| Fantasy Nascar Recordbook: Charlotte Spring Race |
[May. 27th, 2012|05:00 pm] |
High Scores through the years (converted):
2004/Wk12- 90 GW (Kenseth/Johnson) [LEAGUE RECORD]
2005/Wk12- 78 Lou (Jarrett/Edwards)
2006/Wk12- 90 RA* (Kahne/Edwards) [LEAGUE RECORD]
2007/Wk12- 66 Rob (Johnson/LabonteB)
2008/Wk12- 90 Rich* (Biffle/Kahne) [LEAGUE RECORD]
2009/Wk12- 83 Lauren (BuschKyle/Newman)
2010/Wk13- 77 Bender (BuschKyle/Kenseth)
2011/Wk12- 76 Nate (Logano/Reutimann)
Coca-Cola 600 Wins:
2- Rob (2004, 2005)
2- RA (2006, 2008)
1- GW (2004)
1- Jason (2004)
1- Big Al (2004)
1- Ralph (2004)
1- HB1 (2005)
1- Jimmy (2005)
1- Stephanie (2005)
1- Tom (2005*)
1- Mrs S (2006)
1- Chiron (2008)
1- Rory (2008)
1- Alli (2008)
1- Rich (2008)
1- HB2 (2010)
Stinkin' it up:
2004/Wk12- 19 Amanda* (GordonJ/Marlin)
2005/Wk12- 07 Sean (Sacks/Kenseth)
2006/Wk12- 12 Gramma (Harvick/Stewart)
2007/Wk12- 25 Rory (SadlerE/Sauter)
2008/Wk12- 07 Jackson (Gilliland/Vickers)
2009/Wk12- 20 JoAnne (Mears/Sorenson)
2010/Wk13- 28 Rich (Elliott/GordonR)
2011/Wk12- 00 Mookie (Wimmer/Bell)
No new Wins last year, but Mookie did manage to achieve a new low here for us with 0 points on two picks. Yikes.
Average Points through the years!!
Queen of Charlotte
69.000 Stephanie
King of Charlotte
62.500 Jason
Reigning Earl of Charlotte
59.500 Champ
Reigning Countess of Charlotte
55.000 Lynn
Charlotte Spring Race:
74.000 Dave
74.000 Alli
72.500 Lauren
70.666 RA
69.000 Stephanie
66.250 Bender
65.000 Emily
64.666 Gary
63.000 Patty
63.000 Jason
63.000 Andy
61.000 Lane
61.000 ZMan
60.750 Tom
60.000 Amy
59.000 Lynn
58.750 Rob
58.000 Harland
58.000 MJ
57.500 Jenn
57.500 Mrs S
56.250 Rich
55.750 Nate
55.500 Chris
55.333 Ralph
54.285 Rory
54.000 Kevin
53.750 Chiron
53.333 Nikki
53.200 GW
53.000 Swift
53.000 Michelle
52.600 brian
52.000 HB2
51.500 Lou
51.428 Jay
51.125 Big Al
51.000 Hoosier
51.000 Stuhler
51.000 Paulie
50.750 Superbeast
50.250 Champ
49.333 Kiereck
49.000 Steve
47.750 CPU
46.500 Mookie
46.400 Jackson
46.000 Erica
45.200 JoAnne
45.000 BP
45.000 Jordan
44.250 Colin
43.500 Jimmy
41.333 HB1
40.500 Hobbs
40.000 Shields
39.000 Stamp
38.000 Kristin
36.000 Danielle
35.666 Deb
35.333 Jake
35.000 Larry
34.000 Kid Huston
32.000 Audra
31.000 Cassandra
27.333 Gramma
23.000 Sean
19.000 Amanda(1)
Gary is our best active player here, and its a little ways down until we hit Lynn as the next, only making one attempt here last year. Rob is next in line though with a pile of attempts, enduring his 2nd worst attempt to date in 2011.
Our worst active player is Hobbs. He was the worst active player after the 2010 race, and still holds that title. I'm sure he'd like to rip off a good run tonight and work his way out of there.
Thats all we've got now. Quite a bit of drama this week with six folks getting their picks in after Thursday's Qualifying session. After a mini-conference, those picks have since been allowed, and it is the absolute last time across Fantasy Nascar. Jackson 5 had previously not been a part of the weekly email, but have since been added. With these allowed picks, Lynn has also been granted her selections. Kevin no-showed, so obviously he'll have no picks.
Now, if you are NOT on the email chain, and you're ABLE, please tell me so we don't go through this ever again. ALSO, I'm going to enact something brandnew as a failsafe. Next time I talk to you (somehow), I'm going to ask you "if you forget your picks sometime for whatever reason, what do you want me to do?" This can be an actual selection of guys, or "give me the best guys I haven't used" or "give me the worst safe guys" or something. Whatever you want is up to you. Hopefully we'll never come to that, but its a means to avoid this. I always feel bad when people miss picks; that is all used up now, folks. We're in our 9th Season now (wow!), we gotta know the rules.
Listed Qualifying Time on the update is the deadline. If it says 5:00, it means 5:00. Not 5:04. Not 5:01. 5:00. Better make it 4:59 to be safe. Or heck, how about Tuesday afternoon? Sounds good to me.
Phew! Alright, I guess we're all set here. Lets have a good rest of the year from now on out. Keep track of your picks, check the updates, your email, send in your email, and get me some emergency picks. Dig it, dudes!
Good luck out there!
Schedule:
5/27 05:30PM [FOX] Coca-Cola 600 |
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| Coca-Cola 600 Picks and Qualifying Results!! |
[May. 24th, 2012|11:00 pm] |
Ah, boy.. (*late picks allowed, final time ever, no exceptions*)
Picks:
Rob- Harvick/Logano
Lou- Logano/DaleJr
Colin- Kvapil/Patrick
Nikki- GordonJ/Keselowski
Big Al- BuschKurt/Reutimann
Mrs S- Bayne/BuschKyle
Champ- Keselowski/Bowyer
Harland- BuschKurt/Ambrose
Gary- Ragan/Kenseth
Superbeast- No Picks
Kevin- No Picks
Paulie- Bayne/Gilliland
Lynn- Martin/SmithR
Natalie- Stewart/McMurray
JoAnne- Allmendinger/Ragan
Jackson- Bayne/Ambrose
Rory- BuschKurt/Ambrose
Jay- DaleJr/Menard
CPU- Leicht/BuschKurt
Angie- Johnson/Bayne
Kiereck- SmithR/Reutimann
Nate- Logano/Allmendinger
Hobbs- Reutimann/Kahne
MJ- BuschKyle/Logano
Rich- Reutimann/BuschKurt
Chris- Biffle/McDowell
Oh, dear... Thursday Qualifying has got 7* of us, it seems... If somebody had put picks in -- on time -- and I didn't get them for whatever reason (or couldn't find them), please let me know and we'll remedy this. I know that the Jackson 5 household has been having some problems with Livejournal hanging up lately, so please pass that along, too, should that be the case.
*(6 picks since allowed, Kevin completely no-showed.)
Lineup:
1 43 Aric Almirola
2 9 Marcos Ambrose
3 48 Jimmie Johnson
4 16 Greg Biffle
5 15 Clint Bowyer
6 55 Mark Martin
7 5 Kasey Kahne
8 11 Denny Hamlin
9 27 Paul Menard
10 78 Regan Smith
11 22 AJ Allmendinger
12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13 21 Trevor Bayne
14 29 Kevin Harvick
15 56 Martin Truex Jr.
16 39 Ryan Newman
17 18 Kyle Busch
18 83 Landon Cassill
19 20 Joey Logano
20 17 Matt Kenseth
21 14 Tony Stewart
22 31 Jeff Burton
23 24 Jeff Gordon
24 2 Brad Keselowski
25 13 Casey Mears
26 47 Bobby Labonte
27 74 Cole Whitt
28 99 Carl Edwards
29 42 Juan Montoya
30 34 David Ragan
31 1 Jamie McMurray
32 98 Michael McDowell
33 26 Josh Wise*
34 33 Stephen Leicht*
35 30 David Stremme
36 36 Dave Blaney
37 93 Travis Kvapil
38 195 Scott Speed
39 38 David Gilliland
40 10 Danica Patrick+
41 32 T.J. Bell+
42 51 Kurt Busch+
43 87 Joe Nemechek
Did Not Qualify
44 249 J.J. Yeley
45 119 Mike Bliss
46 173 David Reutimann
47 23 Scott Riggs
Hey, Aric Almirola gets his first career Pole. Good for him! None of us benefit from that, but the impact of David Reutimann missing the race is farspread. Big Al, Kiereck(2), Hobbs, and Rich each pick up a DNQ with that. Reutimann is having a drastically different year than he has in recent NASCAR outings..
Cumulative Average Starts (11 Races):
*coming sometime*
We'll have Average Starts / Finishes up to date soon. I haven't had a break between Qualifying and the Race in many weeks now, so this Thursday-Sunday deal will give me some time to breeeathe. This is a rough week, pretty sad in the sense that a lot of people will be damaged by their first miss, and the chance for instant Bonus Points is now a week behind us. Man. The whole thing puts a bad taste in my mouth, but rules are rules. Bah.
