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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.
Dealbreaker awards from last year will not be transfered.1. Players list for driver picking priority for the first five races of the season. Only players who made the Chase last year are guaranteed their position in the lineup. Your second pick will be protected from getting bumped a second time. Unless someone uses a Dealbreaker award on you.
I sent out PM's to all of last year players, new participants will have to go to the bottom of the order.
Player __________________Driver
K Effective _2011 Champ __Jeff Gordon
Free Ajent ______________Brad Keselowski
spanky _________________Jimmie Johnson
SHARK _2008 Chomp _____Paul Menard
Urlacher's missing neck ___Tony Stewart
Boilermaker Rick _________Carl Edwards
Hawg Ass ______________*Kyle Busch
Apologist _______________*Kevin Harvick
newper ________________Ryan Newman
Scorehead ______________*Greg Biffle
chaspoppcap ____________*Dale Earnhardt Jr.
RFDC _2010 Champ _______Denny Hamlin
doug-ep ________________*Kurt Busch
Gloopan Kuratz __________*Marcos Ambrose
donspiracy ______________Regan Smith
Dr. Ken _2009 Champ _____*Martin Truex Jr.
Peoria Matt _____________*Matt Kenseth
Hatchetman _____________AJ Allmendinger
Keeping Score ___________*Kasey Kahne
sjboyd0137 _____________*Juan Montoya
jimmypasta ______________Elliot Sadler
Mr. Reason ______________
City Of Fools ____________Trevor Bayne
redneckmommy __________
DAC and the SpamBots ____
Q. Bovifs ________________
Regular Reader ___________
Terry's Peeps ____________*Danica Patrick
________________________*2nd Pick
*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. Driver picking priority based on the 2011 standings will go on for the first five weeks, 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.
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. After the fifth race of the season driver picking priority will be based off of the 2012 standings. *** 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 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.
RACE LINEUP
Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway
February 26, 2012 | Race 1 of 36 POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 194.738 46.216 Leader
2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 194.087 46.371 -0.155
3 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1
4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Best Buy
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard
6 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / CSX "Play it Safe"
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's
9 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar
10 33 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet General Mills / Kroger
11 98 Michael McDowell Ford K-Love / Curb Records
12 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot
13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser
14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Brown
15 22 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil
16 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger
17 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Mapei / Menards / Speed Energy
18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army / Quicken Loans
19 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats
20 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance
21 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford Ford EcoBoost
22 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
23 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite
24 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Ollie's Bargain Outlet
25 34 David Ragan Ford Scorpion Truck Bed Liners
26 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
27 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield "Helping Hungry Homes"
28 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
29 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
30 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy
31 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express
32 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kroger
33 38 David Gilliland Ford MHP Power Pak Pudding
34 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves
35 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target
36 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO
37 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Peak / Menards
38 93 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King
39 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King
40 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center
41 26 Tony Raines Ford Front Row Motorsports
42 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports
43 32 Terry Labonte Ford C&J Energy Champion's Provisional
Did Not Qualify
44 140 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
45 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Toyota North Texas Pipe
46 97 Bill Elliott Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves
47 37 Mike Wallace Ford Poynt.com
48 109 Kenny Wallace Toyota American Ethanol
49 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota America Israel Racing
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie