Pick 'em '13 Week 8 Kansas STP 400

donspiracy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:45 am

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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 coyntest. 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 7

Total Pts._______________ Driver
289 Terry's Peeps**_______Jimmie Johnson
262 Hawg Ass**__________Dale Earnhardt Jr.
236 Dr. Ken_____________*NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
223 Gloopan Kuratz_____Jeff Gordon
222 Otunga's Coffee Mug*_Kyle Busch
220 Peoria Matt_________Matt Kenseth
216 Free Ajent_________NP-Sam Hornish Jr.
215 K Effective__________Paul Menard
208 Apologist___________*Kasey Kahne
205 newper_____________Carl Edwards
203 Keeping Score_______*Brad Keselowski
202 Urlacher's missing neck_Clint Bowyer
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201 Hatchetman________*Aric Almirola
200 RFDC_______________*Tony Stewart
199 SHARK_____________Juan Montoya
188 chaspoppcap________Jamie Mcmurray
185 donspiracy___________*Greg Biffle
182 sjboyd0137__________Ryan Newman
155 spanky______________NP-Mark Martin
153 mcbrides*___________Danica Patrick
147 City Of Fools________NP-Kurt Busch
141 Hank Scorpio________*Joey Logano
139 jimmypasta__________NP-Marcos Ambrose
133 Scorehead___________Martin Truex Jr.
127 doug-ep_____________*Kevin Harvick
87 Boilermaker Rick______NP-Brian Vickers
*Dealbreaker award ______*2ndPick

Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
STP 400
Kansas Speedway - 4/21/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

Starting
Position Car# Driver Manu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 20 Matt Kenseth The Home Depot/Husky Toyota 191.864 28.145
2 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 191.748 28.162
3 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Zest Ford 191.734 28.164
4 12 Sam Hornish, Jr.(i) SKF Ford 191.401 28.213
5 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 190.853 28.294
6 43 Aric Almirola STP/Farmland Ford 190.779 28.305
7 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 190.651 28.324
8 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 190.282 28.379
9 39 Ryan Newman Code 3 Associates Chevy 190.221 28.388
10 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 190.134 28.401
11 16 Greg Biffle ACE Brand Ford 190.067 28.411
12 27 Paul Menard Menards/Pittsburgh Paints Chevy 189.780 28.454
13 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevy 189.534 28.491
14 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 189.221 28.538
15 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 189.195 28.542
16 11 Brian Vickers(i) FedEx Freight Toyota 189.182 28.544
17 29 Kevin Harvick Bad Boy Buggies Chevy 189.155 28.548
18 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy 189.023 28.568
19 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 188.758 28.608
20 31 Jeff Burton American Ethanol Chevy 188.679 28.620
21 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevy 188.442 28.656
22 22 Joey Logano AAA Ford 188.317 28.675
23 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 188.311 28.676
24 81 Elliott Sadler(i) ALERT Energy Gum Toyota 187.996 28.724
25 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy.com Chevy 187.774 28.758
26 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 187.441 28.809
27 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance 85th Anniversary Chevy 187.370 28.820
28 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 187.279 28.834
29 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 187.272 28.835
30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 186.922 28.889
31 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 186.909 28.891
32 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 186.728 28.919
33 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 186.657 28.930
34 47 Bobby Labonte Pine Sol Toyota 186.561 28.945
35 19 Mike Bliss(i) Plinker Tactical Toyota 186.528 28.950
36 35 Josh Wise(i) MDS Transport Ford 186.419 28.967
37-OP 32 Timmy Hill # OXY Water Ford 185.688 29.081
38-OP 30 David Stremme Swan Racing Toyota 185.650 29.087
39-OP 33 Landon Cassill KCI Chevy 185.274 29.146
40-OP 36 JJ Yeley Accell Construction Chevy 185.185 29.160
41-OP 51 Regan Smith(i) Hendrickcars.com Chevy 184.818 29.218
42-OP 7 Dave Blaney Sany Chevy 183.811 29.378
43-OP 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevy 0.000 wreck
DNQ 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 185.912 29.046
# Simoco Rookie of the Year candidate

(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:46 am

Kyle Busch

newper · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:47 am

Carl Edwards

doug - evergreen park · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:47 am

Matt Kenseth

RFDC · **Joined:** Sun May 11, 2008 4:11 pm **Posts:** 57226

Kenseth

Hatchetman · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:49 am

doug - evergreen park · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:51 am

Kevin Harvick 2nd pick

donspiracy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:53 am

Brad Keselowski

Hawg Ass · **Joined:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm **Posts:** 30318

Dale Jr.

Urlacher's missing neck · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:58 am

Bowyer

Gloopan Kuratz · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:58 am

Jeff Gordon

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:22 am

Newman

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:26 am

Look out world, Hank Scorpio is climbing the standings...

Terry's Peeps · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:31 am

Keeping Score wrote:

Jimmie Johnson

donspiracy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:53 am

Keeping Score wrote:

Keselowski

Hi Don!

2nd Pick, Greg Biffle

Apologist · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:28 pm

Kenseth

RFDC · **Joined:** Sun May 11, 2008 4:11 pm **Posts:** 57226

2nd pick Tony Stewart

Scorehead · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:38 pm

Truex

Scorehead · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:45 pm

Kenseth
Truex

Hatchetman · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:46 pm

Scorehead wrote:

Kenseth
Truex

Wrong thread.

sjboyd0137 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:47 pm

Ryan Newman

donspiracy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:05 pm

sjboyd0137 wrote:

Ryan Newman

Hank Scorpio has been pm'ed.

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:06 pm

2nd pick Logano

Peoria Matt · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:33 pm

Kenseth

sorry apologist

donspiracy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:36 pm

Peoria Matt wrote:

Kenseth

sorry apologist

Apologist has been pm'ed.

Apologist · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:42 pm

2nd: Kahner

Hatchetman · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:16 pm

well, this sucks ass. back to the bottom I go. Al Mirola.

K Effective · **Posted:** Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:11 pm

Keeping Score wrote:

donspiracy wrote:

Brad Keselowski

Subject: Pick 'em '13 Week 8 Kansas STP 400

Free Ajent wrote:

Miller Lite Guy

Sorry don, Ajent pm'd me, come back and pick another!

MENARD!!

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · **Posted:** Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:55 pm

Hatchetman wrote:

well, this sucks ass. back to the bottom I go. Al Mirola.

I screwed Hatchetman over last week by taking his pick and then dropping it.

If the rules cabal allows, I am willing to switch selection priority with him for this week. He can have 18 (or someone else available) and I can reselect at his position.

Just give me the OK from don and hatchet.

donspiracy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:22 am

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

well, this sucks ass. back to the bottom I go. Al Mirola.

I screwed Hatchetman over last week by taking his pick and then dropping it.

If the rules cabal allows, I am willing to switch selection priority with him for this week. He can have 18 (or someone else available) and I can reselect at his position.

Just give me the OK from don and hatchet.

That's... That's not happening. If you really feel that strongly about it, give Hatchetman some of your points. Otherwise just make another pick. (you are my guy Doc, and that you talking with your kids is sweet comedy gold!!)

Pick 'em '13 Week 8 Kansas STP 400

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