Why can't I pick all 7 drivers?
The program works according to the game rule that says you get to pick 7 'starters' per weekend and you must pick at least 1 driver (or car, for sports car races) per weekend.
On the Select Starters page under the select starters box on the left, it says Pick Starters for: and shows a listing of that weekend's races in red in a drop down menu. If you click on the drop down menu the program will show all the races for that weekend, so you can click on each race to bring up the list of potential starters (and remember, the lists ARE NOT entry lists, just lists of drivers or cars published as likely to participate in each series).
If you try to pick so many drivers in one series that you can't mathematically select at least one driver in each other series racing that weekend you will get an error message. To submit your full 7-starter lineup each week you have to select all the races and pick at least one driver per race.
What if I never received a confirmation email?
When you register, and click the ‘Submit Registration’ button at the bottom of the page, you are automatically sending the confirmation email to the email address you listed. If you don’t receive the email with the link that completes the registration process, either you input the wrong email address or your service provider (like AOL, Yahoo!, Cox, etc.) is blocking emails from registration@fmfl.net. You can re-register using a different email address, or you can check your spam, bulk mail and junk mail folders. Finally, you can contact your service provider and instruct them to allow emails from fmfl.net.
Why is it that I get no replies when I try to contact the game administrators?
Because your email provider won’t let our replies through. We receive your emails, and we reply as quickly as possible, but your email provider won’t let our response emails through. Or, the answer to your question can be found in the FAQs section.
What if I Forgot to Submit my Starters?
You will score zero points.
What if I swear I put in Starters but there are none shown and I scored zero points?
You scored zero points. Starters can't go away or be deleted after they are submitted; the only way your submitted starters can be removed is via you logging in and removing them manually.
What if an entry or driver isn’t listed in the selection menu when I pick my starters?
The league strives to have all available drivers/entries (for sports car racing) per series listed on the driver selection menu. Occasionally, last-minute or late driver changes will occur and the league will make its best effort to add those new drivers as soon as that information becomes available.
What if an entry or driver is on the list but doesn't race?
Then you'll score zero points. The lists are NOT Official or even Unofficial Entry Lists by race; they are rosters of as many drivers or cars that have raced in that series before, are expected to race at some point and/or have scored in the top 16 for a race during the current season. If a racer isn't running full time in a series, or even if he is but can't be in two places at once, check to make sure the driver you are starting is actually racing.
What if a race is postponed?
If a race is postponed, the scores from that driver (or sports car) will not be calculated until the race is finally run. This means that the round will not close or be completed until the postponed race is completed. When the postponed race is run, players are not allowed to re-select their starting drivers. The postponed race is not counted as one of the races for the round in which it has been rescheduled.
What if a race is canceled?
If a race is canceled, never to be completed, then each player’s driver picks for that particular race will receive no scores, and the round will be considered complete.
I don’t understand the scoring system.
The Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game features a unique, proprietary scoring system created to offer different strategies for selecting starters and reduce the number of ties. Only the top 16 finishers can receive Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game points. The Game awards points for finishing performance, qualifying performance, leading a lap, leading the most laps, and being the first finisher among all drivers at the wheel of a similar kind of race car. But only if the car or driver finishes in the top 16. And sports car races are scored according to overall results, not by class.
For instance: Finish points are awarded to the top 16 drivers only. First place gets 160 pts, 2nd gets 150, 3rd gets 140, etc., etc., etc. If a driver earns a finish point, he is eligible to get bonus points for qualifying, leading a lap, and driving a particular type of race car. The five fastest qualifiers are eligible for starting position points. Polesitter gets 55, outside pole gets 44, 3rd fastest gets 33, 4th fastest gets 22 and the 5th fastest qualifier can earn 11 bonus qualifying points as long as he or she finishes in the top 16. Any driver who finishes in the top 16 and leads a lap during the race will receive 22 bonus points. If the driver (or car, in the ALMS and Rolex series) leads the most laps, an additional 22 points will be awarded. The highest-finishing driver for each different manufacturer, up to five, will also receive bonus points. . In Cup, Nationwide, Trucks, F1, ALMS and Rolex races, the winning driver (or sports car) will automatically receive 55 bonus points for driving the highest-finishing type of car. The highest placing driver/entry of the next different car will receive 44 mfr points, and the highest placing driver of the next different car in the finishing order will receive 33 points. The highest placing driver of the 4th different kind of car will receive 22 pts and the highest placing driver with the 5th different type of race car will receive 11 bonus pts -- if he or she finishes in the top 16. In IndyCar races, where there is only one kind of car, mfr points are awarded in descending order to the top five finishers; i.e. race winner gets 55 pts, second place gets 44, third place receives 33, etc.
