The thread is now open for making picks.

08/10/08 Centurion Boats at The Glen Watkins Glen International.

Schedule:
08|09|08 11 a.m. Centurion Boats at The Glen practice SPEEDTV
08|09|08 12:30 p.m. Centurion Boats at The Glen final practice ESPN 2

08|10|08 12 p.m. Centurion Boats at The Glen ESPN




Everybody pick a driver each week. Nobody picks the same guy, picking is first come first served. The thread will be posted weekly AFTER QUALIFYING. By rule, I get to pick Jeff Burton each week. Tally up the points of the driver yous pick each week and reset the field after the Richmond race. This will be a 5 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 New Hampshire, the Top 12 posters shall be assigned to the driver corresponding in the NEXTEL 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.

Chase To The Chase Schedule:

Michigan International Speedway 3M Performance 400 presented by Bondo
Sun 08/17/08 12 p.m. ESPN

Bristol Motor Speedway Sharpie 500
Sat 08/23/08 6 p.m. ESPN

Auto Club Speedway Pepsi 500
Sun 08/31/08 6 p.m. ESPN

Richmond International Raceway Chevy Rock & Roll 400
Sat 09/06/08 6 p.m. ABC


Qualifying was rained out, that means Screwed City for road course ringers Brian Simo and Boris Said.

Here are the guys who made the race on point standings.

POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR

1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's
2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / AMP Energy
3 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's
5 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility
6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont
7 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser
8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M
9 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot
10 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground
11 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil
12 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet DIRECTV
13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT
14 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance
15 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet U.S. Army
16 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Kodak
17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull
18 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
19 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite
20 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal
21 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker
22 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy / Garmin
23 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Hitachi Power Tools
24 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg's
25 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Big Red Slim Pack
26 38 David Gilliland Ford DISH Network Turbo HD
27 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards
28 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS
29 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar
30 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target
31 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam
32 01 Ron Fellows Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Red Head
33 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS
34 77 Sam Hornish Jr.* Dodge Mobil 1
35 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters
36 00 Michael McDowell* Toyota Champion Mortgage
37 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull
38 96 P.J. Jones Toyota DLP HDTV
39 10 Patrick Carpentier* Dodge Charter Comm.
40 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil
41 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing
42 70 Max Papis Chevrolet Haas Automation
43 21 Marcos Ambrose Ford Little Debbie

* Denotes Rookie

***Picks Already Made***

Jeff Burton - donspiracy

Jeff Gordon - SHARK

Juan Pablo Montoya - spanky

Boris Said - City Of Fools

Tony Stewart - RFDC

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Jeff Burton

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The last time rain washed out qualifying, it was at ChicagoLand Speedway, and by NASCAR rules, Kyle Busch was awarded the pole based on points, and ended up squeaking by Jimmie Johnson and the #48 Lowe's Chevy to win in Joliet. The driver of the #18 M&Ms Toyota actually won the first road course race of the season at Sonoma, CA in June, and needless to say, he's had a great season to this point. Like Sonoma, this Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race is on a road course at Watkins Glen, NY. With that in mind, guys like the #24 DuPont Chevy of Jeff Gordon, the #20 Home Depot Toyota of Tony Stewart & the #42 Big Red/Juicy Fruit Dodge of Juan Pablo Montoya seem to do extremely well on a road course. That said, I don't care for him, but I think Gordon is due to actually win a race, and this might be a good spot to pick Jeff to win Sunday.

Ok - I'm a little confused as to who SHARK is picking, but:

I'll take "My name is Juan Pablo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."

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He actually won on a road course for his only win in what is now called the Sprint Cup series, but my pick is Jeff Gordon and the #24 DuPont Chevy. I'm picking Gordon based on his success on road courses, and the fact he's won 4 times at the Glen.

Boris Said

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Tony Stewart

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Sorry to disappoint you, CTF. Because qualifying was rained out, Boris Said did not make the cut among the 43 drivers who will on the road course at Watkins Glen, NY Sunday. Interestingly enough, Boris, also an ESPN analyst, is actually a pretty good road course driver. Unfortunately, there is only a handful of NASCAR drivers who are strictly road course drivers. Two such drivers, Said & Ron Fellows, don't necessarily drive each week.

in that case Marcos Ambrose....

