{"id":350,"date":"2009-12-07T12:22:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T17:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nascarpoolsonline.com\/pitstall\/?p=350"},"modified":"2014-07-16T07:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T12:47:54","slug":"nascar-pool-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nascarpoolsonline.com\/pitstall\/nascar-pool-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Nascar Pool Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since we started Nascar Pools Online, we&#8217;ve received a number of questions about starting, and managing NASCAR pools.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve personally run a number of pools myself, not just\u00a0in NASCAR but several other sports as well, plus I&#8217;ve participated in numerous others.\u00a0 Not to mention, I&#8217;ve communicated with <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-352\" title=\"HELP!\" src=\"http:\/\/nascarpoolsonline.com\/pitstall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/help.jpg\" alt=\"HELP!\" width=\"250\" height=\"243\" \/>several of the people that run their pools on NPO the past couple seasons.\u00a0 My goal is to take some of that knowledge and experience, to help you get your pool up and running or improve on it.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, we will be posting a series on getting a pool started. 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