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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.


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Terry's Peeps________Jimmie Johnson
2012 Nascar Section Double Champion
Dr. Ken_2009 Champ__Dale Earnhardt Jr.
RFDC_2010 Champ____Tony Stewart
Hawg Ass___________*Ryan Newman
Scorehead__________Jeff Gordon
newper_____________Kevin Harvick
Urlacher's missing neck_*Kasey Kahne
Free Ajent__________NP-Greg Biffle
donspiracy__________Austin Dillon
Boilermaker Rick______*Kyle Busch
spanky_____________NP-Juan Motoya
chaspoppcap________Joey Logano
Gloopan Kuratz______Michael Waltrip
Peoria Matt_________Carl Edwards
SHARK_2008 Chomp__Martin Truex Jr.
doug-ep___________Jamie Mcmurray
Hatchetman________Clint Bowyer
mcbrides___________Kurt Busch
Keeping Score________*Matt Kenseth
sjboyd0137__________Jeff Burton
Apologist____________*Danica Patrick
City Of Fools________Travis Kvapil
jimmypasta__________Mark Martin
K Effective_2011 Champ_Denny Hamlin
Hank Scorpio________Trevor Bayne
Otunga's Coffee Mug__Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
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*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 2012 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 2013 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.

Qualifying Results
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona 500
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

1. Danica Patrick
2. Jeff Gordon
and 43 men that don't deserve or have the talent to race in Nascar's top Series.


Daytona 500 Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
StartingPosition Car# Driver Sponsor / Manu QualifyingSpeed Reason formaking Daytona 500
1 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy.com Chevy 196.434 Pole
2 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevy 196.292 Outside Pole
3 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 194.742 Finished 1st in Duel 1
4 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 195.767 Finished 1st in Duel 2
5 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 194.729 Finished 2nd in Duel 1
6 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 195.852 Finished 2nd in Duel 2
7 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 195.508 Finished 3rd in Duel 1
8 33 Austin Dillon(i) Honey Nut Cheerios Chevy 195.385 Finished 3rd in Duel 2
9 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 195.084 Finished 4th in Duel 1
10 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 195.228 Finished 4th in Duel 2
11 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Chevy 193.657 Finished 5th in Duel 1
12 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 195.725 Finished 5th in Duel 2
13 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy 195.925 Finished 6th in Duel 1
14 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 194.683 Finished 6th in Duel 2
15 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 194.961 Finished 7th in Duel 1
16 27 Paul Menard Menards/Peak Chevy 195.503 Finished 7th in Duel 2
17 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 195.495 Finished 8th in Duel 1
18 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 195.156 Finished 8th in Duel 2
19 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. National Guard Chevy 195.584 Finished 9th in Duel 1
20 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 195.042 Finished 9th in Duel 2
21 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 195.767 Finished 10th in Duel 1
22 34 David Ragan Detail Doctor Ford 194.616 Finished 10th in Duel 2
23 47 Bobby Labonte Kroger Toyota 192.563 Finished 11th in Duel 1
24 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 194.793 Finished 11th in Duel 2
25 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 194.654 Finished 12th in Duel 1
26 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 194.742 Finished 13th in Duel 2
27 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Maddie's Place Rocks 190.046 Finished 13th in Duel 1
28 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. # Best Buy Ford 195.537 Finished 14th in Duel 2
29 26 Michael Waltrip Sandy Hook School Support Fund Toyota 194.313 Finished 14th in Duel 1
30 7 Dave Blaney Florida Lottery Chevy 192.996 Finished 15th in Duel 2
31 95 Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing Ford 193.540 Finished 15th in Duel 1
32 35 Josh Wise Blockbuster.com Ford 194.254 Finished 16th in Duel 2
33-SPD 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 195.976 speed 3rd fastest
34-SPD 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 195.946 speed 4th fastest
35-SPD 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 195.771 speed 7th fastest
36-SPD 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 195.240 speed 16th fastest
37-OP 56 Martin Truex, Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 195.207 2012 owners points 11th
19th fastest quaifying
38-OP 98 Michael McDowell K-Love/Curb Records Ford 193.544 2012 owners points 39th
34th fastest quaifying
39-OP 32 Terry Labonte C&J Energy Services Ford 193.515 2012 owners points 34th
36th fastest quaifying
40-OP 51 Regan Smith(i) Guy Roofing Chevy 193.096 2012 owners points 27th
37th fastest quaifying
41-OP 36 JJ Yeley Golden Corral Chevy 192.094 2012 owners points 35th
40th fastest quaifying
42-OP 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 190.339 2012 owners points 32nd
41st fastest quaifying
43-OP 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 190.142 2012 owners points 28th
42nd fastest quaifying
DNQ 19 Mike Bliss(i) G-Oil/Plinker Tactical Toyota 189.438 DNQ
DNQ 52 Brian Keselowski TruckerFan.com Toyota 183.876 DNQ
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate

(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

NOTE: the 6 cars [and 7 if Champ provisional is not used] eligible for the provisional spots are choden by highest owners points rank THEN set in order by their qualifying speed NOT by their owners points rank/standings

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Welcome to pole qualifying coverage for the Daytona 500.

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You are a bad guy. Please read the thread I posted.

Up first on the track is 2011 Series Runner-up Tony Stewart.

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Only 45 cars are entered? That takes away some of the fun of qualifying and the duels.

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For the record, the new http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series.html is an abomination. It's like the site was attacked and zombified by Windows 8.

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I noticed that yesterday. The pages is about 20 feet long.

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Yeah, there are usually 50+ cars out there. The provisional rules have been changed. (But not for the pick 'em contest)

So, it was harder just to buy owners points to get in the race. It will still be exciting.

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I've been a fan of using Jayski for all my race info for years. I only go to the nascar site for the race tracker.

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Tony Stewart talking about wrestling with his crew members. Somebody get Houston Homer a towel.

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Why? there are 145 drivers entered in the race.

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Good grief. This is like the 4th commercial break in 20 minutes.

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1984 and 1996 Series Champion Terry Labonte on the track.

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Why haven't the nationwide cars been on the track at all? or have i just not seen it? They do race for real next saturday don't they?

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Sweetcheeks!!!!!

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The Defending Champ picks James Johnson.

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Danica top of the leaderboard after 9 drivers.

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Like Nascar didn't give her a bigger restrictor plate opening. I find it very very very hard to believe that she is fastest.

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The pm just said "come make a pick".

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The Don just asked The Champ to come and make a pick chump.

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Don't you see??/ Nascar handing her the pole will allow the media coverage to tego through the roof this week and it will be about her starting first and not her god damn personal life. Then when the race starts the pole won't mean shit and the real drivers can go to work.

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Driver picking for the contest is now open.

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My Pick for the 500. Harvick.

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Stenhouse needs to lose the 10 gallon hat already. Clown.

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Chevy is the fastest of the new cars. She is the lightest of the drivers who have qualified. If the wind calms down, a lot of people will be going that fast.

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Tony Stewart

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

Mark it down race fans! 13 cars into Daytona 500 qualifying and we have our first pick bump of 2013.

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Rules Cabal... what do you think about letting those who make the chase pick their chase driver based on the standings entering the chase instead of getting the correlating driver?

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If Smoke and Newman weren't the 2 fattest drivers they would be up there.

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