Yes, the three Chase drivers not assigned to a player are available for picking.
Ryan Newman
Paul Menard
Clint Bowyer

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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. 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. *** 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 35

Total pts._______________ ChaseDriver__________Non-Chase Driver
3 spanky*____________Dale Earnhardt Jr._______Clint Bowyer
0 doug-ep______________Brad Keselowski_______*Kasey Kahne
0 Urlacher's missing neck*__Kevin Harvick________Paul Menard
0 newper____________Kurt Busch____________D-Ryan Newman
---SILLY SEASON---58th Annual Daytona 500---February 21, 2016---
0 Peoria Matt__________Denny Hamlin________
0 chaspopcapp_________Joey Logano_________*
0 Matt Murton's Beard*__Carl Edwards_________
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3 Scorehead***_______Jimmie Johnson______*
0 Gloopan Kuratz***____Kyle Busch__________
0 Hawg Ass**___________ Matt Kenseth_______
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3 pittmike______________Jeff Gordon___________
0 K Effective*___________Martin Truex Jr._______
0 Hatchetman****_______Jamie Mcmurray______
*Dealbreaker award__________________________*2nd Pick

There it is race fans! Dale Jr. wins a rain delayed and rain shortened race. The bemused look on his face, knowing the was thatclose to winning at Talladega and sill being alive in the Chase, was quite entertaining.

As for the contest, Peoria Matt is clipped out of the last transfer spot by three lousy points. That means it is down to spanky, doug, UMN, and newper to settle this deal. Those four players will have their points reset to zero and best finishes will determine the season champion. See y’all Sunday from Homestead!!!


Entry List
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
FORD EcoBoost 400
Homestead-Miami Speedway - 11/22/2015

Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner OwnerPointsRank Race Attempts
1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's Felix Sabates 13 35
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC3) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske 8 35
3 3 Austin Dillon Chevy Dow Richard Childress 21 35
4 4 Kevin Harvick (PC1) Chevy Budweiser / Jimmy John's Tony Stewart 1 35
5 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Great Clips Linda Hendrick 18 35
6 6 Trevor Bayne Ford AdvoCare John Henry 29 35
7 7 Alex Bowman Chevy Nikko RC / Toy State Tommy Baldwin 36 35
8 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Ford Cheney Brothers Richard Petty 26 35
9 10 Danica Patrick Chevy GoDaddy.com Tony Stewart 24 35
10 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground J.D. Gibbs 10 35
11 13 Casey Mears Chevy GEICO Bob Germain 22 35
12 14 Tony Stewart (PC4) Chevy Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 Margaret Haas 27 35
13 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5 Hour Energy Rob Kauffman 16 35
14 16 Greg Biffle Ford Bleacher Report Jack Roush 20 35
15 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford Fastenal John Henry 25 35
16 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Crispy Joe Gibbs 3 35
17 19 Carl Edwards Toyota ARRIS J.D. Gibbs 5 35
18 20 Matt Kenseth (PC6) Toyota Dollar General Joe Gibbs 14 35
19 21 Ryan Blaney(i) Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Glen Wood 41 18
20 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki 6 35
21 23 Jeb Burton # Toyota Overture-Estes Ron Devine 40 35
22 24 Jeff Gordon (PC7) Chevy Axalta Rick Hendrick 2 35
23 26 J.J. Yeley(i) Toyota Maxim Anthony Marlowe 43 35
24 27 Paul Menard Chevy Richmond / Menards Richard Childress 15 35
25 31 Ryan Newman Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress 11 35
26 32 Josh Wise Ford Zak Products Archie St Hilaire 42 35
27 33 Ty Dillon (i) Chevy Nexium 24H Joe Falk 35 35
28 34 Brett Moffitt # Ford FR8 Auctions Jerry Freeze 34 35
29 35 Cole Whitt Ford Speed Stick Bob Jenkins 31 35
30 38 David Gilliland Ford Florida Lottery Brad Jenkins 32 35
31 40 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy Snap Fitness Mike Hillman 33 35
32 41 Kurt Busch (PC5) Chevy Haas Automation Gene Haas 9 35
33 42 Kyle Larson Chevy Target Plaid Chip Ganassi 19 35
34 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Foods Richard Petty 17 35
35 46 Michael Annett Chevy Pilot Flying J Harry Scott Jr. 38 35
36 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevy Kroger/Scott Products Tad Geschickter 23 35
37 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon 12 35
38 51 Justin Allgaier Chevy Brandt Harry Scott Jr. 30 35
39 55 David Ragan Toyota Aaron's Online Dream Machine Michael Waltrip 28 35
40 62 Reed Sorenson Toyota Royal Teak Collection Jay Robinson 45 35
41 78 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy Furniture Row / Visser Precision Barney Visser 4 35
42 83 Matt Dibenedetto # Toyota Cosmo Motors Ron Devine 37 35
43 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy Nationwide Rick Hendrick 7 35
44 95 Michael McDowell Ford Thrivent Financial Bob Leavine 44 19
45 98 Ryan Preece Chevy ASM Med./Flight Path Mike Curb 39 35

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 2015 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

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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

Bowyer

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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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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?"

Menard

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

Bowyer

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newman

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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?"

Thanks for another fun year, Don.

Newman and seconding the thanks for running the contest year after year.

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Bowyer

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Dillon, thanks Don look forward to next year.

Kasey Kahne

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Welcome race fans!!!!!!!!

...to a Championship version of rain delay theatre.

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Driver intros underway.

Looks like a car race just might breakout.

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Bruce Buffer giving the intros for the Final Four drivers.

Now I know it a big event.

IT'S TIIIIIIIIIIME!!!

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The Pledge Of Allegiance? Singing God Bless America??

They really trying to 'Murica it up here.

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Engines fired.

Let's do this!!!!!

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Parade laps underway.

Final Four starting positions:

Kyle Busch 3rd
Jeff Gordon 5th
Martin Truex Jr. 11th
Kevin Harvick 13th

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Drivers given one lap until green.

Competition caution at Lap 25.

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Green flag!!!!!!!

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Lap 4 of 267.

Logano, Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Gordon, and Newman Top 5.

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Lap 8 of 267.

Kyle and Gordon inside Top 5.

Harvick and Truex outside the Top 10.

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Caution!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hamlin smoking and on fire.

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Kyle Busch wins race off pit road.

Truex takes only twooooooooooo tires and leaves pit 2nd.

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Logano, Blaney, Almirola, and Larson did not pit.

Kyle 5th
Truex 6th
Gordon 7th
harvick 9th

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Competition caution now lap 30.

Back to green at Lap 19.

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New leader, Kyle Busch!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lap 22 of 267.

Logano lead the restart, now back to 4th.

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All Championship 4 drivers are in the Top 5.

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