Does the league use the official order of finish in distributing points?
Yes. The Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game uses the first official release of race results to assign points. Occasionally, results change within a few hours of publication and scores are updated accordingly; game scores are usually final on the Tuesday following each race weekend.
What if the results change after the first official release of the finishing order? Like if a car is disqualified? Or a team or driver is penalized or suspended or fined in some way that also changes the final, official race results?
The Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game guidelines are as follows: Points are awarded based on the actual order of finish at the end of each race, according to the sanctioning body's official results. If the cars and drivers made it through tech and qualifying and pre-race inspection, then points are awarded according to how they finished the race according to those published results. If they cheated so blatantly that immediate action is underway upon completion of the race – i.e., the officials are aware of an impending appeals issue and have announced they are going to make an immediate decision – then the results become official AFTER the officials make a decision on the appeal issue, or announce the race results as official. But if a long-term, pay-the-lawyers appeals process is started (like in Formula 1), one that is going to last days or weeks or even months, that appeal and it’s long-after-the-race verdict are ignored. The scores will be tabulated according to the official race results issued prior to appeal. All decisions made by the Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game Commissioners are final.
What if the qualifying results are changed, affecting the starting grid?
If a driver (or sports car) qualifies in the top five but the time is disallowed -- meaning the entry did not officially post a qualifying time -- that car/driver receives no qualifying points. If a driver or car posts a top-five qualifying time but is then moved back down the grid because of a per-series rules violation, i.e. in NASCAR if they change an engine (and have to start at the rear) or in F1 if they have to change a transmission or say something bad about the Queen (and are dropped an arbitrary number of grid positions), that entry still receives the earned qualifying points.
What if I start the winning car but I pick the wrong driver?
Unless it’s a Rolex or ALMS entry, you'll score as many points as the driver you picked. In series that run race cars with only one driver (all except the Rolex and ALMS cars), you are starting the driver. For example, in the Nationwide Series one car may have many different drivers throughout the season. It is up to the player to know which driver is in which car for which race. Since Rolex and ALMS sports cars have more than one driver, there are no multiple listings per racecar. The Rolex and ALMS races are the ONLY races where players select the car (by car number) instead of one driver toward earning points.
What if my driver qualifies the car but doesn’t start the race?
That driver will get no points. The only way a driver can get Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game points is by starting the race and having his car finish the race.
And if my driver qualifies the car but doesn't start the race, but the car finishes in the top 16 with a substitute driver?
The driver who qualified the car will get no points. The substitute driver will earn finish, mfr and lap points if he finishes in the top 16 but is ineligible for qualifying points; this rule doesn't apply in sports car series races.
What if my driver qualifies the car, starts the race, but has a substitute driver finish the race for him?
Your starting driver will receive Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game points. (The sub gets squat.)
What if my driver doesn’t qualify and doesn’t start the race, but takes over the car during the race and finishes in the top 16?
Sorry, no Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game points will be awarded to the driver who finishes, but they will be awarded to the driver who starts the race. (The sub gets squat)
What if my driver qualifies one car but finishes in someone else's car, in the top 16?
Sorry, no Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep Fantasy Racing Game points will be awarded to that driver unless the car that he or she started finishes in the top 16.
What’s the tiebreaker?
The tiebreaker system is based on each team’s score for the previous week or round. The team that scored the higher number of points for the previous round is selected as the prize winner. Example: Let’s say it’s Monday morning after RD #7. Six teams are tied at the top with the same number of points, the most among all teams in the league. The tiebreaker checks each of those team’s weekly score for RD #6 – the previous round – and awards the weekly prize to the team with the highest score for the week before. If a tie still exists, the tiebreaker moves back to the week or round previous to that; and so on, and so on. If the tiebreaker procedure runs out of weeks or rounds and still can’t determine a winner, one winner will be chosen by earliest registration date.