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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 Kasey Kahne each week if I am so compelled. 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.

If you pick someone and one of the above mentioned posters want that driver, you have to pick another driver. Driver picking priority based on the 2013 standings will go on for the first five weeks, 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.

PLEASE NOTE:
A Dealbreaker Pick may be taken from you by someone else also using a Dealbreaker. This is called "nuclear option"
driver picking. Yes, this is unfair and everyone may use up their Dealbreakers going after the same driver, in the same week.

2. After the fifth race of the season driver picking priority will be based off of the 2014 standings. *** A poster can only have their pick bumped ONCE per week. Your second pick will be protected from getting bumped a second time. ***
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.

Total pts._________________Driver
288 Scorehead____________Kyle Busch
284 newper*______________Carl Edwards
260 RFDC*_______________*Kevin Harvick
255 donspiracy____________Kyle Larson
252 jimmypasta___________NP-Ryan Truex
247 spanky_______________Denny Hamlin
242 Gloopan Kuratz*________*Dale Earnhardt Jr.
237 Peoria Matt*__________Kasey Kahne
231 doug-ep*_____________Ryan Newman
228 chaspopcapp*_________*NP-Brian Vickers
221 Hawg Ass____________ Jeff Gordon
217 sjboyd0137___________NP-Paul Menard
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215 K Effective____________Clint Bowyer
210 Hank Scorpio*_________Jimmie Johnson
210 City Of Fools__________NP-Marcos Ambrose
207 Apologist_____________Kurt Busch
206 NearWSHussra_______ Brad Keselowski
203 Hatchetman__________*Joey Logano
189 Urlacher's missing neck__*NP-Jamie McMurray
181 Dr. Ken_______________NP-Matt Kenseth
*Dealbreaker award _______*2nd Pick NP-NoPick

Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Toyota Owners 400
Richmond International Raceway - 4/26/2014
Last Update: 4/21/2014 2:28:00 PM
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu Reason
1 42 Kyle Larson # AXE Peace Chevy 2014 Owner Points 15th
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Detroit Genuine Parts Ford 2014 Owner Points 8th
3 15 Clint Bowyer AAA Insurance Toyota 2014 Owner Points 16th
4 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 2014 Owner Points 23rd
5 4 Kevin Harvick Outback Steakhouse Chevy 2014 Owner Points 22nd
6 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 2014 Owner Points 14th
7 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 2014 Owner Points 20th
8 83 Ryan Truex # VooDoo BBQ & Grill Toyota 2014 Owner Attempts
9 27 Paul Menard CertainTeed/Menards Chevy 2014 Owner Points 18th
10 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Kobalt Tools Chevy 2014 Owner Points 5th
11 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley/Ace/CMN Ford 2014 Owner Points 17th
12 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Home Depot Husky Toyota 2014 Owner Points 2nd
13 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 2014 Owner Points 4th
14 47 A.J. Allmendinger Bush's Grillin' Beans Chevy 2014 Owner Points 19th
15 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 2014 Owner Points 24th
16 99 Carl Edwards FordAlwaysRacing.com Ford 2014 Owner Points 3rd
17 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 2014 Owner Points 9th
18 31 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 2014 Owner Points 10th
19 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 2014 Owner Points 6th
20 14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevy 2014 Owner Points 13th
21 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Haas Automation Chevy 2014 Owner Points 26th
22 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevy 2014 Owner Points 28th
23 7 Michael Annett # Pilot/Flying J Chevy 2014 Owner Points 35th
24 23 Alex Bowman # Dr.Pepper Toyota 2014 Owner Points 36th
25 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Drive to End Hunger Chevy 2014 Owner Points 1st
26 16 Greg Biffle Scotch Ford 2014 Owner Points 12th
27 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevy 2014 Owner Points 11th
28 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 2014 Owner Points 7th
29 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Nationwide Ford 2014 Owner Points 25th
30 35 David Reutimann MDS Transport Ford 2014 Owner Attempts 8 - 46th
31 51 Justin Allgaier # Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevy 2014 Owner Points 27th
32 32 Travis Kvapil Keen Parts Ford 2014 Owner Attempts 8 - 38th
33 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 2014 Owner Points 30th
34 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 2014 Owner Points 21st
35 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevy 2014 Owner Points 29th
36 36 Reed Sorenson Chevy 2014 Owner Points 31st
37 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 2014 Owner Points 33rd
38 33 David Stremme Newtown Building Supplies Chevy 2014 Owner Attempts 8 - 41st
39 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevy 2014 Owner Attempts 8 - 37th
40 26 Cole Whitt # Scorpyd Toyota 2014 Owner Points 34th
41 66 Joe Nemechek (i) Virginia Farm Bureau Toyota 2014 Owner Attempts 8 - 39th
42 30 J.J. Yeley (i) Phoenix Warehouse Chevy 2014 Owner Attempts 8 - 42nd
43 40 Landon Cassill(i) Atlantic Plumbing & Utilities Chevy 2014 Owner Points 32nd
DNQ 77 Dave Blaney FordAlwaysRacing.com Ford 2014 Owner Attempts 6 - 47th
DNQ 95 Michael McDowell Feavine Family Racing Ford 2014 Owner Attempts 6 - 44th


PC1 = is the first past champion eligible, PC2 is the 2nd...and so on if more

# Simoco Rookie of the Year candidate

(i) = driver not running for 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

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JJ #48

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

Kyle Busch

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Harvick

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Kahne

edwards

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

#2 Keselowski

Ryan Newman

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@audioidkid

24

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Hamlin

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Kyle Busch.

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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

Don finally recovered from 4/20

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2nd pick: Harvick

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Bowyer

cough coughWhat was the question?cough cough

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Cue up a Mikey or Darryl platitude (or at least read in a DW voice for comedic purposes)

He had to go to the garage, to make a few adjustments..

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2nd pick Dale Jr

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Edwards

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Edwards

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Logano

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Johnson

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chas and UMN have been pm'ed.

And I'll take Kyle Larson.

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No racelog tonight? Awwwww, and on the one night I'm around, figures.

Well, might as well be me-


So far- 24 looks good all the time, as does the 88!!

tires shredding and the catching fire from the brake rotors, took out my guy Bowyer plus some others.

Love the baby blue paint scheme for the 2.

Kennseth looks to be the man to beat in these last laps.

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Oh well.I was away at a convention all weekend so I hope I am not too screwed

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

nice win for the kid.

And no one picked him.

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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

I suspect the hate for him started with me when Mark Martin (who's been around obviously since the Dawn of Time) described him as the best teenager he'd ever seen. the obvious follow up question would be [ content removed ]

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Ambrose landed one of the harder punches I've ever seen somebody throw in NASCAR on the side of Mears' head.
I guess he didn't want Mears to shove him anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NfDC5bYSy4

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Was working the corner for Miseriacordia during the day and was wiped out last night. My apologies to both of you who missed the RaceLog last night.

There will be fullblown flag to flag coverage for Talldega next Sunday.

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