Playoffs? Playoffs!?!? PLAYOFFS!!!!!?
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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.

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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 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 32

Total Pts. _______________ Chase Driver_______Non-Chase Pick
417 Racelog Announce Team**__Kyle Busch____Jamie McMurray
408 Peoria Matt**________Kevin Harvick______D-Denny Hamlin
398 chaspoppcap*_______Dale Earnhardt Jr____*Juan Montoya
386 Gloopan Kuratz**_____Jimmie Johnson_____D-Brad Keselowski
385 Terry's Peeps***_____Matt Kenseth______*David Ragan
370 Otunga's CoffeeMug***_Jeff Gordon_______NP-Martin Turex Jr.
355 Urlacher's missing neck*_Greg Biffle_________Marcos Ambrose
352 Apologist*____________Carl Edwards_______Jeff Burton
318 RFDC*________________Clint Bowyer_______*Aric Almirola
310 newper_______________Ryan Newman_____Paul Menard
300 Hawg Ass*____________Kurt Busch_________Mark Martin
298 Dr. Ken_______________Kasey Kahne______Danica Patrick
283 Hatchetman___________Joey Logano________NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
*Dealbreaker Pick __________________________*2nd Pick D-Dealbreaker Pick

Wow, what a race at Talladega. Seems everybody was using their heads and didn’t want a 10 million dollar pileup like the end of last year’s fall race. Only Austin Dillon went for the ride bouncing off of Casey Mears hood on the back stretch during the last lap. As for the contest, twooooooooooo players had twoooooooooooooo Top 5 drivers. Quite amazing. The Speeps Era goes out like a chicken nugget fart, salty and underwhelming. At least half of the RaceLog Announce Team will be in the booth for next weeks race at Martinsville.

Only four races left on the season, and it looks like the Top 8 are separating from the bottom of the pack. RFDC is 99 points back of the leader, that may be too many to overcome.

Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500
Martinsville Speedway - 10/27/2013
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

Starting
Position Car# Driver SponsorManu QualifyingSpeed(mph) QualifyingTime(secs)
1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx One Rate Toyota 99.595 19.013
2 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Lowe`s Chevy 99.344 19.061
3 18 Kyle Busch M&M`s Halloween Toyota 99.344 19.061
4 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Dollar General Toyota 99.183 19.092
5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 99.162 19.096
6 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 99.084 19.111
7 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald`s Chevy 99.007 19.126
8 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 98.815 19.163
9 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Drive to End Hunger Chevy 98.790 19.168
10 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chevy 98.774 19.171
11 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Miller Lite Ford 98.748 19.176
12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 98.712 19.183
13 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 98.702 19.185
14 99 Carl Edwards Geek Squad Ford 98.656 19.194
15 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 98.553 19.214
16 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 98.553 19.214
17 39 Ryan Newman State Water Heaters Chevy 98.527 19.219
18 41 Aric Almirola Maurice Petty Hall of Fame Inductee Ford 98.410 19.242
19 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Chevy 98.400 19.244
20 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Driven for a Cause Ford 98.394 19.245
21 14 Mark Martin Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 Chevy 98.379 19.248
22 31 Jeff Burton Sleep Innovations / Dow Chevy 98.328 19.258
23 27 Paul Menard Menards / Turtle Wax Chevy 98.129 19.297
24 40 Landon Cassill (i) Moonshine Attitude Attire Chevy 98.053 19.312
25 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 98.048 19.313
26 51 Kyle Larson (i) Target Chevy 97.972 19.328
27 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver`s Ford 97.855 19.351
28 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 97.830 19.356
29 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 97.780 19.366
30 30 Cole Whitt(i) Widow Wax / Lean1 Toyota 97.780 19.366
31 35 Josh Wise(i) MDS Transport Ford 97.674 19.387
32 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 97.618 19.398
33 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 97.568 19.408
34 47 Bobby Labonte (PC6) Clorox Toyota 97.498 19.422
35 55 Elliot Sadler(i) RK Motors Collector Car Auctions Toyota 97.473 19.427
36 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 97.448 19.432
37 36 J.J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 97.377 19.446
38 32 Ken Schrader U.S. Chrome Ford 97.103 19.501
39 33 Tony Raines(i) Little Joe's Autos Chevy 97.088 19.504
40 87 Joe Nemechek (i) NEMCO - JRR Toyota 97.053 19.511
41 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Breast Cancer Awareness Chevy 96.755 19.571
42 95 Reed Sorenson (i) Ford 95.845 19.757
43 83 David Reutimann Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 94.794 19.976

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

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hamlin

Danica

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https://twitter.com/DrKenCast

Keselowski

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Burton

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1926-1931-1934-1942-1944-1946-1964-1967-1982-2006-2011

Mark Martin

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#ExtendLafleur

Keslowski

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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?"

2nd pick: Almirola

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Speeps pm'ed me Juan Montoya. He is under silent protest.

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Ambrose.

I'm still not over my guy Austin Dillon destroying his monumental finish on the last lap.

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

Paul Menard under protest as well.

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He was right there at the end... I thought he had a Top 5 car too

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McMurray

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Keeping Score, also under silent protest, has pm'ed the pick of Jamie Mac.

Gloop has been pm'ed.

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Dealbreaker - Keselowski

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chas has been pm'ed.

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JPM

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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?"

Speeps under silent protest, has used a dealbreaker to take Hamlin.

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Nuclear option for Hamlin.

I WILL NOT BE PUSHED AROUND !!!!!

Terry's Peeps has relented has picked David Ragan.

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Looks like we are the only race fans who haven't been banned. I'll expect my billing to increase accordingly

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Some people are on silent protest, not banned. You will be properly compensated.

Green flag!!!!

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Caution!!

Burton spun by Carl Edwards. Rat bastard.

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Under caution at Lap 10.

JJ and Kyle will lead then off on the restart.

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Back to green at Lap 20.

JJ jumps the restart and Kyle pulls in behind him.

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New leader Kyle busch, Kenseth now 2nd, JJ to 3rd.

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Lap 45.

Kenseth takes the lead, JJ now 2nd. Leaders are going through the back of the field already.

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Top 4 running in a line.

Kenseth, JJ, Gordon, and Kyle with Hamlin 5th.

34 cars on the lead lap, that number is going down fast. Like a Matrinsville Hot Dog.

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Sweet cheeks a lap down already

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