Start your engines!

The middle of February means two things to sports fans -- the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition and the start of the NASCAR season. My SI magazine arrived yesterday and the Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sunday, so that means the Race To The Finish contest is now live on the reviewjournal.com site.

If you played last year, signing up involves entering your username and password, verifying some information, then making your picks. If you're new to the game, get started here: http://lasvegas.autoracing.upickem.net. It takes just a couple of minutes to get going.

Contestants can invite others to the game and create private or public groups to go head-to-head with your buddies. Don't worry if you tank your picks during the season, because only your best 15 scores count towards your final season total. With 37 races on the schedule this year, you have plenty of time to develop loyalties and figure out which 10 drivers should be on your roster each week.

Let the fun begin!