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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
After Week 19
Total Pts._______________Driver
769 Terry's Peeps****____Jimmie Johnson
660 Gloopan Kuratz**_____*NP-Ryan Newman
630 Keeping Score**______*Greg Biffle
622 Dr. Ken_____________*Dale Earnhardt Jr.
597 Apologist*___________*Matt Kenseth
592 Urlacher's missing neck**_Brad Keselowski
590 newper_____________Carl Edwards
578 Peoria Matt** ________*Jeff Gordon
569 Hatchetman__________*Jamie McMurray
520 Free Ajent__________NP-Kurt Busch
507 chaspoppcap________*Joey Logano
502 Otunga's Coffee Mug*** _NP-Juan Montoya
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495 SHARK_____________Mark Martin
494 Hawg Ass***_________D-Tony Stewart
491 spanky*_____________NP-Marcos Ambrose
482 K Effective*__________NP-AJ Allmendnger
481 RFDC_______________*Kevin Harvick
470 Hank Scorpio*________Aric Almirola
470 Scorehead___________*Kasey Kahne
467 sjboyd0137__________*Denny Hamlin
459 City Of Fools__________NP-Austin Dillon
454 donspiracy___________Jeff Burton
438 doug-ep**___________D-Kyle Busch
425 mcbrides*___________NP-Travis Kvapil
391 jimmypasta*__________NP-Paul Menard
319 Boilermaker Rick*______NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
*Dealbreaker award ______*2nd Pick D-Dealbreaker Pick NP-NoPick
7 races until the playoffs. 322 is the max points differential. Speeps could pick the last place driver every week with me picking every winner and I would only end up 2 points ahead of him. Sadface indeed. There is a 9 player breakaway from the rest of the field, with Free Ajent… leading the pack of the rest of us from 10th on back. With four of the top five finishers in the bottom half of the standings and nobody picking the winner this week, the Rules Cabal wants to stop hearing about how hard this contest is. Chas is currently in the last automatic transfer spot, but has 8 players within 40 points of him.
The LCQ tournament will start with Week 23 at Michigan. Somehow there are almost as many dealbreakers on the bottom half of the standings as the top. How did that happen? That’s right, Hawg Ass sucking at life, or at least making picks…
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!
"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
Crown Royal Presents the Samuel Deeds 400
Indianapolis Motor Speedway - 7/28/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics
Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans / The Smurfs Chevy 187.531 47.992
2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevy 187.438 48.016
3 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 187.157 48.088
4 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 187.122 48.097
5 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops Chevy 186.827 48.173
6 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row / Beautyrest Chevy 186.722 48.200
7 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevy 186.633 48.223
8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 186.536 48.248
9 24 Jeff Gordon Pepsi Max Chevy 186.474 48.264
10 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 186.281 48.314
11 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 185.954 48.399
12 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 185.920 48.408
13 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 185.789 48.442
14 51 AJ Allmendinger Phoenix Construction Chevy 185.655 48.477
15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 185.621 48.486
16 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 185.448 48.531
17 15 Clint Bowyer RKMotorsCharlotte.com Toyota 185.437 48.534
18 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevy 185.181 48.601
19 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota 185.101 48.622
20 33 Austin Dillon(i) Mycogen Seeds Chevy 184.961 48.659
21 43 Aric Almirola Eckrich Ford 184.794 48.703
22 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 184.676 48.734
23 27 Paul Menard Menards / Duracell Chevy 184.646 48.742
24 29 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevy 184.593 48.756
25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford EcoBoost Ford 184.536 48.771
26 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 184.305 48.832
27 16 Greg Biffle 3M Safety Ford 184.045 48.901
28 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 183.906 48.938
29 40 Landon Cassill(i) Interstate Moving Services Chevy 183.816 48.962
30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 183.752 48.979
31 83 David Reutimann Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 183.329 49.092
32 35 Josh Wise(i) MDS Transport Ford 183.046 49.168
33 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy.com Chevy 182.938 49.197
34 47 Bobby Labonte Scott Products Toyota 182.826 49.227
35 98 Michael McDowell K-Love / Curb Records Ford 182.819 49.229
36 34 David Ragan CSX / Play It Safe Ford 182.448 49.329
37-OP 30 David Stremme Widow Wax / Lean1 Toyota 181.675 49.539
38-OP 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 181.536 49.577
39-OP 36 JJ Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 181.240 49.658
40-OP 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 180.825 49.772
41-OP 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 179.878 50.034
42-OP 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 179.548 50.126
43-OP 32 Timmy Hill # OXYwater Ford 178.770 50.344
DNQ 19 Mike Bliss(i) Plinker Tactical / Value Place Toyota 181.881 49.483
DNQ 95 Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing Ford 177.235 50.780
# Simoco Rookie of the Year candidate
(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
_________________ CSFMB: Home of the small minded Beardown wrote: I'm declaring a victory without research.
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