Playoffs? Playoffs!?!? PLAYOFFS!!!!!?
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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.

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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 26

Total Pts. _________________Chase Driver _______2nd Pick
12 Boilermaker Rick****** __Denny Hamlin _______NP-Trevor Bayne
9 Dr. Ken*****____________Jimmie Johnson _____Carl Edwards
9 Free Ajent* ______________Tony Stewart _____Joey Logano
9 Terry's Peeps**** ________Brad Keselowski ____Kyle Busch
6 Urlacher's missing neck*** __Greg Biffle ________*Regan Smith
6 RFDC** _________________Clint Bowyer _______Mark Martin
6 newper** ________________Kasey Kahne ______Jamie Mcmurray
6 Scorehead** ____________Jeff Gordon ________Ryan Newman
3 chaspoppcap* ___________Dale Earnhardt Jr. ___Juan Montoya
3 Hawg Ass _______________Matt Kenseth _______Paul Menard
0 donspiracy ______________Kevin Harvick _______Sam Hornish Jr.
0 spanky* ________________Martin Truex Jr. _____Aric Almirola
*Dealbreaker Pick _____________________________*2ndPick NP-NoPick

RACE LINEUP
GEICO 400 | Chicagoland Speedway
September 16, 2012 | Race 27 of 36




POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 182.865 29.530 Leader
2 43 Aric Almirola Ford Farmland 182.636 29.567 -0.037
3 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Best Buy 182.334 29.616 -0.086
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy / 7-Eleven / National Guard 182.070 29.659 -0.129
5 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 182.045 29.663 -0.133
6 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 181.971 29.675 -0.145
7 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 181.953 29.678 -0.148
8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 181.928 29.682 -0.152
9 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 181.855 29.694 -0.164
10 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 181.629 29.731 -0.201
11 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Libman 181.616 29.733 -0.203
12 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 181.525 29.748 -0.218
13 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 181.507 29.751 -0.221
14 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Good Sam Club / Camping World 181.354 29.776 -0.246
15 55 Mark Martin Toyota LG Partner of the Year / Aaron's 181.257 29.792 -0.262
16 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 181.251 29.793 -0.263
17 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 181.050 29.826 -0.296
18 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 180.989 29.836 -0.306
19 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 180.874 29.855 -0.325
20 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Gene Haas Foundation Workshops For Warriors 180.729 29.879 -0.349
21 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Wrigley 180.705 29.883 -0.353
22 16 Greg Biffle Ford Scotch Blue 180.523 29.913 -0.383
23 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Bubba Burgers 180.463 29.923 -0.393
24 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 180.276 29.954 -0.424
25 195 Scott Speed Ford Jordan Truck Sales 180.210 29.965 -0.435
26 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King 180.120 29.980 -0.450
27 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 180.048 29.992 -0.462
28 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 179.940 30.010 -0.480
29 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 179.892 30.018 -0.488
30 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 179.671 30.055 -0.525
31 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 179.575 30.071 -0.541
32 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 179.569 30.072 -0.542
33 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 179.539 30.077 -0.547
34 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical 179.533 30.078 -0.548
35 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser Designate a Driver 179.456 30.091 -0.561
36 33 Cole Whitt Chevrolet Little Joes Autos.com 179.438 30.094 -0.564
37 34 David Ragan Ford Distraction.gov 179.265 30.123 -0.593
38 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 178.986 30.170 -0.640
39 32 T.J. Bell+ Ford U.S. Chrome 177.003 30.508 -0.978
40 38 David Gilliland+ Ford 1-800LoanMart 176.702 30.560 -1.030
41 10 Danica Patrick+ Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 176.189 30.649 -1.119
42 36 Dave Blaney+ Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 176.033 30.676 -1.146
43 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 179.164 30.140 -0.610
Did Not Qualify
44 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 178.271 30.291 -0.761
45 191 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet Plinker Tactical 177.965 30.343 -0.813
46 37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Max Q Workforce / Bradley University 177.942 30.347 -0.817
47 249 Jason Leffler Toyota Robinson-Blak-
eney Racing 177.713 30.386 -0.856
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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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

You can only pick one extra driver. Jerk.

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Kyle Busch

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You sound like Goff.

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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

DaMaNee

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Logano

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

Edwards.

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You know me like that.

Mark Martin

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

Menard

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Why did you give up on the racing?

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He didn't have time.

He was re-learning how to push down on the "throttle".

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JPM

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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?"

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McMurray

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

Ryan Newman.

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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

Juan Pablo

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@audioidkid

Sam Hornish Jr.

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Almirola.

Eric.

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Free Ajent pm'ed the pick of Joey Logano. UMN has been pm'ed.

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He's gonna be pissed.

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Fuck that banned piece of shit. Way to wait until the last minute.

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

Since my pick was taken about 5 days after I made it by a guy who doesn't even have an account to go on and post his pics publicly.....I will be taking Regan Smith and I will be hoping Logano goes straight into the fucking wall on the first lap.

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

Nope.

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KS was going to donate his dealbreaker to my cause.

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

Sorry, he didn't leave the paperwork on my bunk beds/desk in the Nascar Rules Cabal clubhouse.

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Sorry, he didn't leave the paperwork on my bunk beds/desk in the Nascar Rules Cabal clubhouse.

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Overall Standings
After Week 27

Total Pts. _________________Chase Driver ______________2nd Pick
96 Terry's Peeps**** ________1st-47 Brad Keselowski ____4th-40 Kyle Busch
88 Dr. Ken*****____________2nd-44 Jimmie Johnson _____19th-25 Carl Edwards
85 Free Ajent* ______________6th-39 Tony Stewart _____7th-37 Joey Logano
71 RFDC** _________________10th-35 Clint Bowyer _______14th-30 Mark Martin
71 newper** ________________3rd-41 Kasey Kahne ______21st-24 Jamie Mcmurray
65 Boilermaker Rick****** __16th-29 Denny Hamlin _______20th-24 Trevor Bayne
65 donspiracy ______________12th-32 Kevin Harvick _______11th-33 Sam Hornish Jr.
63 spanky* ________________9th-35 Martin Truex Jr. _____17th-28 Aric Almirola
60 chaspoppcap* ___________8th-36 Dale Earnhardt Jr. ___23rd-21 Juan Montoya
59 Hawg Ass _______________18th-27 Matt Kenseth _______15th-29 Paul Menard
53 Scorehead** ____________35th-9 Jeff Gordon ________5th-39 Ryan Newman
47 Urlacher's missing neck*** __13th-31 Greg Biffle ________34th-10 Regan Smith
*Dealbreaker Pick _____________________________

The Speeps Era continues!!!

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I'm really excited to be in last place because of that pussy Ajent who wont post his picks and hides behind the cloak of the PM. Stay classy asshole and why wait until an hour before the race to post your pick when you can wait until the last minute.

I also too Regan because I refused to fuck over any other poster in this contest because of that pussy ajent's bitch move.

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

I agree with you. I've said it before in this contest.

It's shitty that he has a different name here now, posts regularly, but refuses to make a pick under that name and there is no way to know if he actually making picks via PM under the "old name".

Actually, I'm pretty sure he isn't making the picks under his old name. It's non-existant, right?

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