Top Picks:
Well so much for my Sphincter Factor Theory I had imagined for Team Piston. With all those 2 and 3 win teams buzzing about last week... all they did was choose the 99 car on Sunday and left and right turned their way into victory lane. Piston gets their 2nd win and jumps up 2 spots to 4th. Back in week 1 was the last time Piston had been this close to the top and they were 4th then as well. Nice job Piston!!!
Ideal took McMurray (4th) for yet another nice points day. Ideal jumps up a spot to 8th and is only 4 points out of the 7th place spot.
Ambrose (8th) was our most popular pick as is the norm for road courses. Even though he has never won at Sonoma it is tough not to pick the Thunder from Down Under. Chonk slightly widens his gap <wink> over Penguin from 1 point to 6 points. Skidmarks holds on to 5th. Dust jumps into the 7th place spot. Beef, Empty, and A-Game all keep their same positions but log a nice points day.
Kiss and Rusty chose 10th place finisher Bowyer. Kiss moves up 1 spot to 9th and Rusty hangs on to lucky 13th. Both these handsome* fellas have 2 wins, so they are looking good* for a postseason run.
* I can confirm Rusty is handsome and looking good, but I can only assume that Kiss is handsome and looking good as well... never met him face to face. Unless he's one of the many Jersey hooligans that I have met over the years at Rusty's Poker Parties...
Eh...:
Kurt Busch (12th) was this week's second most popular choice. He ran in the top 5 for most of the day, but pit strategy (I think) put him back in the pack towards the end of the race. He never made it back up front, but he did spin his brother out with a few laps to go... so that was pretty cool. Penguin stays in 2nd, Asleep drops back one into a tie for 5th, Shepard jumps up one to 10th, Rasta (14th) and Rowdy (16th) both hang on to their positions.
Graziano took 14th place Vickers. Graz can hear the squealing of Piston's tires only 5 points behind him, but he hangs on to the 3rd spot. Graz has run up in the top 7 for the last 14 weeks, and is looking to be a strong contender in the Chase this year.
DOOTW/BSOTW:
I'm not sure if this has happened before in the Dutch Oven Award Era, but Pursuit gets a double stinker this week receiving both the Dutch Oven and the BSOTW awards. I thought AJ was going to be a freaking genius pick this week. And he was... until Jr. decided to jump the curb and use the 47 car as a guardrail to keep himself on the track. AJ led the most laps and was definitely the driver and car to beat all day, but finished 37th after the incident.. what could have been? Pursuit drops 4 spots out of 7th to 11th, but he has 2 wins and I'm thinking he will be just fine in the weeks to come. Sorry Pursuit...
Other Ramblings:
Kentucky this Saturday. That's all we need... a bunch of hillbillies boozin' it up and watching NASCAR... but enough about my house... and you guys thought I was making a Kentucky joke.
I hope I get lucky in Kentucky...
Daytona the following Saturday. 2 Saturday races in a row, so get your picks in mfers!
Another team gets to the 2 win mark... and it's not me. F&*K!
The teams that hold 2nd-7th are still an extreme BSOTW and a win or top 5 finish from 8th place Ideal from being on the outside looking in. That's what makes that 2nd win so huge... You can BSOTW and DOOTW your way through the next few weeks and still get one more win and be in.
We have 10 weeks left until the Chase begins and A-Game, Empty, and Rasta need to start making their move. Rasta is closest to 7th (51 points out) and Empty has a win. A win this week in Kentucky would be huge for these teams... Can they get 2 or 3 wins in 10 races? It is definitely possible, but a very tall order at this point I'm thinking. I hope they prove me wrong...
Good luck to all!
Cheers!
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