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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 Kasey Kahne each week if I am so compelled. 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.

If you pick someone and one of the above mentioned posters want that driver, you have to pick another driver. Driver picking priority based on the 2013 standings will go on for the first five weeks, 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.

PLEASE NOTE:
A Dealbreaker Pick may be taken from you by someone else also using a Dealbreaker. This is called "nuclear option"
driver picking. Yes, this is unfair and everyone may use up their Dealbreakers going after the same driver, in the same week.

2. After the fifth race of the season driver picking priority will be based off of the 2014 standings. *** A poster can only have their pick bumped ONCE per week. Your second pick will be protected from getting bumped a second time. ***
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.

Total pts._________________Driver
227 Scorehead____________Jimmie Johnson
218 RFDC*_______________Dale Earnhardt Jr.
217 jimmypasta___________NP-Trevor Bayne
204 newper*______________*Matt Kenseth
194 chaspopcapp*_________Kevin Harvick
188 Hawg Ass____________Kurt Busch
184 K Effective____________Ryan Newman
182 Gloopan Kuratz*________*NP-Carl Edwards
181 Peoria Matt*__________Brad Keselowski
180 donspiracy____________Kyle Larson
176 spanky_______________*Kasey Kahne
173 sjboyd0137___________NP-Marcos Ambrose
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157 Apologist______________*Kyle Busch
151 doug-ep______________Denny Hamlin
145 Hank Scorpio__________NP-Joey Logano
142 Hatchetman__________Martin Truex Jr.
139 City Of Fools__________NP-Jeff Gordon
131 NearWSHussra________Tony Stewart
122 Dr. Ken_______________Brian Vickers
113 Urlacher's missing neck__*Greg Biffle
*Dealbreaker award _______*2nd Pick NP-No Pick

Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Duck Commander 500
Texas Motor Speedway - 4/6/2014
Last Update:
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 14 Tony Stewart(PC3) Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevy 195.454 27.628
2 2 Brad Keselowski(PC2) Miller Lite Ford 195.419 27.633
3 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevy 195.298 27.650
4 16 Greg Biffle 3M/Give Kids A Smile Ford 194.700 27.735
5 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 194.637 27.744
6 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office/March of Dimes Toyota 194.623 27.746
7 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 194.503 27.763
8 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevy 194.140 27.815
9 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 194.056 27.827
10 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil/Hertz Ford 193.743 27.872
11 41 Kurt Busch(PC4) Haas Automation Chevy 193.126 27.961
12 24 Jeff Gordon(PC6) Axalta/Texas A&M Sch of Eng Chevy 192.089 28.112
13 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chevy 194.259 27.798
14 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevy 194.084 27.823
15 1 Jamie McMurray Bell Helicopter Chevy 194.021 27.832
16 48 Jimmie Johnson(PC1) Lowe's Spring is Calling Chevy 194.007 27.834
17 43 Aric Almirola Eckrich Ford 193.590 27.894
18 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Chevy 193.493 27.908
19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 193.354 27.928
20 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevy 193.154 27.957
21 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 193.154 27.957
22 51 Justin Allgaier # Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevy 192.981 27.982
23 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 192.768 28.013
24 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy/Get Found Chevy 192.761 28.014
25 15 Clint Bowyer Willie's Duck Diner Toyota 194.988 27.694
26 20 Matt Kenseth(PC5) Dollar General Toyota 194.637 27.744
27 7 Michael Annett # Accell Construction Chevy 194.602 27.749
28 95 Michael McDowell TWD Ford 194.581 27.752
29 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 194.539 27.758
30 23 Alex Bowman # Dr.Pepper Toyota 194.454 27.770
31 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford EcoBoost Ford 194.440 27.772
32 5 Kasey Kahne Time Warner Cable Chevy 194.028 27.831
33 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush's Beans Chevy 193.611 27.891
34 35 David Reutimann MDS Transport Ford 192.954 27.986
35 77 Dave Blaney Ford 192.520 28.049
36 30 Parker Kligerman # SMS Audio Toyota 192.219 28.093
37-OP 32 Travis Kvapil Ford 192.171 28.100
38-OP 36 Reed Sorenson Chevy 191.748 28.162
39-OP 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 191.625 28.180
40-OP 40 Landon Cassill(i) Gallery Furniture Chevy 191.408 28.212
41-OP 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevy 191.232 28.238
42-OP 26 Cole Whitt # Swan Energy Toyota 189.036 28.566
43-OP 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 187.839 28.748
44-DNQ 66 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 188.587 28.634
45-DNQ 33 David Stremme Chevy 190.759 28.308
46-DNQ 83 Ryan Truex # Toyota 189.401 28.511
47-DNQ 44 J.J. Yeley(i) Chevy 185.440 29.120

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 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

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Johnson

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Dale Jr

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

^ strictly for strategic Porpoises. I'd rather get it in before fictional posters.

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Dale Jr

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

2nd pick Kenseth

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Rowdy

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

Kyle Larson

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Jimmie

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I will try to make my 2nd pick as close to the green flag as possible.


#shenanigans

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Bad Brad

truex

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

Vickers

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My Maserati does 186.

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

hmm, I'll just take Busch, Kyle.

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Harvick

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2nd pick Biff

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

Kurt Busch

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Kyle Busch

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spanky has been pm'ed to make another second pick.

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Kasey Kahne

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Harvick

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Denny Hamlin

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@audioidkid

hello, Newman...

Tony Stewart

Chase Elliott with the win in the Nationwide race! Lots of young talent coming up in NASCAR......Larson, Elliott, Blaney - love it!

And then the 2nd worst commentator in all of NASCAR blows Chase's dad's name: Rusty calls him "Wild Bill from Dawsonville".

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I agree that Rusty is brutal, but who is worse? Michael?

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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

The 10 car is going to be competing just to stay in the top 35 with all this talent coming up. You also have Bubba Wallace, Ty Dillon Buescher, Kwasniewski....

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

Michael's brother.

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Lots of good young talent, but Nationwide reduced their fields to 40 cars. And people have the nerve to complain about the Sprint Cup guys racing in that division.

The fact that six drivers are eligible for the Rookie of the Year is very refreshing. Darrel Waltrip has grown tiresome to me. I think even he gave up the Danica cause when she hit Clint Bowyer while he was parked in his pit box and she was pulling out of hers.

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