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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 21
Total Pts._______________Driver
845 Terry's Peeps****____Marcos Ambrose
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734 Gloopan Kuratz***____Jimmie Johnson
700 Dr. Ken_____________*Max Papis
686 Keeping Score**______Brad Keselowski
675 Apologist*___________*Juan Montoya
664 Peoria Matt*** _______Clint Bowyer
655 newper_____________Jeff Gordon
650 Urlacher's missing neck*_D-Martin Truex Jr.
642 Hatchetman__________Aric Almirola
582 Free Ajent____________NP-Jamie McMurray
580 chaspoppcap__________*Matt Kenseth
557 Hawg Ass**_________*Kevin Harvick
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552 Scorehead___________Ryan Newman
549 RFDC_______________*Kurt Busch
544 spanky______________D-Kyle Busch
537 Otunga's Coffee Mug*** _NP-Paul Menard
528 SHARK_____________Kasey Kahne
527 Hank Scorpio________D-Carl Edwards
523 sjboyd0137__________Boris Said
520 K Effective*__________NP-Joey Logano
509 doug-ep**___________*NP-A.J. Allmendinger
485 donspiracy___________Brian Vickers
485 City Of Fools__________NP-Michael McDowell
449 mcbrides*___________NP-Greg Biffle
434 jimmypasta*__________NP-Denny Hamlin
356 Boilermaker Rick*______NP-David Gilliland
*Dealbreaker award ______*2ndPick D-Dealbreaker Pick NP-NoPickl
Only 5 races until the playoffs. 230 is the max points differential. Nobody clinched or was eliminated this week. BoilerRick will have the honor of being knocked out next week just in time for the LCQ tournament. Congrats to Peoria Matt, not just for his stellar contributions to morning shows on The Score, but for picking this week’s winner Kasey Kahne.
Next weeks race is the road course at Watkins Glen, NY. It will also serve as the post-game wrap up of Darksidefest. My apologies to everybody for bailing out of this week’s race, but I got a call I had to take.
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
Cheez-It 355 at The Glen
Watkins Glen International - 8/11/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics
Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley/CTC Jumpstart Ford 128.241 68.777
2 15 Clint Bowyer PEAK/Duck Dynasty Toyota 127.958 68.929
3 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 127.462 69.197
4 47 A.J. Allmendinger Scott Products Toyota 127.433 69.213
5 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 127.400 69.231
6 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's/Monopoly Chevy 127.374 69.245
7 27 Paul Menard Menards/Splash Chevy 127.146 69.369
8 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Miller Lite Ford 127.141 69.372
9 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 127.111 69.388
10 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Home Depot Husky Toyota 127.038 69.428
11 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 126.932 69.486
12 35 Michael McDowell Dockside Logistics Ford 126.823 69.546
13 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevy 126.813 69.551
14 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation 30th Anniversary Chevy 126.766 69.577
15 55 Brian Vickers Toyota Camry 30th Anniversary Toyota 126.515 69.715
16 99 Carl Edwards Kellogg's/Cheez-It Ford 126.464 69.743
17 16 Greg Biffle 3M/811 Ford 126.377 69.791
18 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Lowe's Chevy 126.357 69.802
19 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 126.321 69.822
20 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 126.209 69.884
21 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 126.124 69.931
22 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 126.086 69.952
23 51 Owen Kelly Phoenix Construction Chevy 126.011 69.994
24 33 Ron Fellows Canadian Tire Chevy 125.924 70.042
25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 125.876 70.069
26 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 125.711 70.161
27 32 Boris Said U.S. Chrome Ford 125.707 70.163
28 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Drive to End Hunger Chevy 125.591 70.228
29 14 Max Papis (i) Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevy 125.589 70.229
30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 124.890 70.622
31 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 124.848 70.646
32 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 124.793 70.677
33 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Best Buy Ford 124.576 70.800
34 36 Victor Gonzalez Jr. Mobil 1/IMCA Chevy 123.878 71.199
35 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Chevy 123.750 71.273
36 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 123.708 71.297
37 19 Alex Kennedy Media Master Toyota 123.687 71.309
38 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 123.637 71.338
39 30 David Stremme Genny Light Toyota 123.157 71.616
40 7 Dave Blaney Chevy 123.095 71.652
41 40 Landon Cassill (i) Interstate Moving Services Chevy 122.004 72.293
42 87 Tomy Drissi The Counselor Toyota 120.295 73.320
43 52 Brian Keselowski Star Coach Race Tours Toyota 118.924 74.16
PC1 = is the first past champion eligible, PC2 is the 2nd...and so on if more
# 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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