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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 23
Total Pts._______________Driver
889 Terry's Peeps****____Jimmie Johnson
775 Gloopan Kuratz***____Kyle Busch
761 Keeping Score**_____Brad Keselowski
-----------------------------------------------------------742 Dr. Ken_____________Dale Earnhardt Jr.
739 Peoria Matt*** _______Kasey Kahne
727 Urlacher's missing neck*_Greg Biffle
724 Apologist___________Matt Kenseth
697 newper_____________Clint Bowyer
691 Hatchetman__________Jeff Gordon
649 chaspoppcap*_________Kevin Harvick
649 Free Ajent____________NP-Brian Vickers
626 RFDC_______________*Carl Edwards
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621
Scorehead___________Martin Truex Jr.
616
Hawg Ass*__________*Kurt Busch
616
spanky*______________NP-Aric Almirola
590
Otunga's Coffee Mug*** _NP-Marcos Ambrose
585 Hank Scorpio________*NP-Denny Hamlin
581 K Effective*__________NP-Juan Pablo Montoya
578
SHARK_____________Mark Martin
576 sjboyd0137__________NP-David Ragan
571 doug-ep**___________*Joey Logano
533
donspiracy___________Ryan Newman
516
City Of Fools__________NP-Jamie McMurray
---SILLY SEASON---56th Annual Daytona 500---February 23, 2014---
485 mcbrides*___________NP-Paul Menard
480
jimmypasta*__________NP-Danica Patrick
371 Boilermaker Rick*______NP-Bobby Labonte
*Dealbreaker award ______*2nd Pick NP-NoPick
3 races until the Chase. The max points differential 138 points. 13th place Scorehead cannot catch Gloopan and Keeping Score and they have qualified for the playoffs. mcbrides and jimmypasta cannot catch 12th place RFDC and have been eliminated from the Chase. jimmypasta was a recipient of chas bumping Logano from Hank Scorpio, leaving Hank with Mark Martin, who ran out of gas, thus eliminating Hank from the LCQ. Sadface indeed. jimmypasta advances to the quarter finals of the LCQ to face Otunga’sCoffeeMug.
Congrats to chas on picking Logano for the win, picking up a dealbreaker and has a full race worth of points advantage on 13th place. It propelled him into almost locking up a playoff spot AND screwed Hank out of a winner AND knocked him out of the LCQ tourney. Speaking of the LCQ, the other five first round winners are SHARK, Otunga’sCoffeeMug, me(
), Scorehead, and City Of Fools. Since RFDC moved into the Top 12, spanky drops into the LCQ this week and takes his spot. Here is the link for the quarterfinal round of the LCQ:
http://betterbracketmaker.com/#!/16216774b9025The players still alive in the LCQ will be highlighted in green. The next race is Saturday night in Bristol. That is going to be some good freaking times.
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
IRWIN Tools Night Race
Bristol Motor Speedway - 8/24/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations StatisticsStarting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 128.969 14.878
2 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row/Sealy Chevy 128.770 14.901
3 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 128.692 14.910
4 55 Brian Vickers(i) Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 128.684 14.911
5 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 128.580 14.923
6 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 128.520 14.930
7 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 128.348 14.950
8 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 128.236 14.963
9 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 128.159 14.972
10 43 Aric Almirola RainEater Wiper Blades Ford 128.134 14.975
11 14 Mark Martin Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy 127.852 15.008
12 2 Brad Keselowski Miler Lite Ford 127.741 15.021
13 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Dover White Chevy 127.665 15.030
14 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 127.622 15.035
15 29 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevy 127.588 15.039
16 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 127.546 15.044
17 34 David Ragan Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts Ford 127.529 15.046
18 51 Ryan Truex(i) Seawatch Chevy 127.393 15.062
19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Diet Mountain Dew Chevy 127.048 15.103
20 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 126.813 15.131
21 27 Paul Menard Menards/Schrock Chevy 126.787 15.134
22 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Chevy 126.587 15.158
23 47 Bobby Labonte Bush's Beans Toyota 126.578 15.159
24 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 126.495 15.169
25 38 David Gilliland Dockside Logistics Ford 126.470 15.172
26 98 Michael McDowell Victory Junction Ford 126.362 15.185
27 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Nationwide Insurance Ford 126.278 15.195
28 35 Josh Wise(i) Carson-Newman University Ford 126.245 15.199
29 16 Greg Biffle 3M/Bondo Ford 126.195 15.205
30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 125.798 15.253
31 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 125.757 15.258
32 24 Jeff Gordon Axalta Coating Systems Chevy 125.749 15.259
33 40 Landon Cassill(i) Moon Shine Attitude Apparel Chevy 125.338 15.309
34 36 JJ Yeley United Mining Equipment Chevy 125.036 15.346
35 32 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Ford 125.011 15.349
36 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 124.995 15.351
37-OP 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Greer Roofing Toyota 124.922 15.360
38-OP 30 David Stremme Swan Energy/Lean 1 Toyota 124.678 15.390
39-OP 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 124.517 15.410
40-OP 33 Tony Raines(i) LittleJoesAutos.com Chevy 124.162 15.454
41-OP 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 124.090 15.463
42-OP 95 Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing Ford 123.570 15.528
43-OP 18 Kyle Busch Doublemint Toyota 58.688 32.695
44-DNQ 19 Mike Bliss(i) Plinker Tactical Toyota 124.865 15.367
# Simoco Rookie of the Year candidate
(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
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