Bristol Results - Johnson Wins Again but Nobody Picked Him... A Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On!

Take a look at the +/- column... lots of spots being exchanged after the dust settled in Bristol, and this has been the trend all year thus far.  I do not see it changing with the new points system and I think it is great... for now at least.  I'm thinking I will start hating it when I begin my tumble down the leaderboard, but for now I love it!

TOP PICKS:

Truex has to be the TOP PICK this week as he tied Logano for the top point earner, but also won stage 2.  This gets Fast, Spinning and Kiss 48 race points plus a potential Bonus Point for the Chase.  Fast takes over the top spot and these rookies have owned the top spot for 4 out of the 1st 7 races... never going below 2nd all year.  Spinning jumps back up to 3rd which has been her high water mark so far this year and Kiss also jumps up to 3rd for the 1st time this year.  Rusty took Logano who also earned 48 points.  Rusty jumps up 2 spots to 6th and 38 points behind 1st. 

Harvick got Beef 41 huge points and catapulted him out of the basement to 15th... up 2 spots this week.

EH...:

Pursuit, Piston and Chonk took 2nd place Bowyer which is great, but Bowyer had to work his way up to the front and overcome a pit road speeding penalty to get there... which translates into no stage bonus points and 35 race points.  In this new format... this will hose you a little.  Still a great day, but 13 points behind the top picks has to be an Eh...  Pursuit (7th) and Piston (11th) each gain a spot and Chonk remains in 16th.  Eh...

Elliott grabbed a 7th place finish and 35 race points due to a top 10 finish in stage 1.  Not a bad day, but not good enough to be a top pick and Penguin drops a spot to 2nd.  Eh...

Erik Jones ran well in both stages but brought it home in 17th place for Lets Go and Sexy.  Lets Go jumps up 2 spots to 8th while Sexy moves up 1 to 14th.  A great Eh... pick IMO.

Rudd and Shepard took 4th place finisher Kenseth... same deal as Bowyer no stage race points.  Shepard drops 2 spots to 5th while Rudd holds at 13th.  Eh...

DOOTW:

Kahne was solid in practice, but it did not translate into anything great in the race... Dust drops out of the Elite 8 to 9th but only by 2 points.  I think we'll see him bounce back for sure.

BSOTW:

Skidmarks, Ideal and Graziano get the stinky award this week.  Kyle Busch is not a huge Bristol fan, but you couldn't tell by the way he dominated practice.  He was a solid pick in theory but an accident did him in...  Gaining only 3 race points.  Skid drops 6 points to 10th, Ideal loses a spot to 12th and Graziano drops 3 spots and is now last.

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Richmond this week on Sunday.

Feel free to post your thoughts on the site... it is always good to hear from you guys.

Cheers!

Texas Results - Bonus Points Update

Congrats to Kiss for picking Johnson, grabbing win #2 and 3 Bonus Points.  Penguin, Piston, and Lets Go get 2 Bonus Points for Blaney winning stage 1 and 2.  Lots of solid picks this week.  Keseth gives the BSOTW to Beef, Fast and Skid.  Bowyer gives Graz the DOOTW.

Happy Easter everyone!   

Cheers!

Martinsville STP 500 Results - Keselowski Wins for Rusty!!!

Hola Amigos and Amigas!!!  We are still trying to figure out what to do about the penalties issued in Phoenix.  Our new site does not deduct the points as it is pulling from NASCAR.com's race standings which does not show the points deducted.  However, the driver's standings do...  We have some options to consider, and I will update you all when a ruling is made.  

TOP PICKS:

Congratulations to Rusty for picking Keselowski who got him a HUGE 1st win!!!  Rusty climbs up 4 spots to a tie for 9th and only 5 points out of the Elite 8.  

Truex won Stage 1 and grabbed a nice Stage Point for Graziano.  He finished 24 points behind Rusty, but the Stage Bonus point warrants a Top Pick.  Graz jumps up 2 spots to 14th.

 Fast gets another Stage Point for Elliott winning Stage 2.  Fast takes back the lead!  Simple game isn't it Rookies???

Penguin and Dust had a nice day from Kyle Busch who finished 2nd and had a solid points day finishing well in each stage.  Bam!  Penguin jumps up 2 spots to 2nd.   Dust breaks into the Elite 8 by jumping up 7 (Wow!) spots to 5th.

EH...:

I don't know when I'll stop being amazed at the new scoring system, but Logano had some early struggles and was 2 laps down I think at one point.  He rallied to bring it home in 4th which is freaking amazing, but that loses Spinning 22 points to Rusty... unbelievable that a 4th place pick gets you an Eh...  but I think it has to.

Bowyer also had a nice run for Pursuit and Lets Go finishing 7th, but that is 24 points behind Rusty... Pursuit jumps up a spot to 8th and into the Elite 8.  Let's go stays in 11th but is only 7 points out of the Elite 8.

Kiss (7th) and Shepard (4th) took 8th place Newman who earned 29 points... 26 points away from Rusty... damn.

DOOTW:

Hamlin gets the smelly sheets for Chonk (17th), Skidmarks (3rd), Ideal (9th), and Rudd (14th).  16 points hurts, but can be made up in chunks with the new format.

BSOTW:

McMurray gets the messy sheets for Beef (16th), Piston (12th), and Chicken (13th)... McMurray looked so strong but had a rough day in Martinsville gaining only 1 point for these guys.  

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Texas on Sunday!  Yeeeeeeee Hawwww!!!

Feel free to leave your thoughts about the League on the site message board... it would be good to hear from you guys.

Cheers!

Fat Penguin

Fontana - Auto Club 400 Results - Larson Has Hugefa King Day for 6 of You Fools!!!!!

Sorry for the late post, but I spent my blog time trying to figure out the best way to track the Bonus Points.  Basically I maintained the old spreadsheet and modified the standings tab, but I had a lot of catching up to do... anyhoo...

I'll make this quick...

Penalties Update:  We're still waiting on the appeals... Rules Committee is all over it.  I'm hoping for the best for those possibly impacted, but just  know that there may be some points deductions when the smoke clears... but there may not be as well.

RACE RECAP:

Skidmarks, Fast, Shepard, Ideal, Kiss, and Lets Go, all took Larson who dominated the race.  He won stage 1 and the race and potentially giving these guys 4 huge bonus points for the Chase.  Skid, Fast and Shepard each already have 2 wins and are running 1st through 3rd... not surprising.  Congratulations Guys!!!

Truex won stage 2 getting Penguin and Piston a nice Bonus Point*.

*I'm just going to start putting an * behind bonus point each time and you guys will have to know the caveat... that you have to be in the top 8 to start the Chase to get those points.

The points are crazy this year and there can be HUGE point swings each race... for example, Rusty BSOTW'd this week and took Newman had had a decent 15th place finish, but he loses 37 points in the standings to the Larson pickers.  Wow!

If you took Kyle Busch you had a nice 8th place finish, right?  Wrong.  You DOOTW'd and you lost 20 points to the Larson pickers.  Double Wow!  Sorry Rudd, Spinning and Chicken.

A 10th place Elliott pick (Beef, Chonk, Graziano, Pursuit and Dust) is an Eh... pick because it loses you 16 points to the top pick... you get my point.

Other Ramblings: 

Martinsville on Sunday.

We have 2 rookies running in the Top 8.  Check out Sophomore Spinning back in the Top 8.  We also have some salty veterans as well.  I like the mix...

Cheers!

Fat Penguin