Players, also known as fantasy team owners, select a roster of drivers to earn points according to actual race results.
Games are usually based on activities and race results from the most popular, broadcast-live forms of motor sports like Formula One, NASCAR, IndyCar, Daytona Prototype and the American Le Mans Series racing.
Fantasy auto racing games can be run season-long, from Winter Speed Weeks at Daytona through the last major race weekend of the season, or they are segmented to award quarterly prizes and attract new players throughout the year.
Games that follow one specific series combine driver or roster salary caps with a point system based on predictions for driver pit strategy, advancement or retreat from starting position, fastest lap or qualifying performance.
For 2018, Yahoo Sports will no longer offer Fantasy Auto Racing, providing the following message to users: "The Yahoo Sports Fantasy Auto Racing season has concluded.
[4] SPEED's Wind Tunnel Super 7 Sweep follows seven different series: NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Trucks; Formula 1, IndyCar, American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex.
The most notable difference between Yahoo and NASCAR Fantasy Live is the way finishing position is weighted.
Yahoo places a greater emphasis on finishing than NASCAR Fantasy Live.
For example, a driver who qualifies in the top 5, but slips to the mid 20s during the race and never recovers can have a negative point total in NASCAR Fantasy Live.
The Super 7 Sweep is based on a game that was developed to mimic fantasy football games; i.e. fantasy team owners would start weekly lineups with NFL players at different gridiron positions.
In that respect the NASCAR game participants are only concerned with quarterbacks, e.g. Sprint Cup drivers.
Super 7 Sweep players select QBs plus running backs, receivers, kickers and defenses; i.e. NNS and Camping World Truck drivers, IndyCar and Formula 1 drivers, ALMS and Rolex Series sports cars.
The Super 7 Sweep persuades players to follow the results and activities of those other series in order to score maximum points.