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# The Wizard Chronicles

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### Market Background and Criteria <a href="#market-background-and-criteria" id="market-background-and-criteria"></a>

On July 15, 2025, Polymarket launched a prediction market titled *NASCAR Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 Winner?* The structure was simple: a single market with dozens of nested outcomes, each corresponding to a possible race winner. At its peak, the market had generated over $10,000 in trading volume, though trading was thinly spread across the full list of contestants. Many outcomes saw little or no activity.

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For the market to resolve, the listed driver needed to be officially named the winner by NASCAR. The rules specified that the primary resolution source would be information from NASCAR ([nascar.com](https://www.nascar.com)).

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On July 20, the event took place at Dover Motor Speedway. NASCAR [posted the unofficial results](https://www.nascar.com/live-results/nascar-cup-series/autotrader-echopark-automotive-400/), declaring Denny Hamlin the winner after a dramatic double-overtime finish. The result was also [shared on X](https://x.com/NASCAR/status/1947068868075135365), where NASCAR announced Hamlin's victory.

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Within seconds, proposals began flooding in, and within 10 minutes all 43 markets were proposed. Wizard submitted 38 proposals, risking a total of $28,500, while Lonfus submitted 5 proposals, risking $3,750. In total, the two proposers put up $32,250 in an attempt to earn just $215 in rewards, with each $750 proposal offering a $5 reward.

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However, their hope for easy money was short-lived as a UMA verifier sent out a dispute alert.

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As quickly as they were proposed, all 43 markets were disputed.

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Evidence threads were created for each dispute, resulting in 43 separate threads.

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As it became clear that UMA was siding with P4 (Too Early), Wizard called for support from across Polymarket and UMA, thereby beginning the Wizard Chronicles.

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#### Coming Up

With the setup complete, we now turn to one of the largest proposal disputes in UMA history.