----------------------------------------------------------- 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 20
Total Pts._______________Driver 813 Terry's Peeps****____Jimmie Johnson ----------------------------------------------------------- 707 Gloopan Kuratz***____Kevin Harvick 660 Dr. Ken_____________Dale Earnhardt Jr. 650 Keeping Score**______*Tony Stewart 636 Apologist*___________Brad Keselowski 622 newper_____________Carl Edwards 616 Peoria Matt** ________Kasey Kahne 616 Urlacher's missing neck**_Greg Biffle 599 Hatchetman__________Jeff Gordon 550 Free Ajent____________NP-Marcos Ambrose 544 chaspoppcap__________*Kyle Busch 538 Otunga's Coffee Mug*** _NP-Denny Hamlin ------------------------------------------------------------ 534 Hawg Ass**_________D-Matt Kenseth 519 spanky*_____________NP-Aric Almirola 516 SHARK_____________Paul Menard 511 Scorehead___________Ryan Newman 507 RFDC_______________*Kurt Busch 504 K Effective*__________*Juan Montoya 497 Hank Scorpio*________Martin Truex Jr. 494 sjboyd0137__________NP-Jamie McMurray 477 City Of Fools__________NP-Jeff Burton 472 doug-ep**___________*Joey Logano 455 donspiracy___________Clint Bowyer 438 mcbrides*___________NP-AJ Allmendinger 424 jimmypasta*__________NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 338 Boilermaker Rick*______NP-Travis Kvapil *Dealbreaker award ______*2ndPick D-Dealbreaker Pick NP-
6 races until the playoffs. The max point differential is 276. Using my public education math, 13th place Hawg Ass cannot catch, Reigning... Defending... 2012 Nascar Section Champion Terry's Peeps(!) meaning he has qualified for the playoffs. Congrats Speepers. On the other side of the card, my guy JB finishes DFL. I could have picked myself for the race today and only been out one point. Gloopan got his pick bumped and still came out with a winner and a dealbreaker. Enjoy this once great country before it's imminent collapse. Also, see y'all next week for the Pocono race.
The LCQ tournament will start with Week 23 at Michigan.
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 GoBowling.com 400 Pocono Raceway - 8/4/2013 Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics
Starting Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs) 1 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC3) Lowe's Planes Chevy 180.654 49.819 2 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Peanut Butter Toyota 180.639 49.823 3 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 180.180 49.950 4 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation 30th Anniversary Chev 180.004 49.999 5 78 Kurt Busch (PC4) Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevy 179.695 50.085 6 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 179.601 50.111 7 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 179.533 50.130 8 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 179.329 50.187 9 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 179.144 50.239 10 43 Aric Almirola GoBowling.com Ford 179.094 50.253 11 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Redd's Apple Ale Ford 178.937 50.297 12 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevy 178.848 50.322 13 31 Jeff Burton fxi GutterClear 365 Chevy 178.667 50.373 14 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 178.508 50.418 15 51 A.J. Allmendinger Phoenix Construction Chevy 178.501 50.420 16 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota Let's Go Places Toyota 178.409 50.446 17 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Zest Ford 178.264 50.487 18 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 178.260 50.488 19 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 178.056 50.546 20 14 Tony Stewart (PC2) GoDaddy Chevy 178.031 50.553 21 27 Paul Menard Menards/Tarkett Chevy 177.982 50.567 22 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Drive to End Hunger Chevy 177.658 50.659 23 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 177.592 50.678 24 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Home Depot Husky Toyota 177.508 50.702 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Youth Foundation Chevy 177.441 50.721 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 177.239 50.779 27 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 177.221 50.784 28 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 176.991 50.850 29 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 176.942 50.864 30 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 176.838 50.894 31 30 David Stremme Widow Wax Toyota 176.821 50.899 32 7 Dave Blaney Chevy 176.267 51.059 33 47 Bobby Labonte (PC7) Scott Products Toyota 176.098 51.108 34 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Chevy 175.860 51.177 35 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 175.743 51.211 36 36 J.J. Yeley Chevy 175.179 51.376 37 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 175.046 51.412 38 40 Landon Cassill Interstate Moving Services Chevy 174.886 51.462 39 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota 174.095 51.696 40 35 Josh Wise(i) MDS Transport Ford 173.695 51.815 41 32 Timmy Hill # OXY Water Ford 172.068 52.305 42 19 Alex Kennedy (i) PlinkerTactical/HamptonInnLehighton Toyota 168.900 53.286 43 33 Tony Raines (i) LittleJoe'sAutos.com Chevy 166.790 53.960
PC1 = is the first past champion eligible, PC2 is the 2nd...and so on if more
# Simoco Rookie of the Year candidate
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