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 enshrined Cribbage Hall Of Famer and Racelog co-host Keeping Score gets to pick Juan Pablo Montoya 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/Race Results
After Week 27

Total Pts. _____________Chase Driver_______Non-Chase Pick
91 Racelog Announce Team**__Kyle Busch___Brad Keselowski
89 Terry's Peeps****____Matt Kenseth______Brian Vickers
77 Peoria Matt***________Kevin Harvick______*Denny Hamlin
76 Dr. Ken_______________Kasey Kahne______*Martin Truex Jr.
67 Apologist*____________Carl Edwards_______Jeff Burton
64 Urlacher's missing neck*_Greg Biffle_________*Aric Almirola
64 newper_______________Ryan Newman______Paul Menard
62 Otunga's CoffeeMug***_Jeff Gordon_______NP-Juan Pablo Montoya
58 Gloopan Kuratz***____Jimmie Johnson_____Mark Martin
51 Hawg Ass*____________Kurt Busch_________*Marcos Ambrose
47 RFDC*________________Clint Bowyer_______Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
34 chaspoppcap**_______Dale Earnhardt Jr____Jamie McMurray
33 Hatchetman___________Joey Logano_______*Bobby Labonte
*Dealbreaker Pick __________________________*2nd Pick NP-NoPick

Yup. Speeps is out of first place for the first time since mid-May. A gutsy call to pick Cowboy Beiber by Keeping Score after he foolishly wanted to use a Dealbreaker in Week 1 of the Chase. For the record, Danica finish higher than seven drivers on this table. Great call chas.

Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Sylvania 300
New Hampshire Motor Speedway - 9/22/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics


Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 136.497 27.904
2 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevy 136.082 27.989
3 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevy 136.053 27.995
4 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Chevy 135.868 28.033
5 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 135.636 28.081
6 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 135.525 28.104
7 27 Paul Menard Menards / Sylvania Chevy 135.463 28.117
8 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 135.410 28.128
9 20 Matt Kenseth Home Depot / Husky Toyota 135.371 28.136
10 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 135.208 28.170
11 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 135.126 28.187
12 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Peanut Butter Toyota 135.097 28.193
13 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 135.073 28.198
14 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 135.021 28.209
15 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target / Gillette Chevy 134.987 28.216
16 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 134.892 28.236
17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Time Warner Cable Chevy 134.477 28.323
18 14 Mark Martin Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops Chevy 134.420 28.335
19 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 134.292 28.362
20 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 134.217 28.378
21 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Chevy 134.193 28.383
22 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 134.132 28.396
23 1 Jamie McMurray Linksys Chevy 133.981 28.428
24 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 133.792 28.468
25 31 Jeff Burton Cheerios Chevy 133.769 28.473
26 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 133.637 28.501
27 51 Michael McDowell SEM Products Chevy 133.548 28.520
28 47 Bobby Labonte Bush's Beans Toyota 133.520 28.526
29 55 Kenny Wallace(i) Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 133.408 28.550
30 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 133.301 28.573
31 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Zest Ford 133.282 28.577
32 40 Landon Cassill(i) Moonshine Attitude Attire Chevy 133.170 28.601
33 30 Kevin Swindell(i) Genny Light Toyota 132.365 28.775
34 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 132.232 28.804
35 83 David Reutimann Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 132.200 28.811
36 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 132.163 28.819
37 36 JJ Yeley United Mining Equipment Chevy 132.089 28.835
38 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 132.048 28.844
39 33 Tony Raines(i) LittleJoesAutos.com Chevy 131.497 28.965
40 95 Scott Riggs Leavine Family Racing Ford 131.035 29.067
41 98 Johnny Sauter(i) Phil Parsons Racing Ford 130.613 29.161
42 32 Timmy Hill # U.S. Chrome Ford 128.767 29.573
43 35 Josh Wise(i) ThePeteStore.com Ford 0.000 0.000


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 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

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Hamlin

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You know me like that.

vickers

truex jr

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

Mark Martin

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McMurray.
As to the Danica thing if you look at her finishes this year she is top 25 a nice percentage of the time

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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?"

Almirola

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Burton

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1926-1931-1934-1942-1944-1946-1964-1967-1982-2006-2011

Sorry Matt.

Vickers

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ambrose

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

Stenhouse jr

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

Peoria Matt has been pm'ed.

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Hamiln 2nd pick.

Sorry doc.

2nd pick - Truex Jr.


Blame Matt.

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Almirola

Blame Matt as well.

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

Blame Speeps, Matt, Dr. and UMN


Ambrose

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#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

labonte

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Paul Menard

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

Here's some fun facts about New Hampshire:

• New Hampshire Motor Speedway is known as "The Magic Mile" largely because it is a mile long and residents of New Hampshire are bad with thinking up unique nicknames.
• NHMS is the largest sports venue in New Hampshire, seating about 90,000 spectators and home to about 900,000 mosquitoes.
• NHMS sports five helipads, perfect if you are rich.
• The Speedway employs over 1,500 people -- but only for about two days.
• Alan B. Shepard, noted astronaut, and prolific serial rapist and murderer Christopher Wilder died there. Except for Shepard.

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May be delayed by a party I have to attend. I could use a rain delay as well.

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Goodbye MWR, thanks for the memories.

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Truex is leaving possibly and 5 hr energy might as well.

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They just said Truex and Napa to Joe Gibbs Racing. Or maybe I had my imaginary TV on. Either way Rusty Wallace's fake hair looks great.

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Green flag!!

I ducked out on the birthday party because I am taking GF to Bears@ Lions next weekend.

Let's go racing boys... and Danica.

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Kahne and Gordon are leading early. We will see many adjustments on the cars during the Lap 30 caution.

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Leaders are already catching the back of the field.

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Caution!!

Jose Wise goes for the spin.

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What a mad dash off pit road!!

Damage to the Gordon after contact getting to his pit stall.

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Kahne and Truex will lead them on the restart.

Lap 36 of 300.

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