The champagne from Phoenix has dried. The confetti on Joey Logano’s championship winning car has been brushed off.
It’s time for a new NASCAR season.
On Tuesday, Greg, CJ and Eric picked their respective 2023 fantasy teams to battle for Prime Sports supremacy. Greg won in 2020, CJ in 2021 and Eric last year. Who bucks that trend in 2023 or does Greg keep it going by snagging a fantasy championship for the upcoming season?
2023 RACEREVIEWONLINE FANTASY LEAGUE
HOW WE BUILD OUR TEAMS
Each owner will now select eight drivers per team (24 drivers) vs. the seven we drafted in 2022 by using a Snake Draft formula.
The draft seeding is based on last year’s standings with the third-place owner (CJ) picking first, the second-place owner (GREG)picking second and the first-place owner (ERIC) picking last.
FINAL 2022 STANDINGS
1 TEAM ERIC
2 TEAM GDP –3,520 points
3 TEAM CJ – 5,535 points
There will be four groups of drivers to choose from with each owner selecting two drivers per group.
Once six drivers are taken from each group, the remaining drivers in that pool are then added to the following group and so on.
Group 1 (9)
C Bell
R Blaney
K Busch
W Byron
R Chastain
C Elliott
D Hamlin
K Larson
J Logano
Group 2 (12)
C Bell
A Bowman
C Briscoe
W Byron
R Chastain
A Cindric
A Dillon
K Harvick
T Reddick
D Suarez
M Truex Jr
D Wallace
+ three Group 1 drivers
Group 3 (12)
AJ Allmendinger
A Almirola
A Bowman
C Briscoe
A Cindric
A Dillon
T Gibbs
J Haley
E Jones
B Keselowski
D Suarez
D Wallace
+ six Group 2 drivers
Group 4 (12)
A Almirola
C Buescher
H Burton
A Cindric
A Dillon
N Gragson
J Haley…
B Keselowski
M McDowell
R Preece
R Stenhouse Jr
D Suarez
+ six Group 3 drivers
The draft process ends when each owner selects two drivers from Group 4 for a grand total of eight drivers per owner.
HOW POINTS ARE REWARDED FOR EACH RACE
We break down the points formula as follows based on the regular season, all-star, playoffs and a pair of ‘Prime Points Races’.
REGULAR SEASON POINTS FORMULA
1ST…100
2ND…60
Top 5…40
Top 10…30
Top 15…20
Top 20…10
Top 30…5
PLAYOFF RACE POINTS FORMULA (R16)
1ST…200
2ND…120
Top 5…80
Top 10…60
Top 15…40
Top 20…20
Top 30…10
PLAYOFF RACE POINTS FORMULA (R12)
1ST…300
2ND…180
Top 5…120
Top 10…80
Top 15…55
Top 20…30
Top 30…15
PLAYOFF RACE POINTS FORMULA (R8)
1ST…600
2ND…300
Top 5…200
Top 10…150
Top 15…100
Top 20…60
Top 30…30
PLAYOFF RACE POINTS FORMULA (R4)
1ST…1,000
2ND…500
Top 5…300
Top 10…200
Top 15…150
Top 20…100
Top 30…60
PRIME POINTS RACES
*Daytona 500
*Coca-Cola 600
PRIME POINTS RACE FORMULA (Points Tripled)
1ST…300
2ND…180
Top 5…120
Top 10…90
Top 15…60
Top 20…30
Top 30…15
ALL-STAR RACE POINTS FORMULA
1ST…100
2nd…50
3rd…40
4th…30
5th…20
Top 10…10
ADDITIONAL RULES
All eight drivers will accumulate points for each race. There are no starters vs. bench.
Results from each driver, in every race, will count for the entire season even if a driver has been waived.
Each Monday starting at 12pm, ET, the third-place owner in points receives the first opportunity to pick up a new driver in the free agency pool. Once the third-place owner makes a driver change, the second-place owner receives the second option and so on.
Each week during the regular season, you are permitted to pick up as many new drivers as you wish.
If you have an injured or sick driver that needs to be substituted for one race, you may place that driver on IR for one race and select a substitute/free agent driver from the waiver wire. You must drop either the injured driver or the free agent driver before the start of the following race.
The deadline for free agent transactions is the end of the regular season unless a driver gets injured or sick.
You are allowed to make trades until the end of the regular season.
DRAFT ORDER AND SELECTIONS
GROUP 1
1 CJ…Chase Elliott
2 Greg…Kyle Larson
3 Eric…Joey Logano
4 Greg…Ryan Blaney
5 Eric…Denny Hamlin
6 CJ…Kyle Busch
7 Eric…Christopher Bell
8 CJ…Martin Truex Jr.
9 Greg…Tyler Reddick
10 CJ…William Byron
11 Greg…Ross Chastain
12 Eric…Kevin Harvick
13 Greg…Chase Briscoe
14 Eric…Alex Bowman
15 CJ…Ty Gibbs
16 Eric…Bubba Wallace
17 CJ…AJ Allmendinger
18 Greg…Erik Jones
19 CJ…Ryan Preece
20 Greg…Austin Cindric
21 Eric…Daniel Suarez
22 Greg…Harrison Burton
23 Eric…Brad Keselowski
24 CJ…Austin Dillon
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