Chicagoland Results - Nobody locks into Round 2 - One team is off to a Rough Start!!!!

And we're off!!!  Race 1 of 3 of the Flirter Round was yet another eventful one for our little League.  Hamlin won in Chicago, but nobody picked him.  That doesn't mean nothing happened (Double Negative), but it does mean that no one is locked into Round 2 at the moment.  The grid above highlights who would move on if the Flirter Round ended today.  NOTE: No team outside the top 8 of the regular season (those who didn't earn any Bonus Points) would have moved on... but we have 2 more races.   

Let's go through the field:

In The GREEN:

• Staying in 1st is Kiss who took Johnson (11th). +25
• Staying in 2nd is Skidmarks who took Keselowski (8th). +24
• Moving up a spot to 3rd is Rusty who took Kyle Busch (9th). +17
• Also in 3rd is Empty who moves up 2 spots to 3rd with his Top Pick of Logano (6th) +17
• Ideal moves up a spot to 5th with his Truex Jr pick (13th). +6
• Asleep also chose Johnson (11th) which jumps him up 2 spots to 6th. +5
• Dust holds on to the final top 7 spot with his Gordon pick (14th). +4

 Outside Looking In:

• Beef jumps up a spot to 8th.  He also had the top pick of Logano but even that wasn't enough to overcome having to start the Chase with 0 Bonus Points.  -4
• Graziano stays in 9th and also took Keselowski.  -7
• Pursuit stays in 9th and also took Keselowski.  -7
• Penguin also took Truex Jr. but falls to 11th.  -11
• Piston drops 9 spots with his BSOTW Harvick pick (42nd).  -16

Other Ramblings:

New Hampshire this week on Sunday.  2 races to go until the Teaser Round!!!

Every team in the Chase is just 1 win away from locking in*.  1 race could flip this field as we are still only 37 points difference from 1st to worst.  

*unless 6+ other teams get wins, then we go to tie breakers...

Nobody is out, so get or keep your shit together!!!  2 races to go!!!  Can you do it??? 

Good luck to all!!!

Cheers Mfers!!!

Da Drivers for Da Chicago Race!!!

Running on Empty, Doc Beef - Logano

Skidmarks, High Speed Pursuit, Graziano - Keselowski

Kiss the Wall, Asleep at the Wheel - Johnson

Ideal Racing, Fat Penguin - Truex Jr.

Rusty Truck - Kyle Busch

Eat My Dust - Gordon

Piston Pumpin - Harvick

Richmond Results - Chase Preview - Holy Toledo race fans!!!!

Holy Toledo race fans!!!! (A shout out to the long time legendary Houston Astros Broadcaster Milo Hamilton who passed today.)  

Richmond was the final race before the Chase and was extremely eventful... I think this is a preview to how our fight for the championship will go this year.  We had some major shuffling at the top... we had 2 teams switch places in and out of Club Ocho Primo (I am sofa king glad I will not be writing Club Ocho Primo any longer).  Let's get to it.

Shout out to 2000 Champion Dust for finishing strong with 4 top 10's plus a win this week  in Richmond to lock himself in the Chase.  Congratulations Dust!

We say goodbye to our 2012 Champion Shepard who threw his Harvick Hail Mary, but came up a little short.  He joins 2014 Champ* Chonk and 2013 Champ Rasta.

So that means our lineup is set to go for the Chase.  

• 2010 Champion Kiss finished the regular season jumping up 2 spots to 3rd, and had 6 wins.  He will start the Chase as the top seed.  
• 2-Time Champion (2005 and 2011) Skidmarks jumped up 1 spot to a tie for 1st (he and Piston will split the 1 and 2 Bonus Points) and secures the 2nd seed.
• Piston made it all the way back to the top in the final regular season race at Richmond, but with only 2 wins they will start the Chase as the 3rd seed.
• 2006 Champion Rusty falls a spot to 4th at the finish the regular season and is our 4th seed.
• Empty free falls 4 huge spots to 5th and will be our 5th seed.
• Ideal finishes in 7th, but jumps over Dust to be our 6th seed as he has 1 more win.
• 2000 Champion Dust has some nice momentum heading in the Chase and will be our 7th seed.
• Asleep climbed up 1 extremely valuable spot to take away 8th from Graziano... he is our 8th seed and grabs 11 Bonus points that he would not have had otherwise.
• Wild Card teams  will start with 1000 points... they are:  Graziano, 2004 and 2014* Champion Beef, 2007 Champion Pursuit, and Penguin. 

Congratulations to our 2015 Chasers!!!!!

Let's Recap the 1st Round Rules:

First round (races 27-29) - “The Flirter”

• The top seven teams based on points accumulated during races 27-29 will advance to the 2nd round
• Wins automatically advance a team (in theory) and add 3 extra points to that team’s total to start the next round
• If every team has a win(s), teams will be eliminated according to the tiebreaker rule below
• The balance of teams will be filled in according to points accumulated in the three-race Flirter Round
• The first tiebreaker is number of wins in the current round
• Second tiebreaker is number of wins during the entire Chase
• Third tiebreaker is number of wins during the regular season
• Fourth tiebreaker is number of points during the regular season
• Fifth tiebreaker is whoever got their first win first

Chicago this week on Sunday.

Good Luck to all!!!

Cheers!

Richmond Drivers... Here We Go!!!

Darlington Night Race Results - 1 More Team Locked In... 2 Teams Officially Out!

