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!
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