We're done here now. Recordbook stuff'll be up on Sunday.
Schedule:
5/26 10:00AM SPEED Coca-Cola 600 Practice
5/26 01:00PM SPEED Coca-Cola 600 Final Practice
5/27 05:30PM [FOX] Coca-Cola 600 |
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| All-Star Weekend Results!! *NEW STANDINGS* |
[May. 21st, 2012|11:00 pm] |
*COKE 600 QUALIFYING IS THURSDAY*
Showdown Results (25 Points per Transfer, x3):
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2 22 AJ Allmendinger
3 1 Jamie McMurray
4 56 Martin Truex Jr.
5 42 Juan Montoya
6 20 Joey Logano
7 43 Aric Almirola
8 31 Jeff Burton
9 83 Landon Cassill
10 93 Travis Kvapil
11 13 Casey Mears
12 47 Bobby Labonte
13 26 Josh Wise*
14 195 Scott Speed
15 38 David Gilliland
16 119 Mike Bliss (Ignition)
17 87 Joe Nemechek (Vibration)
18 30 David Stremme (Overheating)
19 10 David Reutimann (Vibration)
20 36 Tony Raines (Electrical)
21 33 Stephen Leicht* (Brakes)
22 249 J.J. Yeley (Accident)
Everyone was probably banking on Dale Jr. for the vote-getter, but he gets in the hard way and actually wins this thing! A.J. Allmendinger, who already got points for some people by snagging the Pole, brings it home second and he advances, too!
And now our eternal question has been answered: "if Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the race, who is the next most popular driver?" Bobby Labonte, fans.. Bobby Labonte
All-Star Race Results (50 points):
1 48 Jimmie Johnson
2 2 Brad Keselowski
3 17 Matt Kenseth
4 18 Kyle Busch
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
6 29 Kevin Harvick
7 9 Marcos Ambrose
8 51 Kurt Busch
9 5 Kasey Kahne
10 39 Ryan Newman
11 22 AJ Allmendinger
12 78 Regan Smith
13 24 Jeff Gordon
14 15 Clint Bowyer
15 21 Trevor Bayne
16 27 Paul Menard
17 14 Tony Stewart
18 34 David Ragan
19 47 Bobby Labonte
20 11 Denny Hamlin
21 55 Mark Martin
22 16 Greg Biffle (Engine)
23 99 Carl Edwards (Engine)
Carl Edwards won the race last year, but he was the first guy out this time. An experimental engine didn't work. It exploded, and his car set on fire. Greg Biffle was also driving a car with an experimetnal engine. It exploded, and his car set on fire. Don't think we'll be seeing those again anytime soon..
They added a new twist this year where the winners of the first four segments would be the first four dudes onto Pit Road for the final mandatory Pit Stop. Jimmie Johnson emerged first and never looked back. It was quite a week for the guy; a Darlington Win for Hendrick's 200th, his team took home the Pit Crew Challenge, and then he won the All-Star Race. But its a new week. Can he keep it up?
Bonus Points Acquired (Saturday Night):
100 Nikki (DaleJr, Allmendinger, Johnson)
100 Hobbs (DaleJr, Allmendinger, Johnson)
100 Kiereck (DaleJr, Allmendinger, Johnson)
075 Lynn (Dale Jr, Johnson)
075 Natalie* (DaleJr, Johnson)
075 Nate (DaleJr, Johnson)
050 Harland (DaleJr, Allmendinger)
050 Jackson (DaleJr, Allmendinger)
050 CPU (DaleJr, Allmendinger)
050 MJ (DaleJr, Allmendinger)
025 Rob (DaleJr)
025 Lou (DaleJr)
025 Colin (DaleJr)
025 Big Al (DaleJr)
025 Mrs S (DaleJr)
025 Gary (Allmendinger)
025 Kevin (DaleJr)
025 Paulie (DaleJr)
025 JoAnne (DaleJr)
025 Rory (DaleJr)
025 Jay (DaleJr)
025 Angie* (DaleJr)
025 Rich (DaleJr)
025 Chris (DaleJr)
000 Champ
C'mon, Mike, what are you doing?! Champ and Gary are the only two players to not select Dale Jr this week, and Mr. Champion goes home with zero points for the weekend. The Big Story though is Nikki, picking up 110 total points this weekend; 10 for 'Dinger on Friday, and then another 100 for two Transfers and the All-Star Win. Keireck and Hobbs were just behind her with 100 points of their own for the same Saturday Night points, which obviously a huge deal, too.
Nikki has been totally crushing All-Star weekend since her debut, and now she's got a few more accomplishments to add. That brings her up to 10 total transfers, and two All-Star Wins. She has a 4-year streak out getting at least 2 out of her 3 Showdown guys into the All-Star Race. Yikes.
--As glorious as this is (in case you forgot), none of this stuff affects Rookie points or Team Championships. It most CERTAINLY affects the "Standings" we always see though.
Standings:
+04 772 Nikki
-NC 746 Jackson
-02 725 Lou
+04 711 Nate
-02 707 JoAnne
-02 705 Gary
+02 693 MJ
+07 691 Hobbs
+02 686 Lynn
-03 679 Big Al
+05 663 Natalie*
+10 659 Kiereck
-07 658 Champ
+05 644 Harland
-05 640 Kevin
-04 632 Angie*
-04 629 Jay
-04 625 Colin
-02 610 Rob
-02 610 Mrs S
-01 601 Paulie
-01 598 Rich
-NC 583 Rory
-NC 580 Chris
-NC 536 CPU
-NC 353 Superbeast
Well then. For the 2nd year in a row, Nikki will have the lead exiting the All-Star Weekend. Last year she was in 1st place before the races, this time she was 5th; makes up all of those points on Friday and Saturday both, and leaves with a 26 point advantage. The gravity of All-Star Weekend is surely being felt right now for those who took it lightly. A quick glance at the entire standings will show you just how easy it is to lose or gain spots when the one party scores "not enough points."
Our Big Mover this week is Kiereck. He picks up 10 spots. WHAT?!
Our Big Loser this week is Champ. He gets 0 points and slips 6 spots.
--Send your Coke 600 picks in soon so it isn't YOU we're talking about next week!
If you made out well this week, great; use that boost and do with it all that you can. If you didn't do too hot, eh, theres still time! Remember that those Pole Bonuses add up, too. Our 2nd place player has 4 of 'em.
600 Memorial Day Weekend Miles (1100 total if you're watching Indy, too..):
1 Jamie McMurray
2 Brad Keselowski
5 Kasey Kahne
9 Marcos Ambrose
10 Danica Patrick
11 Denny Hamlin
13 Casey Mears
14 Tony Stewart
15 Clint Bowyer
16 Greg Biffle
17 Matt Kenseth
18 Kyle Busch
20 Joey Logano
21 Trevor Bayne
22 AJ Allmendinger
23 Scott Riggs
24 Jeff Gordon
26 Josh Wise*
27 Paul Menard
29 Kevin Harvick
30 David Stremme
31 Jeff Burton
32 T.J. Bell
33 Stephen Leicht*
34 David Ragan
36 Dave Blaney
38 David Gilliland
39 Ryan Newman
42 Juan Montoya
43 Aric Almirola
47 Bobby Labonte
48 Jimmie Johnson
51 Kurt Busch
55 Mark Martin
56 Martin Truex Jr.
74 Cole Whitt
78 Regan Smith
83 Landon Cassill
87 Joe Nemechek
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
93 Travis Kvapil
98 Michael McDowell
99 Carl Edwards
119 Mike Bliss
173 David Reutimann
195 Scott Speed
249 J.J. Yeley
46 guys and a girl; keep an eye on this list if you're picking someone who isn't a "regular."
Boy, the stage is set for the rest of the season now. We've got a new leader, we've got two guys who have been mired in the middle- to lower-pack who just cashed in huge, now with a completely different outlook. And we've got our most recent (and multiple-time) champs stuck in the Bottom 7. 8 of the Top 9 have never won a Fantasy Nascar Championship. Is this the year?
Now, for this week:
QUALIFYING IS THURSDAY. Get those picks in lickity split! And remember, we're back to NORMAL for the REST of the season. Theres on confirmation pick we have to make heading into the Chase, but until then: 2 guys every week, and keep track of your picks. This All-Star Weekend did NOT count towards your picks. I've said it a hundred times already, so make sure you didn't mark down guys against yourself that you didn't need to. This week: 2 guys from your list. Good luck, and go, go, go!
QUALIFYING IS THURSDAY. QUALIFYING IS THURSDAY. QUALIFYING IS THURSDAY.