Our 2nd race till the Chase in Darlington was a busy one for many of our teams.  Some teams are desperate for that elusive win; some teams are scrambling to gain valuable points to keep them in the BONUSABLE Club Ocho Primo; some teams are going full speed into the turn and breaking late trying to gain that last Top 8 spot in Club Ocho Primo; some teams are trying to hold onto their spots and those valuable Bonus Points; and a few teams are just hanging out in the back of the pack waiting on the Chase to start.

So nobody took Edwards who won the race, but that didn't stop Team Piston (up a spot to 4th) from locking themselves in the Chase.  56 Points clear of 9th means they are locked in without getting their 3rd win (yet), but will be getting Bonus points for the 2 wins they have plus points for whichever top 8 position in which they finish.  Congratulations Guys!

Dust had the top pick with Keselowski (2nd) and man did he need it because our 9th place team Asleep took Hamlin who finished 3rd.  Dust jumps up 2 big spots to 6th and is 26 points clear of 9th.  He'll need another solid week or some help from the teams below to lock himself in.  Asleep gains 9 more points on 8th and is just 15 points away from Club Ocho Primo and those valuable Bonus Points.   Great week fellas!

The top 3 (Empty, Skidmarks, and Rusty) remain the same, but they are all within 8 points of each other.

Kiss (5th), Ideal (7th) and Graziano (8th) each drop a spot but remain in the top 8.

Beef and Pursuit and their 4 and 5 wins slip further away from being able to cash in on those valuable Bonus Points.  Penguin is just chillin' at the back of the pack...

Shepard had a strong finish (6th), but still needs a win or he will be eliminated on Saturday night.

I've put it off long enough because it is so hard to do, but we have to say goodbye to last year's Champion* Chonk and 2013 Champion Rasta.  Rasta has been out for a while, but Chonk fought hard to recover this year, but just couldn't recreate the magic he had last year.  I personally will miss his pick submissions... he is responsible for all of the nice girls I share with you guys from time to time.  Maybe he can send me a pick each week anyway.  

Please Review the Rules before Chicago:

Yo Click This!!! 2015 Rules Refresher!!!

CHASE HEALTH and IF The Chase Started Today Points Scenarios

Empty  - 1020+9 = 1029

Kiss - 1008 + 18 = 1026

Skidmarks - 1016 + 9 = 1025

Rusty - 1013 + 9 = 1021

Piston - 1010 + 6 = 1016

Ideal - 1004 + 9 = 1013

Graz - 1002 + 9 = 1011

Wild Card Teams:

Beef - 1000

Asleep - 1000

Penguin - 1000

Pursuit - 1000

CHASE HEALTH

Dust - 1006 + 3 = 1009

CHASE HEALTH


CHASE HEALTH

Shepard

OUT

Chonk

Rasta

Other Ramblings:

Don't forget the Saturday night race in Richmond.

Good luck everyone Shepard and Dust in particular... 

Cheers!

Darlington Drivers

My dog's nanny thought I was talking about talking about the Darlington Strip... silly girl.  I was talking about the Darlington Stripe... I wonder if she was referring to stripping or her landing strip.  Either way... I'm going to tip her extra this week... that's her below doing our version of the Chase.  

Chonk and Shepard may have a stripe in their underwear if Kurt Busch or Matt Kenseth don't pull through for them...   Damn... Kenseth just hit the wall.  Lots of race left to go.. Good luck guys...

Bristol Results - More Shakin' Goin' On!

Our 3rd race before the Chase was another eventful one... The Chase picture remains blurry though.  I know I don't have to keep bringing up that the top 8 will receive Bonus Points for the wins they bring with them into the Chase, plus Bonus Points for where they stand in the top 8... and for the rest of us locked in suckers, we start with a flat 1000 points.  I know this.  But as I see all of the shuffling going on, I would be remiss not to point it out... constantly.

Bristol Recap:

Piston had the top pick this week with Hamlin (3rd).  They have 2 wins and move up a spot to 5th and more importantly 67 points clear of 9th.  This will put them in the GREEN for Chase Health.  Well done guys!

Dust moves into 8th this week and would get those Bonus Points back if he can hang on.  Beef falls out of Club Ocho Primo.  Asleep jumps up 2 spots and sits on the doorstep of the Club.  Dont look now but Chonk is only 47 points away from 8th... still needs 2 wins though I think.

CHASE HEALTH

Empty

Kiss

Skidmarks

Rusty

Ideal

Graz

Beef

Asleep

Penguin

Pursuit

Piston

CHASE HEALTH

Dust

CHASE HEALTH



CHASE HEALTH

Shepard

CHASE HEALTH

Chonk

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Darlington next weekend on Sunday another night race.  It's Labor Day weekend, so don't forget to submit.

F*ck it, let me try to paint the picture.  For example if the Chase started next weekend, Empty with 3 wins and running 1st would start with 1020 +  9 more points for his 3 wins (3*3 = 9; for you math geniuses) = 1029.

Let's take Beef with his 4 wins and Pursuit with his 5 wins, who are running 9th and 11th respectively.  They get 1000 points to start the Chase.  But if they somehow make up the 24 and 29 points to get into Club Ocho Primo it could mean at least 14 and 17 points for those teams.

This info just makes it harder to choose your strategy as we near the Chase.  Do I save my drivers or go for Club Ocho Primo???

Will Kyle Shepard or Chonk Busch make it????    Sorry guys I couldn't resist...

Good Luck and have a safe and fun Holiday Weekend!!!

Cheers!!!