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 32

Total Pts. _________________Chase Driver _________2nd Pick
424 Terry's Peeps**** ________Brad Keselowski ____Ryan Newman
412 RFDC* __________________Clint Bowyer _______Carl Edwards
398 Dr. Ken****_____________Jimmie Johnson _____Kyle Busch
389 Free Ajent* ______________Tony Stewart _____Joey Logano
368 Boilermaker Rick***** _____Denny Hamlin _______NP-Paul Menard
364 Hawg Ass _______________Matt Kenseth _______Brian Vickers
361 Scorehead** ____________Jeff Gordon ________Aric Almirola
351 newper* ________________Kasey Kahne ______Jamie Mcmurray
344 Urlacher's missing neck** __Greg Biffle ________*Marcos Ambrose
323 donspiracy ______________Kevin Harvick _______Jeff Burton
319 spanky* ________________Martin Truex Jr. _____NP-David Ragan
263 chaspoppcap* ___________Dale Earnhardt Jr. ___*Juan Montoya
*Dealbreaker Pick ______________________________*2ndPick

It has always been The Speeps Era... It has always been The Speeps Era... RFDC moves into 2nd place. Hawg Ass was the big mover of the week with a win and 3rd place. He is now only 60 points back of Speeps. Yeah, this is down to about half of the field left. Scorehead is the long shot 63 back of the lead. Only four races left, next week is Martinsville.


RACE LINEUP
Tums Fast Relief 500
Martinsville Speedway - 10/28/2012



POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 97.598 19.402 Leader
2 55 Brian Vickers Toyota MyClassicGarage.com 97.533 19.415 -0.013
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Halloween 97.427 19.436 -0.034
4 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Odyssey / EnerSys 97.392 19.443 -0.041
5 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 97.382 19.445 -0.043
6 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 97.272 19.467 -0.065
7 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 97.257 19.470 -0.068
8 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-Hour Energy / Avon Foundation for Women 97.247 19.472 -0.070
9 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Zecol / Menards 97.158 19.490 -0.088
10 43 Aric Almirola Ford Gwaltney 97.108 19.500 -0.098
11 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Pepsi Max 96.968 19.528 -0.126
12 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 96.964 19.529 -0.127
13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem "Chasing the Cure" 96.959 19.530 -0.128
14 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot / redbeacon.com 96.904 19.541 -0.139
15 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 96.869 19.548 -0.146
16 34 David Ragan Ford Where's Waldo 96.840 19.554 -0.152
17 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Pine Sol 96.835 19.555 -0.153
18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 96.835 19.555 -0.153
19 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 96.751 19.572 -0.170
20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard 96.716 19.579 -0.177
21 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 96.706 19.581 -0.179
22 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 96.681 19.586 -0.184
23 99 Carl Edwards Ford Geek Squad 96.652 19.592 -0.190
24 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 96.578 19.607 -0.205
25 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 96.533 19.616 -0.214
26 51 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 96.391 19.645 -0.243
27 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 96.273 19.669 -0.267
28 32 Ken Schrader Ford Southern Pride Trucking / U.S. Chrome 96.156 19.693 -0.291
29 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet @TMone Drive Sales Fast 96.141 19.696 -0.294
30 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 96.112 19.702 -0.300
31 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 96.063 19.712 -0.310
32 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 96.015 19.722 -0.320
33 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Black & Decker 95.985 19.728 -0.326
34 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 95.976 19.730 -0.328
35 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 95.922 19.741 -0.339
36 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's 95.922 19.741 -0.339
37 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Mohawk Northeast / TMone Call Center 95.811 19.764 -0.362
38 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 95.675 19.792 -0.390
39 191 Reed Sorenson Toyota Plinker Tactical 95.574 19.813 -0.411
40 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 95.545 19.819 -0.417
41 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 95.540 19.820 -0.418
42 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little Joes Autos.com 95.204 19.890 -0.488
43 195 Scott Speed Ford Jordan Truck Sales 94.898 19.954 -0.552
Did Not Qualify
44 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical 94.609 20.015 -0.613
45 37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet MaxQworkforce.com 94.609 20.015 -0.613
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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Carl Edwards

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Ryan Newman

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Logano

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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?"

Vickers

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Rowdy busch

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Kyle Busch

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Almirola

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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

Won't Chas have Jr. this week, I am fairly certain he will be back to making left turns.

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Ambrose

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Yes.

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Free Ajent has bumped his pick, chas has been pm'ed.