Schedule:
5/24 03:30PM SPEED Coca-Cola 600 Practice
5/24 07:00PM SPEED Coca-Cola 600 Qualifying
5/26 10:00AM SPEED Coca-Cola 600 Practice
5/26 01:00PM SPEED Coca-Cola 600 Final Practice
5/27 05:30PM [FOX] Coca-Cola 600 |
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| Fantasy Nascar Recordbook: All-Star Weekend |
[May. 19th, 2012|04:00 pm] |
Total Showdown Transfers:
8- Nikki (2008, 2009[x2], 2010[x3], 2011[x2])
6- Rob (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010[x2], 2011)
6- Mrs S (2004, 2005, 2009, 2010[x2], 2011)
5- JoAnne (2007, 2008, 2010[x2], 2011)
5- Kiereck (2007, 2008, 2010[x2], 2011)
5- Nate (2008, 2009, [x2], 2011)
4- Colin (2004, 2009, 2010[x2])
4- Lou (2004, 2010[x2], 2011)
4- Big Al (2004, 2009, 2010, 2011)
4- Jackson (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
4- Rory (2008, 2010[x2], 2011)
4- Rich (2009, 2010[x2], 2011)
3- GW (2004, 2008, 2010)
3- brian (2007, 2008, 2009)
3- Sean (2004, 2005, 2008)
3- Amy (2008, 2010[x2])
3- Champ (2008, 2009, 2011)
3- Harland (2010[x2], 2011)
3- Gary (2009, 2010, 2011)
3- Mookie (2010[x2], 2011)
3- Jay (2008, 2010, 2011)
3- CPU (2009, 2010, 2011)
2- Tom (2005*, 2008)
2- RA (2006, 2008)
2- Alli (2008, 2009)
2- HB1 (2004, 2010)
2- Superbeast (2006, 2010)
2- Chris (2008, 2010[x2])
2- Kevin (2011[x2])
2- Bender (2009, 2011)
2- Hobbs (2010, 2011)
1- Gramma (2004)
1- Emily (2005)
1- Stuhler (2005)
1- Jimmy (2005)
1- Jay (2005)
1- Stephanie (2005)
1- Jake (2006)
1- Erica (2007)
1- BP (2008)
1- Chiron (2008)
1- Danielle (2008)
1- Deb (2008)
1- Larry (2008)
1- Kid Huston (2009)
1- Andy (2009)
1- Patty (2009)
1- Steve (2009)
1- Audra (2010)
1- Paulie (2011)
1- Lynn (2011)
1- MJ (2011)
All-Star Wins:
1- Sean (2004)
1- Lane (2004)
1- Ralph (2006)
1- Mrs S (2006)
1- Gramma (2006)
1- Jay (2006)
1- Rory (2006)
1- Deb (2006)
1- Colin (2009)
1- Amy (2009)
1- Superbeast (2010)
1- Nikki (2011)
1- Paulie (2011)
Officially the most confusing week, but roughly 50 people have earned points from it. Outstanding.
List of past players who HAVEN'T received points:
Lauren, Ralph, Michelle, Jenn, Shields, Lane, Jason, Stamp, Dave, Swift, Kristin, Cassandra, Hoosier, HB2, ZMan, Amanda Classic, Jordan, C_Hawkfan, Emily's Amanda...and that jerk Pat!
Nikki is pretty solid here with EIGHT tranfers over four years. She's the only player ever to put all three of her drivers in the All-Star Race, and she doesn't seem to be slowing down. She missed it last year, but picked up an All-Star Race Win instead. Yikes.
Thats all we've got here. Race is on much later tonight.
Good luck, folks! We're back to normal -- at this same track -- next week!
Schedule:
5/19 07:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint Showdown
5/19 09:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race |
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| All-Star Weekend Picks and Qualifying Results!! *NEW STANDINGS* |
[May. 18th, 2012|11:00 pm] |
Picks:
(SDownQ/ASQ/SDown1/SDown2/SDown3/AllStar)
Rob- TruexJr/Kenseth/TruexJr/Logano/DaleJr/Biffle
Lou- DaleJr/Johnson/DaleJr/Logano/McMurray/Edwards
Colin- TruexJr/Johnson/DaleJr/TruexJr/Logano/Edwards
Nikki- Allmendinger/Biffle/DaleJr/Allmendinger/TruexJr/Johnson
Big Al- BurtonJ/Stewart/DaleJr/Montoya/McMurray/Biffle
Mrs S- McMurray/Hamlin/DaleJr/Logano/TruexJr/Edwards
Champ- TruexJr/Edwards/McMurray/BurtonJ/Montoya/Edwards
Harland- Allmendinger/Edwards/TruexJr/DaleJr/Allmendinger/BuschKyle
Gary- Allmendinger/Keselowski/Allmendinger/McMurray/Keselowski/Newman
Superbeast- No Picks..
Kevin- NoPick/NoPick/DaleJr/Reutimann/Wise/GordonJ
Paulie- McMurray/Hamlin/DaleJr/Montoya/Mears/BuschKyle
Lynn- Logano/Johnson/DaleJr/Logano/Speed/Johnson
Natalie- NoPick/BuschKyle/TruexJr/DaleJr/McMurray/Johnson
JoAnne- NoPick/Keselowski/TruexJr/DaleJr/Montoya/Hamlin
Jackson- NoPick/Harvick/DaleJr/Allmendinger/Mears/Stewart
Rory- DaleJr/BuschKyle/DaleJr/Logano/TruexJr/Stewart
Jay- NoPick/Biffle/DaleJr/Logano/BurtonJ/Harvick
CPU- Ambrose/BuschKurt/DaleJr/Allmendinger/Ambrose/Keselowski
Angie- McMurray/Kahne/Logano/DaleJr/Mears/Stewart
Kiereck- TruexJr/Johnson/TruexJr/Allmendinger/DaleJr/Johnson
Nate- TruexJr/Stewart/TruexJr/DaleJr/Logano/Johnson
Hobbs- TruexJr/Stewart/DaleJr/Montoya/Allmendinger/Johnson
MJ- Allmendinger/BuschKyle/DaleJr/Logano/Allmendinger/BuschKyle
Rich- McMurray/Edwards/DaleJr/TruexJr/McMurray/Kahne
Chris- Allmendinger/BuschKurt/Logano/Reutimann/DaleJr/BuschKyle
Alright! Almost a full boat! We had some people miss Qualifying, but thats ok!
Showdown Lineup:
1 22 AJ Allmendinger
2 56 Martin Truex Jr.
3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4 31 Jeff Burton
5 43 Aric Almirola
6 83 Landon Cassill
7 42 Juan Montoya
8 47 Bobby Labonte
9 93 Travis Kvapil
10 30 David Stremme
11 13 Casey Mears
12 10 David Reutimann
13 20 Joey Logano
14 33 Stephen Leicht*
15 195 Scott Speed
16 38 David Gilliland
17 119 Mike Bliss
18 249 J.J. Yeley
19 1 Jamie McMurray
20 87 Joe Nemechek
21 26 Josh Wise*
22 36 Tony Raines
A.J. Allmendinger takes this one home, and a few people get some Bonus Points here!
Bonus Points!:
10 Nikki
10 Harland
10 Gary
10 MJ
10 Chris
(NOTE: These do NOT count as an official Pole)
All-Star Lineup:
1 18 Kyle Busch
2 39 Ryan Newman
3 11 Denny Hamlin
4 16 Greg Biffle
5 29 Kevin Harvick
6 48 Jimmie Johnson
7 27 Paul Menard
8 24 Jeff Gordon
9 14 Tony Stewart
10 78 Regan Smith
11 21 Trevor Bayne
12 15 Clint Bowyer
13 99 Carl Edwards
14 34 David Ragan
15 17 Matt Kenseth
16 55 Mark Martin
17 51 Kurt Busch
18 9 Marcos Ambrose
19 2 Brad Keselowski
20 5 Kasey Kahne
All-Star Qualifying. Three total laps, a pit stop, and penalties! Kyle Busch crushed the field on this one, ripping an awesome lap with a great pit stop to boot.
Bonus Points!:
10 MJ
Standings:
-NC 700 Lou (2 weeks)
-NC 696 Jackson
-NC 682 JoAnne
+NC 680 Gary
+NC 672 Nikki
-NC 658 Champ
-NC 654 Big Al
+01 643 MJ
-01 636 Nate
-NC 615 Kevin
-NC 611 Lynn
-NC 607 Angie*
-NC 604 Jay
-NC 600 Colin
+04 594 Harland
-01 591 Hobbs
-01 588 Natalie*
-01 585 Rob
-01 585 Mrs S
-NC 576 Paulie
-NC 573 Rich
-NC 559 Kiereck
-NC 558 Rory
+NC 555 Chris
-NC 486 CPU
-NC 353 Superbeast
Wow! You think Bonus Points don't matter, look at Harland! He picked up FOUR positions on 10 Points!! INCREDIBLE.
Alright, toss your "Qualifying" guys out the window, you're done with them now! Check out where your 3 Showdown guys start (and your All-Star guy) and hope for the best!
Recordbook stuff'll be up before the race. Good luck!!
Schedule:
5/19 07:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint Showdown
5/19 09:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race |
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| All-Star Weekend Entry Lists!! |
[May. 15th, 2012|03:00 pm] |
*DARLINGTON RESULTS AND STANDINGS IN THE UPDATE PRIOR TO THIS ONE*
All-Star Weekend (copied from 2009..to 2010..to 2011..and now here)
Alright everyone, this ALWAYS confuses 7-12 people.
