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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 enshrined Cribbage Hall Of Famer and racelog co-host Keeping Score gets to pick Juan Pablo Montoya 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 coyntest. 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/Race Results
After Week 18
Total Pts._______________Driver
746 Terry's Peeps***______Kasey Kahne
622 Gloopan Kuratz**_____Jimmie Johnson
611 Keeping Score***_____*Tony Stewart
592 Dr. Ken_____________Dale Earnhardt Jr.
576 Apologist*___________Clint Bowyer
564 newper_____________Carl Edwards
561 Urlacher's missing neck**_Brad Keselowski
552 Peoria Matt** ________Matt Kenseth
535 Hatchetman__________*Jeff Gordon
500 Hawg Ass****_______Joey Logano
500 chaspoppcap________*Danica Patrick
492 Otunga's Coffee Mug*** _NP-Juan Pablo Montoya
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488 Free Ajent__________NP-Jamie McMurray
480 SHARK_____________Kurt Busch
477 K Effective*__________Ryan Newman
447 Scorehead___________*Denny Hamlin
444 spanky_____________ NP-Brian Vickers
438 RFDC_______________*Kyle Busch
437 City Of Fools__________NP-Paul Menard
431 Hank Scorpio*________Aric Almirola
431 sjboyd0137__________*NP-Jeff Burton
422 donspiracy___________*Kevin Harvick
419 mcbrides*___________NP-Marcos Ambrose
415 doug-ep***_________*Martin Truex Jr.
367 jimmypasta*__________NP-Greg Biffle
314 Boilermaker Rick*______NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
*Dealbreaker award ______*2nd Pick NP-NoPick
Yup. The Sprint Cup season is half over. 8 races until the playoffs. Even if Speeps picked the last place driver until the playoffs, he would still finish ahead of jimmypasta and BoilerRick. The max points differential is 368. That means all of us riding around in the back of the standings 70-80 points back of the 12th transfer spot can make up the distance with Top 10 finishes.
BREAKING NEWS: The following memo has been released from the Nascar Rules Cabal PR Office.
LCQ for a thirteenth playoff spot announced. That's Last Chance Qualifier for those that don't know. There will be a 16 seed head to head tournament for a 13th playoff spot the last four weeks of the regular season. There are 14 players on the outside looking in of the playoffs. There have been many sadfaces and hurt feelings over the first half of the Nascar calendar. "That asswipe stole my Top 5 finish", "Dammit, why do they still let Juan Montoya on the track??", or "How they only got one paved road in Arkansas, but Mark Martin gets at least 30 points every week he races!?!?" These cries and gnashing of teeth have been heard for ages. SO we will have a single elimination bracket style tournament to get one more player in the, errr, playoffs. The 13th and 14th positions will be the Top and 2nd seeds and get a bye the first week. Confused? Good! Here is a mockup if the tourney started this week:
http://betterbracketmaker.com/#!/e64153e70ad15"But Rules Cabal, what if I move up or down in the standings in the last four weeks, how will that affect my position?" Great question! We are going with Standard Staffordshire Relagation Ruleset on this deal. In English, seeding is only changed for those coming and going from the Top 12. There will be lots of swindlin' and swerve-in the last four weeks, but in the end, 13 will advance to the playoffs. Feel free to ask any questions and file complaints and grievances up front.
Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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New Hampshire Motor Speedway - 7/14/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations StatisticsStarting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 135.922 28.022
2 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Chevy 135.835 28.040
3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 135.786 28.050
4 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 135.757 28.056
5 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevy 135.525 28.104
6 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 135.487 28.112
7 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 135.482 28.113
8 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 135.333 28.144
9 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 135.246 28.162
10 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 135.107 28.191
11 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Monopoly Chevy 135.073 28.198
12 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 135.006 28.212
13 55 Brian Vickers(i) Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 134.978 28.218
14 27 Paul Menard Menards / Libman Chevy 134.868 28.241
15 39 Ryan Newman Wix Filters Chevy 134.849 28.245
16 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1 Chevy 134.753 28.265
17 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 134.710 28.274
18 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 134.492 28.320
19 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Batteries Toyota 134.411 28.337
20 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 134.089 28.405
21 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 134.028 28.418
22 16 Greg Biffle 3M / WB Mason Ford 133.839 28.458
23 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Best Buy Ford 133.835 28.459
24 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 133.821 28.462
25 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 133.778 28.471
26 51 A J Allmendinger Phoenix Construction Chevy 133.778 28.471
27 83 David Reutimann Burger King / Dr. Pepper Toyota 133.637 28.501
28 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 133.431 28.545
29 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 133.273 28.579
30 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 132.993 28.639
31 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr. Pepper Toyota 132.919 28.655
32 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy.com Chevy 132.905 28.658
33 47 Bobby Labonte Kingsford Charcoal Toyota 132.720 28.698
34 19 Mike Bliss(i) Plinker Tactical Toyota 132.485 28.749
35 35 Josh Wise(i) MDS Transport Ford 132.002 28.854
36 33 Landon Cassill(i) LittleJoesAutos.com Chevy 131.879 28.881
37 32 Ken Schrader Federated Auto parts Ford 131.551 28.953
38 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 131.121 29.048
39 7 Dave Blaney SANY Chevy 131.098 29.053
40 36 J J Yeley United Mining Equipment Chevy 130.797 29.120
41 52 Morgan Shepherd (i) Support Military pres by VictoryWknd Toyota 128.290 29.689
42 30 David Stremme Lean 1 / Hannaford Toyota 36.949 103.083
43 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 000.000 00.000
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(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
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