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JPM

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Dealbreaker for Kenseth. (if that is allowed!)

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Dealbreaking for a chase driver. This is uncivilized.

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The Nascar Rules Cabal isn't trying to figure out if to penalize you, but just how many points to take away. And your Dealbreaker just for trying such a thought.

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Wait a sec -- I thought shenanigans were encouraged by the cabal?

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They are, that doesn't mean they will be free of consequence.

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I humbly await the Cabal decision. May your capacious intellect and imbroachable wisdom lead you to the perfect resolution.

If the Cabal is pleased, I would elect McMurray as my other driver and I would like to donate my Dealbreaker to Hawg Ass for any pain and suffering I may have caused.

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You have been warned. Any other crazed ideas you put in this thread, I'm going to have to start taking points away, from RFDC.

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My guy Jeff Burton!!

May have to find a new favorite driver soon.

Burton says 2013 is "make or break": The 2013 season will be the 20th of Jeff Burton's Sprint Cup career, but next year won't be significant because of a milestone anniversary in NASCAR's premier series. "It's very make or break," Burton said. "It feels really important. It's on my mind already. It's been on my mind for a while. We've got to right this ship. We've got to do it now. This has gone on for two years. It goes on for three, that is too long." The veteran, who hasn't won in 145 starts and more than four years, is mired in his worst slump at Richard Childress Racing. His #31 Chevy is 19th in the Sprint Cup standings with four races remaining after ranking 20th in 2011. That puts Burton on pace for his worst back-to-back seasons since entering Cup with finishes of 24th and 32nd in points in 1994-95. "I certainly have less years ahead of me than behind me," Burton, 45, said. "So every year you don't have success feels like a big loss. How many more chances are we going to have?"
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20121025b

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For the love of the sport will someone please wreck JJ.

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WOW.

Jimmie and Gordon pitted with about 20 laps left under caution, Keselowski, Jr. and others stayed out.......

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sounds like a great recipe for some wrecking.

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Overall Standings
After Week 33

Total Pts. _________________Fin.-Pts. Chase Driver _________2nd Pick
496 Terry's Peeps**** ________6th-39 Brad Keselowski ____11th-33 Ryan Newman
488 Dr. Ken****_____________1st-48 Jimmie Johnson _____2nd-42 Kyle Busch
478 RFDC* __________________5th-40 Clint Bowyer _______18th-26 Carl Edwards
439 Scorehead** ____________7th-38 Jeff Gordon ________4th-40 Aric Almirola
434 Free Ajent* ______________27th-17 Tony Stewart _____16th-28 Joey Logano
432 Hawg Ass _______________14th-31 Matt Kenseth _______8th-37 Brian Vickers
420 newper* ________________3rd-42 Kasey Kahne ______17th-27 Jamie Mcmurray
412 Boilermaker Rick***** _____33rd-12 Denny Hamlin _______12th-32 Paul Menard
398 Urlacher's missing neck** __10th-34 Greg Biffle ________24th-20 Marcos Ambrose
358 spanky* ________________23rd-21 Martin Truex Jr. _____26th-18 David Ragan
357 donspiracy ______________32nd-12 Kevin Harvick _______22nd-22 Jeff Burton
310 chaspoppcap* ___________21st-23 Dale Earnhardt Jr. ___20th-24 Juan Montoya
*Dealbreaker Pick ______________________________


Who's the Drinky Alliance prick
That's a job machine with all the picks?
Speeps, ya, damn right

Who is the man that would risk his neck
For the Alliance man?
Speeps, can you dig it?

Who's the cat that won't job out
When there's Cairo all about?
Speeps, right on

They say this cat Speeps is a bad mother
Shut your mouth
But I'm talkin' 'bout Speeps
Then we can dig it

He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but the Alliance
Terry Speeps

Dr. Ken gets the 1-2 finish to pull within 8 points of ending the Speeps Era. 3 races left and this is a three horse race. RFDC, falls to third place, 18 points back on the outside rail trying to get in on the winning this whole deal. Scorehead , Ajent, and Hawg Ass in the second group over 60 points back of the lead. It will be hard to make up 20 points a race on the front runners. Everybody else, mark your calendars. Don't worry, we are less than 4 months until the 55th Annual Daytona 500.

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Go Peeps!!!! I hope you finish it and take the title.

As long as Beervendor...I mean Ajent..doesn't win its all good.

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That is pure speculation and you have no proof. Cite your source again??

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