This is a NON-POINTS RACE. That means that you can select whoever you want without penalty to your driver pool. You select ONE driver per category. Its easy!
And here we go..
Vote someone in!!
http://www.nascar.com/promos/allstar/2012/vote/index.html
(if it doesn't work, copy and paste in your address bar..)
(A) Showdown [Eligible] Drivers
1 Jamie McMurray
10 David Reutimann
13 Casey Mears
20 Joey Logano
22 AJ Allmendinger
26 Josh Wise*
30 David Stremme
31 Jeff Burton
33 Stephen Leicht*
36 Tony Raines
38 David Gilliland
42 Juan Montoya
43 Aric Almirola
47 Bobby Labonte
56 Martin Truex Jr.
83 Landon Cassill
87 Joe Nemechek
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
93 Travis Kvapil
119 Mike Bliss
195 Scott Speed
249 J.J. Yeley
Suggestions for picking:
1) Someone you've heard of..
2) That has raced this year..
3) After you visit that link above..
4) And vote..
(B) All-Star Drivers
2 Brad Keselowski
5 Kasey Kahne
9 Marcos Ambrose
11 Denny Hamlin
14 Tony Stewart
15 Clint Bowyer
16 Greg Biffle
17 Matt Kenseth
18 Kyle Busch
21 Trevor Bayne
24 Jeff Gordon
27 Paul Menard
29 Kevin Harvick
34 David Ragan
39 Ryan Newman
48 Jimmie Johnson
51 Kurt Busch
55 Mark Martin
78 Regan Smith
99 Carl Edwards
?? Sprint Showdown Winner
?? Sprint Showdown Runner Up
?? Fan Vote-In Winner
Remember, if you feel INSANELY confident about someone advancing (those bottom three ?? guys), and then winning (as Kasey Kahne did a year or two ago, and Ryan Newman a few years prior), by all means, pick that person. Just know that if they fail to advance past the Showdown, you're pretty much out of luck.
Things you're picking for:
(A) Showdown Qualifying (10pts)
(B) All-Star Race Qualifying (10pts)
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(A) All-Star Transfer (25pts)
(A) All-Star Transfer (25pts)
(A) All-Star Transfer (25pts)
[Showdown Winner, Runner-Up, or Vote-in]
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(B) All-Star Race Winner (50pts)
Special note on the All-Star Race Winner. AGAIN, if you REALLY think that someone from the Showdown is going to win their race, then advance to the All-Star and win that, feel free to pick them. Kasey Kahne just did it via Fan Vote, so its certainly possible.
Your "Transfer" picks can be in any order. You want to see your three guys get in any way they can. Your Qualifying picks don't need to be the same as your race picks. If you have any questions, please pose them. This is a LOT less complicated than it seems.
And pick at will! Use whoever you want without penalty!
(Your "Pick Lists" are out the Window this week, and this week only!!)
PLEASE (with SO much encouragement!) head on over to Nascar.com and cast your vote! Its the only thing the entire season that YOU (and the FANS!) control. Theres also more information on how everything works exactly (and in their words). If you check that out, and you still need help, I'll do my best to assist you. Read up on the race formats and Qualifying sessions as well. I know that the Showdown is usually a 40-lap preliminary event with a standard Qualifying session, but the All-Star Race is nutty, and its Qualifying seesion is two full laps and a 4-tire pit stop, or something. Yeah, haha, read up! (links below!)
And please, try to have your picks in before each respective Qualifying session. I guess you don't NEED to, but it IS frowned upon selecting race picks following the Qualifying session (as for points races, picks MUST ALWAYS be in before Qualifying).
Additional format info:
http://www.nascar.com/promos/allstar/2012/index.html
Jayski!:
http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/all-star2012.htm
Do NOT wait around to make your picks! Do these as SOON as humanly possible!
Someone messes up EVERY year and then says "..well I didn't know!!" Its awful.
Good luck (and have fun!!)! You have NOTHING to lose.
Schedule:
5/18 12:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint Showdown Final Practice
5/18 01:35PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Final Practice
5/18 05:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint Showdown Qualifying
5/18 06:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Qualifying
5/19 07:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint Showdown
5/19 09:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race |
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| Bojangles' Southern 500 Results!! *NEW STANDINGS* |
[May. 14th, 2012|11:00 pm] |
The Lady in Black:
1 48 Jimmie Johnson
2 11 Denny Hamlin
3 14 Tony Stewart
4 18 Kyle Busch
5 56 Martin Truex Jr.
6 17 Matt Kenseth
7 99 Carl Edwards
8 5 Kasey Kahne
9 9 Marcos Ambrose
10 20 Joey Logano
11 15 Clint Bowyer
12 16 Greg Biffle
13 27 Paul Menard
14 78 Regan Smith
15 2 Brad Keselowski
16 29 Kevin Harvick
17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
18 31 Jeff Burton
19 43 Aric Almirola
20 55 Mark Martin
21 51 Kurt Busch
22 13 Casey Mears
23 39 Ryan Newman
24 42 Juan Montoya
25 38 David Gilliland
26 83 Landon Cassill
27 36 Dave Blaney
28 34 David Ragan
29 47 Bobby Labonte
30 32 Reed Sorenson
31 10 Danica Patrick
32 173 Travis Kvapil
33 22 AJ Allmendinger
34 1 Jamie McMurray
35 24 Jeff Gordon
36 93 David Reutimann
37 249 J.J. Yeley (Clutch)
38 74 Cole Whitt (Vibration)
39 30 David Stremme (Overheating)
40 87 Joe Nemechek (Power Steering)
41 52 Mike Skinner (Electrical)
42 179 Scott Speed (Overheating)
43 26 Josh Wise* (Vibration)
Manufacturers:
Chevy- Jimmie Johnson (1st)
Toyota- Denny Hamlin (2nd)
Ford- Matt Kenseth (6th)
Dodge- Brad Keselowski (15th)
Rookie of the Race:
#26 Josh Wise (43rd....)
Rob's Awesome Dude of the Race:
#9 Marcos Ambrose (9th)
Jimmy Olsen's Waste of a Pick:
#24 Jeff Gordon (35th)
This race gave us a good look at three periods of racing: daytime, dusk, and nighttime. Interesting that we'll see a similar transition in our next points-paying race at the Coke 600. Greg Biffle had this thing going early, but fell off towards the middle. Jimmie Johnson scooped the ball up there and ran with it pretty much the rest of the way. That is Hendrick Racing's 200th Win.
Points Acquired:
71 Jackson
71 Rich
70 Champ
67 Nikki
63 Lou
61 Kevin [Win(2)]
61 Paulie
60 JoAnne
59 Big Al
58 Colin
58 Angie*
56 Nate
51 Rory
50 CPU
50 Kiereck
47 Jay
46 Chris
44 Mrs S
40 Gary
40 MJ
38 Rob
38 Lynn
34 Natalie*
25 Hobbs
19 Harland
And what a weird week for scoring! We've got Jackson and Rich tying for the top rank, Paulie was the only win, and then pretty much the rest of the league is under 50 points. Huh? In an incredible stroke of luck, Harland managed to log 19 points on the wheels of McMurray and Jeff Gordon. Eek. May be a good time to play the Lotto and find that good luck elsewhere?
Cumulative Average Finishes (11 Races):
*coming soon!*
Standings:
-NC 700 Lou (2 weeks)
+01 696 Jackson
+01 682 JoAnne
-02 670 Gary
-NC 662 Nikki
+01 658 Champ
-02 654 Big Al
+01 636 Nate
-01 623 MJ
+04 615 Kevin
-01 611 Lynn
+04 607 Angie*
-NC 604 Jay
+04 600 Colin
-04 591 Hobbs
-02 588 Natalie*
-NC 585 Rob
+02 585 Mrs S
-07 584 Harland
-NC 576 Paulie
+02 573 Rich
-01 559 Kiereck
-01 558 Rory
-NC 545 Chris
-NC 486 CPU
-NC 353 Superbeast
Lou sticks up top for another, but Jackson actually closes the gap a little bit. Ever so slightly he draws near with JoAnne in tow, up to 3rd. Gary slides back to 4th and Nikki rounds out the Top 5. Big Al, who was tied for 5th last week falls to 7th.
Our Big Movers this week are Kevin, Angie, and Colin, each gaining 4 spots.
Our Big Loser this week is Harland. He tumbles 7 spots.
Team Standings [w/ weekly MVP]:
628.2 Schulz Pack [Nikki(4)]
615.6 Jackson 5 [Jackson(3)]
614.3 Skunk Ape Racing [Champ(7)]
599.5 Moonshine Runners [MJ(6)]
572.5 Open Bar Racing [Nate(7)]
551.0 Pack O'Clover [Rich(6)]
Schulz Pack remains in 1st, Nikki logging the most points for the team. Lou was right behind her, but Rob and Mrs S were on the other side of the spectrum. If not for the horrible day for some others players, we may've seen a change up top.
Jackson 5 pulls a huge power move and goes right back into 2nd. Wow! Jackson was the highest scoring player this week (tied with Rich), and that injection of points clearly helped. They now only trail the lead team.
