Kansas Results - Teaser Round Complete! On to the Fluffer!!!

TEASER ROUND COMPLETE:

Another race, another Truex win... and man could Rusty and Chonk have used a win in Kansas.  Rusty almost caught Skidmarks by choosing Jimmie Johnson while Skid's McMurray pick ended with a huge wreck.  In the end, Rusty fell short just 3 points from moving on.  Chonk also took McMurray who needed to win to get him to the Fluffer.  Congratulations to Rusty and Chonk on another impressive season!  So we say goodbye to Rusty and Chonk and we say welcome to the Fulffer Round to Shepard, Skidmarks, Lets Go, Dust, and Ideal!

On To The Fluffer!:  Rules Refresher...

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

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

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

FLUFFER ROUND LEADERBOARD:

You will see that your point total will reflect 3 Bonus Points for your Teaser Round Wins and/or 1 Bonus Point for each of your stage wins.  Points are still accumulating.

Just 2 races in the Fluffer Round and only 3 teams will make the Finisher Round... meaning that we will be saying goodbye to 2 more teams this round!  Shepard is looking like our version of Truex Jr. and has a nice 76 point lead.  However, I do not think Skid, Lets Go, Dust and Ideal are going to lay down and let him take this thing home without a fight.  Plus we will be resetting points at the end of this round and adding any race win or stage win Bonus Points to the 2000 point total of each team to start the Finisher. 

But we aren't there yet!  2 more huge races still need to be run to get there.

Congrats on making it to this point guys and gal!  I wish you all the best in the Fluffer Round!

Go Stros!

Cheers!

Fat Penguin

Dega Results - Race 2 of Teaser Round Complete - Keselowski Gets a Huge Win for 3 Teams - 1 To Go Before the Fluffer!!!!!!

Congrats to Lets Go, Dust and Ideal for taking Keselowski this week who brought home the checkered flag!  This basically guarantees them a spot in the Fluffer and gives them Bonus Points for the Win and the Stage 1 win Bonus Point to boot.  Shepard took Blaney who won Stage 2 so he will get a Bonus Point should he move on the the Fluffer. 

3 teams are basically locked in and they run 3, 4 & 5th.  This causes issues for Rusty and Chonk as they now are chasing 2nd place if they are to advance on points.  They are 22 and 40 points behind Skidmarks after race 2 of the Teaser. 

This also causes a little stress to Skidmarks and maybe even Shepard... If Rusty or Chonk get a win in Kansas this week and Skidmarks does not... he could find himself on the outside looking in.  If both Rusty and Chonk pick the same driver who manages to win the race and Skid and Shepard do not... well you get the picture.  The last scenario is unlikely given the driver selections left, but strange sh*t happens in this League all the time.

Kansas this week on Sunday where we will lose 2 more teams when the smoke clears and the dust settles.  Good luck to all!

Go Stros!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers!

Fat Penguin

Charlotte Results - Teaser Round Race 1 Complete! Lets Go Gets the Win!

Congrats to Lets Go for the Win!!!  2 more to go in this round and it is pretty tight.  Lets Go is locked in unless 5 more teams get wins and finish higher in points... so I think she's locked in right?  Just like Truex Jr. was saying... it's nice to get that win before going into 'Dega...

Keep digging boys and girls!  2 More to go in the Teaser!!!!

Race 3 of the Flirter Round is in the Books!! Who Got Bent Over in Dover??? 7 Teams Moving on to the Teaser Round!!!!

Man!  Sorry for giving you the don't get bent over in Dover warning, but Dover is usually brutal for some teams... and Sunday was no different.  But for 7 it was a springboard into the Teaser Round.

First, let's say goodbye to 4 teams who had outstanding years:

Spinning had the TOP PICK in New Hampshire, but BSOTW'd Chicago and Dover and fell from 3rd to 7th during the 1st Round.  This puts her out of the Chase by 2 points as Ideal who is actually running 8th gets to advance by virtue of his win in Chicago.  

Beef was strong in Chicago and had the TOP PICK in Dover, but a 2 point Harvick day in New Hampshire did him in.

Pursuit was a virtual lock to move on but DQ'd on Sunday with a no pick... with Jimmie Johnson still available... He's sick about it, and sees his solid year come to an end with that mistake.

Fast was solid all year long, but had some tough luck in all three races of the Flirter Round and find themselves out of it.  Still a very impressive rookie year!

Congratulations on a solid year guys!

Welcome to the TEASER ROUND!

A couple of things to point out on the standings above:

• RUSTY, DUST, IDEAL have been awarded 3 Bonus Points for their 1st round wins.
• Points IN/OUT of Next Round are now pointed at 5th place for the 7 teams still in it as 5th or better is what you need to move on to the Fluffer Round.

The 7 teams moving on are:

Shepard - 40 points ahead of 5th.

Skidmarks - 37 points ahead of 5th

Rusty - 26 points ahead of 5th

Chonk - 3 points ahead of 5th

Dust - 5th

Lets Go - 4 points behind 5th

Ideal - 9 points behind 5th

Congratulations to you all!

TEASER ROUND RULES REFRESHER:

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

          * The top five teams based on points accumulated during races 27-32 will advance to the 3rd round

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

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Charlotte this weekend on Sunday

Points accumulate until the Finisher Round so everyone keep digging!

Cheers!

Fat Penguin