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Fear Not COF and fellow Said Heads!

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlin ... html#page2

Kyle Petty gives up his seat for Boris.

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"let the record show" I picked ambrose Second to RFDC ain't bad...

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Marcus Ambrose & the #21 Little Debbie's Ford Fusion actually finished 3rd at the Glen, which is really good for a driver that started 43rd & last in the field. After the fact, I was unaware that ESPN's Boris Said did land a ride for the race, driving the #45 for Petty Enterprises. My mistake...Kyle Busch, who drove the #18 M&Ms Toyota to victory lane in Sonoma, CA in June, won for the 8th time this season with Tony "Smoke" Stewart finishing 2nd at Watkins Glen, NY. My pick: Jeff Gordon and the #24 DuPont Chevy, a 4 time winner at the Glen, finished 29th. Back to Kyle, it was his 8th Sprint Cup series win of the season, and he also became the first NASCAR driver to win three road course races in the same season. Kyle was also in victory lane when the Nationwide Series raced in Mexico last April...Next up, NASCAR heads back to Michigan, where Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and the #88 AMP Energy Chevy raced into victory lane on Father's Day.

I'll take Jimmie Johnson at Michigan.

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Carl Edwards...

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

CTF, that might be a good call on your part. Drivers for Roush/Fenway Racing, Richard Childress Racing & Joe Gibbs Racing have done really good this season, the first since NASCAR announced in the offseason to utilize the controversial "Car of Tomorrow" in every single race this season. Carl has had a good season, constantly driving the #99 AFLAC/Office Depot Ford Fusion into victory lane, and he may actually become one of those NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers that'll become quite a star off the track as well as on it.

well, thanks...what does CTF stand for, SHARKie?

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

City of Fools, your initials...

wouldnt CoF make more sense?

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Week 1 Watkins Glen Road Course

Standings

Pts.

175 - RFDC

165 - spanky

165 - City Of Fools

112 - donspiracy

76 - SHARK

Upon further review by the Pick'em Rules Cabal, err, Commitee. City Of Fools has been awarded the points of Marcus Ambrose.

Told ya this would be run just like NASCAR!

No rhyme or reason. Where's my Party Liquor?? WooHoo!

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donspiracy, will there be a week 2?

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I just started week 2.

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just making sure that my pick was viewed as well...donspiracy?

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Where? I don't see it?

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Reading is a skill.



The Week 2 thread will open,(tomorrow) 08|15|08 3:30 p.m. 3M Performance 400 qualifying SPEED TV.

There may be more people that join on as the weeks come. If 20 or 30 people make picks, it will take tens of tens of minutes to do all that fancy excel tabulating.

The Pick Winners CFB, NFL starts in two weeks so I expect one or two people to notice this thread while checking out the football action.

The Pick Winners thread will open on Tuesdays and the NASCAR Pick'em will open day of qualifing. This will be Fridays, although the next three races Bristol, California, and Richmond are Sat. night affairs. Their quals may be Thurs. nite. My bag for not posting the whole of the weekend schedule. Thank you for the interest.

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allrighty then...all apologies

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If anyone watches SPEED's "NASCAR RaceDay" before the Sprint Cup race, host John Roberts has had this thing for "The Biff", and has stayed with the driver of the #16 3M Ford Fusion for quite sometime. He's referring to Greg Biffle, who drives for Roush/Fenway Racing, and is definitely due to find victory lane. I think "The Biff" is due as well, and that's my pick for Sunday's 3M Performance 400 at Michigan to win. I also like the Justin Timberlake-looking Kasey Kahne and the #9 Budweiser Dodge, a previous winner at Michigan, to also challenge for the win.

Kyle Busch

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Perhaps it would be easier if everyone would refrain from making picks until the thread is posted on Fridays.

And if you look at the actual thread for this race, Dr. Noisewater got credit for the Edwards pick. Sorry.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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