and Yarborough team lineups is 2:00 PM Eastern Time on Saturday of each race weekend.  Unlimited division teams will abide by the rules and deadlines established for this division on the website where this division is hosted.  Rosters submitted after the deadlines are rejected.  Racers who do not submit a new race roster will simply have his/her previous race roster “rolled over.”  A Racer is considered to be submitting an entire new roster the moment he/she logs into the lineup form, even if he/she does not change any drivers.  Unless a Racer decides to compete with less than full roster, submitted rosters should have all available slots filled.   

6.      Master List and a Racer’s Responsibility.  For Allison and Yarborough teams, eligible drivers are listed on the Drivers Salary Sheet posted on the RU website.  Note: Not every NASCAR driver will appear on this list.  Additionally, Due to time constraints, the Drivers Salary Sheet will not be updated during the short period between race qualification and the deadline for submitting rosters.  The result is that a (new) driver may qualify for a race but cannot be selected by a Racer until a subsequent race.  It is the responsibility of the Racers to obtain qualifying information on their own and to ensure rosters contain qualified drivers (Did Not Qualify -- DNQ -- drivers earn 0 points).

7.      Driver Salary Values and Salary Cap.  Each driver on the Drivers Salary Sheet is assigned a salary value which is tied to performance and which is adjusted from race to race.  When Racers select drivers for their lineups, they must abide by the salary cap established for the race.  Rosters which exceed (bust) the salary cap are rejected. 

8.      Salary Cap Exception and No Salary Banking.  All new Allison and Yarborough lineups must abide by the salary cap.  If a Racer elects to roll over his/her roster from one race to next, the roster is exempted from the salary cap.  However, this exemption expires the first time the Racer elects to submit a new roster and rosters cannot be “cashed in” to create a salary surplus (i.e., there is no "banking" of salary dollars).

9.      Driver-Based League.  RacingUnlimited is a “driver-based” league (not car-based).  A driver on a Racer’s lineup earns only those drivers points as assigned by NASCAR and as posted on NASCAR.com.  Though Racers will select drivers from the master list, which indicates initial race car/driver assignments, if the driver shifts to another car and still earns NASCAR driver points, the Racer earns those points as well.  Since NASCAR only awards points to drivers who start the race and who complete at least one lap, drivers who enter a car mid-race do not earn points, even if they drive the majority of the laps and/or finish the race.

10.  Driver Penalties.  NASCAR occasionally assesses penalties for infractions which can result in a reduction of driver points.  Some of these penalty assessments are not made until days or weeks following the race.  When this occurs, all lineups with the penalized drivers during the race when the penalty was assigned will have their race point totals retroactively reduced by the same amount (but by no more than what the driver earned for the race).  It is possible that a penalty assignment might result in a change in the official results and standings.

11.  Confirmation Emails and Contesting Lineups/Results.  After submitting his/her roster, a Racer will receive a confirmation email which should be retained (Note: Confirmation emails are only received for the weekly contest, not special contests).  Prior to the start of a race, Starting Lineups will be posted on the RU website for the Allison and Yarborough divisions.  Following the race, Unofficial Results will be posted.  If a Racer believes the lineups and/or unofficial results are incorrect, he/she must send an email notification within 24 hours of the posting.  When the official results and standings are posted (usually a day or two after the race), no further contesting is permitted.

12.  Technical Difficulties.  Occasional technical difficulties arise which are beyond anyone's control.  If a Racer does not receive a confirmation email (weekly contest only), it is highly likely a lineup submission was not received and the Racer should resubmit.  If technical problems prevent use of the Roster Entry form, Racers should first attempt to use the lineup entry form at a later time (but still prior to the deadline).  If technical problems persist, Racers should submit rosters via a basic email to racingunlimited@cox.net prior to the Saturday 2:00 PM ET deadline.

13.  Special Contests.  From time to time, RU will conduct special contests which will have separate rules.  Some of these contests will be open to all league Racers at no additional fee.  Some of these contests may require Racers to qualify for entry and may involve an additional fee.  These special contests will be announced on the main racing website.

14.  Prizes.  As was mentioned, the weekly race contest will have a weekly cash prize for the winner in each division.  The special contests will have cash prizes and/or credits which can be used to defray future league dues.  Final determination of cash prize/credit amounts are contingent on paid dues.

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