Richmond Results - Edwards Wins Again - But Nobody Picked Him BUT We Have a Little Shuffling Going On!!!

Howdy Amigos!  No team picked up a win in Richmond but many teams had solid finishes.  A couple of teams in the elite 8 struggled while one team on the outside looking in had the top pick.  All in all just over half of the teams shuffled places this week, but no one jumped more than 1 spot up and no one fell more than 2 spots down.  

TOP PICKS:

Skidmarks had the top pick of Kyle Busch (2nd).  Skid moves from a tie for 11th into a tie for 10th and is only 13 points out of the Elite 8.  Nice job Skid!!!

#Wifey (5th +1 spot) and Dust (8th +1 spot) took 3rd Place Johnson. 

Wheels (2nd +1 Spot), Graz (4th), Empty (5th +1 spot) took 5th place Harvick.

Kiss stays in 13th with his 6th place Hamlin Pick.

Rusty (1st), Penguin (12th -1 spot), and Chonk (14th) took Logano who rallied back to an 8th place finish.

Ideal (10th) and Pursuit (15th) took 10th place finisher Kurt Busch.

EH...:

Beef (9th -1 spot) took 11th place Keselowski and Shepard (7th -2 spots) took 13th place Dale Jr.

Neither of these pics were terrible but they do lose valuable spots this week.

DOOTW/BSOTW:

Piston (3rd -1 spot) took Allmendinger who finished 25th.  Piston only drops 1 spot but loses valuable points this week.  I love it when my BSOTWs are only a 25th place finish.  Not too bad considering...

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Talladega this week on Sunday.  A little earlier start time this week, so get those picks in.

Skidmarks had a nice finish this week but not great results in the standings.  If you look at this League race by race it can be a little frustrating on races like this.  The tough thing about this week is he only gains 3 points on 8th and 7 points on 1st, because 12 of the 15 teams had top 10 finishes.  However, you have to keep your eye on the big picture and feel good about each and every point gained over the course of the season as you try and position yourself for the Post Season.  Hell yes a win would have been great and losing it like he did must have been excruciating, but a solid week is always a very good thing... especially during this phase of the season.   

I'm hoping Dega is an awesome race and not just a bunch of drafting until a final lap of carnage... unless my pick wins of course.

Cheers!

Richmond Drivers

Good Luck Guys and Girl!  My dog's nanny says she'll stream the race from her phone if I come down to the beach and watch them swim.  I wonder where she is keeping her phone... Oh well.  

Bristol Results - Edwards Rises Above the Chaos and Carnage Gets Wins for 2 Teams!!!

I knew it was going to be an awesome race when I saw Kyle Busch slamming into the f*&%ing wall before I could even get the drivers posted.  You gotta love Bristol... FML.  Lots of good stuff happened for some and some carnage and chaos for others... Let's get to it.

TOP PICKS:

Piston and Chonk took Race Winner Edwards.  Piston get their 1st win and jump up 2 spots to 2nd.  Team Piston have been solid all year basically running in the top 4 all year (except for week 2) and now are just 2 points back from the top spot.  Will we see a new leader soon?  Chonk climbs out of the basement to 14th but more importantly get his 2nd HUGE win.  He also gains 39 points on 1st and 27 points on 8th.  Awesome job guys!

Kiss took Rookie Chase Elliott who finished 4th.  Kiss stays in 13th, but gains 31 points on the top spot and 19 points on 8th!  He's still 78 points out of 1st and 35 points away from 8th, but this shows you how things can change in a hurry in this damn League.  Nicely done Kiss!

Beef took Harvick (7th) and busts his way into the Elite 8.  He jumps up 4 big spots and clears 9th by just 2 points.  With 0 wins you have to be in the top 8 to get to the postseason... I know we have a long way to go, but life is better when you're running in the top 8... at least I think it would be.  Booya Beef!

Graz and Pursuit took Logano who brought it home in 10th.  Graziano jumps up 2 spots to 4th and is steadily climbing towards the front.  Pursuit actually drops to solo 15th, but gains 26 points on the leader and 14 points on 8th.  Solid week fellas!

EH:

Dust took Kahne (17th).  Dust actually gains 2 spots to 9th and is just 2 points out of the Elite 8.  With 1 win is his pocket and knocking on the door of the Elite 8, this EH... pick is not too bad.

#Wifey and Empty took Hamlin (20th).  #Wifey stays in 6th with his 2 wins and Empty gains a spot to 7th.  Given the carnage and chaos that happened in Bristol, this was not a bad finish.  

DOOTW:

Rusty, Shepard and Skidmarks took 36th place Kenseth.  Rusty clings to the top spot by 2 points, Shepard falls 2 spots to 5th and Skidmarks drops a spot to 11th.  Skidmarks takes the biggest beating in this group, but with 1 win and just 16 points out of the Elite 8... I think Skid will be just fine.

BSOTW:

Speaking of beatings... Spinning, Ideal and Penguin took the guy who had been kicking Nascar's ass for the last year Kyle Busch who mistakenly thought he was in a dirt track demolition derby exhibition.  Spinning drops a spot to 3rd, Ideal drops 5 big spots to 10th and Penguin drops 2 spots to 11th.  Spinning was trying to rebound a little but is just fine in 3rd and Ideal was trying to lock into the Chase this week, but still has 2 wins, but Penguin... Gaaaawwwwddddddaaammmnniiiitttttttt!

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Richmond this week on Sunday.

