Race postponed til tomorrow. So we'll see if the cabal lets this thread stand.
16 players!? Win and advance?!? A new title sponsor?? Why the hell not???
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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 40 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 40 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 29
Total pts._________________ Chase Driver_____2nd Driver
212 Secret Squirrel***_______Brad Keselowski___
NP AJ Allmendinger
185 Terry's Peeps__________ Joey Logano________Ryan Newman
179 Urlacher's missing neck*_ Kyle Busch________Ryan Blaney
178 Gloopan Kuratz*_________Martin Truex Jr_____
NP Danica Patrick
178 RFDC**______________Matt Kenseth________Alex Bowman
176 Peoria Matt*__________ Carl Edwards________Paul Menard
161 newper****___________ Denny Hamlin_____
NP Greg Biffle
154 Apologist*____________ Jimmie Johnson_____
NP Ricky Stenhouse Jr
131 chaspopcapp*________ Kevin Harvick_______Kasey Kahne
130 Hussra_______________ Kyle Larson_________
NP Michael McDowell
126 K Effective____________ Chase Elliott________
NP Matt DiBenedetto
125 doug-ep**____________Kurt Busch_________
NP Trevor Bayne
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117 donspiracy____________ Austin Dillon_______
NP Casey Mears
112 pittmike______________ Tony Stewart_______
NP Brian Scott
74 Hatchetman__________ Jamie McMurray_____
NP Clint Bowyer
66 sjboyd0137___________ Chris Buescher______
NP Landon Cassill
---SILLY SEASON---59th Annual Daytona 500---February 26, 2017---
*Dealbreaker Award________*2nd Pick
Starting Lineup1 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Hunting Chevrolet SS
2 88 Alex Bowman Axalta
3 24 Chase Elliott 3M
4 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries - ABC
5 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1 / Rev the Vote Chevrolet SS
6 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger / Stouffer's / Stouffer's FitKitchen
7 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row / Denver Mattress
8 19 Carl Edwards Stanley
9 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office
10 22 Joey Logano Pennzoil
11 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's
12 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips
13 10 Danica Patrick Aspen Dental Chevrolet SS
14 16 Greg Biffle Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion
15 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr SunnyD Ford Fusion
16 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's
17 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General
18 21 Ryan Blaney Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center
19 3 Austin Dillon Dow Coating Materials
20 2 Brad Keselowski Wurth
21 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar
22 95 Michael McDowell Thrivent Financial
23 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation / Monster Energy Chevrolet SS
24 83 Matt DiBenedetto Pink Cosmo Motors Online
25 42 Kyle Larson Target / Belkin QP
26 34 Chris Buescher Love’s Travel Stops
27 6 Trevor Bayne Advocare Ford Fusion
28 27 Paul Menard Valvoline / Menards
29 13 Casey Mears GEICO
30 44 Brian Scott Jacob Companies
31 15 Clint Bowyer 5-Hour Energy
32 38 Landon Cassill Rev the Vote / Snapchat
33 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield
34 23 David Ragan Dr. Pepper
35 7 Regan Smith Nikko RC / Toy State Chevrolet
36 98 Cole Whitt VYDOX Plus
37 46 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J
38 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt Can - Am
39 55 Reed Sorenson VYDOX Plus
40 30 Josh Wise Curtis Key Plumbing