Braswell's Fantasy NASCAR League

BFNL Rules & Regulations

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Rule Changes for 2026

Scoring Changes:
- Qualifying & Stages will award the same amount of points (Top 15 finishers only)
- Race points have been increased at the top, and slightly decreased for 12th and worse. Should give more emphasis on better performance in the race, and more align with scoring we saw with 5 driver teams.
- Most race points will be award 100 bonus points in all races, not just the playoffs. Previously was 50 points for regular season races.

Exhibition Races: The Clash & The All Star Race
- These have been removed from the schedule for 2026

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What are all the ways I can win?

I'm glad you asked! There are quite a few different ways to win. Let's break them down.

1) Season Long Standings

Points will be tracked in each race and tallied up over the course of the season. The standings page will reflect the current season long standings as of the most recent race. I will determine the payout breakdown based on the number of entrants we have.

2) Segment Winners

There will be 9 segments throughout the course of the season (4 races each). If your team earns the most points during a Segment, you will some money.. Please rememeber The Clash, and the All Star race at North Wilkesboro will be standalone events, and not included in any of the 9 segments.

3) BFNL Mini Games

The Summer Shootout Series: March madness bracket style game where BFNL Players will be seeded face off in single elimination races..
BFNL Weekly Survivor: Don't be last! Last place is eliminated each week until one person remains,
The BFNL Chase: Win and You're In. Winners automatically qualify for the 10 race Chase. Final 4 battle at Phoenix for the Win.

4) Track Type Champions

There are four standard track types in NASCAR...Road Courses, Short Tracks, Intermediates and Super Speedways. We will track who scores the most points on each type of track over the course of the season, and pay out the winner.

Road Courses (4 races): COTA, Sonoma, Watkins Glen, Naval Base Coronado
Short Tracks (10 races): Iowa, Bristol, Richmond, Martinsville, N. Wilkesboro, Phoenix, & New Hampshire.
Intermediates (13 races): Charlotte, Kansas, Las Vegas, Nashville SS, Texas, Homestead, WWT, Darlington, & Chicagoland
Super Speedways (9 races): Daytona, Talladega, Pocono, Michigan, Atlanta, Indianapolis

I fully acknowledge some of these designations are not traditional, but I felt they made sense in the spirit of the game, and helped to balance the groups.

 

Standard League Rules

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How Does the League Work?

Every person in the league will choose a team of 4 drivers (no more, no less), from the list of drivers provided. This team of drivers may not exceed a total value of $100. No more than 1 entry per person.

If you select a team with a value of less than the $100 max, the remaining money will be "banked" and you can use that money the next time you select (or any time later in the season). When driver select occurs, I will include your "banked" money in the note so you know your current budget.

Your Bank will be capped at $110


Each driver on your team will earn points for qualifying, each stage, and the race itself (the points distribution chart is provided in the section below.

Your team will be active for 4 races. The season is broken into nine 4-race segments. (Exhibition races will count towards the total standings, but NOT towards a Segment)

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How do I score points?

Each driver on your team receives points for where he qualifies for the race, and where he finishes during the race.  Here is the exact points distribution that I use to calculate points each week.

Changes for 2026.
- Qualifying & Stages will have the same points structure. Qualifying points will be slightly higher this year as a result.
- Race points have been increased for the top finishers.

After moving to 4 driver teams, scoring was down significantly, so these changes are designed to put race results more in line with the old scoring records.

 

Pos.	Qual	Stages	Race		Pos.	Qual	Race		Pos.	Qual	Race
1st	75	75	300		16th		114		31st		54
2nd	50	50	250		17th		110		32nd		50
3rd	45	45	220		18th		106		33rd		45
4th	40	40	200		19th		102		34th		40
5th	35	35	180		20th		98		35th		35
6th	30	30	160		21st		94		36th		30
7th	25	25	150		22nd		90		37th		25
8th	20	20	146		23rd		86		38th		20
9th	15	15	142		24th		82		39th		15
10th	10	10	138		25th		78		40th		10
11th	8	8	134		26th		74		41st		5
12th	6	6	130		27th		70
13th	4	4	126		28th		66
14th	2	2	122		29th		62
15th	1	1	118		30th		58

 

Bonus Points

After qualifying, if your team has scored the most points, you will be given a bonus of 25 points.

If your team scores the most points in either Stage, you will be given a bonus of 25 points.

If after the race points are calculated, your team scored the most points, you will be given a bonus of 100 points (for all races. previously was only The Chase)

 

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What if my driver gets hurt, or misses a race?

If one of your drivers gets hurt, then you get whatever driver replaces him. In essence, when you select a driver to be on your team, you are actually selecting his car. If you pick Jeff Gordon, you really pick the #24 car. So if Jeff Gordon decides that Bill Elliott would be better suited to drive his car that week, you would get whatever points Bill Elliott earns in the #24 car.

This also works the same way when two drivers "split" a ride. You are selecting that car, so whichever driver is running that week you get points for him. If one of your "split" drivers runs a race for another team, you do not get points for him, you get points for whoever is in the car you selected.

If there is a ride-swap during a segment, you will continue to score points based on the car you originally selected.

If your driver fails to qualify for a given race, then you will not receive any points for him during that week. So make sure you pick a driver that you know will make the race, otherwise you will have a large hole in your team for that week.

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What happens if qualifying is cancelled?

During Covid, NASCAR changed the qualifying procedure for setting the field. It is no longer set based on owners points, but instead a formula that NASCAR invented based on Points, Finishing Position in the last race, fastest laps.

I will score Qualifying based on the Starting Lineup, per NASCAR's rules. Regular points will be awarded as per usual.

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What if I forget to submit my team?

You will be given a team with a maximum budget of $50 (selected by the commisioner) for the race immediately after the deadline.

You may then submit a team for the remaining races during that segment.

Failure to submit your team for more than 2 segments will result in not receiving an invite back for next season.

One entry per person. Pick your own team.

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