Nothing like going for wins, using a top driver to go for said wins, and ending up with nothing but a nice BSOTW.  It's funny about this League when you think of it... the huge favorite wins sometimes, but typically Vegas odds are usually 300 or 400 to 1 for that favorite to win in a given week.  Take Harvick in Phoenix... he dominates, but last Phoenix race I think he was 250 to 1.  So "going for wins" is really kind of a scary proposition if you think of it that way.  Congrats to those of you who have found the magic this year... the rest of us are jealous no doubt.  

Good luck this weekend.

Cheers!

Bristol Drivers

I was chatting with my Dog's Nanny about our favorite passing maneuvers at Bristol... although she enjoys the pressure moves, the slide jobs, the pick and rolls... the Bump and Dump is definitely her favorite.   It makes her so giddy...  I hope your drivers don't get Bumped and Dumped, but it'll be fun to watch if they do.  

Lone Star Results - Kyle Busch Wins, but Nobody Picked Him...

Howdy Folks!  Texas was on the surface rather uneventful... and considering last week, I'm guessing some of you were happy about that.  But if you look a little deeper, you'll see Rusty pulling away a little, Shepard continuing his march to the front, and those back of the pack cars with 1 win each are falling further behind and may possibly be close to rethinking their strategy right about now.  But hey, there's 19 races left, so it may really be uneventful in the grand scheme of things.  

No real need to go into detail this week, but Truex and Edwards seemed to be the class of the field.  They both ran solid all race and didn't finish badly, but they couldn't close it out and get that win...

Piston had the BSOTW with Dillon who finished 19th and they drop to 4th.  The bottom 3 took Keselowski who finished 18th and gets the DOOTW for Chonk, Pursuit and Kiss.  Those guys needed a strong week this week and although 18th is not a bad DOOTW, it drops them even further behind.  

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Bristol this week on Sunday.   

Cheers!

TEXASSSS YEE HAW 500 DRIVERS!!!! Rain Delay, but Let's Put the Mud Tires On!!!!!

Martinsville Results - Rusty Gets a Win and Takes the Lead!!!

Well Martinsville was another crazy race for the League.  We had Rusty getting his 1st win, we have a new leader (Rusty), we have yet another most popular pick of the week shit the bed, and I believe for the 1st time in League history* we had every team changing their position in the standings.

*no idea if this is true, but I can't remember this happening.

TOP PICKS:

Rusty took race winner Kyle Busch.  Rusty continues his impressive start to this season.  He's run in the top 5 since race 2 of the season and has been steadily tracking down Rookie Wheels.  She let's him go on by (for now), and Rusty is out in clean air!  Plus he gets that important win #1.  Congratulations Rusty! 

Piston took the 7th Place car of Vickers.  Vickers has a good history at Martinsville and practiced and qualified well.  Piston moves up a spot to 3rd.  Another team off to a strong start, Piston has been running 4th or 3rd in 5 of the 1st 6 races.  Good job Piston! 

Wheels, #Wifey, and Empty took Johnson (9th).  Wheels will now have to see how the rest of us poor suckers feel for at least a week as she slips down to 2nd.  This ends an impressive run at the head of the pack for the 1st 5 races.  I expect that she'll be back on top soon.  #Wifey gains 4 big spots and now runs in 6th with those 2 huge wins hanging out of his shorts.  Empty is back in the elite 8 after a 3 race run on the outside looking in.  He jumps 3 spots to 8th.  Solid week guys!

Shepard and Penguin took Newman (10th).  Shepard gains a spot to 4th and continues a 4 race streak in the top 5.  Penguin jumps 2 spots to 9th and is just 1 point out of the Elite 8.  Nicely Done!

EH...:

Considering the way the BSOTW went this week, Ideal and Graziano can consider their picks top picks as well... 

Ideal took Logano (11th).  Ideal jumps up 3 spots to 5th, and with those 2 wins he finds himself in a great position to lock in early this season.  Staying in the top 8 and earning extra Bonus points is a... Bonus.

Graz took Dale Jr (14th).  Graz jumps 3 spots and is back in the Elite 8 after taking 3 races off with his Jr pick.  

DOOTW:

Kiss took Kahne who finished 22nd.  Kahne looked strong in practice and qualified well.  He was bumping cars with Vickers early on, but ended up wrecking out of the race when Keselowski seemed to forget which pedal was the gas and which was the brake... Sucks for Kiss, but he still gains 2 spots and moves to 13th.  He has 1 win and only 40 points away from 8th, so panic is most likely not setting in just yet.

BSOTW:

Skid, Dust, Beef, Chonk and Pursuit took Martinsville Master Hamlin who wheel hopped his ass into the wall in a bit of a rookie move to place 39th.  Son of a ..... I am guessing that more of us would have picked Hamlin if he would have qualified better.  I don't think there's much consolation in the fact that he owned up to the mistake like a man, but he's a bad mofo and it just goes to show how freaking frustrating this League can be sometimes.  Skid free falls 7 spots to 10th, Dust and Beef bungee drop 5 spots to 11th and 12th respectively, Chonk and Pursuit only drop 1 spot, but... well you know why that is.... Sorry guys.

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

The good news for you Himlin pickers is it is a short week and you can rebound quickly with a solid pick this week.  I'm guessing you all will.  

TEXAS this week on Saturday night... I'll be golfing in a tournament all weekend, so I will most likely not be able to remind you.  Hopefully you guys don't count on that anyway.

Yee Haw Mfers!!!!  Let's have some fun this weekend... TEXAS Style!!

Cheers!

Maaaahhhhtinnsvillle Drivers

Greetings from sunny Texas amigos and amigas!!!

Check out Marshfield Massachusetts where Graziano is dreaming of a beach somewhere:

I love watching short track racing with my dog's nanny... you know what I mean???