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
After Week 30

Total Pts. _______________Chase Driver_______Non-Chase Pick
281 Terry's Peeps****____Matt Kenseth______Martin Truex Jr.
272 Racelog Announce Team**__Kyle Busch___*Jeff Burton
255 Urlacher's missing neck*_Greg Biffle_________Paul Menard
253 chaspoppcap*_______Dale Earnhardt Jr____D-Jamie McMurray
252 Peoria Matt***________Kevin Harvick______Brad Keselowski
251 Otunga's CoffeeMug***_Jeff Gordon_______NP-Juan Montoya
248 Gloopan Kuratz***____Jimmie Johnson_____Marcos Ambrose
240 Apologist*____________Carl Edwards_______Denny Hamlin
229 Hawg Ass*____________Kurt Busch_________Mark Martin
212 newper_______________Ryan Newman______NP-Aric Almirola
210 Dr. Ken_______________Kasey Kahne______Danica Patrick
206 RFDC*________________Clint Bowyer_______*Brian Vickers
183 Hatchetman___________Joey Logano________NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
*Dealbreaker Pick __________________________*2nd Pick D-Dealbreaker Pick

Smiley face for Peoria Matt, Kevin Harvick grabs the checkers. Yet PM still drops one spot in the standings, 29 points back of new leader Terry’s Peeps. Gloop falls from 3rd to 7th only score 53 points this week. Props go out to UMN for having the only Non-Chase driver inside the Top 10. Next race is Saturday night in Charlotte for the Bank Of ‘Murica 500. I am not on call and the GF is out of town, it’s gonna be a thing!

Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Bank of America 500
Charlotte Motor Speedway - 10/12/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics


Starting
Position Car# Driver Sponsor
Manu Qualifying
Speed
(mph) Qualifying
Time
(secs)
1 24 Jeff Gordon Axalta Chevy 194.308 27.791
2 29 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevy 194.203 27.806
3 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 193.959 27.841
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Dover White Chevy 193.791 27.865
5 5 Kasey Kahne Quaker State Chevy 193.694 27.879
6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Time Warner Cable Chevy 193.535 27.902
7 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 193.458 27.913
8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 193.417 27.919
9 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 193.403 27.921
10 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevy 193.112 27.963
11 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 192.995 27.980
12 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil/Hertz Ford 192.974 27.983
13 27 Paul Menard Menards/Duracell Chevy 192.754 28.015
14 15 Clint Bowyer Rbrry5hrEnrgybnftngLvngByndBrstCncr Toyota 192.719 28.020
15 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 192.575 28.041
16 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # My Best Buy Ford 192.362 28.072
17 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 192.232 28.091
18 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 192.123 28.107
19 33 Brian Scott(i) Shore Lodge Chevy 192.020 28.122
20 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 191.993 28.126
21 51 Kyle Larson(i) Target Chevy 191.959 28.131
22 14 Mark Martin Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy 191.782 28.157
23 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 191.748 28.162
24 47 Bobby Labonte Scott Products Toyota 191.632 28.179
25 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 191.564 28.189
26 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 191.469 28.203
27 55 Brian Vickers(i) Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 190.961 28.278
28 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 190.590 28.333
29 9 Marcos Ambrose Bostitch Ford 190.550 28.339
30 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 190.349 28.369
31 30 Cole Whitt(i) Swan Energy Toyota 190.342 28.370
32 40 Landon Cassill(i) Moonshine Attitude Attire Chevy 189.673 28.470
33 35 Josh Wise(i) MDS Transport Ford 189.195 28.542
34 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 189.069 28.561
35 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Breast Cancer Awareness Chevy 188.923 28.583
36 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 188.607 28.631
37-OP 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 188.422 28.659
38-OP 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 187.885 28.741
39-OP 7 Dave Blaney Breast Cancer Awareness Chevy 187.852 28.746
40-OP 32 Timmy Hill # U.S. Chrome Ford 187.350 28.823
41-OP 93 Travis Kvapil Dr.Pepper Toyota 186.696 28.924
42-OP 36 JJ Yeley United Mining Equipment Chevy 185.893 29.049
43-OP 95 Blake Koch(i) supportmilitary.org Ford 180.572 29.905

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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Truex

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Danica

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You know me like that.

Menard

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

Mark Martin

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2018
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Hamlin

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

Keselowski

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Sorry, RFDC.

I want an immediate PM when someone takes Danica.

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2nd pick Jamie McMurray

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dealbreaker McMurrary

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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?"

3rd pick: Vickers

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There is not enough people in this contest.

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Maybe next week, when Keeping Score picks her for Talladega.

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well if shes going to win any race it will be a long track they can program 100 more horsepower into her car like they did in daytona

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Marcus Ambrose

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Hey can anyone tell me why Jr is driving that Hendrik.com paint job? Is Nascar struggling that bad that the most popular driver didn't have his normal sponsors for all races?

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S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y. Night.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRLrZ66bwPQ

Here ya go.

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I think it is quite the opposite. While the big bag of money from a corporation is cool, having Nascar's most popular driver having your website on the hood is cooler. Please let me say the following in the nicest way possible, have you been to www.Hendrickcars.com? They have a massive selection of classic and muscle cars for sale. It's like a collection of matchbox cars come to life. I advise you to go check them out. A sponsor for the Sprint Cup car for one race is somehweres in the ballpark of 400K per race. 100K for the Nationwide Series if you ain't that big a shooter. Now after clicking around Hendrickcars.com a bit, that comes out to about 20 cars or 40 of the kinda regular ones. Rick Hendrick will make his money back. There is no guarantee that Amp Energy or Mountain Dew or whoever who will sell 400K worth of product to make their money back on the sponsor of Dale Jr.'s car.

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Welcome race fans!!!!!!!

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Whatcha got? Cribbage pickup game?

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I miss HH.

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She is out living the single life. Good for her.

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Does NASCAR ever end? My God.

That preacher just prayed for deliverance from OBAMA!

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These guys MONETIZE EVERYTHING.

Bernsie should love NASCAR.

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You have Thanksgiving to Valentines Day to be Nascar free. The seconds half of the NFL season builds a bridge to Daytona.

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