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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.

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
469 Scorehead**__________Jimmie Johnson
467 NearWSHussra*_______Kevin Harvick
445 newper**____________Carl Edwards
429 RFDC**______________*Dale Earnhardt Jr.
409 donspiracy____________Kyle Larson
398 Peoria Matt***________Joey Logano
392 doug-ep***___________Jeff Gordon
388 Gloopan Kuratz*_______Brad Keselowski
374 Hawg Ass***__________Kyle Busch
364 spanky**_____________Matt Kenseth
359 chaspopcapp*_________Kasey Kahne
355 Urlacher's missing neck*_Denny Hamlin
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349 Hatchetman*__________NP-Austin Dillon
344 City Of Fools*_________ NP-Tony Stewart
344 sjboyd0137___________NP-Greg Biffle
335 K Effective____________*NP-Kurt Busch
334 Hank Scorpio*_________NP-Ryan Newman
333 jimmypasta___________NP-Danica Patrick
321 Dr. Ken*______________NP-Martin Truex Jr.
297 Apologist_____________*NP-Brian Vickers
*Dealbreaker award _______*2nd Pick NP-No Pick

Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pocono 400
Pocono Raceway - 6/8/2014
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 181.415 49.610
2 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Haas Automation Chevy 181.408 49.612
3 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Redd's Ford 181.316 49.637
4 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 180.832 49.770
5 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Drive to End Hunger Chevy 180.513 49.858
6 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Peanut Butter Toyota 180.458 49.873
7 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 179.827 50.048
8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 179.565 50.121
9 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 179.548 50.126
10 99 Carl Edwards Kelloggs/Cheez-It Ford 179.383 50.172
11 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevy 179.326 50.188
12 14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevy 179.126 50.244
13 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 179.258 50.207
14 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevy 179.229 50.215
15 31 Ryan Newman Wix Filters Chevy 179.072 50.259
16 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevy 179.051 50.265
17 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevy 178.976 50.286
18 1 Jamie McMurray Cushman/Cessna Chevy 178.919 50.302
19 15 Clint Bowyer RK Motors Charlotte Toyota 178.777 50.342
20 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevy 178.678 50.370
21 47 AJ Allmendinger Clorox Chevy 178.288 50.480
22 43 Aric Almirola Nathan's Famous Ford 178.144 50.521
23 27 Paul Menard Moen/Menards Chevy 178.031 50.553
24 51 Justin Allgaier # BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevy 177.288 50.765
25 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 178.045 50.549
26 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Dollar General Toyota 177.968 50.571
27 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevy 177.908 50.588
28 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Zest Ford 177.830 50.610
29 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 177.162 50.801
30 7 Michael Annett # Pilot Flying J Chevy 176.308 51.047
31 40 Landon Cassill(i) Newtown Building Supplies Inc. Chevy 176.025 51.129
32 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 175.922 51.159
33 32 Travis Kvapil Corvetteparts.net Ford 175.867 51.175
34 23 Alex Bowman # Dr.Pepper Toyota 175.675 51.231
35 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 175.613 51.249
36 36 Reed Sorenson Theme Park Connection Chevy 174.958 51.441
37-OP 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 174.747 51.503
38-OP 44 JJ Yeley(i) All City Leasing & Warehousing Chevy 173.970 51.733
39-OP 66 Timmy Hill Land Castle Title Toyota 173.260 51.945
40-OP 26 Cole Whitt # Burger King Toyota 172.808 52.081
41-OP 83 Ryan Truex # Burger King Toyota 172.453 52.188
42-OP 33 Alex Kennedy Dream Factory Chevy 169.693 53.037
43-OP 77 Dave Blaney valor4vets.com Ford 0.000 0.000

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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Jimmie johnson

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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If Jack Bauer is a late entry to this race, you'll get his points too.

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EXXXXXCellent!!

fine, lay the favorite.

Kevin Harvick #4

Kenseth

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Jimmie Johnson

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

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

2nd pick: Dale Jr

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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RFDC already picked JJ.

How about, #2, Brad Keselowski? That's a solid pick.

Oh, ok, I think I get it now, Scorehead got to trump RFDC because I was a dumbass and didn't take JJ last week. So now RFDC gets a 2nd pick, which no one "above him?" can take without using a "dealbreaker"?

logano

logano

You are catching on

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Robby Gordon.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

He is busy with his Tonka trucks in the middle of nowhere.

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They are pretty much video-game trucks, but they seem to follow Indy Car around for the most part, don't they?

Tried to watch it once, it was a tough watch. There's like 6 guys racing in it, and one of them is him....

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http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/ssts/results/standings/

It looks like a mess of schedule and series. Only four of the 19 competitors have attempted all 8 of the "races" this year.

He is a dillweed jackoff being a big fish in a small pond that can only hold one fish. I hate that dude.

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I agree the series is a "mess" (and completely un-needed) but I have no idea what your last sentence means.

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Robby will always be a sentimental choice for me in any series, whether or not he is actually racing in that series.

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You always were my guy......

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1. Robbie Gordon is an asshole
2. He couldn't cut it in Nascar
3. Made his own off road truck race series
4. He is now a "winner"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Gordon

Stadium Super Trucks[edit]
In June 2012, Gordon announced that he was founding and owning a stadium truck racing series of his own, titled the Stadium Super Truck series, based on the stadium truck racing concept developed by Mickey Thompson. The series ran its first season in 2013.[2]

A lot of drivers affiliated with Robby Gordon's closed Cup Series NASCAR team such as PJ Jones for example, followed Gordon to race in the Super-Trucks. Gordon himself would be an owner-driver.

Gordon won the inaugural Stadium Super Truck championship in 2013, by seven points following a year-long battle with former Mickey-Thompson Off-Road teammate Rob MacCachren.[3]

Gordon's series was renamed to the Speed Energy Drink Formula Off-Road Series in 2014.

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You are very passionate about Robby.

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I watched Robby Gordon exhibit some pretty incredible car control at the Cleveland CART race in the late '90s. The view from the grandstands really let you see the different lines the drivers were taking. Robby tossed that car over the rumble strips lap after lap and on occasion took a short cut over the grass. It was unreal.

Fantastic talent but a complete knucklehead. Very affable every time I interacted w/him in the pits. He signed my CART t-shirt "DRIVE IT LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE A DIME INVESTED."

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I'm with this. He's not good at "saving his equipment" or "letting the track come to him", among other things that smart drivers do. That's among his flaws as a driver.

But I'm not getting the asshole thing. He's always been pretty nice in person in my limited experience. Most of the other people I've talked to that have met him have said the same.

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robby gordon is a jerk

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Keselowski

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Jeff Gordon

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@audioidkid

Kyle Busch

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Cousin Carl

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