Skunk Ape Racing and Champ have been the team to beat lately, and they very well might've been in first this week, but a horrific day by Harland (considering his picks and the outcome) have left them feeling a little flat. With a week off, we'll see if these guys can bounce back at the 600.
Moonshine Runners hit a little bump in the road this week. They'd been moving to the top slowly, but their progress will have to wait until next week. They'd probably like to toss this one out, too; they combined for a total of 65 points.
Open Bar Racing sat both of their members around midpack this week, much better than the alternative of being swamped at the very bottom. This team is still playing things a little conservative, so it'll certainly be interesting when the gloves come off somewhere down the line.
Pack O'Clover is about 20 points way from making a pass, and they'll need a solid effort to hit it. This week was a good start, Rich scoring the most points along with Jackson. Chris was one of those players below the 50-point mark. Can they get on the same page anytime soon?
Rookie Standings:
127 Natalie
119 Angie
Angie takes a swipe at Natalie this week, but still trails her by a bit. These standings may look exactly the same to you as last week, but know that Natalie only gained 6 points, and Angie picked up 13. Sooner or later..
Nascar's Worst Driver
Darlington:
5 Kurt Busch
3 Aric Almirola
1 Ryan Newman
Cumulative:
18 Kasey Kahne
09 Aric Almirola
07 Brad Keselowski
05 Elliott Sadler
05 Kyle Busch
05 David Reutimann
05 Trevor Bayne
05 Clint Bowyer
05 Tony Stewart
05 A.J. Allmendinger
05 Kurt Busch
04 Juan Montoya
04 Ryan Newman
03 Danica Patrick
03 Casey Mears
03 Timmy Hill
03 Regan Smith
02 Carl Edwards
01 Josh Wise
01 Jeff Gordon
01 Denny Hamlin
This is a weird one. We're awarding points this week all on one incident. Kurt Busch lost the handle on his car late in the race, and put it in the wall..and stayed in the wall. He eventually spun out across the track which caused Newman to also spin out headfirst into the wall. Aric Almirola was there to send Newman flying though. Later on Newman's crew would approach Kurt Busch's crew and a brouhaha (crewhaha?) nearly ensued. Pretty wild stuff. I can't really remember anyone else.
Now, normally there'd be an Entry List here, but everyone always has so much trouble with the All-Star Race stuff that we're going to devote an entire entry to it. That'll be up on Tuesday sometime. The basics; "pick whoever you want and it doesn't count against you." Easy enough, right? It'll be ran pretty much like the races way back in Speedweeks. Points if you Win, nothing if you don't. Simple!
So, keep an eye out for those lists, and the Averages will be updated sometime. Don't hold your breath on those.
Until next time!
Schedule:
5/18 12:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint Showdown Final Practice
5/18 01:35PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Final Practice
5/18 05:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint Showdown Qualifying
5/18 06:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Qualifying
5/19 07:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint Showdown
5/19 09:00PM SPEED NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race |
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| Fantasy Nascar Recordbook: Darlington |
[May. 12th, 2012|04:00 pm] |
High Scores through the years (converted):
2004/Wk05- 87 Mrs S (Johnson/BuschKurt) [LEAGUE RECORD]
2004/Wk35- 76 BP (Kahne/Edwards)
2005/Wk10- 85 Big Al (GordonJ/Kahne)
2006/Wk11- 84 Ralph (Johnson/GordonJ)
2007/Wk11- 82 Kiereck (Kenseth/Hamlin)
2008/Wk11- 80 GW (GordonJ/Hamlin)
2009/Wk11- 81 Big Al (Johnson/Biffle)
2010/Wk11- 82 Jay (Hamlin/Vickers)
2011/Wk10- 81 Rich (Keselowski/Newman)
Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 (2004S)
Mountain Dew Southern 500 (2004F)
Dodge Dealers 500 (2005)
Dodge Charger 500 (2006)
Dodge Avenger 500 (2007)
Dodge Challenger 500 (2008)
Southern 500 presented by GoDaddy.com (2009)
Showtime Southern 500 (2010, 2011)
Darlington Wins:
1- Mrs S (2004, 2006)
1- Colin (2005)
1- GW (2006)
1- Big Al (2006)
1- Nikki (2006)
1- Kristin (2006)
1- Amy (2008)
1- Mookie (2010)
1- Jay (2010)
Stinkin' it up:
2004/Wk05- 11 Jason (GordonJ/Craven)
2004/Wk35- 29 GW (WallaceM/Vickers)
2004/Wk35- 29 Jason (Vickers/WallaceM)
2005/Wk10- 15 Cassandra (Blaney/Sacks)
2006/Wk11- 09 CPU (McMurray/Harvick)
2007/Wk11- 04 Colin (Riggs/Sorenson)
2008/Wk11- 04 Nikki (Biffle/SadlerE)
2009/Wk11- 23 Lou (BuschKyle/Edwards)
2010/Wk11- 25 Bender (Johnson/Logano)
2011/Wk10- 16 Mookie (Logano/GordonJ)
No Wins last year, though the battle for #1 was pretty close amongst us. Can someone close the deal today?
Average Points through the years!!
King of Darlington
74.666 Ralph
Queen of Darlington
73.000 Kristin
Reigning Duke of Darlington
68.000 MJ
Reigning Duchess of Darlington
57.777 Mrs S
Darlington (Fall Race now included):
74.666 Ralph
73.000 Kristin
69.000 Steve
68.000 MJ
66.000 Stuhler
65.000 BP
64.285 brian
64.000 Big Al
63.500 Stamp
63.000 Hobbs
61.750 Superbeast
60.750 Lane
60.500 GW
58.833 Kiereck
58.000 Hoosier
57.777 Mrs S
57.111 Rob
57.000 Emily
56.750 Amy
55.000 RA
55.000 Andy
54.000 Rich
53.000 Paulie
53.000 Kevin
52.800 JoAnne
52.750 Gramma
51.500 Larry
51.500 Jenn
51.428 Lou
51.000 Shields
50.333 Gary
50.333 Nikki
50.000 Alli
49.714 Rory
49.500 HB1
49.142 Jay
48.000 Chris
47.000 Colin
47.000 Jake
47.000 Danielle
47.000 Patty
46.500 Lauren
46.250 Mookie
45.000 ZMan
44.000 Lynn
43.250 Michelle
43.250 Nate
43.000 Tom
42.750 Champ
42.500 HB2
42.400 Jackson
42.000 Sean
42.000 Swift
40.750 CPU
40.000 Kid Huston
38.000 Bender
38.000 Jimmy
37.000 Stephanie
37.000 Chiron
36.666 Deb
36.000 Audra
34.333 Erica
33.500 Harland
31.000 Jordan
30.000 Dave
20.000 Jason
15.000 Cassandra
Ralph is our best player with three attempts, BP is our best player with four attempts, and brian is our best player with seven attempts, wow. Big Al has eight attempts, and is our best active player with multiple attempts. MJ is our best active player overall, a single 68 earned last spring.
Cassandra is statistically our worst player here, but it is Jason who the worst with multple attempts, both in the 2004 season, managed to come back with Darlington Stripes on BOTH sides of the car..not sure how that happened. He fears the Lady In Black -- and who wouldn't? Our active player who is having the most trouble Taming The Track Too Tough is Harland, just 33.5 points per outing. I'm sure he'd like to lift that average tonight.
And that'll do us here! Happy Mother's Day (early) to all the moms out there. Enjoy this Saturday Night Race put here as a means of not interfering with your special day.
Remember: All-Star Weekend next week, woo!! Good luck out there, folks!
Schedule:
5/12 06:30PM [FOX] Bojangles' Southern 500 |
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| Bojangles' Southern 500 Picks and Qualifying Results!! |
[May. 11th, 2012|11:00 pm] |
Picks:
Rob- SmithR/Reutimann
Lou- SmithR/Biffle
Colin- BuschKyle/Blaney
Nikki- Martin/Hamlin
Big Al- Newman/Kenseth
Mrs S- GordonJ/Ambrose
Champ- Bowyer/Kahne
Harland- McMurray/GordonJ
Gary- McMurray/SmithR
Superbeast- No Picks
Kevin- Patrick/Johnson
Paulie- Biffle/DaleJr
Lynn- Bowyer/Stremme
Natalie- Kvapil/Mears
JoAnne- Logano/BurtonJ
Jackson- Kenseth/Bowyer
Rory- SmithR/Newman
Jay- Almirola/Mears
CPU- Logano/Ragan
Angie- Ambrose/BuschKurt
Kiereck- TruexJr/McMurray
Nate- Patrick/Hamlin
Hobbs- LabonteB/McMurray
MJ- McMurray/SmithR
Rich- Stewart/SmithR
Chris- Newman/Almirola
All the normal folk in, two take the Danica Patrick Challenge. Lets see how we did!
Lineup:
1 16 Greg Biffle
2 48 Jimmie Johnson
3 5 Kasey Kahne
4 39 Ryan Newman
5 18 Kyle Busch
6 56 Martin Truex Jr.
