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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 contest. 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 25

Total Pts._______________Driver
937 Terry's Peeps****____Kevin Harvick
847 Gloopan Kuratz***____*Brad Keselowski
807 Keeping Score**_____Kyle Busch
807 Apologist*___________Clint Bowyer
793 Dr. Ken_____________*Denny Hamlin
789 Peoria Matt*** _______Matt Kenseth
768 Urlacher's missing neck*_*Paul Menard
768 Hatchetman__________*Ryan Newman
755 newper_____________Casey Mears
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717 Free Ajent____________NP-Jamie McMurray
696 chaspoppcap*_________Jimmie Johnson
683 spanky*______________NP-Martin Truex Jr.
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677 Hawg Ass*__________ D -Dale Earnhardt Jr.
670 Otunga's Coffee Mug*** _NP-Juan Pablo Montoya
661 RFDC_______________*Carl Edwards
652 K Effective*__________*Greg Biffle
643 Hank Scorpio________Joey Logano
637 Scorehead___________*Kasey Kahne
---SILLY SEASON---56th Annual Daytona 500---February 23, 2014---
636 SHARK_____________Brian Vickers
630 sjboyd0137__________NP-Aric Almirola
611 doug-ep*___________D-Jeff Gordon
574 City Of Fools__________NP-Jeff Burton
566 donspiracy___________*Mark Martin
544 mcbrides*___________NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
521 jimmypasta*__________NP-David Ragan
408 Boilermaker Rick______D-Kurt Busch
*Dealbreaker award ______*2ndPick D-DealbreakerPick

1 race until The Chase. Max points differential is 46. Nobody clinched this week. Still 3 transfer spots and the LCW winner to be decided next week at Richmond on Saturday night. Season ending sadfaces for me, doug-ep, sjboyd, and SHARK. Double sadface as SHARK also lost his LCW matchup.

Scorehead is the longest of longshots left. He needs to pick the winner AND have him lead the most laps, spanky’s pick has to come in last place and NOT lead a lap. Plus the other five players between him and spanky not end up with more than 684 points. To quote Dr. Lecter, “Good luck”.

In the LCW tourney semis, Otunga’s Coffee Mug beat SHARK and City of Fools beat RFDC to set the finals. You can see the bracket here: http://betterbracketmaker.com/#!/16216774b9025

Tune in next week to the Saturday night race in Richmond to see who makes the Chase and who makes the transfers to the playoffs in the contest. Good times indeed.

Pick 'em Chase Lineup(subject to change)
Pts. Driver
15 Matt Kenseth
12 Jimmie Johnson
12 Kyle Busch
6 Kevin Harvick
6 Kasey Kahne-WC1
3 Carl Edwards
3 Joey Logano
3 Greg Biffle
3 Martin Truex Jr.-WC2
0 Clint Bowyer
0 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
0 Kurt Busch


Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Federated Auto Parts 400
Richmond International Raceway - 9/7/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Keep Old People Off Catfood Chevy 130.599 20.674
2 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Furniture Row/Beautyrest Chevy 130.334 20.716
3 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Miller Lite Ford 130.158 20.744
4 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 130.020 20.766
5 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Home Depot Husky Toyota 129.864 20.791
6 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 129.851 20.793
7 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevy 129.689 20.819
8 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 129.633 20.828
9 16 Greg Biffle Scotchgard Ford 129.366 20.871
10 48 Jimmie Johnson(PC2) Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevy 129.286 20.884
11 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 129.224 20.894
12 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 129.125 20.910
13 18 Kyle Busch M&M's American Heritage Chocolate Toyota 129.119 20.911
14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Time Warner Cable Chevy 129.069 20.919
15 43 Aric Almirola Gwaltney Ford 129.057 20.921
16 14 Mark Martin Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy 129.026 20.926
17 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 128.995 20.931
18 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 128.946 20.939
19 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 128.817 20.960
20 55 Brian Vickers(i) LG Partner of the Year/Aaron's Toyota 128.743 20.972
21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Nationwide Insurance Ford 128.584 20.998
22 27 Paul Menard Menards/Pittsburgh Paints Chevy 128.559 21.002
23 34 David Ragan Farm Rich Ford 128.486 21.014
24 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 128.382 21.031
25 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 128.351 21.036
26 99 Carl Edwards Frosted Flakes Ford 128.290 21.046
27 35 Josh Wise(i) The Pete Store Ford 128.272 21.049
28 40 Landon Cassill(i) CRC Brakleen Chevy 128.254 21.052
29 30 David Stremme Swan Energy/Lean 1 Toyota 128.077 21.081
30 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 128.047 21.086
31 87 Joe Nemechek(i) AMFMEnergy.com Toyota 127.847 21.119
32 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 127.799 21.127
33 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 127.690 21.145
34 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush's Beans Toyota 127.527 21.172
35 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 127.401 21.193
36 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Chevy 127.286 21.212
37-OP 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 127.250 21.218
38-OP 51 Ryan Truex(i) Seawatch Chevy 127.095 21.244
39-OP 95 Reed Sorenson(i) Leavine Family Racing Ford 126.630 21.322
40-OP 7 Dave Blaney Chevy 126.399 21.361
41-OP 33 Tony Raines(i) LittleJoesAutos.com Chevy 126.139 21.405
42-OP 32 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Ford 125.874 21.450
43-OP 36 JJ Yeley United Mining Equipment Chevy 125.774 21.467
44-DNQ 19 Mike Bliss(i) Plinker Tactical/Sheraton Richmond Park South Hotel Toyota 127.208 21.225
PC1 = is the first past champ 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

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Jimmie Johnson

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Harvick

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Bowyer

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Hamlin

kenseth

Dale Jr

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Harvick

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Clint

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2nd pick: Carl Edwards

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Jeff Gordon - Final Pick of the 2013 Season.

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Gordon

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Dealbreaker for Gordon.

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newman

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I am in no hurry to make my pick and there are only a few of you who's pick is safe.

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2nd pick kurt busch

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Using my dealbreaker to take kurt busch

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

3rd pick menard

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Logano

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JJ

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Kasey Kahne

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Kahne. Sorry big chair...or big stool...whatever KS calls you...

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Casey Mears

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Mark Martin

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Since I'm playing for pride, I picked him last Sunday night in Atlanta. I'll stay with him Saturday night in Richmond. After all, at least he's "Goin' Places" with a full time ride next season.

ABSHARK'S PICK: Federated Auto Parts 400
#55 BRIAN VICKERS Aaron's Dream Machine TOYOTA

Dealbreaker and sorry Dr. Ken, but there is a stipulation. If I don't make the chase I will donate my last deal breaker to the good Dr. for taking his pick.

Dealbreaker - Dale Jr.

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Harvick

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Dr. Ken and Gloopan have been pm'ed.

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Hamlin

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