Charlotte Results... Kahne is Top Pick

We are 5 races into the Chase and nothing has been decided.  14 points separate the top 4 spots and there are 6 teams within 25 points for the Chase Prize.

2nd place Kahne was picked by Skid, Graziano, Dust and Pursuit.  Skidmarks moves from 3rd to 2nd this week and only 7 points out of the top spot.  Skidmarks (-15) and Graziano (-18) are now 2nd and 3rd in the race for the Chase.

5th place Kyle Busch was picked by Chase Leader Asleep and Ideal.  Asleep still hanging on to the Chase lead.

6th Place Harvick was this week's most popular choice.  Rasta, Beef, Kiss, Rowdy, and Chonk all picked the #29 car.  Rasta actually losing a spot with this week... showing how stiff the competition is in this league.

Shepard took Pole Sitter and 7th Place Gordon, keeping him within reach on the Chase but will need some strong finishes in the last 5 races to factor into the "chip" distribution.

Kurt Busch (14th - Penguin), Dale Jr. (15th - Rusty), and Biffle (16th - Piston and Empty) were the bottom picks this week.  Still an okay points day, but with all of the other good picks this week these feel like BSOTW finishes for sure.

Talladega is this week and I have no idea who to pick.  Good thing for me is that I do not have a lot of choices, so it should be a rather short rock, paper, scissors tournament for the rest of the year.

Good luck this weekend teams and try to avoid "The BSOTW One" or as they have to say on TV "The Big One".

Charlotte's Web

Here we go!!!  Bank of America 500 Saturday night in the Chase!!  Good luck!

Kansas Results... Harvick Dominates... Kenseth Disappoints??

For me this race was tough to watch... they have got to do something about the tire/track combination in Kansas... Whatever the F... that means!?!?  Caution after caution after caution for the same thing.  JC!!  Someone please explain how they can not get this right for a particular track.  Don't they practice or use that track at all when NASCAR is not in town?  I'm probably waaay off here as usual, but I am trying to understand.

Okay... enough about that.  Let's get to it.

Harvick was the genius pick of the week by Kiss, Asleep, and Piston, giving Asleep and Piston wins two weeks in a row.  Asleep now has 3 wins out of the 4 Chase Races and has opened up a 10 point lead in the Chase over 2nd Place Chaser Piston.

The next best pick was 5th place Edwards by Dust, Shepard, and Penguin.  Giving me a little breathing room out in the lead.  

Rusty took Jr. 8th, and 7 Teams took race favorite Kenseth who finished 11th  and struggled all night with that car.  

BSOTWs were Empty (Keselowski 17th), Ideal (Hamlin 23rd), and Rowdy (Daniky 30th... Oops.. I mean Stenhouse Jr.).

No changes in the top 8 spots this week and a little shuffling from 9th to 14th.  With 6 races left is this a 5 team race?  Or can Empty or Piston make a run?  

The Chase is obviously closer, but from how far back can someone come to take the lead?  

A little BSOTW action from the top spots would definitely make things interesting.  

I guess we will see in the next month and a half... Charlotte on Saturday night this week.  Good luck everyone!

Cheers!

Kansass Drivers

Johnson Dominates Dover... Jr. and Logano not too bad either...

 

It's easy to tell how knowledgeable this league is about NASCAR on a week like this where 7 of 16 teams pick the race winner:

Graziano

Beef

Dust

Asleep - Now the Chase Leader!!!

Piston

Shepard

Skid

Congrats to those teams!

6 of the 9 teams who didn't pick Johnson had already picked him twice in previous weeks.  Of those 3 who had Johnson available 2 teams took Jr in 2nd (Rowdy) and Logano in 3rd (Rasta).  I'm not sure what that says about me (7th place Kenseth)...  Not sure what or if I was thinking... I was definitely hoping for better than a 7th place finish by Kenseth...  Especially since I could have saved Kenseth... who has won the last two races at next week's track in Kansass... but I'm not bitching and I hope the NASCAR gods do not take it that way.  

Empty and Ideal (who is in Buenos Aires for a couple of weeks) took Newman (8th).  I'm hoping Ideal runs into Andrea, my friend and favorite bartender in Argentina, and sends us a pic.  Hola bonita!!!  Aye caliente!!!  

There were 2 BSOTW picks this week: 37th Place Keselowski; picked by Chonk, Pursuit, and Kiss and 35th Place Edwards by Rusty.  Both of these drivers looked strong at times during the race, but sheets will still need to be cleaned.  

As for the league, the top 6 spots remain the same, but as I mentioned Asleep takes the Chase lead.  

Good luck in Kansas this Sunday!

Johnsonfest in Dover

Just got back from Kitesurfing and about to watch... Good luck to all!

New Hampshire Results

Kenseth dominates again and no one picked him...  Kyle Busch 2nd again (Kiss and now 2nd place team Rasta picked him)... Penguin in the lead for another week picked 6th Place Jr. The rest of the picks finished 13th-17th; with the exception of BSOTW award winners Rusty and Shepard with their Kahne pick who finished 37th.

Off to the coast this weekend for a little Kitesurfing and a much needed break.  Good luck in Dover this week!

In the MUST BE NICE section of the post... I didn't have a chance to post these on Race Day, but Team Graziano (Left and Right) and Shepard (Center) were at the Patriots game on Sunday.