Sonoma Drivers

Michigan Results - Beef Stays Hottt!!!

A rain shortened race gave Kurt Busch the win in Michigan and nobody picked him.  Some of us did pick his brother though... so we were sofa king close to being right.  Well, not exactly.  But if you're going to shit the bed... do it before the rain out I always say.  

TOP PICKS:

Beef took Dale Jr (2nd).  Beef jumps up 2 spot to 4th and is only 38 points out of 1st.  Beef can tell you 1st hand about how important the bonus points are... take a look at the run he had to make last year just to end up in a tie for the championship.  It is not likely to happen again and our defending champ* looks like he is not planning on having to make a miracle run to repeat* this year.  Good Job Beef!

Chonk took Kenseth (4th).  A nice week for Chonk who gains 25 points on 8th place and is now 61 points out... he'll need to make a serious run, but a solid Michigan Race for sure.

Pursuit took Logano (5th).Pursuit gains 24 points on 8th and is only 58 points out... he has logged a win so a few more options than Chonk, but cut and paste that last part above for Pursuit.

Empty took Keselowski (6th).  Empty gains 7 points on Skid this week and hangs on to the top spot for the 4th week in a row.

Shepard took Menard (8th).  Shepard gains 20 points on 8th and is just 36 points away.  

EH...:

Kiss took Hamlin (11th).  Kiss gains a spot to 7th... 3 wins + whatever Bonus Points he can manage makes him an early favorite.

Skid took Edwards (12th).  Skid holds on to 2nd but loses a little ground to Empty.  He has 2 wins and has been a solid member of Club Ocho Primo.

Rusty, Graz, and Piston took Kahne (15th).  Rusty stays in 3rd... Graz actually drops 2 spots to 7th, while Piston gains 2 spots to 9th just 22 points away from Club Ocho Primo.

Dust took Larson (17th).  Dust drops a spot to 5th.  0 wins, so he'll have to tread cautiously... but Dust has been solid all year so far.

DOOTW:

Asleep took Harvick (29th).  Harvick was once again the race favorite, and most likely would have made it back up front, but mother nature had other plans.  Asleep stays in 10th, has 2 wins and actually gains a point on 8th place... so not a very musty Dutch Oven when you consider all that.

BSOTW:

Ideal and Penguin took Kyle Busch (forty fucking third).  Like I said above... at least he did it before the rain delays.  Ideal drops 3 spots to 8th... he has 2 wins so I'm sure there is no panic going on.  Penguin drops 2 spots to 11th and I'm panicking my ass off.  I want that 3rd win now!!!  Where the hell is Ambrose?!?!?

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Sonoma this week on Sunday.

I've never thought of having a pet penguin, but I'm pretty sure they shit the bed.  

11 races to go until the Chase... Who will make a move??  Who will crash into turn 2??  Who will use all of there stuff up trying to get in???  

Cheers mfers!

Michigan Drivers

Here's a nice view of downtown Detroit...

Pocono Results - Truex Breaks Through and Locks Beef into the Chase!!!

Pocono was another eventful race for our little League.  Not so much with the standings short of some shuffling between 5 through 7 and 13 & 14.  BUT... We do have our 2nd team locked in the Chase, and will you take a f*cking look at this?  It's last year's Champion* Beef telling me to take my asteric and shove it up my arse...  Congratulations Beef!

No need for the whole top picks, Eh... , DOOTW, and BSOTW this week.  Beef is locked in with the Truex win, all but 3 teams had top 10 finishes, 8 of 15 had top 5 finishes.  Rasta DQ'd for the 2nd time this year.  Graz's 15th place Edwards pick is a rather flowery BSOTW, but he does drop 2 spots to 7th.  Chonk's 13th place Kahne pick gives him more of a spa like facial than a Dutch Oven... but he does drop a spot to 14th and needs to be thinking about wins if he doesn't get on a major roll in the next couple of races.

Michigan this week on Sunday and then we get a week off before Sonoma... 

Cheers amigos!

