Testing will run from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. ET Wednesday and Thursday, with fan viewing allowed from the Oldfield Grandstand with access through the Daytona ticket office.
Plans for teams and drivers can still change before the Dec. 15-16 test on the new surface, but tentatively only four drivers from this year's Chase For The Sprint Cup- #24-Jeff Gordon #22-Kurt Busch, #31-Jeff Burton and #17-Matt Kenseth - say they plan on participating. Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Stewart-Haas Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, Front Row Motorsports and Robby Gordon Motorsports are not planning on attending the test, which had been tentatively scheduled for Dec. 7-8. NASCAR will have an open test for all teams Jan. 20-22, and all teams are expected to attend that session. For some teams the test will be vital. Penske Racing drivers #22-Kurt Busch and #2-Brad Keselowski will get their first chance to be on a restrictor-plate track with the new Dodge nose. All three 2010 winless Hendrick Motorsports drivers - #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #24-Jeff Gordon and #5-Mark Martin will be there - to gather data and be with their new crew chiefs as well. Five-time defending Cup champion #48-Jimmie Johnson will not attend. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will be there with #1-Jamie McMurray and #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, while Kenseth and #6-David Ragan will represent Roush Fenway Racing. Burton and #27-Paul Menard will be there for Richard Childress Racing. Other drivers expected to attend are #47-Bobby Labonte (JTG Daugherty Racing), #83-Reed Sorenson (Red Bull Racing), #78-Regan Smith (Furniture Row Racing), #21-Trevor Bayne (Wood Brothers Racing), #13-Casey Mears (Germain Racing), #64-Todd Bodine (Gunselman Motorsports) and #92-Brian Keselowski (K-Automotive Motorsports).(
We gonna have to call a meeting with a futures thread and lets put our heads together and find some value as far as who will win it in 011. I had Denny and Harvick last year and nothing on Jim.
When you have 2 of the 3 possible futures bet going into the last race, it sure makes it easy to wager (hedge) on the last race.
Won't have anything on Jim this year either.
No Johnson or Smoke?
I really like the 24 as well.
Gustafson and him should be good.
Jr and Letard....Lol will be interesting for sure.
Although he did cost Gordon a couple wins, he had him upfront more often than not.
I would love to do a 5 person, 10 driver draft. $200 ante, for a $1,000 winner take all on the 2011 Cup champion.
* Evenly weighted draft, for instance, the #1 pick would get the #10 pick, and the #5 pick would immediately get the #6 pick.
* Each of the five owners would have the opportunity to select one driver to replace a bad pick. This would be done in a waiver format. With the worst in combined driver points, and so on, getting 1st dibs take or pass on a waiver claim.
* In the highly unlikely event that the champion wasn't drafted or picked up on waivers, all monies will be refunded.
* You will draft two drivers, but use the owner points for those cars as a means of scoring. This will help score unforeseen circumstances for that driver, like injury, personel changes, etc. You would technically own the team, not the driver.
Any interest out there? Reply to the thread with questions. Would probably use PayPal as a means to collect antes. And before you scoff at that, realize that I'm not hard up for $200, just looking for 9 months of action.
I would love to do a 5 person, 10 driver draft. $200 ante, for a $1,000 winner take all on the 2011 Cup champion.
* Evenly weighted draft, for instance, the #1 pick would get the #10 pick, and the #5 pick would immediately get the #6 pick.
* Each of the five owners would have the opportunity to select one driver to replace a bad pick. This would be done in a waiver format. With the worst in combined driver points, and so on, getting 1st dibs take or pass on a waiver claim.
* In the highly unlikely event that the champion wasn't drafted or picked up on waivers, all monies will be refunded.
* You will draft two drivers, but use the owner points for those cars as a means of scoring. This will help score unforeseen circumstances for that driver, like injury, personel changes, etc. You would technically own the team, not the driver.
Any interest out there? Reply to the thread with questions. Would probably use PayPal as a means to collect antes. And before you scoff at that, realize that I'm not hard up for $200, just looking for 9 months of action.
Im interested ....how is the order determined as far as who picks 1st? If I have to pick 5th does that mean there are 8 drivers already gone?
there are a few ways you can do this.
1. Have each teams 5 drivers points for the year determine the league champion.
2. Have a price limit where you draft whoever, but have to stay under a salary cap.
I have played in a few different leagues, It would be very easy to set up a fantasy league for nascar and we would probably get anywhere from 25 - 35 teams to play. I think if you did it for like $25 per person, you could get a nice pot to go along with the Freamers pool. If you guys want I can put something together, plus now there are sites that hold the money for you. (ex. leaguesafe) and that way you never have to worry about anyone not geting paid.
Let me know, if anyone is interested.
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