16 players!? Win and advance?!? A new title sponsor?? Why the hell not???
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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 40 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. 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. *** 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 40 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 31
Total pts._________________ Chase Driver_____2nd Driver
300 Gloopan Kuratz*_________Martin Truex Jr_____
299 Terry's Peeps__________ Joey Logano________
294 Urlacher's missing neck*_ Kyle Busch________
283 Secret Squirrel***_______Brad Keselowski___
279 RFDC**______________Matt Kenseth________
278
Apologist*____________ Jimmie Johnson_____
275 Peoria Matt*__________ Carl Edwards________
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240 newper****___________ Denny Hamlin_____
229
chaspopcapp*________ Kevin Harvick_______
228 Hussra_______________ Kyle Larson_________
225 doug-ep**____________Kurt Busch_________
210 pittmike______________ Tony Stewart_______
---SILLY SEASON---59th Annual Daytona 500---February 26, 2017---
163 donspiracy____________ Austin Dillon_______
162 K Effective____________ Chase Elliott________
134 Hatchetman__________ Jamie McMurray_____
133 sjboyd0137___________ Chris Buescher______
*Dealbreaker Award___________________________*2ndPick NP-NoPick
Entry List
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Hellman's 500
Talladega Superspeedway - 10/23/2016Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner OwnerPointsRank Race Attempts
1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy Cessna Chip Ganassi Racing 16 31
2 2 Brad Keselowski Ford Miller Lite Team Penske 11 31
3 3 Austin Dillon Chevy American Ethanol Richard Childress Racing 9 31
4 4 Kevin Harvick Chevy Jimmy John's Stewart-Haas Racing 7 31
5 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy UniFirst Hendrick Motorsports 17 31
6 6 Trevor Bayne Ford AdvoCare Roush Fenway Racing 23 31
7 7 Regan Smith Chevy Golden Corral Tommy Baldwin Racing 32 31
8 10 Danica Patrick Chevy Nature's Bakery Stewart-Haas Racing 24 31
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground Joe Gibbs Racing 10 31
10 13 Casey Mears Chevy GEICO Germain Racing 29 31
11 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Rush Truck Centers / Mobil 1 Stewart-Haas Racing 13 31
12 15 Clint Bowyer Chevy 5-hour Energy HScott Motorsports 27 31
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford Cheez-It Roush Fenway Racing 25 31
14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford Zest Roush Fenway Racing 22 31
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Snickers Halloween Joe Gibbs Racing 3 31
16 19 Carl Edwards Toyota Subway Joe Gibbs Racing 4 31
17 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota DeWalt FlexVolt Joe Gibbs Racing 2 31
18 21* Ryan Blaney # Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Wood Brothers Racing 21 31
19 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske 8 31
20 23 David Ragan Toyota sweetFrog BK Racing 33 31
21 24 Chase Elliott # Chevy NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports 12 31
22 27 Paul Menard Chevy Sylvania / Menards Richard Childress Racing 26 31
23 31 Ryan Newman Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing 18 31
24 32 Bobby Labonte Ford TBA GO FAS Racing 38 31
25 34 Chris Buescher # Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports 15 31
26 35* David Gilliland Ford Dockside Logistics Front Row Motorsports 41 3
27 38 Landon Cassill Ford FR8 Auctions Front Row Motorsports 31 31
28 41 Kurt Busch Chevy Haas Automation / Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing 5 31
29 42 Kyle Larson Chevy Energizer Chip Ganassi Racing 14 31
30 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Richard Petty Motorsports 28 31
31 44 Brian Scott # Ford Goody's Richard Petty Motorsports 34 31
32 46 Michael Annett Chevy Pilot Flying J HScott Motorsports 37 31
33 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevy Kroger / Scott Products JTG Daugherty Racing 20 31
34 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Pro Services Hendrick Motorsports 1 31
35 55* Cole Whitt Chevy TBD Premium Motorsports 39 26
36 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota Bass Pro Shops / TRACKER Boats Furniture Row Racing 6 31
37 83 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota Starter BK Racing 35 31
38 88 Alex Bowman(i) Chevy Mountain Dew Hendrick Motorsports 19 31
39 93* Matt DiBenedetto Toyota Dustless Blasting BK Racing 43 5
40 95 Michael McDowell Chevy KLOVE Radio Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing 30 31
41 98* Reed Sorenson Chevy TBD Premium Motorsports 36 31
42 99* Ryan Reed Ford Lilly Diabetes / American Diabetes Association Roush Fenway Racing 0 0
# Simoco Rookie of the Year candidate
(i) = driver not running for 2016 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
TBD = To Be Determined; TBA = To Be Announced