Playoffs? Playoffs!?!? PLAYOFFS!!!!!? -------------------------------------- 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.
-------------------------------------- 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 Jeff Burton each week if I am so compelled. The newly enshrined Cribbage Hall Of Famer and Racelog co-host Keeping Score gets to pick Juan Pablo Montoya every week. 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.
2. Driver picking priority will be based off of the weekly standings. Enforcement of rule #1 is ironclad and absolute, unless I feel otherwise or my belly is filled with party liquor. Whichever occurs first. 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 26
Total Pts. _____________Chase Driver_______2ndPick 15 Terry's Peeps****____Matt Kenseth______Martin Truex Jr. 12 Gloopan Kuratz***____Jimmie Johnson_____Brian Vickers 12 Racelog Announce Team**__Kyle Busch___*Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 6 Peoria Matt***________Kevin Harvick______ Marcos Ambrose 6 Apologist*____________Carl Edwards_______Mark Martin 6 Dr. Ken_______________Kasey Kahne_______*Brad Keselowski 3 Hatchetman___________Joey Logano_______Paul Menard 3 Urlacher's missing neck*_Greg Biffle_________Aric Almirola 3 newper_______________Ryan Newman______Jamie McMurray 0 chaspoppcap**_______Dale Earnhardt Jr____Danica Patrick 0 RFDC*________________Clint Bowyer_______*Juan Montoya 0 Hawg Ass*____________Kurt Busch_________*Denny Hamlin 0 Otunga's CoffeeMug***_Jeff Gordon_______NP-AJ Allmendinger *Dealbreaker Pick __________________________*2ndPick NP-NoPick
Yes indeed, Hawg Ass gets to transfer to the Chase. You may be asking yourself, what is "The Field"? That will be the best finishing driver NOT picked or any of the Chase drivers. This may be more fair or unfair to the LCW winner. Otunga's CoffeeMug will only get to make one pick per week, just like anybody else left. The Field driver will be in a pool of the remaining drivers not picked each week. Good luck to everybody left in the contest. Have at it, boys!
Starting Lineup NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 400 Chicagoland Speedway - 9/15/2013 Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics
Starting Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs) @1 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 189.414 28.509 2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Miller Lite Ford 189.248 28.534 3 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target / Kraft Chevy 189.062 28.562 @4 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 188.785 28.604 5 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Best Buy Ford 188.772 28.606 @6 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Drive to End Hunger Chevy 188.541 28.641 @7 16 Greg Biffle Post-it Ford 188.515 28.645 @8 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 188.357 28.669 @9 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Lowe's Chevy 188.304 28.677 @10 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Dollar General Toyota 188.298 28.678 11 27 Paul Menard Quaker State / Menards Chevy 188.298 28.678 @12 18 Kyle Busch Doublemint Toyota 188.291 28.679 13 47 AJ Allmendinger Kingsford Charcoal Toyota 188.278 28.681 14 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 188.258 28.684 15 43 Aric Almirola Eckrich Ford 188.127 28.704 @16 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Furniture Row / Serta Chevy 188.075 28.712 @17 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Designate a Driver Chevy 187.957 28.730 @18 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Time Warner Cable Chevy 187.878 28.742 19 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 187.513 28.798 @20 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 187.207 28.845 21 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 186.903 28.892 22 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 186.812 28.906 23 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Chevy 186.774 28.912 @24 15 Clint Bowyer Peak Antifreeze Toyota 186.754 28.915 25 55 Brian Vickers(i) Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 186.445 28.963 26 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 186.085 29.019 27 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 185.880 29.051 28 30 Cole Whitt(i) Swan Energy / Lean1 Toyota 185.778 29.067 29 14 Mark Martin Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops Chevy 185.765 29.069 30 36 J.J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 185.414 29.124 31 13 Casey Mears Geico Ford 184.445 29.277 32 40 Landon Cassill(i) Hillman Racing Chevy 184.407 29.283 33 83 David Reutimann Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 184.376 29.288 34 35 Josh Wise(i) MDS Transport Ford 184.344 29.293 35 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 184.106 29.331 36 51 Justin Allgaier(i) Brandt Chevy 184.080 29.335 37 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 183.799 29.380 38 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 183.331 29.455 39 32 Timmy Hill# U.S. Chrome Ford 183.315 29.458 40 95 Reed Sorenson(i) Leavine Family Racing Ford 182.082 29.657 41 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 181.928 29.682 42 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Royal Teak Collection Toyota 180.753 29.875 43 33 Tony Raines(i) LittleJoesAutos.com Chevy 178.731 30.213
@ Chase driver
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 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
_________________ CSFMB: Home of the small minded Beardown wrote: I'm declaring a victory without research.
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