Dover Drivers - Good Luck!

Flirter Chase Race #2 in New Hampshire - Logano gets a HUGE WIN for Piston and Beef!!!

Congratulations to Piston and Beef for the Logano pick and win!  Piston jumps up into a tie for the lead, and is in a great position to be locked in for the next round.  Beef jumps up 3 spots into 5th... this is important because the top 5 teams will advance in the event that 5 or more teams get wins.  If less than 5 teams get wins... Shepard, Piston, and Beef are locked in for the next round.  

Ideal hangs on to a tie for the top spot with the 4th place McMurray pick.  

Chonk is in the final qualifying spot at the moment; moving up 1 spot to 3rd with the 7th place Keselowski pick.

Skidmarks gets closer to safety moving up 2 spots to 4th with the 7th place Keselowski pick... but is still on the outside looking in if the Flirter Round was complete with this race.

Shepard and his win are sitting in 6th place... no worries for now, unless more than 2 teams get wins this week.

Graziano falls 5 spots with his 18th place Bowyer pick... he's only 9 points out of the qualifying spot, but the qualifying criteria keeps changing and will most likely change again after the Dover race.

The remaining teams will need to make up the points or grab a win in Dover... it is basically that simple.

If the Flirter round ended today,  Ideal, Piston, Chonk, Beef and Shepard would advance to "The Teaser" Round.  

The thing is, that doesn't mean sh*t... if two more teams get wins, it doesn't matter how many points Ideal or Chonk have (assuming they are not the team with the win).  If more than 2 teams get wins, we will go to the standings and top 5 (assuming the top 5 have the wins)... then tie-break scenarios where applicable.

Well done getting this far, but it is far from over... do yo still have that driver who can win in Dover???  Can you make it on points and stay in the top 2 non-win spots???  Even if you do that... will one of these other a-holes get wins and knock you out anyway????   

Dover on Sunday... it should be interesting to see who everyone relies on to get them further in the league this year.  Good Luck to all!

Cheers! 

Chase Race #2 - New Hampshire Drivers

Chase Race #1 - Keselowski Locks Shepard into the next round... In Theory

Congratulations to Shepard on his Keselowski pick and win to start our battle for this year's Championship!  With 2 races to go in this round and a win automatically qualifies you for the next round*, this is a great start.  Shepard also jumps up 3 spots into 4th.  Well done Shepard!!!!

*If more than 4 other teams get a win(s), then we'll have to go to the tiebreaker scenarios.  

What this means to the rest of you is that there are only 4 spots left for qualifying on points.  If more teams get wins over the next two races, these qualifying spots will be reduced accordingly.  Enough about that...

Ideal moves into the top spot with his 2nd place Gordon pick.  Graz grabs 2nd with the Gordon pick.

Piston stumbled a little out of the gates, but still had a top 10 with the Kenseth pick and holds onto the 3rd spot.

Chonk fell to 4th with the Johnson pick, Skidmarks (Harvick) stays in 6th and Kiss (Johnson) falls to 7th.  I said Kiss Johnson... huh huh uh huh...

None of the wild card teams were able to crack the top 7 and the two top picks were Beef and Dust with 5th place Harvick.  Those bonus points are looking huge right about now.  

We still have 2 races left, so don't let up!

Sorry about the late post... will try to update sooner next week.

New Hampshire on Sunday... Good luck to all!!!

Cheers!

Chicago Drivers... Here We Go!!!!!!

Good Luck to All!

On to the Chase!!!

Chase Grid

Well, well, well... lookie who's back on top of the leaderboard.  Chonk qualified for the Chase in the 4th position, but those 5 wins give him 15 HUGE bonus points and the #1 seed to start the Chase.  Team Piston, Ideal, Kiss, Graziano, Skidmarks and Shepard all qualified on points and will get 3 bonus points per win they accumulated during the regular season.  Dust, Pursuit, Asleep, Beef, Rowdy and Empty all qualified on getting 3+ wins.  Congratulations to all 13 teams who have made it this far!  

As we begin the postseason, I want to make sure everyone is clear on the new rules this season.  As you can see the from the standings above, we have reset the eligible teams points based on qualifying position and regular season wins bonus points… if you were able to qualify in one of the top 7 spots.  Those who qualified outside the top 7 by getting 3 or more wins during the regular season will start with 1000 points.

