The banking of an empty speedway at sunset, grandstands running away down the back straight.

NASCAR pool

There is no home team at Daytona, so a NASCAR pool is built on finishing order.

A full Cup field, one result and a sport that already thinks in positions. Your pool runs on podium and finishing order prediction rather than head to head picks, scored automatically across all 36 races under your logo, your colors and your domain.

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The 2027 Cup Series season, at a glance.

Points races
36, split into a 26 race regular season and a 10 race Chase
Season opener
The 69th Daytona 500 on February 21, 2027
Regular season ends
Back at Daytona with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on August 28, race 26 of the year
The Chase
Races 27 through 36, with 16 drivers qualifying on regular season points
Eliminations
None. The Chase returned to a 10 race points format with no elimination rounds, no playoff points and no win and you are in
How the champion is decided
Most points after race 36. Seeds reset between 2,100 for the regular season champion and 2,000 for the sixteenth seed, and the leader carries a 25 point cushion into the Chase
What a win is worth
55 points, raised from 40, so going for the win pays more than a safe points day
Season finale
Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 14, 2027, under a rotating championship host
In-Season Challenge
A 32 driver single elimination bracket across five races, July 4 to August 1, seeded on regular season points. The better finish in each head to head advances
Stage racing
Every race is split into stages, with points paid at each stage break as well as at the checkered flag

How a NASCAR pool runs on Fanzava.

  1. Build the hub before Speedweeks.

    Your logo, your colors, your name on the competition. People join by invite link, QR code or bulk upload. No IT ticket, no provisioning, no accounts for you to create.

  2. Participants predict finishing order, not a winner.

    Top three in order is the spine of it. Full points for the right driver in the right position, partial points for the right driver in the wrong one. Around that you can add stage winners, a nominated driver head to head, most positions gained or the first car out.

  3. Every race is its own scoring round.

    That matters more in motorsport than anywhere else, because some series run more than one race per round. A Supercars event carries multiple races, a MotoGP weekend pairs a sprint with the Grand Prix, and a Cup weekend can stack Xfinity and Truck races alongside it. Each result is its own round, with its own points, rather than being quietly folded into one.

  4. Results land off the feed and the leaderboard moves.

    The NASCAR Cup Series runs on the live data feed. The classification posts after the checkered flag and every prediction scores against whatever categories you configured. Overall standings, group standings and the race recap follow without anyone entering a result by hand.

  5. The In-Season Challenge gives you a bracket in July.

    Thirty two drivers, five races, single elimination, better finish advances. It is a complete competition with a beginning and an end, sitting in the middle of the season, and it is the best on ramp you have for people who will not commit to 36 races.

Motorsport has no head to head, so the scoring is the product.

Every stick and ball competition on this site starts with a binary: this team or that one. A Cup race gives you a full field and one finishing order, which means your rules have to do the work a matchup would normally do for you.

Podium prediction is the spine of a motorsport pool.

Pick the top three in order. Award full points for the right driver in the right position and partial points for the right driver in the wrong one. That single rule is what keeps a NASCAR pool playable for someone who watches four races a year: getting two of three roughly right still scores, so nobody is out of it by March.

Some rounds are more than one race.

Fanzava scores each race as its own round. On a sprint weekend or a multi race event, that means two or three separate results from one trip to the track. Fold them together and you have quietly made those weekends worth double for no sporting reason, and the participant who works that out first wins your season. Decide before round one whether a second race is its own round with its own points, or excluded.

The Chase is a points race now, not a bracket.

The elimination rounds are gone. Sixteen drivers qualify on regular season points, the field is reseeded between 2,100 and 2,000, and the champion is whoever has the most points after race 36. There is no cutoff race and no winner take all finale. A pool that still doubles the value of an elimination weekend is scoring a format that no longer exists. If you want the last ten races to carry more weight, weight them on purpose.

Wrecks decide more rounds than pace does.

A single incident at a superspeedway can take half the field out of contention before the race is meaningfully underway, and it wipes out everyone who had those drivers on the podium at the same moment. Two fixes, and most organizers use both: partial credit for correct drivers in wrong positions, and a bonus category such as first car out, stage winner or most positions gained. Both keep a round alive after the front of the field has been scrambled.

