Final Flirter Race #3 - Gordon wins... 5 teams move on...

  Okay boys and girls... we have made it to a huge round of eliminations and I am shocked as to how it has played out...

The Teaser Round Finalists:

Piston Pumpin' Racing - Off to a rocky start this year early on... a furious charge over the final 18 races before the Chase has given this team the momentum to take the top spot and a 10 point lead into Round 2.  Piston had 22 bonus points to start the Chase if you add regular season wins and qualifying spot points.  However, a big win New Hampshire has kept this team at the top.  Showing that you have to be a top performer during the regular season and in each round of the playoffs to contend for the Championship under the new rules format.

Chonk Motorsports - Chonk has basically dominated the regular season and was never out of a Teaser Round spot during the Flirter Round.  However, I do not think any winless team could rest easy during round 1.  Think about it... a win by Kevin Harvick, 2 teams below him picking Gordon, or a Jimmie Johnson BSOTW would have doomed the Chonkster.  That did not happen, so it is meaningless to think about that now...

Skidmarks - What can I say about this team?  Skid was dominate early on and hung around the top for most of the regular season... then he dropped out of the top 7 and was in danger of entering the Chase without any bonus points.  But a nice rally at the end of the regular season and a strong 3 race stretch in the Flirter Round of the Chase has Skidmarks in a nice position to contend for this title.

Dr. Beef Motorsports - Beef started the season at the top with 2 early wins, but fell towards the back of the pack as the regular season continued.  A win in the 1st Dover race locked Beef into the postseason and a Flirter Round win in New Hampshire makes Beef the only non-Top 7 qualifying team to move on to the next round of our new Chase format.

Shepard Racing -  Shepard hung out towards the bottom all year and was actually in 17th place at one point.  He made an incredible run to actually qualify on points and collect the valuable bonus points.  A Keselowski win in Chicago (Flirter Race #1) was the difference in sending Ideal home in the 1st Round.

On to the Teaser round!  The next three races will be interesting.  The last 5 teams will just need to beat out one team to move on... Do you go for wins or try to accumulate the most points??? Both?

Good luck to the final 5!

Cheers!