--------------------------------- 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.
Overall Standings After Week 21 of 26
Total pts.________________Driver 737 Scorehead**__________Jeff Gordon 706 RFDC****___________*NP-Kurt Busch 688 newper**____________Carl Edwards 670 Gloopan Kuratz***_____Jimmie Johnson 652 NearWSHussra*_______Kevin Harvick 651 Hawg Ass***__________*NP-AJ Allmendinger 623 Peoria Matt***________Brad Keselowski 614 donspiracy____________*Regan Smith 596 City Of Fools*_________NP-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 590 chaspopcapp*________*D-Matt Kenseth 586 K Effective*__________*Greg Biffle 577 doug-ep***___________Ryan Newman ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 571 sjboyd0137___________NP-Brian Vickers 569 Dr. Ken*______________NP-Jamie Mcmurray 559 spanky*_____________D-Marcos Ambrose 532 Urlacher's missing neck*_NP-Justin Allgaier 520 Hatchetman___________NP-Denny Hamlin 507 jimmypasta___________NP-Cole Whitt 482 Hank Scorpio**________Joey Logano 459 Apologist_____________Boris Said he said *Dealbreaker award _______*2nd Pick D-Dealbreaker Pick NP-NoPick
Only 5 races until the playoffs. 230 is the max points differential. Nobody clinched or was eliminated this week.
The LCQ tournament will start with Week 24 at Bristol. 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 8 seed head to head tournament for a 13th playoff spot the last four weeks of the regular season. There are 8 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??" 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. Confused? Good!
"But Rules Cabal, what if I move up or down in the standings in the last three 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 three 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 Watkins Glen International - 8/10/2014 Last Update: 8/4/2014 12:25:00 PM Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics
Starting Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs) 1 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Drive to End Hunger Chevy 129.466 68.126 2 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 129.138 68.299 3 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Lowe's Chevy 128.968 68.389 4 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 128.859 68.447 5 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Haas Automation Chevy 128.816 68.47 6 47 A.J. Allmendinger Scott Products Chevy 128.701 68.531 7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 128.186 68.806 8 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Dollar General Toyota 128.179 68.81 9 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Miller Lite Ford 128.052 68.878 10 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevy 127.867 68.978 11 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 127.761 69.035 12 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 127.51 69.171 13 14 Regan Smith (PC3) Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevy 128.205 68.796 14 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 128.131 68.836 15 51 Justin Allgaier # Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevy 128.026 68.892 16 99 Carl Edwards Kellogg's/Cheez-It Ford 127.839 68.993 17 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 127.782 69.024 18 26 Cole Whitt # Bully Hill Vineyards Toyota 127.715 69.06 19 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 127.575 69.136 20 27 Paul Menard Splash/Menards Chevy 127.573 69.137 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford EcoBoost Ford 127.562 69.143 22 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 127.322 69.273 23 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevy 127.309 69.28 24 15 Clint Bowyer RK Motors Charlotte Toyota 127.278 69.297 25 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevy 127.245 69.315 26 34 David Ragan Dockside Logistics Ford 127.243 69.316 27 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 127.197 69.341 28 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 127.192 69.344 29 95 Michael McDowell K-Love Ford 127.177 69.352 30 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 127.012 69.442 31 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevy 126.819 69.548 32 77 Nelson Piquet Jr. (i) WORX Ford 126.715 69.605 33 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 126.704 69.611 34 32 Boris Said Genny Light Ford 126.571 69.684 35 83 Ryan Truex # Burger King Toyota 126.508 69.719 36 23 Alex Bowman # Dustless Blasting Toyota 125.824 70.098 37-OP 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevy 125.566 70.242 38-OP 33 Alex Kennedy MediaCAST Chevy 125.266 70.410 39-OP 36 Reed Sorenson Chevy 125.122 70.491 40-OP 66 Joe Nemechek(i) Land Castle Title Toyota 125.101 70.503 41-OP 40 Landon Cassill(i) Newtown Building Supplies Chevy 124.986 70.568 42-OP 7 Michael Annett # Pilot/Flying J Chevy 124.981 70.571 43-OP 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevy 124.956 70.585
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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