Charlotte Results - Dillon Gets His 1st Win, but Nobody Picked Him - Beef and Pursuit Have a Huge Points Day Nonetheless!

As we near the midway point of the non-Chase races, we do not have many questions answered.  Okay... Fast Wheels is in and there are a couple of other teams that are just a win away.  There are a couple of teams that will need to have a huge turnaround or a winning streak to factor into this thing.  A few teams off to a nice start... a few teams struggling... some with some nice potential Bonus Points accumulating... others with very little.  But when I see a 59 point differential between the TOP PICK and the BSOTW, the feeling I get is that anything can happen this year.  I'm sure we will be singing a different tune next week, but for now not much has been decided.

Beef took TOP PICK Truex who earned him 60 huge points and a Bonus Point for winning stage 2.  Beef jumps up a spot to 11th, but that is only part of the story.  Before Charlotte, he had just jumped up 3 spots to 12th with his win in Kansas.  He was still 51 points out of the Elite 8 and 126 points away from 1st.  After Charlotte he is 41 points away from the Elite 8 and now 85 points out of 1st!  41 points gained on the leader is not too shabby and News Flash!  Our 2016 Champ is on the move!

Pursuit earned 55 points with his Kenseth pick he moves up a spot to 7th and is now 39 points away from the leader.  Kiss and Graziano took Hamlin who got them 43 points and a nice Bonus Point for his Stage 3 win.  Kiss moves up 1 to 4th just 21 points off the lead and Graz jumps up 2 to 13th.

Great week guys!

EH...:

Harvick was solid but still finished 19 points behind Truex with 41 and no stage wins, so we'll give him an Eh+ this week.... thank you.  Spinning stays put in 6th, Dust drops a spot to 9th, and Piston moves up 2 spots to 14th.

Shepard had a nice day from Erik Jones!  He loses 21 points to Truex, but Shepard still moves up a spot to 2nd.

Penguin, Rusty, and Skidmarks took Johnson who gambled and ran out of fuel on the final lap.  They get 36 points but Penguin jumps back into 1st for the 2nd time this year, Rusty falls 1 to 8th, and Skid remains in 10th just 31 points out of the Elite 8.

Lets Go got 31 points out of McMurray and drops 1 spot to 5th and still in really good shape.

DOOTW:

Ideal (-1 to 12th) took Blaney who looked very strong early but in a freaky accident he breaks an axle on a pit stop... really bad luck, but he showed some pretty good determination and came in 25th.  He still loses 43 points to our top pick this week.

Larson started from the back and moved quickly to the front finishing in the top 10 in stage 1 & 2.  He crashed out of the race during stage 3... Retired Rudd (-3 to 15th) and Chonk (17th) get held under the covers this week.

BSOTW:

I think Kahne and Elliott went out during that fluid on the track incident.  Elliott caught on fire and Kahne hits the wall... ending their day and giving Sexy Chicken and Fast Wheels the stinky sheets.  They each fall 2 spots... Fast to 3rd and Sexy to 16th.  Tough week, but this thing is far from over.

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Dover this week on Sunday.

I think we will see a team or 2 lock in this week.

Cheers!