Season long predictions sit on top of the weekly one.

Lock in the Chase sixteen before the Daytona 500, or call the champion in February and score it in November. One decision made during Speedweeks that stays live until Homestead, running in parallel with the race by race pool, is the cheapest engagement you will build all year.

Formats that fit a full field and one result.

Podium prediction

Top three in order, every race, with partial credit for the right driver in the wrong place. The default shape of a motorsport pool and the one most people already understand.

Single race pools

The Daytona 500 or the finale on its own. One set of predictions, one result, one winner, and no requirement for anyone to come back. Ideal for a race day event or a hospitality function.

In-Season Challenge bracket

Thirty two drivers seeded on points, five races, single elimination. It is a bracket that already exists in the sport, so your audience does not need the format explained to them.

Driver head to head

Nominate two drivers and pick which one finishes ahead. It reintroduces the binary the sport does not naturally have, which makes it the easiest motorsport format to explain to a football audience.

Season long championship prediction

Call the Chase sixteen, or the champion, before the season starts and score it at the finale. A single decision in February that stays live for nine months.

Why run your NASCAR pool on Fanzava.

Prediction categories, not a forced matchup.

Scoring is configured per competition, so a motorsport pool is built as a set of prediction categories rather than bent into a two team format that does not fit the sport. That decision is why this page reads differently from the pick'em pages, and it is deliberate.

Thirty six races is the argument for automation.

A season that runs from February to November with a race almost every week does not survive a spreadsheet. Schedules and results arriving automatically is not a convenience here, it is the only way the pool reaches Homestead with the same commissioner it started with.

One hub, every series you follow.

NASCAR Cup, IndyCar, Formula 1, MotoGP, Formula E and Supercars are all on the live data feed. Run them as separate competitions inside the same branded hub and let people join whichever ones they actually watch.

Your logo, your colors, your domain.

Full white label on every paid plan, across every screen, every email and every notification. Pro and Enterprise add a custom domain and a custom email sender, so the pool lives at your address and the race recap arrives from you.

Questions NASCAR pool organizers ask.

How do you pick a race with a full field and no matchup?
You predict positions instead of picking a side. Top three in order is the core category, with full points for exact positions and partial points for the right driver in the wrong slot. Around that you can add stage winners, first car out, most positions gained, or a head to head between two nominated drivers. The scoring structure is the design decision and it is configured per competition.
Is this NASCAR fantasy?
No, and it is worth being clear about the difference. This is a prediction pool: people call finishing order and the leaderboard ranks them. Fanzava's fantasy product, which is coming soon, will be a separate format: a draft league where players draft athletes from team rosters, and NASCAR is not part of it.
Does it handle the Chase?
Yes, and it is simpler than it used to be. The final ten races are ordinary rounds in your pool unless you choose to weight them, because the Chase itself is now a points format with no eliminations and no cutoff races. If you want the run to Homestead to feel bigger, set the points per round yourself rather than relying on a format quirk that no longer exists.
Can we run the In-Season Challenge as its own competition?
Yes, and it is one of the best short competitions in American sport. Thirty two drivers, seeded on regular season points, five races from early July to the start of August, single elimination on finishing position. Run it standalone, then roll the people it brings in into the season long pool.
What happens on a weekend with more than one race that counts?
Each race is scored as its own round. That is how a Supercars event with multiple races or a MotoGP sprint weekend is handled, and it is the reason those weekends do not accidentally become worth double. You decide which results are in your competition before the season starts.
Is there any betting in it?
None. No odds, no spreads, no wagering, no entry fees and no prize money anywhere in Fanzava. It is a fan and workplace engagement platform: people predict, the leaderboard ranks them, and that is the whole product.
What does it cost?
Plans start free. The free plan covers 25 participants and one competition at a time, which is enough to run a single race pool for a shop floor or a race day function. The pricing page lists what each plan adds from there. Plans are billed in US dollars.

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