Pocono Drivers

Dover Results - Johnson Wins! Empty, Skidmarks, and Beef Get Win #2!!!

The FedEx 400 in Dover (some call it the Jimmie Johnson Invitational even though Piston didn't pick him...), gave a nice warm welcome for some to the 2nd half of the regular season.  For others not so much...

My favorite column in our League spreadsheet is the +/-, and this week she lit up like a Christmas Tree... a 3-bulb Christmas Tree, but my point is we had a lot of shakin' going on again.  Here goes...

TOP PICKS:

Jimmie Johnson (1st) picked by Empty, Skid, and Beef.  Empty stays in the lead and extends his lead a little over the new 2nd Place car Skidmarks.  Skid still has the hammer down and jumps up 1 spot and keeps pace with Empty.  Beef is our biggest mover this week jumping up 3 spots and jumps back into Club Ocho Primo (COP)!  Our defending Champion* is now in 7th; his highest mark of the season and looks to be eyeing even more spots as we head into the 2nd half of the regular season.  Congratulations Boys!

Martin Truex Jr. (6th) picked by Rusty, Piston, and Pursuit.  Jersey boy Truex was the strongest car for most of the day, but he just can't seem to get over the top and get that win... Rusty continues bounceback #2 moving up a spot to 3rd just 22 points out of the #1 spot...that 3rd win would've been nice though.  Piston, knew JJ would win, but couldn't overlook Truex's strong sled... Team Piston jumps up a spot into 11th just 28 points out of COP.  Pursuit was eyeing that 2nd win from the basement, but still jumps up a spot to 14th.  I know the win was the goal, but still a strong week fellas!

EH...:

Carl Edwards (19th) picked by Dust.  Dust submitted an early pick of Biffle 17th, but changed to Edwards who finished ok... when I do this my changed driver battles for the win while my submitted pick shits the bed, so an Eh... in this situation is like a win.  Dust jumps up a spot to 4th and is 40 points out of 1st.  Not a bad week...

Denny Hamlin (21st) picked by Ideal and Penguin.  Fucking Bowyer!  As much as I want to like him... he just seems to continue to bend me over whenever I pick him or one of my chosen drivers races around him.  He should quit hanging out with those Duck Dynasty hillbillies and work on his racing in my humble opinion.  Sorry to you Bowyer fans out there... I want to like him.  Ideal still jumps up a spot into 6th just 46 points out.  Penguin holds onto 9th but needs some speed racer gadgets for his drivers who race around dipshits...    

DOOTW:

Our most popular Dover Kyle Busch (36th) was picked by Graziano, Asleep, Shepard, Chonk, and Rasta.  Kyle ran great all day (top 5) and continues to amaze me as we watch him recover from a very bad accident.  I missed the follow up but I think he had a spotter issue or Brian Scott had a spotter issue that caused them to make contact and end Busch's day.  Graziano drops 3 spots to 5th, Asleep falls 2 spots out of COP to 10th, Shepard drops a spot to 12th, Chonk stays in 13th and Rasta falls down a spot to 15th and is now in the basement.  A very disappointing day for a very strong car. 

BSOTW:

Matt Kenseth (39th) was picked by Kiss.  Kiss drops 3 spots to 8th but hangs on to the final COP spot.  Kiss and his 3 wins will be fine, but bonus points have proven large.  Beef had to have 8 of 10 tops 10s in the Chase, including 2 wins and 5 top 5s just to tie Chonk who started with a 23 point cushion on Beef last year.  Kiss may have stinky sheets this week, but I don't think there's any panic for this team.  

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Pocono on Sunday.

We now have 8 2-win teams who will be looking to get locked in this week in Pocono.  Kurt busch has the pole, Harvick has the speed, and the Hendrick boys have had plenty of success in Pocono... I'm interested to see how it will play out.  After sitting out of the Chase last year... I want to lock in ASAP... then I can start to try to grab some bonus points.  First things first... I want to win this week in Pocono!

Good luck on Sunday fellas!

Cheers!