A quick overview:

The NASCAR Fantassy Cup Chase is a four round format starting at Chicagoland (race 27)

o   A win in any round automatically advances that team to the next round (in theory)

o   Only 5 teams will make it out of Round 1... That means 8 teams will be eliminated after "The Flirter" Round.

o   One team will be eliminated after the second round, "The Teaser".

o   One team will be eliminated after the third round, "The Fluffer".

                  o Only three teams will enter the fourth and final round, "The O Face or Finisher" for the NASCAR Fantassy Cup

Let's do a deep dive of the Flirter Round:

Ø  First round (races 27-29) - “The Flirter” 

o   The top five teams based on points accumulated during races 27-29 will advance to the next round... Again, this means that 8 of you will not advance past the next 3 races.

o   Wins automatically advance a team; the balance of the five teams will be filled in according to points accumulated in the three race Teaser Round

§  The first tiebreaker is number of wins in the current round

§  Second tiebreaker is number of wins during the regular season

§  Third tiebreaker is number of points during the regular season

§  Fourth tiebreaker is whoever got their first win first

§  Fifth tiebreaker is biggest penis or vagina

Shallow Thoughts:

I'm interested in seeing how you guys play it during this round... Go for strong and steady and get as many points as possible??? or go for a win in each round??? Being in the top 5 in points isn't as obvious as it seems... If I were one of the 1000 point starting teams knowing I'm 15 points behind... I'm going for a win.  Unless 5 other teams ahead of you get wins... you will advance, but you'll potentially be behind the 8 ball in the next round as the points will accumulate.  The good news is that after the Flirter Round, only 1 team is eliminated each round, so you'll just have to not be last.  Sounds simple...  

I'm just glad I don't have to worry about the 5th tiebreaker...  

Good luck to everyone!  I cannot wait to see how it all plays out over the final 10 races.

Cheers!

Final Regular Season Results

Richmond Drivers

Atlanta Results - Kahne Locks in Ideal, Piston gets 4th Win!!!

Hola Amigos!  I am going to change it up a bit this week and take care of what really matters...  The picture is much clearer this week, but some things are still up in the air for the final race before the Chase.  

Housekeeeeeping Note: I refreshed the new rules for this year in a new post... click this ---> NEW RULES FOR 2014!!!

Firstly, Ideal and Piston get a nice Kahne win this week.  Nice job fellas!!!

Ideal is locked in on points, takes over the #1 spot, and cannot be lower than a 5th seed to start the Chase.  Boom!

Piston gets a huge 4th win and will also not start the postseason lower than a 5th seed.  Bam!

Graziano drops 2 spots, but is also locked in on points.  He could drop into a tie for 6th, but I don't think that will happen.  Yahtzee!

Chonk is kind of limping in, but his 5 wins will make up for any lost spots... Technically, he could finish as low as 7th, but his wins will count for bonus points for the Chase.  I look for Chonk to have a big week and roll into the Chase with some much needed momentum.  Huzzah!

Kiss's 4 wins will also count for the Chase!  He too can also qualify in the 7th place spot, but he is in and will get at least 12 bonus points for his 4 wins thus far.

Skidmarks still has some work to do... he is in the Chase and in 6th place, but is not locked in the top 7 thus far.  He could finish 3rd, but he could also finish 11th.  Richmond will determine if he will start the Chase with 1000 points or 1002+ points.  I cannot wait to see how he plays it this week.

Shepard is sitting in 7th with 2 wins and is our most anxious team (okay maybe Rusty as well) at the moment.  Just 15 points separate him from devestation, and technically... in total 5 teams could overtake him in Richmond.  He could finish as high as the 4th place spot, but Shepard needs to make the right move on Saturday.

Dust can finish as high as 6th, but he is locked in.  Will he try to get those extra bonus points or will he save one of his top drivers for the Chase??? 

Asleep can also finish as high as 6th and is also locked in... will he be able to overtake the 3 teams in his way and capitalize on his 4 wins or will he simply start the Chase with 1000 points????

Pursuit can also finish as high as 6th and is also locked in... Same position as Asleep, but with one less win... to save his top drivers or not to save... that is the question.

Rusty... sh*t man... getting that 3rd win has been a mutha!  He potentially could finish as high as 6th.  He needs to grab that 3rd win to be sure or have a BSOTWFEST for the 4/5 teams in his way.  Good luck in Richmond!  

