After consulting with my partner in crime, Wes White, a decision was made to name the season-long fantasy race to determine the best-ever drivers in Independence Motor Speedway history. Since it will be comprised of 16 heat races (along with newly added last chance races) and four big features, it will be just like a "regular" race night... albeit spread out through the course of 24 weeks. The Fantasy Race Night of Champions has been born and the schedule of events is outlined below.
Those wishing to take part in the voting process will have one week to cast their votes for each race as they are posted. Heats will be announced every Friday (if everything goes according to plan), with voting closed for each race the following Thursday at noon Iowa time. The divisions will be rotated throughout the season so be sure to check the IMS facebook on a regular basis to see which event is scheduled for that week. The projected schedule of fantasy events is as follows:
START - RACE - ENTRY DEADLINE (12 Noon for each date listed)
March 12 - Hobby Stock (1st heat) - March 18
March 19 - Stock Car (1st heat) - March 25
March 26 - Modified (1st heat) - April 1
April 2 - Late Model (1st heat) - April 8
April 9 - Hobby Stock (2nd heat) - April 15
April 16 - Stock Car (2nd heat) - April 22
April 23 - Modified (2nd heat) - April 29
April 30 - Late Model (2nd heat) - May 6
May 7 - Hobby Stock (3rd heat) - May 13
May 14 - Stock Car (3rd heat) - May 20
May 21 - Modified (3rd heat) - May 27
May 28 - Late Model (3rd heat) - June 3
June 4 - Hobby Stock (4th heat) - June 10
June 11 - Stock Car (4th heat) - June 17
June 18 - Modified (4th heat) - June 24
June 25 - Late Model (4th heat) - July 1
July 2 - Hobby Stock (last chance) - July 8
July 9 - Stock Car (last chance) - July 15
July 16 - Modified (last chance) - July 22
July 23 - Late Model (last chance) - July 29
July 30 - Hobby Stock (feature) - August 5
August 6 - Stock Car (feature) - August 12
August 13 - Modified (feature) - August 19
August 20 - Late Model (feature) - August 26
NOTES:
The last chance races will include one race for all non-qualifiers from each division. The drivers who earn the top 3 in voter points during that week's voting will tag the rear of the feature field. One provisional will also be awarded per division. That position will be determined by the driver who earned the most voter points in both heat and feature events that did not already qualify for the feature. A total of 16 drivers will qualify for each division's all-time feature event. Those feature events will be lined up as follows: The 12 heat race qualifiers will be inverted based on career wins - least wins toward the front and the most wins toward the back. The last chance qualifers will follow the qualifiers and the provisional starter will tag the rear of the 16-car field.
The results for each heat and last chance race will be announced when the following week's lineup is posted. The vote winners of the four August features will remain unavailable until they are announced during the August 28 season championships at Independence.
Please remember, lineups will be posted only on the Independence Motor Speedway facebook page and the only votes that count will be those that are sent to the inbox of that page. Check out that page sometime tonight for the very first heat event for the Hobby Stocks. Voting will end at noon next Thursday, March 18.
Let's go racing!
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