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 33

Total Pts. _________________Chase Driver _________2nd Pick
496 Terry's Peeps**** ________Brad Keselowski ____Paul Menard
488 Dr. Ken****_____________Jimmie Johnson _____Kyle Busch
478 RFDC* __________________Clint Bowyer _______*Mark Martin
439 Scorehead** ____________Jeff Gordon ________*Marcos Ambrose
434 Free Ajent ______________Tony Stewart _____*D-Carl Edwards
432 Hawg Ass _______________Matt Kenseth _______*Jeff Burton
420 newper* ________________Kasey Kahne _______*Ryan Newman
412 Boilermaker Rick***** _____Denny Hamlin _______NP-Trevor Bayne
398 Urlacher's missing neck** __Greg Biffle __________*Joey Logano
358 spanky* _________________Martin Truex Jr. _____NP-Aric Almirola
357 donspiracy _______________Kevin Harvick _______Kurt Busch
310 chaspoppcap* ____________Dale Earnhardt Jr. ___Jamie Mcmurray
*Dealbreaker Pick ______________________________*2ndPick D-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.

RACE LINEUP
AAA Texas 500 | Texas Motor Speedway
November 4, 2012 | Race 34 of 36



POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 191.076 28.261 Leader
2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 190.382 28.364 -0.103
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Snickers 190.128 28.402 -0.141
4 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 190.067 28.411 -0.150
5 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota Carlyle Tools by NAPA 189.994 28.422 -0.161
6 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot / redbeacon.com 189.760 28.457 -0.196
7 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 189.607 28.480 -0.219
8 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 189.533 28.491 -0.230
9 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 189.474 28.500 -0.239
10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 189.460 28.502 -0.241
11 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 189.294 28.527 -0.266
12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 189.274 28.530 -0.269
13 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet HendrickCars.com / Great Clips 188.990 28.573 -0.312
14 43 Aric Almirola Ford Farmland 188.976 28.575 -0.314
15 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Mac Tools 188.923 28.583 -0.322
16 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 188.798 28.602 -0.341
17 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 188.626 28.628 -0.367
18 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Furniture Row 188.396 28.663 -0.402
19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew 188.357 28.669 -0.408
20 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 188.337 28.672 -0.411
21 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 188.042 28.717 -0.456
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 187.996 28.724 -0.463
23 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem / Budweiser 187.780 28.757 -0.496
24 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 187.565 28.790 -0.529
25 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Huggies 187.435 28.810 -0.549
26 51 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 187.389 28.817 -0.556
27 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards 187.350 28.823 -0.562
28 37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet MaxQworkforce.com 187.266 28.836 -0.575
29 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Wounded Warrior Project 187.227 28.842 -0.581
30 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's 186.858 28.899 -0.638
31 195 Scott Speed Ford B&D Electrical / TWD 186.858 28.899 -0.638
32 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 186.541 28.948 -0.687
33 34 David Ragan Ford CertainTeed / 31-W Insulation 186.477 28.958 -0.697
34 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical / MCM Elegante 186.471 28.959 -0.698
35 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 186.413 28.968 -0.707
36 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 186.368 28.975 -0.714
37 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 186.066 29.022 -0.761
38 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Dr Pepper 185.867 29.053 -0.792
39 191 Reed Sorenson Toyota Plinker Tactical / MCM Elegante 185.714 29.077 -0.816
40 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 184.906 29.204 -0.943
41 83 Landon Cassill+ Toyota Burger King 184.382 29.287 -1.026
42 32 Ken Schrader+ Ford Federated Auto Parts 181.843 29.696 -1.435
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 185.586 29.097 -0.836
Did Not Qualify
44 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little Joes Autos.com 185.103 29.173 -0.912
45 179 Kelly Bires Ford United Supermarkets / Randy Hill Racing.com 183.088 29.494 -1.233
46 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 176.655 30.568 -2.307
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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Carl Edwards

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

Rowdy Busch.

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

Mark Martin

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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

Kyle Busch

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You know me like that.

Carl Edwards

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

Menard

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Newman

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

McMurray

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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?"

Why am I not on my 2nd pick?

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

Maybe because he hasn't been around to PM you, go ahead.

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2nd pick. Logano

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

Ajent has been pm'ed.

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Ajent is using a dealbreaker to take Carl Edwards.

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2nd pick Mark Martin

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--yet I can't look away."

Scorehead has been pm'ed.

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Ambrose

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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

Paul Menard

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Harvick

Sorry Don

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My apologies Rules Cabal


Jeff Burton

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Kurt Busch

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Yeah, that was me.

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Supporting the nerd herd!!

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Someone wreck ol 5 time already. Tire of seeing him lead everything.

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

It had to be said. I hope you are enjoying some Victory cheese.

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

Dr. Ken is the Detroit Tigers to my White Sox.

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Overall Standings
After Week 34

Total Pts. _________________Fin.-Pts. Chase Driver _________2nd Pick
578 Dr. Ken****_____________1st-48 Jimmie Johnson _____3rd-42 Kyle Busch
556 Terry's Peeps**** ________2nd-43 Brad Keselowski ____27th-17 Paul Menard
531 RFDC* __________________6th-38 Clint Bowyer _______29th-15 Mark Martin
501 Free Ajent ______________5th-39 Tony Stewart _____16th-28 Carl Edwards
498 Hawg Ass _______________4th-41 Matt Kenseth _______19th-25 Jeff Burton
481 Scorehead** ____________14th-30 Jeff Gordon ________32nd-12 Marcos Ambrose
472 newper* ________________25th-19 Kasey Kahne _______12th-33 Ryan Newman
465 Urlacher's missing neck** __10th-34 Greg Biffle __________11th-33 Joey Logano
458 Boilermaker Rick***** _____20th-24 Denny Hamlin _______22nd-22 Trevor Bayne
428 donspiracy _______________9th-35 Kevin Harvick _______8th-36 Kurt Busch
418 spanky* _________________13th-31 Martin Truex Jr. _____15th-29 Aric Almirola
---SILLY SEASON---55th Annual Daytona 500---February 24, 2013---
373 chaspoppcap* ____________7th-37 Dale Earnhardt Jr. ___18th-26 Jamie Mcmurray
*Dealbreaker Pick ______________________________


The dream is dead, for a couple of people. Speeps loses the lead, chas gets eliminated from title contention, Joe Biden jobs out to a nitwit from Wisconsin. Two races left Phoenix and Homestead. Dr. Ken, just like Jimmie Johnson has cheated and manipulated the system to take the points lead. It's a travesty of a miscarriage of justice or racing or something... Anyway, Dr. Ken has had 1-1-2-3 for his four drivers the last two finishes. That's gonna be hard to beat. Our fallen Nascar King Speeps is now 22 points back and RFDC 47 back of the lead. Ajent and Hawg Ass are just trying to hang on to the Top 5 for better picking priority for the first five races next season.

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2 weeks with a replacement driver will do that for you.

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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?"

Cheating and manipulating the system has served me well both personally and professionally my entire life.

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You know me like that.