7 99 Carl Edwards
8 11 Denny Hamlin
9 78 Regan Smith
10 31 Jeff Burton
11 1 Jamie McMurray
12 24 Jeff Gordon
13 43 Aric Almirola
14 27 Paul Menard
15 2 Brad Keselowski
16 22 AJ Allmendinger
17 14 Tony Stewart
18 55 Mark Martin
19 17 Matt Kenseth
20 83 Landon Cassill
21 20 Joey Logano
22 47 Bobby Labonte
23 29 Kevin Harvick
24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
25 51 Kurt Busch
26 15 Clint Bowyer
27 42 Juan Montoya
28 9 Marcos Ambrose
29 179 Scott Speed
30 26 Josh Wise*
31 13 Casey Mears
32 30 David Stremme
33 173 Travis Kvapil
34 36 Dave Blaney
35 52 Mike Skinner
36 38 David Gilliland
37 34 David Ragan
38 10 Danica Patrick
39 74 Cole Whitt
40 87 Joe Nemechek
41 93 David Reutimann+
42 32 Reed Sorenson+
43 249 J.J. Yeley
Did Not Qualify
44 23 Scott Riggs
45 98 Michael McDowell
46 33 Stephen Leicht
47 119 Mike Bliss
Greg Biffle picks up a Pole here, and both Lou and Paulie are pumped about it. Our leader extends the margin out front, and Paulie gets a much appreciated head-start on the scoring this week. 5 Pole Bonus Points add up, folks.
Cumulative Average Starts (11 Races):
*coming soon!*
Alright, we'll get these starts up sometime; these rapid-fire Qualifying-Race back-to-back days are doing a number on me! Next week we get a bit of a break with the for-some-reason ultra confusing All-Star Weekend. Woo! But, of course, we've got a little thing called Darlington to deal with -- The Track Too Tough To Tame.
We're done here now. Recordbook stuff'll be up on Saturday.
Schedule:
5/12 06:30PM [FOX] Bojangles' Southern 500 |
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| Aaron's 499 Results!! *NEW STANDINGS & MORE* |
[May. 7th, 2012|11:00 am] |
World's Fastest Parking Lot / Junkyard:
1 2 Brad Keselowski
2 18 Kyle Busch
3 17 Matt Kenseth
4 5 Kasey Kahne
5 16 Greg Biffle
6 15 Clint Bowyer
7 34 David Ragan
8 21 Trevor Bayne
9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
10 31 Jeff Burton
11 1 Jamie McMurray
12 43 Aric Almirola
13 38 David Gilliland
14 9 Marcos Ambrose
15 22 AJ Allmendinger
16 93 Travis Kvapil
17 27 Paul Menard
18 13 Casey Mears
19 55 Michael Waltrip
20 51 Kurt Busch
21 47 Bobby Labonte
22 10 David Reutimann
23 11 Denny Hamlin
24 14 Tony Stewart
25 29 Kevin Harvick (Accident)
26 20 Joey Logano (Accident)
27 23 Robert Richardson Jr. (Accident)
28 56 Martin Truex Jr. (Accident)
29 32 Terry Labonte (Accident)
30 36 Dave Blaney (Accident)
31 99 Carl Edwards (Accident)
32 42 Juan Montoya (Accident)
33 24 Jeff Gordon (Accident)
34 83 Landon Cassill (Accident)
35 48 Jimmie Johnson (Engine)
36 39 Ryan Newman (Engine)
37 97 Bill Elliott (Electrical)
38 33 Tony Raines (Engine)
39 30 David Stremme (Transmission)
40 78 Regan Smith (Engine)
41 87 Joe Nemechek (Vibration)
42 26 Josh Wise* (Rear Gear)
43 98 Michael McDowell (Vibration)
Manufacturers:
Dodge- Brad Keselowski (1st)
Toyota- Kyle Busch (2nd)
Ford- Matt Kenseth (3rd)
Chevy- Kasey Kahne (4th)
Rookie of the Race:
#26 Josh Wise (42nd..)
Rob's Awesome Dude(s) of the Race:
#34 David Ragan (7th)
#21 Trevor Bayne (8th)
Jimmy Olsen's Waste of a Pick:
#39 Ryan Newman (36th)
#48 Jimmie Johnson (35th)
#24 Jeff Gordon (33rd)
#99 Carl Edwards (31st)
This race didn't feature a massive Big One as it sometimes does, but somehow half the field managed to end up in the garage. We saw Qualifying captured with an unconventional move, and Brad Keselowski pulled out an unconventional move of his own to break the draft with Kyle Busch and defy the odds to hold onto 1st place after taking the white flag. Traditionally, the driver leading at the white flag winds up 2nd or worse. Not this week.
Points Acquired:
78 Hobbs [Win(2)]
76 Lynn
76 Natalie*
75 Angie*
73 Nikki
64 Gary
64 Nate
62 Kevin
60 MJ
58 Lou
58 Rory
57 Big Al [Win]
57 JoAnne
57 Jay
54 Mrs S
54 Kiereck
49 Harland
43 Champ
42 CPU
40 Rob
38 Colin
37 Chris
33 Jackson
32 Rich
17 Paulie
In a race with so many guys on the shelf at the finish, Hobbs rode his lucky horseshoe to victory on Sunday. It is the 2nd time this season he has led, and he picks up a Win as well -- his 2nd straight. Can he make it three in a row at Darlington?
Our next best players were Lynn, Natalie, Angie, and Nikki. What a great week for some of our women of Fantasy Nascar. Each of these players score 73 points or better, and are probably happy about that. Good runs out of both of our Rookies, too! That oughtta give some flair to the Rookie Standings!
Cumulative Average Finishes (10 Races):
+02 13.800 Gary *NEW LEADER*
-01 14.250 Jackson
-01 14.000 Lou
+01 14.850 JoAnne
+03 15.150 Nikki
-02 15.300 Champ
+04 15.650 Lynn
-01 15.950 Big Al
+01 16.250 MJ
-01 16.350 Harland
+07 16.350 Hobbs
+06 16.750 Natalie*
+03 16.900 Kevin
+NC 16.950 Jay
+NC 17.200 Mrs S
-10 17.277 Paulie
-05 17.450 Rob
+03 17.650 Angie*
-06 17.850 Colin
+NC 18.000 Nate
-02 18.052 Kiereck
+02 19.100 Rory
-NC 19.850 Chris
-02 19.950 Rich
+NC 22.850 CPU
66% 16.083 Superbeast (8th)
Gary is the new leader here, displacing Jackson and dropping him to 2nd. Lou and JoAnne sit 3rd and 4th while Nikki moves up to round out the TOp 5. Champ falls out.
Our Big Mover this week is Hobbs. He picks up 7 spots!
Our Big Loser this week is Paulie. He drops 10 spots, wow!
Standings:
+01 632 Lou
+01 630 Gary
-02 625 Jackson
+NC 622 JoAnne
+01 595 Big Al
+03 595 Nikki
-02 588 Champ
-01 583 MJ
+NC 580 Nate
+04 573 Lynn
+06 566 Hobbs
-03 565 Harland
+NC 557 Jay
+02 554 Kevin
+05 554 Natalie*
+04 549 Angie*
-06 547 Rob
-06 542 Colin
-01 541 Mrs S
-05 510 Paulie
+02 509 Kiereck
+02 507 Rory
-02 502 Rich
-02 499 Chris
+NC 436 CPU
-NC 353 Superbeast
Wowww, what a week! The Average Finishes numbers probably threw you off; were you expecting to find Lou as the new leader here? Gary, the Average Finishes guy, is actually up to 2nd, and last week's leader Jackson has fallen down to 3rd. JoAnne is 4th with Big Al and Nikki tied for 5th. Champ exits the Top 5 this week.
Our Big Mover this week is Hobbs. He picks up 6 spots!
Our Big Losers this week are Rob and Colin. They each lose 6 spots.
Team Standings [w/ weekly MVP]:
574.0 Schulz Pack [Nikki(3)]
572.0 Skunk Ape Racing [Lynn(3)]
567.0 Moonshine Runners [Hobbs(6)]
563.0 Jackson 5 [Natalie(2)]
519.5 Open Bar Racing [Nate(6)]
493.0 Pack O'Clover [Chris(6)]
Nikki and the Schulz Pack remain in 1st, holding off Skunk Ape Racing and Lynn. For some who didn't catch last week's update they'd say "wow! SARS is coming!," but the Schulz Pack has actually -pulled away- this week. Weird!
Moonshine Runners have made it evident they're coming to the top, both by their actions as of late and also in a chance encounter with Rob of the Schulz Pack! In any event, they should be taken very seriously; they just made up 8 points on Jackson 5 last week, and thats less than the current margin to 1st place.
Jackson 5's Natalie earned her first MVP honor since initially scoring most for her team all the way back in Week 1. She'd been dropping ever since-- WHOA. I just realized that Natalie is a restrictor plate track expert. Awesome. Jackson 5 is once again dangerous!
Open Bar Racing is far off the pace at this point, and probably not what they had in mind at all coming in. Talladega is a tough place though, and its possible that just messed with 'em a little bit. They'll look to get back on pace at Darlington.
