Sonoma Shuffle - Kyle Busch Wins but Nobody Picked Him

Happy Independence Day Eve Amigos!  It's my wife's birthday so I'll make it quick this week.  I'm not a huge Kyle Busch fan, but I think it's a cool story watching him try to make the Chase... the win helped for sure, but he'll have to break the top 30.  He's currently in 37th, but 136 points away.  It'll be fun to watch him go for it... go Kyle???

Top Picks:

Ideal took brother Kurt Busch.  Ideal rebounds from last race's BSOTW and moves up 3 spots to 5th.  Kurt led a bunch of laps but had to use up all his stuff to get back up front... he made it but couldn't pass lil bro.

Empty and Skidmarks took 3rd Place Bowyer.  These 2 teams stay locked into a nice battle for the top spot.  Usually racing side by side allows the other cars to catch up, but not these 2 boys... they are leaving us in the dust.  They are lucky that the Penguin didn't pick him for this race.  :)

Eh....:

Rusty, Piston, Penguin and Shepard took 16th place Gordon.  Shuffled to the back of the lead lap pack, Gordon had to make a big move to get back up front.  But in the end 16th was a good finish for this team as he was just trying to hang on against cars with fresher tires.  Rusty stays in 3rd, Piston stays in 9th, Penguin and Shepard each gain a spot (10th and 11th respectively). 

DOOTW/BSOTW:

This is kind of a tie as both picks were brutal for these teams.  AJ was the top pick this week.  Beef, Dust, Graziano, Kiss, Asleep, and Chonk all took him.  For Beef it's not a big deal, he stays in 4th and has 3 wins.  Dust drops a spot to 6th, but has 0 wins... hurts a little.  Graz drops a spot to 7th and was looking for that 3rd win... hurts a little.  Kiss drops a spot to 8th, but has 3 wins... he's in but wants to stay in Club Ocho Primo for those extra Bonus points... hurts a little.  Asleep drops 2 spots to 12th... he has 2 wins and still only 41 points away from Club Ocho Primo, but this hurts as he may be close to changing his strategy for getting into the Chase.  Chonk and his 0 wins actually gain a spot, but he is in serious trouble.

Pursuit took Edwards who crashed into Ragan while battling for like 5th and 6th pretty late in the race... Edwards took most of the blame, but that doesn't make it any easier for Pursuit.  He has 1 win, so one could argue that he's in a slightly better position than Chonk.  Still in trouble though.

Other Ramblings:

Daytona on Sunday... Another crap shoot??

10 races to go and I'm already feeling the pressure to get my last win.  I'm not too far away from Club Ocho Primo but my Bed Shitting Penguin ass could blow a tire at any moment.  I want that last win damnit!  What are you guys thinking?

Happy Independence Day!!!

Cheers!