Beef has a snowball's chance in hell of finishing in the top 7... but he will make the Chase with plenty of top left drivers to make some noise.

Rowdy will make the Chase and start with 1000 points.  Plenty of top drivers as well.  I can't wait to see how one of my top 20 favorite females in the league will do!  Han Solo!

Empty will also make the Chase and start with 1000 points.  Let's go racing boys and girl!

Penguin, Rasta and A-Game are officially eliminated... F*ck me... us.

Good luck in Richmond on Saturday.  Let's see how the open questions get answered...

Cheers!

Chase Rules Refresher

Not that I give a sh*t, but here is a refresher of the new rules for the Chase this year...

Love,

Bitter Penguin

RULES FOR THE 2014 NASCAR FANTASSY CUP

1) The preferred way to submit your pick is an email to larry.laviolette@gmail.com

• If you don’t have access to email, call or text my mobile number at (210) 862 2976 and leave a message if I don’t answer

 2)     Entry fee for the 2014 NASCAR Fantassy Cup (NFC) season is 200 chips per team

• Send chips to: Larry Laviolette, 1187 Skyline Drive, Canyon Lake, TX  78133 or PayPal Larry.Laviolette@gmail.com (please be sure to go to the ‘Personal’ tab and select ‘Gift’ so I don't get charged)
• Teams who do not send their chips by the scheduled drop of the green flag for the second race of the season, March 2^nd in Phoenix, will not be allowed into the league

 3)     Prize distribution (final number of teams is TBD)

• The Commissioner's fee is waived
• Let's do some winners’ math with both 16 and 17 teams as examples:

(16 x 200) - 200 = 3000 chips

Winners’ breakdown would be:

1st place: 1800 chips

2nd place: 800 chips

3rd place: 400 chips

(Awards will be based on this percentage pending final number of teams)

(17 x 200) - 200 = 3200 chips

Winners’ breakdown would be:

1st place: 1900 chips

2nd place: 850 chips

3rd place: 450 chips

(Awards will be based on this percentage pending final number of teams)

4)     Each week, pick a driver

• You cannot pick the same driver more than twice in a season
• If you're a jackass (no offense) and start the same driver more than twice, you get a big fat zero points and get penalized your top remaining driver (see rule #5 below for explanation of how this works)

 5)     Your pick must be submitted before the scheduled green flag

• “Scheduled” is defined as the time when the green flag is supposed to drop (e.g., the 2014 Daytona 500 has a 1:19 pm EST green flag drop time) and not when the green flag actually drops

i)       If the race is delayed and NASCAR moves the green flag drop back, you do not get more time to submit your pick

ii)     In the unlikely event that NASCAR moves the scheduled green flag drop time up, that will be the new deadline for pick submissions

iii)   If you do not submit your pick in time or pick the same driver more than twice, you get a big fat zero points and you will lose your top available driver remaining according to the NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSC) points system standings prior to the race

(1)  E.g., if you forget to submit a pick for a race, and Jimmie Johnson is leading the NSC points prior to the race, and you have at least one J.J. pick remaining, you will lose that pick.  If you have already used both of your J.J. picks, we will go to the second place driver in the NSC standings and if you have at least one of those picks left, you will lose that pick…and so on until we get to your top remaining driver

(2)  If there is a tie in the NSC standings between your remaining drivers, we will go back in the NSC standings to see which driver was ahead last and you will lose that driver

iv)   Let's say your traveling and you don't have access to email or my cell number, please call one of your racing cronies and have them email, call, or text me your pick

v)     Picks submitted to other players will not be accepted unless they are forwarded to me in time so get confirmation from your crony that he/she submitted your pick

• Proof of submission (if needed) will be in the form of:

i)       Email - Screen shot or picture of email in “Sent” folder

ii)     Text - Screen shot or picture of time-stamped text in conversation string

iii)   Phone - Screen shot or picture of call log with my mobile number

• After the end of each week’s race, you have nearly seven days to submit your pick for the next race…just get it in

6)     Total points awarded for each race will be the same as total points awarded by the NSC point system

7)     If NASCAR penalizes a team or driver and takes away points due to an infraction that affected the car's performance, than any team that started that driver will have the same points deducted from his total for that race

• If NASCAR takes away points from a driver due to an infraction that did not affect the car's performance (e.g., cursing, bumping another driver in the pit, etc.), any team that started that driver will not have points deducted

 8)     The top three teams with the most points at the end of the season as per the new NFC Chase rules (below) wins the chip amounts posted above

9)     Eligibility for the NFC Chase and new Chase format will be as follows based on 14-16 teams:

    Ø  The top six teams in points after the first 26 races will qualify for the NFC Chase

     

     NOTE: I'll try to clarify the rules for 17 teams vs. <=16 teams, since the original rules had both options...

