Yes, the three Chase drivers not assigned to a player are available for picking.
Ryan Newman
Paul Menard
Clint Bowyer

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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.

If you pick someone and one of the above mentioned posters want that driver, you have to pick another driver. 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.

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. *** 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

Total pts.______________ ChaseDriver__________Non-Chase Driver
87 Matt Murton's Beard**__Carl Edwards_________Kyle Larson
84 Peoria Matt**__________Denny Hamlin________Clint Bowyer
79 Hawg Ass**___________Matt Kenseth_______Paul Menard
72 Gloopan Kuratz****____Kyle Busch__________Tony Stewart
69 newper**____________Kurt Busch____________*Austin Dillon
67 chaspopcapp*_________Joey Logano_________Trevor Bayne
65 Scorehead*****______Jimmie Johnson______D-Ryan Newman
65 doug-ep______________Brad Keselowski_______*NP-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
63 spanky*____________Dale Earnhardt Jr._______*Kasey Kahne
57 Hatchetman****_______Jamie Mcmurray______Jeb Burton
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53 K Effective*___________Martin Truex Jr._______Aric Almirola
48 Urlacher's missing neck*__Kevin Harvick________*AJ Allmendinger
32 pittmike______________Jeff Gordon___________Danica Patrick
---SILLY SEASON---58th Annual Daytona 500---February 21, 2016---
*Dealbreaker award__________________________*2nd Pick NP-NoPick D-Dealbreaker Pick

Matt Murton’s Beard gets two drivers in the Top 10 and rockets to the top of the leaderboard. Two more races until the bottom three in points are eliminated from Championship contention. Sunday’s race from New Hampshire may also be missing a RaceLog since I will be in attendance of the Cubs game that evening.

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.
Ryan Newman, Paul Menard, Clint Bowyer

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 - 9/27/2015

Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner OwnerPointsRank Race Attempts
1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy FLIR Felix Sabates 13 27
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC3) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske 9 27
3 3 Austin Dillon Chevy Cheerios Richard Childress 21 27
4 4 Kevin Harvick (PC1) Chevy ditech Tony Stewart 16 27
5 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Farmers Insurance Linda Hendrick 18 27
6 6 Trevor Bayne Ford AdvoCare John Henry 29 27
7 7 Alex Bowman Chevy Nikko RC / Toy State Tommy Baldwin 35 27
8 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Ford Shaws / Smithfield Richard Petty 26 27
9 10 Danica Patrick Chevy GoDaddy.com Tony Stewart 23 27
10 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight J.D. Gibbs 2 27
11 13 Casey Mears Chevy GEICO Bob Germain 22 27
12 14 Tony Stewart (PC4) Chevy Code 3 Associates / Mobil 1 Margaret Haas 25 27
13 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-Hour Energy Rob Kauffman 15 27
14 16 Greg Biffle Ford Kleen Performance Products Jack Roush 20 27
15 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford Ford EcoBoost John Henry 28 27
16 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Pedigree Joe Gibbs 4 27
17 19 Carl Edwards Toyota Sport Clips J D Gibbs 3 27
18 20 Matt Kenseth (PC6) Toyota Dollar General Joe Gibbs 1 27
19 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki 6 27
20 23 Jeb Burton Toyota Bullhorn Ron Devine 39 27
21 24 Jeff Gordon (PC7) Chevy Drive to End Hunger Rick Hendrick 12 27
22 26 Josh Wise Toyota Maxim Anthony Marlowe 44 27
23 27 Paul Menard Chevy Sylvania / Menards Richard Childress 14 27
24 30 Travis Kvapil(i) Chevy Curtis Key Plumbing Curtis Key Sr. 49 12
25 31 Ryan Newman Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress 8 27
26 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt(i) Ford Arundel Ford/Weirs GMC/Bangor Truck Equipment Archie St Hilaire 41 27
27 33 B.J. McLeod(i) Chevy TBA Joe Falk 36 27
28 34 Brett Moffitt # Ford Dockside Logistics Jerry Freeze 34 27
29 35 Cole Whitt Ford Taco Bell Bob Jenkins 31 27
30 38 David Gilliland Ford MDS Transportation Brad Jenkins 32 27
31 40 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy TBA Mike Hillman 33 27
32 41 Kurt Busch (PC5) Chevy Haas Automation Gene Haas 5 27
33 42 Kyle Larson Chevy Target Plaid Chip Ganassi 19 27
34 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Richard Petty 17 27
35 46 Michael Annett Chevy Switch Hitch Harry Scott Jr. 38 27
36 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevy Bush's Chili Beans Tad Geschickter 24 27
37 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Chevy Lowe's Pro Services Jeff Gordon 7 27
38 51 Justin Allgaier Chevy AccuDoc Solutions Harry Scott Jr. 30 27
39 55 David Ragan Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip 27 27
40 62 Timmy Hill(i) Chevy TBA Jay Robinson 46 27
41 78 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy Furniture Row / Visser Precision Barney Visser 11 27
42 83 Matt Dibenedetto # Toyota Cosmo Motors Ron Devine 37 27
43 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy Nationwide Rick Hendrick 10 27
44 98 Ryan Preece Chevy Premium Motorsports Mike Curb 40 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 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

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Newman

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

Bowyer

Newman

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2nd pick Dinger

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

Paul Menard

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

Newman

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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

Larson

burton

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Austin Dillon

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@audioidkid

Danica

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Menard

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2018
#ExtendLafleur

2nd pick Newman

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Bayne

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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?"

spanky and Scorehead have been pm'ed.

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Almirola

Smoke!

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Dealbreaker for Newman.

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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

newper has been pm'ed.

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I'll take Dillon then.

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Green flag!!!

Doug gets Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

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Lap 10 of 300.

Carl, Harvick, Kurt Busch.

Top 15 within 10 seconds of thr lead.

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Boogity.

Boogity.

Boogity.

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-Hank Kingsley

Lap 20 of 300.

New leader, Kevin Harvick. He has to win. Expect him to drive extra douchey today.

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Lap 25.

38 cars on the lead lap.

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Sadly, this race could be won or lost on pit road today.

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TROUBLE!!!

Almirola into the wall. Ouch.

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Everybody to pit road under caution.

Harvick, Kese, Kurt Busch, and Hamlin take only two tires ans win the race off of pit road.

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