Less than five weeks until Daytona, and the Nascar pool is up and ready to go. It will again be a salary cap style pool where you pick exactly 8 drivers whose cumulative salary is $10 million or less. These 8 drivers are your team for the entire season, and earn points in each race they participate in. The points are awarded based on the Nascar Sprint Cup format, according to finish as well as leading a lap and most laps lead bonus'.

The payout for this pool will be the same as all the others with at least 10% of teams getting a prize, with 1st place being between 40 and 50 percent of the prize pool. There will also be a few bonus races during the season, including the 50th running of the Daytona 500. The others will be announced closer to the time the season begins, and will include a road race and a short track.

Driver salaries start at $2.4 million and go down to $300 000. I tried a few combinations to check things out and you can put a reasonably solid team together for 10 mill. Keep in mind not every driver starts every race. There are some cars that have owners exemptions from the previous season and get to start every race, and some who have to qualify. Plus there are some drivers on the list who will only be running a partial season or a select few races, so you'll have to do a bit of homework. Both nascar.com and