10) Eligibility for the NFC Chase and new Chase format will be as follows based on 17-19 teams:

    Ø  The top seven teams in points after the first 26 races will qualify for the NFC Chase

    Ø  Any team with three or more wins during the first 26 races will automatically qualify for the NFC Chase

o   If a team is outside of the top six in points after 26 races but has three or more wins, they will be added to the Chase as a Wild Card

    Ø  Points for the eligible teams entering the NFC Chase will be reset as follows to start the ten race playoff:

o   1^st place team after 26 races - 1014 points

o   2^nd place team - 1012 points

o   3^rd place team - 1010 points

o   4^th place team -1008 points

o   5^th place team - 1006 points

o   6^th place team - 1004 points

o   7^th place team - 1002 points

o   Each Chase team will receive three bonus points for each win accumulated during the 26 race regular season to start the Chase

o   Wild Card teams are not eligible for bonus points to start the Chase and will start with 1000 points

   

    Ø  The NFC Chase is a four round format starting at Chicagoland (race 27)

o   A win in any round automatically advances that team to the next round (in theory)

o   Multiple teams will be eliminated after the first round

o   One team will be eliminated after the second round

o   One team will be eliminated after the third round

o   Only three teams will enter the fourth and final round for the NASCAR Fantassy Cup

    Ø  First round (races 27-29) - “The Flirter”

o   The top five teams based on points accumulated during races 27-29 will advance to the next round

o   Wins automatically advance a team; the balance of the five teams will be filled in according to points accumulated in the three race Teaser Round

§  The first tiebreaker is number of wins in the current round

§  Second tiebreaker is number of wins during the regular season

§  Third tiebreaker is number of points during the regular season

§  Fourth tiebreaker is whoever got their first win first

§  Fifth tiebreaker is biggest penis or vagina

    Ø  Second round (races 30-32) - “The Teaser”

o   The top four teams based on points accumulated during races 27-32 will advance to the next round

o   Wins automatically advance teams; same format for filling in the balance of teams and tiebreakers applies

    Ø  Third round (races 33 & 34) - “The Fluffer”

o   The top three teams based on points accumulated during races 27-34 will advance to the final round

o   Wins automatically advance teams; same format for balance of filling in the teams and tiebreakers applies

    Ø         Fourth round - (races 35 & 36) - “The Finisher” or “The Load Dropper” or “The Rope Spitter” or “The Nut Buster” or “The Wad Blower” or “The Pie Creamer” or "The Spooge Shooter”

o   The three teams entering the Finisher Round will have their points reset to 2000; no bonus points, each team is tied to start the final round

o   The team with the most points after races 35 and 36 is the NASCAR Fantassy Cup winner; same format for tiebreakers applies

11) The Rules Committee (RC) has final say on any league issues

• In the event of a discrepancy, the RC will hear arguments from all parties involved including the Commissioner
• The RC might have to make up rules as we go but will always act with fairness and the best interests of the league in mind

 12) All future communications will be handled through this site:            

       http://9monthsoffrustration.blogspot.com/

• I will try to get each week’s picks posted as soon as possible to the above web site
• I will track each team’s picks, finishing places, points earned, current NFC standings, and try to be witty in a charming yet unassuming way on the web site, but you are ultimately responsible for keeping track of your picks and points; please check my information regularly to ensure accuracy (I’m just a redneck…this isn't my day job…the only reason I’m doing this is because you wouldn't…there are a lot of chips at stake so keep an eye on me)

 13) The Commissioner will submit his pick to Scott Goodman each week

14) K-10 off-suit is a sucker bet…it only leads to trouble

2014 NASCAR Fantassy League Leadership

Commissioner:

Larry Laviolette

Rules Committee:

George Bunca: hoganshero206@hotmail.com

Chris Nealon: docbeef@hotmail.com

Scott Goodman: rustytruckrules@yahoo.com

Boogidee, boogidee, boogidee…let's go raycin' boys (and girl)!!!