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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.

Overall Standings
After Week 30 of 36

Total pts.________________ Chase Driver____Non-Chase Driver
90 Peoria Matt*****______Joey Logano______Matt Kenseth
76 City Of Fools*_________Kyle Busch________NP-Tony Stewart
68 Gloopan Kuratz***_____Kevin Harvick_____Clint Bowyer
65 donspiracy____________ Kasey Kahne_____ Kyle Larson
63 newper**_____________Jeff Gordon______Greg Biffle
53 Hatchetman__________AJ Allmendinger____Martin Truex Jr.
38 Scorehead*__________Brad Keselowski__Ryan Newman
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37 RFDC***____________Dale Earnhardt Jr. __*Jamie Mcmurray
31 Hawg Ass**_________Jimmie Johnson___Paul Menard
30 chaspopcapp_________Kurt Busch________NP-Brian Vickers
---SILLY SEASON---57th Annual Daytona 500---February 22, 2015---
79 NearWSHussra*_______Carl Edwards______NP-Danica Patrick
49 K Effective*__________Aric Almirola_______NP-Justin Allgaier
40 spanky*_____________Denny Hamlin______NP-Austin Dillon
*Dealbreaker award _______________________*2nd Pick

Holy moly what a race. Dale Jr., Jimmie Johnson, and Brad Keselowski all suffer tire failures and finish the race 40+ laps down. Ouch babe!! Those guys will have to win at Charlotte or Talladega to advance to the third round of the Chase.

Joey Logano wins and can lay back the next two races, I am really enjoying this new format for the Nascar playoffs. Peoria Matt has a 52 point lead on the last transfer spot. The next race is Saturday night from the Charlotte Motor Speedway, expect cool conditions and hot tempers as all the drivers know nothing is to be guaranteed in two weeks at the Geico 500 at Talladega.

This is how the Chase is going down this year, 13 get in to start. Yes, the three Chase drivers not assigned to a player are available for picking. After the 3rd race, the bottom three in points will be eliminated from title contention. Leaving 10 players left until after the 6th race, the bottom three in points will be eliminated. Leaving 7 players left until the last race, when the Top 4 will advance to the final race with everybody’s points reset to zero after each round of eliminations. Yes, this is not exactly like how Nascar is doing it, but close enough for the Rules Cabal. Have at it boys!!!!

Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Bank of America 500
Charlotte Motor Speedway - 10/11/2014
Last Update: 10/7/2014 2:55:00 PM
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 18 Kyle Busch Doublemint Toyota 197.390 27.357
2 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Drive to End Hunger Chevy 197.217 27.381
3 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 197.087 27.399
4 14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy 196.542 27.475
5 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevy 196.442 27.489
6 27 Paul Menard Schrock/Menards Chevy 196.100 27.537
7 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 195.837 27.574
8 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 195.744 27.587
9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Diet Mountain Dew Chevy 194.953 27.699
10 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 194.861 27.712
11 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) State Water Heaters Chevy 194.328 27.788
12 16 Greg Biffle 3M Bondo Ford 191.598 28.184
13 22 Joey Logano Pennzoil Platinum Ford 196.485 27.483
14 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Breast Cancer Awareness Chevy 196.464 27.486
15 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield/Waffle House Ford 196.442 27.489
16 51 Justin Allgaier # BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevy 196.414 27.493
17 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Detroit Genuine Parts Ford 196.278 27.512
18 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Monopoly Chevy 196.278 27.512
19 5 Kasey Kahne Pepsi Chevy 196.271 27.513
20 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevy 196.207 27.522
21 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Lowe's Chevy 196.171 27.527
22 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Dollar General Toyota 196.114 27.535
23 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevy 195.730 27.589
24 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevy 195.673 27.597
25 15 Clint Bowyer PinkLemonade5HrEnrgyBeneLBBC Toyota 195.291 27.651
26 47 A.J. Allmendinger Scott Products Chevy 195.277 27.653
27 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 194.665 27.740
28 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Zest Ford 194.273 27.796
29 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 194.112 27.819
30 36 Reed Sorenson Zing Zang Chevy 193.736 27.873
31 95 Michael McDowell Pieters Pals/KLOVE Ford 193.465 27.912
32 40 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy 193.368 27.926
33 23 Alex Bowman # Dr Pepper Toyota 193.223 27.947
34 34 David Ragan CSX - Play It Safe Ford 193.175 27.954
35 7 Michael Annett # Cypress HQ Chevy 193.078 27.968
36 26 Cole Whitt # Rinnai Toyota 192.974 27.983
37-OP 38 David Gilliland MDS Transport Ford 192.788 28.010
38-OP 98 Josh Wise Provident Metals Chevy 192.082 28.113
39-OP 66 Brett Moffitt RoyalTeakCollection.com Toyota 191.775 28.158
40-OP 33 Timmy Hill Retroinfinity.com Chevy 190.975 28.276
41-OP 83 J.J. Yeley(i) Painter's Ice Cream Toyota 190.235 28.386
42-OP 77 Corey LaJoie(i) Essex Homes Ford 190.235 28.386
43-OP 32 Blake Koch (i) Leaf Filter Ford 187.396 28.816
44-DNQ 6 Trevor Bayne (i) Advocare Ford 192.438 28.061

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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Kenseth

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

Kenseth.

Sorry RFDC

2nd pick Jamie Mac

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Biffle.

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

Menard

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Clint Bowyer

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Newman

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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

I'm still in this? How the hell did that happen. LOL.

Truex

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

And a guy who hasn't made a pick since March is in 2nd.

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Kyle Larson

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TCU v. Baylor running long and basketball OT on ESPN NEWS. Start of the race might not be on tv.

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Green flag!! Too bad nobody saw it. Wow. FU ESPN. Glad it will be just Fox and NBC next year.

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Baylor finishes off amazing comeback against TCU. Can I watch my car race now?? Yes, right after this commercial break...

Lap 20 of 334.

Kyle Busch just got passed by Jeff Gordon for the lead. ALready down to 39 cars on the lead lap.

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Competition caution at Lap 25. It did rain during the day.

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Dale Jr. and Danica only take two tires and restart on row 1 and 2 of the inside lane. They are gonna get smoked and prolly cause a crash...

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Green flag at Lap 30!

Dale Jr. on the outside lane. And Kyle Busch passes before turn 1.

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Lap 38 of 334.

Jeff Gordon back to the lead. Dale Jr. 5th, and Danica 7th.

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Hey, we've shown 15 laps..... Let's go to another commerical...

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This is going to be another long bad night for Goodyear.

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My guy Kyle Larson in the top 10!!!

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Lap 55 of 334.

Harvick up to 2nd. Kyle Busch down to 4th. Kenseth in 24th bringing up the read for the Chasers.

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Lap 65 of 334.

Danica back to 19th. Guess those 2 tires didn't hold up. Dumbass. Dale Jr. holding in 5th.

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Down to 30 cars on the lead lap. Logano and Kenseth in 23rd and 24th.

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Logano to pit under green at lap 70. He can now be a live test car for Team Penske and help Kese's car get better.

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Danica leads the large wave of drivers to pit road under green at Lap 77 of 334.

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Lap 88 of 334.

Gordon with a 3 second lead on 2nd place Harvick after pit stops. Busch brothers and Dale Jr. make the Top 5. Only 26 cars still on the lead lap. Matt Kenseth in 21st.

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Caution!!! Lap 95.

Only three drivers were within 10 seconds of leader Gordon. Somebody had to slow him down, might as well be the flagman!!

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Clint Bowyer blow'd up!

Sadface for Gloop.

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