And Pack O'Clover just having a rough venture. They are 80 points out of first, a total that won't easily be made up. They'll need to hit hard, together, for weeks on end to close they gap. We saw the Runners make up 8 points on Jackson 5, so they can do that..just 10 times. Plenty of season left.
Rookie Standings:
121 Natalie
106 Angie
What a week these two had. One scoring 76, the other scoring 75. I imagine them both sitting at home going "oh man, my guys are doing so good; I'm TOTALLY getting monster Rookie points this week." Unfortunately for both of them, they were only separated by a point and scored essentially the same. However, Natalie was taht 76, edging Angie by 1 point, and earning the 10-point Rank Bonus, while Angie only got a 6. That makes a difference here, but its nice to see both of 'em scoring big (and climbing from 102/93). What'll happen next week!?
Nascar's Worst Driver
Talladega:
5 A.J. Allmendinger
3 Denny Hamlin
1 Aric Almirola
Cumulative:
18 Kasey Kahne
07 Brad Keselowski
06 Aric Almirola
05 Elliott Sadler
05 Kyle Busch
05 David Reutimann
05 Trevor Bayne
05 Clint Bowyer
05 Tony Stewart
05 A.J. Allmendinger
04 Juan Montoya
03 Danica Patrick
03 Casey Mears
03 Timmy Hill
03 Regan Smith
03 Ryan Newman
02 Carl Edwards
01 Josh Wise
01 Jeff Gordon
01 Denny Hamlin
The two culprits in final crash get the top nods here; A.J. Allmendinger was turned by Danny Hamlin who ducked out of line early for the middle lane. 'Dinger went to get in front, and around he went, collecting everyone. Blah. It was, like, right after a restart, too. What the heck.
Aric Almirola apparently had trouble right before the first caution, dropping below the line, and then darting back up to knock Dave Blaney into oncoming traffic before driving away safely, carnage behind him. Hmm. Perhaps he should've got more than one point?
Changed. Almirola 3, Hamlin 1.
That'll do it for this week, lets go to next week!
Darlington Entry List:
1 Jamie McMurray
2 Brad Keselowski
5 Kasey Kahne
9 Marcos Ambrose
10 Danica Patrick
11 Denny Hamlin
13 Casey Mears
14 Tony Stewart
15 Clint Bowyer
16 Greg Biffle
17 Matt Kenseth
18 Kyle Busch
20 Joey Logano
22 AJ Allmendinger
23 Scott Riggs
24 Jeff Gordon
26 Josh Wise*
27 Paul Menard
29 Kevin Harvick
30 David Stremme
31 Jeff Burton
32 Reed Sorenson
33 Stephen Leicht
34 David Ragan
36 Dave Blaney
38 David Gilliland
39 Ryan Newman
42 Juan Montoya
43 Aric Almirola
47 Bobby Labonte
48 Jimmie Johnson
51 Kurt Busch
52 Mike Skinner
55 Mark Martin
74 Cole Whitt
78 Regan Smith
83 Landon Cassill
87 Joe Nemechek
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
93 David Reutimann
98 Michael McDowell
99 Carl Edwards
119 Mike Bliss
173 Travis Kvapil
179 Scott Speed
249 J.J. Yeley
I only counted 45 but I see MANY different names. Pay attention to this list this week.
Alright, we are 10 races in, so lets take a look at some assorted stuff!
Official Sprint Cup Standings:
01 378 Greg Biffle
02 371 Matt Kenseth
03 369 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
04 351 Denny Hamlin
05 333 Kevin Harvick
06 332 Martin Truex Jr.
07 328 Tony Stewart
08 324 Jimmie Johnson
09 308 Kyle Busch
10 302 Clint Bowyer
11 300 Carl Edwards
12 299 Brad Keselowski
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13 286 Ryan Newman
14 277 Paul Menard
15 259 Joey Logano
16 253 Jamie McMurray
17 252 Juan Montoya
18 249 Jeff Burton
19 246 Kasey Kahne
20 242 AJ Allmendinger
21 239 Marcos Ambrose
22 237 Aric Almirola
23 232 Jeff Gordon
24 218 Mark Martin
25 215 Kurt Busch
26 211 Bobby Labonte
27 208 Regan Smith
28 187 Casey Mears
29 172 David Ragan
30 165 David Gilliland
31 154 David Reutimann
32 148 Travis Kvapil
33 140 Dave Blaney
34 135 Landon Cassill
35 081 David Stremme
36 073 J.J. Yeley
37 066 Brian Vickers
38 057 Michael McDowell
39 050 Brendan Gaughan
40 047 Ken Schrader
41 042 Terry Labonte
42 041 Tony Raines
43 039 Josh Wise*
44 026 Michael Waltrip
45 013 Hermie Sadler
46 013 Scott Riggs
47 009 Stephen Leicht
48 007 Bill Elliott
49 006 Robby Gordon
50 002 Scott Speed
51 000 Trevor Bayne
52 000 Sam Hornish Jr.
53 000 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
54 000 Mike Bliss
55 000 Robert Richardson Jr.
56 000 Elliott Sadler
57 000 Reed Sorenson
58 000 Joe Nemechek
59 000 Danica Patrick
60 000 Cole Whitt
61 000 Timmy Hill
62 000 Tim Andrews
63 000 Jeff Green
64 000 Stacy Compton
65 000 Mike Wallace
66 000 Kenny Wallace
Rookie Standings (after 10 races):
1 29 Josh Wise
Manufacturer Standings (after 10):
1 63 Chevrolet
2 58 Toyota
3 53 Ford
4 46 Dodge
Fantasy Nascar - After Week 10
Wins:
3 Lou
2 Rob, JoAnne, Nate, Hobbs, MJ
1 Nikki, Big Al, Champ, Gary, Kevin, Paulie, Natalie, Jackson, Jay, CPU, Kiereck, Rich, Chris
Top 5s:
6 Rob, Nikki
5 Kevin, Lynn, JoAnne, Hobbs, MJ
4 Colin, Mrs S, Paulie, Nate
3 Lou, Harland, Gary, Natalie, Jackson, Rory, Kiereck
2 Big Al, Champ, Superbeast, Jay, Angie, Rich
1 CPU, Chris
Top 10s:
10 Nikki
09 Champ, Lynn, JoAnne
08 Harland, Gary, Kiereck, Hobbs
07 Rob, Lou, Colin, Big Al, Mrs S, Paulie, Natalie, Jackson, Nate, MJ
06 Superbeast, Kevin
05 Rory, Jay, Rich
04 CPU
03 Angie, Chris
Top 20s:
18 Gary
17 Lou
15 Mrs S, Champ, Jackson
14 Big Al, Kevin, Lynn, JoAnne, Jay, Angie
13 Nikki, Harland, Natalie, Hobbs, MJ
12 Rob, Paulie, Rory, Kiereck, Rich
11 Nate
10 Colin, CPU, Chris
08 Superebast
DNFs (Did Not Finish):
0 Gary, Hobbs
1 Lou, Nikki, Big Al, Mrs S, Natalie, Jackson, Jay, Nate
2 Rob, Colin, Harland, Superbast, Kevin, Lynn, JoAnne, Rory, CPU, Angie, MJ
3 Champ, Paulie, Kiereck, Chris
4 Rich
DNQs (Did Not Qualify):
0 Everyone Else
1 Kiereck
Poles:
4 Jackson
2 Colin, JoAnne, Rich
1 Nikki, Big Al, Champ, Harland, Gary, Jay, CPU, Kiereck, Chris
Drivers Used Up:
Colin- Harvick, Logano, Menard, TruexJr
Nikki- BuschKyle
Big Al- Bowyer, Johnson, McMurray
Mrs S- Bowyer, Newman, Ragan
Champ- Allmendinger, BuschKyle, McMurray
Gary- Bowyer, Edwards, Newman
Kevin- Biffle, GordonJ
Paulie- Harvick, LabonteB, Montoya
Lynn- Biffle, Mears
JoAnne- Hamlin, Harvick
Jackson- Hamlin, Martin, Montoya
Rory- Allmendinger, Almirola, Blaney
Jay- LabonteB
CPU- Allmendinger, Johnson, Reutimann, SmithR, TruexJr
Angie- Bowyer, Hamlin
Kiereck- BuschKyle, Mears
Nate- Harvick
Hobbs- Mears
MJ- Bowyer
Rich- Allmendinger, Ragan
Chris- Allmendinger, Kenseth
Drivers Selected Once:
Rob- Allmendinger, Almirola, Bayne, Biffle, Blaney, BuschKyle, Cassill, DaleJr, Gilliland, GordonJ, Johnson, Kahne, Keselowski, Mears, Montoya, Ragan, Stewart, TruexJr, Waltrip
