Driver Survivor 2011

[TeamBlueOval]

By request, DRIVER SURVIVOR is back for the 2011-2012 off season!

If you've never player driver survivor with us at Ford Fans before, it's super easy. All you do is VOTE in various polls posted throughout the off season. Last driver remain when Daytona rolls around will be the FORD FANS Driver Survivor!

Things will be laid out quite differently this year, however. I have worked on a number of rules changes and how things will work.

First of all, we will have essentially two winners - last FORD driver standing and the last "other" driver standing. I think it's safe to assume that a FORD driver will win, so that's the reasoning for throwing another driver in there ... just for fun, kind of a "best of the rest" category.

Next, for the first several polls, drivers will be divided on manufacturer lines. We will be eliminating drivers quickly in the first several weeks.

Each poll will last approximately one week ... polls will close on Friday afternoons at 5 PM, and new polls will be started each weekend. (There will be no poll for the week between Christmas and New Year's 12/26-12/30)

Okay, without further ado, here are the drivers and their divisions:
(essentially, these are the top-35 drivers in the 2011 Sprint cup standings, based on their 2011 rides)

FORD - 12 drivers
David Ragan
Greg Biffle
Matt Kenseth
Carl Edwards
Marcos Ambrose
AJ Allmendinger
Trevor Bayne
David Gilliland
Tony Raines
Travis Kvapil
JJ Yeley
Andy Lally

CHEVY - 15 drivers
Mark Martin
Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson
Dale Jr
Tony Stewart
Ryan Newman
Paul Menard
Kevin Harvick
Jeff Burton
Clint Bowyer
Jamie McMurray
Juan Montoya
Regan Smith
Landon Cassil
Dave Blaney

TOYOTA - 9 drivers
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano
Denny Hamlin
Kasey Kahne
Brian Vickers
David Reutimann
Martin Truex
Bobby Labonte
Casey Mears

DODGE - 3 drivers
Brad Keselowski
Kurt Busch
Robby Gordon

WILD CARD - Top-10 Nationwide Drivers
Ricky Stenhouse
Elliott Sadler
Justin Allgaier
Aric Almirola
Reed Sorenson
Jason Leftler
Kenny Wallace
Brian Scott
Michael Annet
Steve Wallace

HOW IT WORKS

Each round will be structured differently, so be sure to read the poll question and post carefully.

For the first round, we will narrow the field considerably. We are starting with 49 drivers, grouped into 5 categories. After round 1, we will reduce each category from its current standing all the way down to 7. (Dodge is the exception - because they have only 3 drivers, we will simply eliminate ONE Dodge driver in round 1.)

After round 1, we will have 30 drivers remaining.

Week 2 shrinks the field again, from 7 drivers in each category down to only 5.
Week 3 goes from 5 down to 4 drivers per category.
Week 4 goes from 4 to 3 per category.
Week 5 is when all 5 categories come together as 1. At this point, there will be 13 drivers remaining (3 from Ford, Chevy, Toyota and Nationwide as well as 1 Dodge driver). In week 5, 3 drivers will be eliminated.
Week 6 will drop the field from 10 to 7 members
Week 7 brings us from 7 to 5 remaining drivers.
Week 8 brings us from 5 to 3 drivers remaining.
Week 9 drops from 3 to 2 drivers.
And, finally, week 10, we end up with only ONE DRIVER SURVIVOR standing.

[Dog]

First of all, we will have essentially two winners - last FORD driver standing and the last "other" driver standing. I think it's safe to assume that a FORD driver will win, so that's the reasoning for throwing another driver in there ... just for fun, kind of a "best of the rest" category.

First of all, thanks. Second of all, maybe. Wasn't the second year we played this Reutimann the champ?

[TeamBlueOval]

Making a slight schedule change to end the Driver Survivor game a week earlier. Want to end it prior to the Bud Shootout, so the rest of the schedule will now look like this:

Week 6 will drop the field from 10 to 7 members
Week 7 brings us from 7 to 4 remaining drivers.
Week 8 brings us from 4 to 2 drivers remaining.
And, finally, week 9, we end up with only ONE DRIVER SURVIVOR standing.

[DeeDee]

OK, thanks Andrew