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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 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.

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. After the fifth race of the season driver picking priority will be based off of the 2014 standings. *** 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 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 27 of 36

Total pts.________________ Chase Driver____Non-Chase Driver
93 Scorehead**__________Brad Keselowski__Matt Kenseth
78 Peoria Matt*****______Joey Logano______*Clint Bowyer
76 donspiracy____________ Kasey Kahne_____*NP-Danica Patrick
74 Gloopan Kuratz***_____Kevin Harvick_____Brian Vickers
73 newper**_____________Jeff Gordon______*Greg Biffle
69 City Of Fools*_________Kyle Busch________NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
68 RFDC****____________Dale Earnhardt Jr. __Kyle Larson
66 NearWSHussra*_______Carl Edwards______*Tony Stewart
64 chaspopcapp*________Kurt Busch________*D-Ryan Newman
64 Hawg Ass***_________Jimmie Johnson___*D-Jamie Mcmurray
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55 Hatchetman__________AJ Allmendinger____Martin Truex Jr.
46 spanky*_____________Denny Hamlin______Marcos Ambrose
26 K Effective*__________Aric Almirola_______*Paul Menard
---SILLY SEASON---57th Annual Daytona 500---February 22, 2015---
*Dealbreaker award ________________________*2nd Pick D-Dealbreaker Pick

This is how the Chase is going down this year, 13 get in to start. Yes, the three Chase drivers not assigned to a player are available for picking. After the 3rd race, the bottom three in points will be eliminated from title contention. Leaving 10 players left until the 6th race, the bottom three in points will be eliminated. Leaving 7 players left until the last race, when the Top 4 will advance to the final race with everybody’s points reset to zero after each round of eliminations. Yes, this is not exactly like how Nascar is doing it, but close enough for the Rules Cabal. Have at it boys!!!!

Entry List
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Sylvania 300
New Hampshire Motor Speedway - 9/21/2014
Last Update: 9/15/2014 8:32:00 AM
Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics

Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner Owner PointsRank Race Attempts
1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy Belkin/WEMO Felix Sabates 19 27
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske 1 27
3 3 Austin Dillon # Chevy Cheerios Richard Childress 20 27
4 4 Kevin Harvick Chevy Budweiser Designate a Driver Tony Stewart 4 27
5 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Time Warner Cable Linda Hendrick 11 27
6 7 Michael Annett # Chevy Feed the Children Tommy Baldwin 31 27
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley Richard Petty 23 27
8 10 Danica Patrick Chevy GoDaddy Tony Stewart 28 27
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground J D Gibbs 6 27
10 13 Casey Mears Chevy GEICO Bob Germain 25 27
11 14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Chevy Code 3 Associates / Mobil1 Margaret Haas 24 27
12 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-Hour Energy Rob Kauffman 18 27
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford Ortho Jack Roush 15 27
14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford EcoPower Oil John Henry 27 27
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs 7 27
16 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Toyota Dollar General Joe Gibbs 10 27
17 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell / Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki 3 27
18 23 Alex Bowman # Toyota Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 37 27
19 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Chevy Drive to End Hunger Rick Hendrick 2 27
20 26 Cole Whitt # Toyota Iowa City Capital Partner Anthony Marlowe 33 27
21 27 Paul Menard Chevy Sylvania / Menards Richard Childress 21 27
22 31 Ryan Newman Chevy Quicken Loans Richard Childress 13 27
23 32 Timmy Hill Ford US Chrome Frank Stoddard Jr. 38 27
24 33 David Stremme Chevy Little Joe's Autos Joe Falk 40 27
25 34 David Ragan Ford Taco Bell Bob Jenkins 32 27
26 36 Reed Sorenson Chevy American Muscle Driving Experience Allan Heinke 34 27
27 38 David Gilliland Ford Clean Harbors Brad Jenkins 30 27
28 40 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy Snap Fitness Mike Hillman 35 27
29 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Chevy Haas Automation Gene Haas 9 27
30 42 Kyle Larson # Chevy Target Chip Ganassi 17 27
31 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Richard Petty 16 27
32 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevy Bush's Beans Tad Geschickter 14 27
33 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon 8 27
34 51 Justin Allgaier # Chevy PlanBSales.com Harry Scott Jr. 29 27
35 55 Brian Vickers Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip 22 27
36 66 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota Land Castle Title Jay Robinson 39 27
37 77 Corey LaJoie (i) Ford Fochler Veterans Law Randy Humphrey 48 14
38 78 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy Furniture Row Barney Vissar 26 27
39 83 Ryan Truex # Toyota Burger King Ron Devine 41 27
40 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy Diet Mountain Dew Rick Hendrick 5 27
41 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota TBA Wayne Press 51 5
42 98 Josh Wise Chevy Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb 36 27
43 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac Jack Roush 12 27

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 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

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Biffle

kenseth

Larson

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Clint Bowyer

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Matt Kenseth

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Vickers

McMurray for now

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Ambrose

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lets go with truex again

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Bowyer

Pick 2 is Biffle then.

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Vickers

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Well, gimme MENARD!! then, i guess.

McMurrary

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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?"

Ryan Newman

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Hawg Ass and Hussra have been pm'ed.

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Tony Stewart still available?

Yes.he is all yours.

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Dealbreaker: McMurray

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Chas has been pm'ed.

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Dealbreaker Newman

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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?"

Green flag!!

Racelog will commence some time soon.

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Matt Kenseth taking a list of people out!!

Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, and Brad Keselowski.

Lap 200 of 300.

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Another caution happened.

Now Mears and Vickers did not pit and lead the restart. This will not end well for them.

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Kurt Busch into the wall, losing a tire after contact.

Everybody to pit road under caution.

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Yet another caution again.

A piece of debris, and they actually showed it!!

52 laps to go as they run under the yellow flag.

Kese back out front.

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Larson and Kese will lead the restart with 40 laps to go.

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Stenhouse into the wall, after contact with Carl Edwards a few laps before.

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These restarts have been getting crazy. Larson did not have a good one last time.

Kese and Logano will learn it next, with Harvick and Larson in row 2, and JJ in 5th.

33 laps to go.

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