Lou- Allmendinger, Almirola, Ambrose, Bowyer, BuschKurt, BuschKyle, Edwards, GordonJ, Hamlin, Harvick, Johnson, Kahne, Kenseth, Keselowski, Martin, Menard, Newman, Ragan, TruexJr, Waltrip
Colin- Allmendinger, Almirola, BuschKyle, Gilliland, Hamlin, Johnson, Kenseth, Keselowski, LabonteB, Mears, Montoya, Reutimann
Nikki- Allmendinger, Ambrose, Biffle, Bowyer, BurtonJ, BuschKurt, DaleJr, Edwards, Harvick, Johnson, Kahne, Kenseth, Keselowski, Logano, McMurray, Menard, Ragan, Stewart
Big Al- Allmendinger, Ambrose, BuschKurt, Edwards, GordonJ, Harvick, Kenseth, Keselowski, Logano, Martin, Montoya, Ragan, SmithR, Stewart
Mrs S- Ambrose, Biffle, BuschKurt, DaleJr, Edwards, Hamlin, Harvick, Johnson, Martin, Menard, SmithR, Stewart, TruexJr
Champ- Biffle, BurtonJ, DaleJr, Edwards, Gilliland, GordonJ, Harvick, Johnson, Kahne, Logano, Menard, Montoya, Ragan, TruexJr
Harland- Allmendinger, Bowyer, BuschKyle, DaleJr, Edwards, Gilliland, Hamlin, Harvick, Johnson, Kenseth, Keselowski, LabonteB, Logano, Martin, Mears, Menard, Patrick, Ragan, Stewart, TruexJr
Gary- Allmendinger, Ambrose, Biffle, BuschKurt, BuschKyle, DaleJr, GordonJ, Hamlin, Kahne, Keselowski, McMurray, Menard, Vickers, Waltrip
Superbeast- Ambrose, Biffle, BuschKyle, Edwards, GordonJ, Harvick, Kahne, Logano, Martin, McMurray, Menard, Newman
Kevin- Ambrose, Bowyer, BuschKyle, DaleJr, Edwards, GordonR, Hamlin, Harvick, Kahne, Kenseth, Keselowski, Mears, Montoya, Reutimann, SmithR, Stewart
Paulie- Almirola, Bowyer, BurtonJ, BuschKyle, Edwards, Johnson, Kenseth, Keselowski, Kvapil, Ragan, SmithR, TruexJr
Lynn- Allmendinger, BuschKurt, DaleJr, Edwards, Hamlin, Johnson, Kenseth, Keselowski, Logano, McDowell, McMurray, Menard, Montoya, Patrick, Reutimann, Vickers
Natalie- Allmendinger, Ambrose, Bayne, Biffle, Bowyer, BuschKyle, DaleJr, Edwards, GordonJ, Hamlin, Kenseth, Keselowski, Logano, Martin, Menard, Montoya, Newman, Riggs, SmithR, TruexJr
JoAnne- Allmendinger, Bayne, Bowyer, BuschKyle, DaleJr, Edwards, GordonJ, Johnson, Kahne, Kenseth, Keselowski, Montoya, Newman, SmithR, Stewart, TruexJr
Jackson- Biffle, Bowyer, BurtonJ, BuschKurt, Edwards, GordonJ, Harvick, Johnson, Logano, Menard, Newman, Stewart, Stremme, Vickers
Rory- Ambrose, Cassill, Edwards, GordonJ, Johnson, Kenseth, Keselowski, LabonteB, Logano, Menard, Ragan, Reutimann, Vickers, Waltrip
Jay- Allmendinger, Ambrose, Bowyer, BuschKurt, BuschKyle, Gilliland, GordonJ, Harvick, Kahne, Kenseth, Keselowski, Menard, Montoya, Newman, Reutimann, SmithR, TruexJr, Waltrip
CPU- Ambrose, Blaney, BuschKyle, Gilliland, GordonJ, Hamlin, Menard, Newman, Patrick, Ragan
Angie- Allmendinger, Almirola, Biffle, GordonJ, Harvick, Kahne, Kenseth, Keselowski, Logano, McMurray, Montoya, Newman, Reutimann, Stewart, TruexJr, Vickers
Kiereck- Biffle, Bowyer, DaleJr, Elliott, Gaughan, GordonJ, Hamlin, Johnson, Keselowski, Logano, Martin, McMurray, Menard, Ragan, Sorenson, TruexJr
Nate- Almirola, Biffle, Blaney, Bowyer, Cassill, DaleJr, Gaughan, Gilliland, Hamlin, Johnson, Kvapil, LabonteB, Mears, Newman, Ragan, Schrader, Stewart, Waltrip
Hobbs- Allmendinger, Almirola, Ambrose, Bayne, Biffle, Bowyer, BuschKyle, DaleJr, Gilliland, Hamlin, Johnson, Kahne, Kenseth, Keselowski, Menard, Newman, Patrick, TruexJr
MJ- Allmendinger, Bayne, Blaney, Bliss, BurtonJ, BuschKyle, DaleJr, Hamlin, Kahne, Kenseth, Keselowski, Martin, Menard, Newman, Ragan, Reutimann, TruexJr
Rich- Ambrose, Blaney, Bowyer, BuschKyle, Edwards, GordonJ, Hamlin, Harvick, Johnson, Kahne, Logano, Martin, Menard, Newman, Reutimann, TruexJr
Chris- Bayne, Biffle, Blaney, GordonJ, Harvick, Johnson, Kvapil, LabonteB, LabonteT, Logano, McMurray, Mears, Montoya, Reutimann, SmithR, Stewart
Most Popular Picks:
24 A.J. Allmendinger
23 Clint Bowyer
21 Kevin Harvick
21 Jimmie Johnson
Pick Rate (Points):
10.250 (04) JoAnne
12.700 (05) Nikki
13.700 (16) Angie*
13.800 (19) Mrs S
13.900 (14) Natalie*
14.450 (07) Champ
14.916 (26) Superbeast
15.150 (14) Kevin
15.250 (18) Colin
15.300 (05) Big Al
15.450 (11) Hobbs
15.600 (03) Jackson
15.600 (08) MJ
15.777 (20) Paulie
15.800 (02) Gary
16.050 (01) Lou
16.100 (12) Harland
17.200 (23) Rich
17.350 (17) Rob
17.700 (24) Chris
18.500 (10) Lynn
19.000 (13) Jay
19.150 (21) Kiereck
20.650 (09) Nate
20.950 (25) CPU
22.850 (22) Rory
Highest Scores per player (Wk06-Wk10):
85 Wk08 Paulie
85 Wk08 JoAnne
81 Wk06 Nate
81 Wk06 Hobbs
81 Wk06 MJ
80 Wk06 Lou
79 Wk07 Jay
77 Wk09 Champ
76 Wk10 Lynn
76 Wk10 Natalie*
75 Wk09 Gary
75 Wk08 Superbeast
75 Wk07 Kevin
75 Wk06 CPU
75 Wk10 Angie*
74 Wk06 Rob
74 Wk09 Big Al
73 Wk10 Nikki
73 Wk09 Harland
73 Wk08 Kiereck
70 Wk07 Colin
69 Wk09 Jackson
68 Wk06 Mrs S
63 Wk07 Chris
62 Wk09 Rich
58 Wk10 Rory
Highest Scores per player (Full Season):
85 Wk08 Paulie
85 Wk08 JoAnne
84 Wk02 Lou
84 Wk04 MJ
83 Wk04 Lynn
83 Wk02 Jackson
82 Wk01 Natalie*
81 Wk01 Colin
81 Wk03 Nikki
81 Wk06 Nate
81 Wk06 Hobbs
79 Wk03 Kevin
79 Wk07 Jay
78 Wk01 Gary
77 Wk09 Champ
75 Wk08 Superbeast
75 Wk06 CPU
75 Wk10 Angie*
74 Wk06 Rob
74 Wk09 Big Al
73 Wk09 Harland
73 Wk08 Kiereck
71 Wk03 Mrs S
71 Wk01 Rich
70 Wk03 Rory
70 Wk04 Chris
Points Acquired Wk06-Wk10:
357 Hobbs
320 MJ
317 Lynn
314 JoAnne
313 Rob
307 Lou
307 Jay
299 Harland
299 Gary
297 Champ
293 Kevin
291 Kiereck
290 Natalie*
280 Big Al
278 Nikki
276 Angie*
272 Nate
265 Mrs S
263 Jackson
262 Paulie
241 Chris
237 Rory
235 CPU
234 Rich
230 Colin
075 Superbeast
Is there any information you'd like to see next round?
Alright, so we've got 10 races in the books, and almost halfway through the "regular" season. The Standings have taken the shape of the season so far, can some new craftsman make outstanding changes to them?
Big Saturday Night race this week, giving us our NASCAR fix before Mother's Day. Again, check that Entry List. Guys that are there sometimes may not be there now, and people who are rarely around may be there. This'll be good practice for the All-Star Weekend which fast approaches when you have to pick guys from a set list. If they aren't on a list, don't pick 'em! *And our Entry List HAS changed a little bit. Check it out!!*
Big Update complete! We're ready for your picks now!
Schedule:
5/11 11:30AM SPEED Bojangles' Southern 500 Practice
5/11 02:00PM SPEED Bojangles' Southern 500 Final Practice
5/11 05:00PM SPEED Bojangles' Southern 500 Qualifying
5/12 06:30PM [FOX] Bojangles' Southern 500 |
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