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 34

Total Pts. _________________Chase Driver _________2nd Pick
578 Dr. Ken****_____________Jimmie Johnson _____Kyle Busch
556 Terry's Peeps**** ________Brad Keselowski ____Mark Martin
531 RFDC** __________________Clint Bowyer _______*Ryan Newman
501 Free Ajent* ______________Tony Stewart _____NP-Regan Smith
498 Hawg Ass* _______________Matt Kenseth _______Paul Menard
481 Scorehead*** ___________Jeff Gordon ________Carl Edwards
472 newper* ________________Kasey Kahne _______NP-Marcos Ambrose
465 Urlacher's missing neck*** _Greg Biffle __________Joey Logano
428 donspiracy _______________Kevin Harvick _______Aric Almirola
418 spanky* _________________Martin Truex Jr. _____NP-Jamie Mcmurray
401 Boilermaker Rick _______Denny Hamlin _______Danica Patrick
---SILLY SEASON---55th Annual Daytona 500---February 24, 2013---
373 chaspoppcap* ____________Dale Earnhardt Jr. ___Kurt Busch
*Dealbreaker Pick ______________________________*2ndPick NP-NoPick


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.

RACE LINEUP
AdvoCare 500 | Phoenix International Raceway
November 11, 2012 | Race 35 of 36




POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 138.766 25.943 Leader
2 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 138.217 26.046 -0.103
3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 137.578 26.167 -0.224
4 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 137.478 26.186 -0.243
5 43 Aric Almirola Ford Farmland 137.211 26.237 -0.294
6 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Furniture Row 137.007 26.276 -0.333
7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Rheem 136.992 26.279 -0.336
8 51 Regan Smith Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 136.872 26.302 -0.359
9 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 136.867 26.303 -0.360
10 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 136.867 26.303 -0.360
11 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 136.830 26.310 -0.367
12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 136.721 26.331 -0.388
13 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 136.679 26.339 -0.396
14 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 136.622 26.350 -0.407
15 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 136.488 26.376 -0.433
16 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 136.436 26.386 -0.443
17 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Black & Decker 136.359 26.401 -0.458
18 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Allstate 136.353 26.402 -0.459
19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 136.271 26.418 -0.475
20 16 Greg Biffle Ford Filtrete 136.219 26.428 -0.485
21 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 136.003 26.470 -0.527
22 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 135.906 26.489 -0.546
23 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard 135.547 26.559 -0.616
24 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 135.440 26.580 -0.637
25 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 135.211 26.625 -0.682
26 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 135.171 26.633 -0.690
27 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King 134.948 26.677 -0.734
28 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 134.948 26.677 -0.734
29 34 David Ragan Ford CertainTeed / 31-W Insulation 134.932 26.680 -0.737
30 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Vektor Vodka 134.449 26.776 -0.833
31 38 David Gilliland Ford Loan Mart 134.374 26.791 -0.848
32 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 134.343 26.797 -0.854
33 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 134.198 26.826 -0.883
34 144 David Reutimann Ford No Label Watcher 134.008 26.864 -0.921
35 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little Joes Autos.com 133.620 26.942 -0.999
36 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical / Value Place 133.576 26.951 -1.008
37 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 132.954 27.077 -1.134
38 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 132.817 27.105 -1.162
39 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King 132.387 27.193 -1.250
40 191 Jason Leffler Toyota Plinker Tactical / Value Place 131.329 27.412 -1.469
41 32 Timmy Hill Ford U.S. Chrome / TMone 129.945 27.704 -1.761
42 36 Dave Blaney+ Chevrolet Accell Construction 128.691 27.974 -2.031
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM-FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 130.067 27.678 -1.735
Did Not Qualify
44 37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Anchor Drilling Fluids / MaxQ 127.056 28.334 -2.391
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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CSFMB: Home of the small minded

Kyle Busch

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

Danica Pat...wait...nah...

Carl Edwards.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

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

logano

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

Kyle Busch

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You know me like that.

2nd pick Ryan Newman

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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I had planned to go with him but decided to stick with the hot hand.

I'll see if this backfires.

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You know me like that.

Mark Martin

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Menard

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

the other bush

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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?"

Dealbreaker to take Kyle Busch, if I can.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Hell no!!!

Read the damn rules you liberal elitist. Since you have your own rule named for you, for picking a driver not available, the Nascar Rules Cabal is penalizing you 57 points for each state in America. Also, all your dealbreakers are being evenly distributed to the players above you in the standings. Consider it practical application of trickle-up economics. Now go back to your Paul Krugman shrine and conjure up a driver that is available to you.

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57 points? I respectfully ask to be removed from this contest.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Sure.

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Also, can you please post what my rule was?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

The rule was picking a driver not available to you. There were many incidents of you picking Danica Patrick when she was not yet entered into the Sprint Cup Series. I'll look it up.

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Is there a rule you can't use a dealbreaker to pick from the #1 person?

Oh well, I was just trying to make this contest interesting.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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I'd really enjoy getting into some semantical gymnastics right now, but I have a Romney Victory Party to attend. We can resume this after 10pm tonight.

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Ok thanks. I guess "if I can" wasn't good enough to protect myself.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

No need. With the penalty that nearly puts me in last place and Free Ajent PM'ing you right before the start of a race to bump my pick before it's better if I am just removed from the contest.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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You seemed to be amused by it then. Why do you hate me now?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

His words are wise.

His ruling just.

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I don't hate you Brick. You broke the rules you chose not to read. I cited sources of said rule breaking. Think of it as a market correction rather than a penalty.

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Fair enough. I'll take Danica Patrick this week.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Aric Almirola

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JJ in the garage. JJ in the garage. JJ in the garage.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Jimmy!!

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.