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January 27, 2008 Matt Sealey Vice President Matt Sealey's blog on Lucky Dog Racing's myspace page on the evolution of Lucky Dog Racing. Lucky Dog Racing is entering into its fifth season bigger and better than ever. Back in 2004, when Lou Demian first started a Nascar fantasy site, he decided to call it Red Zone Racing. A fitting name if you think about it and what Nascar entails. But by that first year's ending, it seemed time to change the name to attach itself to a more friendly and contemporary moniker. And the league has never looked back since. It has certainly gained more and more momentum with flocks of people showing up every year, so much so that two junior leagues had to be started just to allow more people to play since there is a 43 car limit to the field. And to top all of that off, there are now waiting lists installed for all three divisions of play. After all this growth and yes even some turmoil along the way, LuckyDog is coming back into this season with much more changes than ever before. Now, we don't know if they will all be great ones, but that is what running your own league is about, trial and error. And our President has done a suberb job of that thus far, so we tend to trust his decisions and that of the Council that assists him. Back to the changes that I spoke of. For the first time in the history of the league, drivers will now join together if they so choose to form multi-car teams in order to rack up bonus points. But of course there is a flip side to that as well. Your teammates can hurt you as well as help you. It works like this, if one of your teammates ends up in the Top 10, you will receive bonus points, but if one of your teammates ends up in the Bottom 10, you will receive penalty points......Think about in Nascar when you see one engine get blown, there is a good chance his teammate will suffer the same fate, but if one driver wins the race, his teammate with the same setup will more than likely be in the Top Five or Ten as well. Another big change, even if it hasn't received as much hype in the offseason is that of the Salary-Cap reduction by $5,000 this year. That doesn't seem like alot, but after the drivers salaries have settled out about a month or so in, then it really becomes a task to get the maximum amount of talent you can get for the paltry price of just $175,000. But of course, the salary cap alone may just have been the biggest reason for the immense growth of the league of the last few years. Unlike other leagues where you picked whoever you want as long as you don't use them that often, this format actually requires you to think about your choices. Probably next on the bill for important changes has got to be the revitalization of the LROC league. For the first time ever, there will be three separate and totally individual leagues competing against each other for the coveted title. Along with LuckyDogRacing.com, we will have P10Select and FASCAR joining the fray. P10 took the title last year and will be looking to reclaim it this year. All three leagues have put up very formidable lineups and it should be a great race to the end. We only have two rookies this year in Earl Arnold and Terry Howell but it should still be a fierce race between them. And that certainly speaks to the volume of satisfaction that drivers in LuckyDog feel when no one is leaving hardly each year. We certainly have a strong contingent of loyal drivers and LuckyDog will do all in its power to make sure that everyone still enjoys for years to come. So, once again, I will congratulate the current Champion, Jordan Hunt, formerly Team Bow Tie and now running under the North Coast Racing banner, and let him and each and every one of you know that I will certainly try my hardest to compete for the trophy this year M. Sealey LuckyDog Racing Vice President |
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