Rules

1. Can't pick the same driver w/in a 5 race span

2. Points are awarded based on finishing position, except for 1st place which counts for (-5)

3. 5 vetoes per half season (Sonoma ends 1st Half; Chicagoland starts 2nd half)

4.  Any tie breakers in picking order will be decided by total points with the highest total points picking first.

5. Twice a half a player must pick two drivers outside of the top 25 (after race 4). 

6. For the All-Star Race, the highest placed finisher receives (-5) points, unless the winner is picked in which case it is worth (-25) points (any driver can be picked for this race). If the winner is picked, that person also gets to spread 25 points around to choosing. If the driver who ends up in last is picked, it is +25 points and has to spread around -25 points to choosing.

7. Payoff 8th place rewards 4th, 7th place rewards 3rd, 6th place rewards 2nd and 5th place rewards 1st place.

8. Tiebreakers throughout the season and at end of the season are decided by who wins the most weeks. If that is still a tie, it goes to who lost less weeks. If a tie still exists after that, it goes to who chose the weekly winning driver the most amounts of times throughout the season, if there is a tie after that, it goes to a coin flip to be done through Facetime.

9. Failure to pick a driver in a timely manner results in you getting the 24th and 26th driver or, if not available, other drivers as determined by other participants

10 If you pick a driver who's car is involved in any fiery explosion with a 3rd party, non-race participant (i.e. a jet dryer) you automatically get (-100) points for the week plus the score of your other driver.

11. You may only select a driver 4 times per season.

12. If you select or veto the winning driver two weeks in a row, you earn an extra veto. Streaks can occur so if you pick the winning driver or veto winning driver 3 weeks in a row, you earn 2 extra vetoes and 4 weeks earns you 3 extra so on, and so forth. Extra vetoes earned must be used in same half (They do not carry over) HOWEVER, if you earn the extra veto on the last week right before the 2nd half, it will carry over.  If you pick the winning driver and the last place driver in a single race, you automatically receive an additional veto and are eligible to receive more vetoes the following week. 

13. At least once a half, there will be a live FaceTime pick with commissioner giving at least 30 days notice through the KIE text thread and through KIE weekly e-mails. Should a member not at least make a valiant effort to attempt to join the live FaceTime pick, that member incurs a twenty-five (25) point penalty. 

14. Pocono Race: For Pocono weekend, each person shall pick two drivers as normal and those two drivers shall count towards both races. If you choose to go outside the top 25, it shall count twice as if it was two races. However, if you veto a driver, it still shall only count as one veto. 

15. For the 2023 season, the first half of the season shall run through Nashville. Chicago Road shall start the 2nd half of the season. 

16. Should there be a doubleheader race (like Poconos) and one of the 2 races is postponed, or delayed until a further date, there shall NOT be any repicking and whenever that race is run, the original picks will stand. 

17. An exception to the 30 day notice requirement for live Facetime/Zoom picks is that every time there is a double header race (like Poconos), picks will be done live via FaceTime/Zoom or whatever other technological devices are at KIE's disposal. This is in effect even if the double header was not announced at the beginning of the season. 

18. To the extent possible and responsible, KIE members shall indulge in a drink of their choice during the live picks. 

19. All picks, vetoes, and/or nukes must be in and/or exercised at least 1 hour prior to green flag. If the last pick is made right around 1 hour prior to green flag, vetoes and/or nukes will be allowed for a reasonable amount of time with repicks due immediately. 

20. Each person has the option of exercising a “nuke” one time prior to the Playoffs starting (Week 26).

21. When a “nuke” is exercised, all previous picks are null and void except for the person exercising said nuke. New picks will be made via random.org, first randomizing player names, then driver names with the exception of the drivers selected by the person exercising the nuke. The nuker will determine how many times to randomize.  The first 14 drivers randomized will be assigned in order of the player randomization.

22.  Upon exercising the “nuke” the person utilizing this must send a video declaring the Nuke to the group AND text/call the Commissioner until he recognizes and receives formal notice. Failure to do so will forfeit the person’s nuke for the season. Consider this the two-key turn rule. The video must be sent one hour prior to GREEN FLAG pursuant to the email from the previous week and/or any changes to green flag which are noted within the text thread. The person exercising the nuke shall state the two drivers that they are choosing within the video (which must be valid picks made by the Nuker). 

23. When the Commissioner assigns drivers pursuant to the “nuke”, there are no penalties for drivers being given a driver who they otherwise would not be allowed to pick.

24. Should a person be given the winning driver during a “nuke” situation, the nuker’s score for the week will be doubled unless the nuker's driver won the race, which will result in everyone else's points being doubled.   Additionally, when a driver is selected pursuant to the “nuke”, the driver chosen WILL count towards your driver pick total. 

25. Multiple nukes may be used during a single week. The result is the Commissioner shall reassign drivers randomly and no person may be given the same drivers that was originally given during one of the previous “nukes”.  If a nuke is nuked, the person exercising subsequent nuke shall select drivers pursuant to the rules conatined herein and the original nuker has his picks null and void. 

26. Penalty of 10 points per week and picking 8th and 16th until debt is paid and confirmed by recipient. 

27.  Each person has the option of exercising a Pal Week one time prior to the Playoffs starting (Week 26). After picks are made, the person must send a video instituting "Pal Week", and identifying which other person he wishes to have as a Pal for the week. Thereafter,  the remaining 6 players are randomly paired up. The sum of the two players is totaled and assigned to each paired player. If a nuke is thrown after Pal Week, drivers are randomly assigned and pals are again randomly assigned. 

28. On the days that Jags play AT HOME and there is a Race on the same day, you must also pick an NFL team the same day. If that team wins, your score stays as is. If your team loses, a 10 point penalty is assessed. However, you can only pick an NFL team one time per season. 

29. If Trump appears at a race, the 16 drivers selected that week will be randomized AFTER the race is completed. Players will not be penalized for taking same driver twice in 5 weeks, but the drivers will be counted against your yearly total. Additionally, if the randomization gives you two drivers outside the top 25, that will apply to one of your required weeks to go outside the top 25.