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Everybody pick a driver each week. Nobody picks the same driver, picking is first come first served. The thread will be posted weekly. By rule, I get to pick Jeff Burton each week if I am so compelled. The newly released off probation and racelog co-host Keeping Score gets to pick Joe Nemechek every week. Tally up the points of the driver yous pick each week and reset the field after the Richmond race. This will be a 26 week play-in to the Chase For The Cup.
This means there will only be 43 spots available in this contest. SO SIGN UP EARLY AND OFTEN(you mults yous).


Then, starting with the first Chase race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, the Top 12 posters shall be assigned to the driver corresponding in the SPRINT CUP standings. They keep this driver for the duration of the Chase. The chosen 12 will also get to pick a driver out of the Chase to make things more interesting. And rack up the points for the championship.

Confused? Good. Reward? Yes. A prize of undetermined greatness will be given out after the season.

1. If you pick someone and one of the players ahead of you in the standings want that driver, you have to pick another driver. This will go on for the rest of the season, just like NASCAR. If you don't pick another driver by the drop of the green flag you will be assigned the best available driver based on qualifying. A poster can only have their pick bumped ONCE per week. Your second pick will be protected from getting bumped a second time. Unless someone uses a Dealbreaker award on you.

*Dealbreaker award
This rule has been added to let someone who picks a race winner to be given a Dealbreaker award. It would let the poster either pick bump anyone(except the leader) ahead of them in the standings or take somebodys second pick. It can be saved and used at anytime during the regular season, even right before the drop of the green flag. The Dealbreaker award is a regular season gimmick and none will be given during the playoff season. The awards can transfer to the playoffs, but all deals must be complete by the last regular season race Week 26 at Richmond.

Any players who get their pick bumped or somebody goes and uses the Dealbreaker on them, they will be PM'ed in a timely manner as possible. Dealbreaker awards are able to be bought, sold, or bartered. Players don't have to use them every week or ever use them at all and sell them to players that would really need it late in the regular season. The Dealbreaker may be dealt for straight cash homie, or you can trade some of your points, or work out something to job a player ahead of you in the standings.

Shenanigans are endorsed and encouraged by the Rules Cabal. All trades, deals, and any other kind of brilliant schemes must be presented in the weekly thread and approved by the Rules Cabal for them to be used that week. The value of the Dealbreaker award has yet to been set. I'll leave that up to those involved in the dealings. And let anyone say a single cross word about the Rules Cabal decisions and watch what happens.

2. Driver picking priority will be based off of the weekly standings. Enforcement of rule #1 is ironclad and absolute, unless I feel otherwise or my belly is filled with party liquor. Whichever occurs first.
3. Up to 43 people will be eligible for the contest during the first 26 races of the season. Once the Chase To The Cup starts, only the top 12 will advance to the playoffs.
4. You can sign up and never make a pick, you'll be assigned the best available driver based on qualifying that week.
5. Failure to abide by these rules will be dealt with the most harsh and unfair of judgements by the NASCAR Pick 'em rules cabal, err, committee.

Overall Standings
After Week 10

Total Pts. Player ___________Driver
370 Urlacher's missing neck* __Denny Hamlin
363 Dr. Ken* ______________Dale Earnhardt Jr.
360 Scorehead _____________Jeff Gordon
349 Hawg Ass ______________Kevin Harvick
332 Free Ajent** _____________Brad Keselowski(pm'ed pick)
327.5 RFDC __________________*Kyle Busch
311 newper* ________________Greg Biffle
305 Boilermaker Rick* ________*Carl Edwards
304 Gloopan Kuratz _________Martin Truex Jr.
298 Terry's Peeps ____________*Jimmie Johnson
294 chaspoppcap ____________*Joey Logano
283 mcbrides ________________NP-Paul Menard
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283 doug-ep ________________Jamie Mcmurray
271 donspiracy ______________Jeff Burton
269 Peoria Matt* ____________*Ryan Newman
264 spanky* ________________*Tony Stewart
253 sjboyd0137 ______________Clint Bowyer
252 SHARK __________________Mark Martin
241.5 Apologist ________________*Kasey Kahne
241 K Effective _______________*NP-Regan Smith
240 City Of Fools ____________Aric Amirola
234 Keeping Score ___________NP-AJ Allmendinger
207 Hatchetman ______________*Matt Kenseth
191 jimmypasta _______________NP-Landon Cassill
*Dealbreaker award ___________*2nd Pick


RACE LINEUP
Bojangles' Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway
May 12, 2012 | Race 11 of 36




POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / O'Reilly Auto Parts 180.257 27.281 Leader
2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 179.566 27.386 -0.105
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 179.566 27.386 -0.105
4 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats 179.461 27.402 -0.121
5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Wrigley's Doublemint 179.448 27.404 -0.123
6 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 179.317 27.424 -0.143
7 99 Carl Edwards Ford Ford EcoBoost 179.298 27.427 -0.146
8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 179.187 27.444 -0.163
9 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 179.141 27.451 -0.170
10 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 179.095 27.458 -0.177
11 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Allstate 179.089 27.459 -0.178
12 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger / AARP 179.076 27.461 -0.180
13 43 Aric Almirola Ford Verifone Sail 178.991 27.474 -0.193
14 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Turtle Wax / Menards 178.926 27.484 -0.203
15 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 178.822 27.500 -0.219
16 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil-AAA 178.783 27.506 -0.225
17 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 178.724 27.515 -0.234
18 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 178.491 27.551 -0.270
19 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Best Buy 178.226 27.592 -0.311
20 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 178.090 27.613 -0.332
21 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 177.980 27.630 -0.349
22 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Bush's Baked Beans 177.974 27.631 -0.350
23 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem 177.948 27.635 -0.354
24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew 177.903 27.642 -0.361
25 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 177.845 27.651 -0.370
26 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota Aaron's / Alabama National Champions 177.781 27.661 -0.380
27 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target / Kraft 177.307 27.735 -0.454
28 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 176.930 27.794 -0.513
29 179 Scott Speed Ford Team Kyle / Koma Unwind 176.879 27.802 -0.521
30 26 Josh Wise* Ford Morristown Driver's Service 176.746 27.823 -0.542
31 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 176.733 27.825 -0.544
32 30 David Stremme Toyota Stock Car Steel and Aluminum 176.606 27.845 -0.564
33 173 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 176.594 27.847 -0.566
34 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet SealWrap.com 176.530 27.857 -0.576
35 52 Mike Skinner Toyota CrusaderStaffing.com 175.899 27.957 -0.676
36 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 175.767 27.978 -0.697
37 34 David Ragan Ford Front Row Motorsports 175.604 28.004 -0.723
38 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 175.497 28.021 -0.740
39 74 Cole Whitt Chevrolet Turn One Racing 175.497 28.021 -0.740
40 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 175.022 28.097 -0.816
41 93 David Reutimann+ Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 174.408 28.196 -0.915
42 32 Reed Sorenson+ Ford Southern Pride Trucking 173.724 28.307 -1.026
43 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents 174.848 28.125 -0.844
Did Not Qualify
44 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 174.823 28.129 -0.848
45 98 Michael McDowell Ford Curb Records 174.730 28.144 -0.863
46 33 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet Little Joes Autos.com / Link-Belt 174.662 28.155 -0.874
47 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Humphrey Smith Racing 174.649 28.157 -0.876
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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CSFMB: Home of the small minded

Kyle Busch

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Jimmie Johnson

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Hamlin

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Biffle

Kevin Harvick

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Smoke

Bowyer

2nd pick Keselowski*


*Will preemptively selecting a second pick and then asking this question cause RFDC to lose more points?

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Just my 2 cents:

This should not be allowed. It essentially locks up a 2nd driver even though the rest of us may/may not have picked a 1st one yet.
Or another option is that all of us should post 2+ drivers each time, therefore nobody gets an unfair advantage by posting multiple drivers.

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For the record, I know I won't get Keselowski due to the standing Free Ajent pm pick every week. That's why I used Keselowski as my joke example.

Carry on.

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Take this personally but I'm taking this pick.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yeah, I wasn't meaning to single you out - you were just the latest person to do it. There are some who do it repeatedly.

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You sonofa....

2nd pick Jimmie Johnson

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2nd pick:

Tony Stewart

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Even if you write a 2nd pick it doesnt really mean anything. It doesnt prevent anyone from taking that driver as their 1st pick.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Except if multiple people have their first pick "stolen" in a short amount of time. (This just happened). If it happens to be one of the people that list multiple drivers, they have an advantage over somebody that posts just one driver like their supposed to.

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I think City of Fools does that a lot.

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Every week.

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F'n Peeps.

Dale Jr.

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You know me like that.

How did you see OKC's appointment book for Friday night?

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Jamie McMurray

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@audioidkid

Biffle

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

K Effective and Peoria Matt have been pm'ed.

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Jeff Gordon.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

The Nascar Rules Cabal will be completely arbitrary and non-linear in who gets to put up multiple picks and which ones will be honored. Example: If you PM me before the thread is posted or give a list of drivers, because you will be in the bottom of a missle silo in Omaha all week. Then, end up posting all Friday and Saturday night before the race, your pre-picks or pm'ed picks will not be honored. There are some posters in this contest who are not frequent visitors, City of Fools comes to mind. That's why I don't mind him leaving a few picks in his posts.

The Free Ajent thing, I gave him Keselowski the first five weeks because he DID come in second in the contest last year, but was banned before Daytona. After the fifth week, when the standings for the contest and driver picking priority went off of this year, the Kese to Ajent auto pick was stopped. Since then, Ajent has pm'ed me when he wanted to take Kese and the Nascar Rules Cabal honored that pick. Now we just need someone to go on Twitter and tell Biggie to read my pm's and figure out who Ajent's new username is and the circle of life will come..., uh, full circle.

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Keselowski

Newman

Harvick

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

edwards

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Second pick,


Thanks to the Cabal and RFDC's .5 points!




As for the PM business, I can only read the board M-F during lunch, or after work... I need a computer expurt like IMU to instruct me on using a proxy

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