Dover never disappoints if you love being disappointed. JJ's faulty transmission made sure of that... After the 18 car pile up dust settled, almost half of our League got Bent Over in Dover.
Some had a great week though like those Kyle Larson pickers. Our TOP PICK Larson finished 2nd for Dust and Pursuit. Dust now own 7th alone but gains 10 points on 1st and Pursuit is still in 15th, but gains 26 points on 8th and is now just 41 points away from the Elite 8. A win would have been great and Kyle almost made it happen for them... so close! Congratulations Boys!!
Shepard moves up a spot to 4th with his Keselowski (6th) pick. Shepard continues his strong 2016 run and looks to be cementing his spot in the Elite 8. Nice Job Amigo!
Piston and Ideal took Hamlin who finished 7th. Piston regains the lead after taking a week off from running out front and Ideal holds steady in 6th. Piston has been at the top all season long (7 of 12 races in the top 3) and Ideal has settled into the Elite 8 for the last 3 weeks now. Well done fellas!
Chonk (10th) is our biggest mover this week jumping up 3 spots with his 9th place Truex Jr. pick. Truex was solid again this week, but was part of the Johnson incident... another solid week for Chonk nonetheless. Don't look now but Chonk is now 1 point away from the Elite 8. Pretty amazing if you consider that just 5 races ago he was in 15th place and 67 points behind 8th. Not to mention he's now 69 (Nice!) points away from 1st when 5 races ago he was 122 points out. AND another win locks his ass into the Chase anyway... It's good to be Chonk right about now!
Harvick (15th) was the lap leader but issues in the pits put him in the fray of the Johnson incident. Giving Rusty and Penguin get the EH... pick this week. Rusty stays in 3rd and is only 15 points out of 1st and Penguin drops a spot to 5th 30 points out of 1st and 39 points clear of 9th. It could be worse...
Damn it Jim! I mean Jimmie... Johnson (25th) our most popular pick gets a share for the DOOTW. That incident we have already discussed logs another disappointing week for our League's most popular pick. Harvick was the Vegas favorite and wasn't great, but maybe our League Most Popular Pick is the source of the curse and not the Vegas Favorite... kind of like the Sports Illustrated Curse right? Is that still a thing??? Anyway... Graziano, Empty, Beef, and Skidmarks all chose Johnson. Graz drops a spot to 2nd, Empty (8th) actually gains a spot and is back in the Elite 8, Beef drops a spot to 12th and Skid drops a spot to 13th. We're not used to seeing Beef and Skid struggle like this, but it is still early and they aren't that far away from the Elite 8, so we'll see how the next few races play out.
Co-DOOTW pick Edwards (28th) was picked by Wheels and Kiss. Wheels (8th) continues her fall down the leaderboard, but stays in the Elite 8 by the slimmest of margins and Kiss stays in 14th but doesn't have far to fall. With Pursuit having a solid week, the leaderboard from top to bottom is very bunched up.
#Wifey gets the BSOTW with his 30th place Kyle Busch pick. Kyle was part of the Johnson incident. This drops #Wifey 2 spots and he now sits in 11th just 6 points out of the Elite 8. There is no doubt he is in a bit of a slump and I know that feeling this League can give you when things aren't going your way. Let's not forget that he also has 2 wins so we are just 1 race away from him getting that last win and locking in. So that could erase the recent struggles really quick.
OTHER RAMBLINGS:
We have a week off this week as we gear up for Charlotte in 2 Sundays.
I have to admit that I wish I were in 1st all season with a 200 point lead, but since that will never happen... I think it is awesome that we are all so bunched up. I mean come on! 1st through 7th could change hands if something weird were to happen... 8th through 15th could as well. It most likely won't happen that way, but it means that a few strong weeks could take a bottom team to the top and a few bad weeks could take a top team to the bottom. We have always known that I know, but 12 races into this thing and the only thing we know is no one is safe and no one is out. Keep digging!
I hope the SI Curse was never really a thing and is just an Urban Legend that's for sure... but my Astros are sucking so far this year although we just took a series against the White Sox who needed a gem from Sale to hold off the sweep... that would have been nice. Go Stros!!!
Enjoy the week off and we'll talk again soon!
Cheers!
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