16 players!? Win and advance?!? A new title sponsor?? Why the hell not???
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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 40 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 40 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 27
Total pts._________________ Chase Driver_____2nd Driver
83 Secret Squirrel***_______Brad Keselowski___Ryan Newman
81
Gloopan Kuratz_________ Martin Truex Jr_____NP-Paul Menard
70 Peoria Matt*__________ Carl Edwards________Aric Almirola
68 Urlacher's missing neck*_ Kyle Busch________Ryan Blaney
63 Terry's Peeps__________ Joey Logano________Kasey Kahne
61 newper****___________ Denny Hamlin_____NP-AJ Allmendinger
61 Apologist*____________ Jimmie Johnson_____Greg Biffle
48 doug-ep**____________ Kurt Busch_________ NP-Michael McDowell
47 pittmike______________ Tony Stewart_______CLint Bowyer
45 RFDC**______________Matt Kenseth________ Alex Bowman
42 chaspopcapp**________ Kevin Harvick_______Landon Cassill
42 K Effective____________ Chase Elliott________NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr
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42 Hatchetman__________ Jamie McMurray_____NP-David Ragan
35 Hussra_______________ Kyle Larson_________NP-Danica Patrick
34 sjboyd0137___________ Chris Buescher______NP-Trevor Bayne
31 donspiracy____________ Austin Dillon_______NP-Regan Smith
---SILLY SEASON---59th Annual Daytona 500---February 26, 2017---
*Dealbreaker Award________NP-NoPick
Entry List
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Bad Boy Off Road 300
New Hampshire Motor Speedway - 9/25/2016Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner OwnerPointsRank Race Attempts
1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's Chip Ganassi Racing 11 27
2 2 Brad Keselowski Ford Miller Lite Team Penske 2 27
3 3 Austin Dillon Chevy Pumpkin Spice Cheerios Richard Childress Racing 13 27
4 4 Kevin Harvick Chevy ditech Stewart-Haas Racing 14 27
5 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Great Clips Hendrick Motorsports 18 27
6 6 Trevor Bayne Ford AdvoCare Roush Fenway Racing 22 27
7 7 Regan Smith Chevy Nikko RC / Toy State Tommy Baldwin Racing 33 27
8 10 Danica Patrick Chevy Nature's Bakery Stewart-Haas Racing 25 27
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight Joe Gibbs Racing 4 27
10 13 Casey Mears Chevy GEICO Germain Racing 29 27
11 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Code 3 Assoc. / Mobil 1 Stewart-Haas Racing 12 27
12 15 Clint Bowyer Chevy 5-hour Energy HScott Motorsports 27 27
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford Peformance Plus Motor Oil Roush Fenway Racing 24 27
14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford Fastenal Roush Fenway Racing 23 27
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Core Joe Gibbs Racing 3 27
16 19 Carl Edwards Toyota Comcast Business Joe Gibbs Racing 9 27
17 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota Dollar General Joe Gibbs Racing 7 27
18 21* Ryan Blaney # Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Wood Brothers Racing 20 27
19 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske 5 27
20 23 David Ragan Toyota Dr. Pepper BK Racing 32 27
21 24 Chase Elliott # Chevy NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports 6 27
22 27 Paul Menard Chevy Libman / Menards Richard Childress Racing 26 27
23 30* Josh Wise Chevy Curtis Key Plumbing The Motorsports Group 40 27
24 31 Ryan Newman Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing 19 27
25 32 Jeffrey Earnhart Ford Can-Am GO FAS Racing 38 27
26 34 Chris Buescher # Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports 16 27
27 38 Landon Cassill Ford The Pete Store Front Row Motorsports 31 27
28 41 Kurt Busch Chevy Monster Energy / Haas Automation Stewart-Haas Racing 10 27
29 42 Kyle Larson Chevy Target Chip Ganassi Racing 15 27
30 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Richard Petty Motorsports 28 27
31 44 Brian Scott # Ford Shaw's Richard Petty Motorsports 34 27
32 46 Michael Annett Chevy Pilot Flying J HScott Motorsports 37 27
33 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevy Busch's Chili Beans JTG Daugherty Racing 21 27
34 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Hendrick Motorsports 8 27
35 55* Reed Sorenson Chevy Vydox Plus Premium Motorsports 39 22
36 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Furniture Row Racing 1 27
37 83 Matt Dibenedetto Toyota NASCAR Heat Evolution BK Racing 35 27
38 88 Alex Bowman (i) Chevy Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports 17 27
39 95 Michael McDowell Chevy Patina Rat Rod Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing 30 27
40 98* Cole Whitt Chevy Standard Plumbing Supply Premium Motorsports 36 27
# Simoco Rookie of the Year candidate
(i) = driver not running for 2016 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points