BFNL Rules & Regulations
Rule Changes for 2024
Entry Fee:
- Entry fee is increasing this year. First time it has been increased in a long time.
- As always I will not be taking any kind of cut from the total purse.
- The increase is mainly aimed to give more people a chance to win some money, and to discourage people from quitting in the middle of the year.
- It's still barely a dollar per race...
Scoring Changes:
- Tweaked the Stage Points a little bit, so Stages won't award quite as many points this year, and will put more influence on the finish.
New Mini Games:
- Added the Survivor and BFNL Chase games
- The Summer Shootout and Braswell Million return.
Exhibition Races at The Coliseum & North Wilkesboro
- We will include The Clash and the All-Star race in our league this year, once again.
- These are unique formats that will not feature all 36 full-time teams.
- We will pick teams for these races via e-mail, not through the "pick page" on the site. Jotform limits the number of submissions I can receive per month, and picking 2 sets of drivers makes that a challenge.
- We will select 1 driver from 4 groups for these races (this is the old school pick selection style from BFNL years past).
- If one of your drivers fails to qualify for the main race, you will receive 0 points for them.
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 win $25. 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
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 Top 2 finishes in each group. $50, $25.
The Summer Shootout Series: March madness bracket style game where BFNL Players will be seeded and square off in 3-race rounds.
BFNL Weekly Survivor: Don't be last! Last place is eliminated each week until one person remains,
The Braswell Million: The Biggest Races of the Year, plus a couple fun ones. Score the Most Points.
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 Top 2 finishes in each group. $50, $25.
Road Courses (5 races): Chicago Street, The Roval, COTA, Sonoma & Watkins Glen
Short Tracks (12 races): Iowa, Bristol, Richmond, Martinsville, N. Wilkesboro, LA Coliseum, Phoenix, & New Hampshire.
Intermediates (12 races): Charlotte, Kansas, Las Vegas, Nashville SS, Texas, Homestead, WWT, Darlington, & Dover.
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
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)
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.
| Pos. | Qual | Stages | Race | Pos. | Qual | Race | Pos. | Qual | Race | ||
| 1st | 50 |
75 |
250 |
16th | 5 | 118 |
31st | 73 |
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| 2nd | 40 |
50 |
200 |
17th | 4 | 115 |
32nd | 70 |
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| 3rd | 35 |
45 |
180 |
18th | 3 | 112 |
33rd | 67 |
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| 4th | 30 |
40 |
170 |
19th | 2 | 109 |
34th | 64 |
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| 5th | 25 |
35 |
160 |
20th | 1 | 106 |
35th | 61 |
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| 6th | 20 |
30 |
155 |
21st | 103 |
36th | 58 |
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| 7th | 18 |
25 |
150 |
22nd | 100 |
37th | 55 |
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| 8th | 16 |
20 |
146 |
23rd | 97 |
38th | 50 |
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| 9th | 14 |
15 |
142 |
24th | 94 |
39th | 45 |
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| 10th | 12 |
10 |
138 |
25th | 91 |
40th | 40 |
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| 11th | 10 |
8 |
134 |
26th | 88 |
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| 12th | 9 |
6 |
130 |
27th | 85 |
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| 13th | 8 |
4 |
127 |
28th | 82 |
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| 14th | 7 |
2 |
124 |
29th | 79 |
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| 15th | 6 |
1 |
121 |
30th | 76 |
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 50 points.
During the 10 races of "The Playoffs", the bonus for having the most race points is increased to 100 points.
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.
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.
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.
Unlike NASCAR, I won't change any of the rules mid-season.