Ho Stead Drivers - The Final Race - 3 Teams Left - 3 Different Drivers Chosen - Let's See Who Comes Out on Top!!!!!!

Phoenix Results - First Nut is Busted and Skidmarks Takes the lead!!!

Howdy race fans!  Well we are one Finisher Race down and one to go and it is a tight race for all the marbles.  Skid took hands down race favorite Harvick who finished 2nd only due to the rain shortened race... I assume that anyway.  Kurt Busch rebounded nicely from jumping the start at the beginning of the race and was definitely moving to the front... WTF was he thinking???  So many laps to race... why do that at the start???  Rusty  must be wondering the same thing as he chose Busch who finished in  7th place.  Kiss took Kahne who finished 26th unfortunately.  

So where does that leave us?  Skid takes the lead and has a 4 point cushion on Rusty and 29 clear of Kiss.  Kiss needs a ton of help to improve his chip position, but at least he will be eating chips... Rusty is only 4 back, but not many options for top drivers to start.  Skid has the lead and a couple of more options for his Homestead starter.

Some final race observations:

Skid's potential Drivers - Truex, Hamlin, McMurray, Menard, Almirola, Biffle

Rusty's potential Drivers - McMurray, Menard, Almirola, Kahne, Biffle 

Kiss's potential Drivers - Newman, Menard, Bowyer, Almirola, Larson

So there's potential for a few common picks... 

Skid has the highest quality of drivers left to pick...

All 3 places could shuffle in Homestead... 

Skill has gotten you guys here and a little luck too... what will win you the title this year?  A top driver pick who should finish well in Homestead or a Hail Mary wild card pick with a little luck???

Good luck or skill you lucky skillful mfers!!!!

Cheers!

Phoenix Drivers - Here We Go!!!!!!!!!!

Texas Results - Fluffer Round Complete - On to the Finisher!!!

Hey Guys!!!!  

Texas was our final round of the Fluffer and our top 3 going in to Texas held on to advance to the Nut Buster or Finisher Round.  Rusty took over 2nd with his Johnson pick who not only guaranteed he'll be eating chips at the end of this thing, but also earned him 3 more Bonus Points to start the Finisher.  Good job Rusty!  Skid was already locked in and took 4th place finisher Kyle Busch and Kiss coasted into the final round with his 19th Biffle pick.  Congratulations to our 2015 Finisher Round Teams!!!

We have to say goodbye to defending champ* Beef (Truex 8th) and Graziano (Logano 40th) who were definitely going for the win, but came up short this year.  Applause to you guys for a great run at the title!!

So here we go the Finisher Round and on to Phoenix.  Rusty, with his 2 Fluffer wins and 6 Bonus Points, will be our top seed for the Final Round.  Skid 2nd with his 1 Fluffer win and 3 Bonus Points, and Kiss round out the Final 3 Finishers. 

Here's what the opening Grid looks like:

As I said, Phoenix this week.

Do you have the right drivers left?

I can't wait to see how it all plays out...

Good luck fellas!

Cheers!

Rules Refresher:

·        Fourth round - (races 35 & 36) - “The Finisher”

o   The three teams entering the Finisher Round will have their points reset to 2000

o   Three bonus points for each win in the previous Fluffer round will be awarded

o   Wins in the Finisher round are worth 3 extra points which will be added to their final total at the end of that round

o   The team with the most points after races 35 and 36 is the NASCAR Fantassy Cup winner

o   Same format for tiebreakers applies

o   Please note that the NSCS modifies their points system for their final race; our NFCL will award whatever points that are posted in the official race results on NASCAR.com

TieBreaker Scenarios:

§  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

Texas Drivers

Skidmarks - Kyle Busch

Kiss the Wall -  Greg Biffle

Rusty Truck - Jimmie Johnson

Doc Beef - Martin Truex Jr.

Graziano - Joey Logano

Martinsville Results - Gordon Wins for Skid and Rusty!!!

Race 1 of 2 of the Fluffer Round is in the books and 2 teams are sleeping more sound than the other 3.  Man it was good to see Gordon get that win!  You just knew some crazy sh*t was going to go down, but it was still shocking the way it all played out.  Logano was going to win this race for sure right?  He's been so strong during the Chase that you just know his title hopes are not done.  Gifting Gordon a win and a shot to win it all in his last season before moving to the announcer booth... to me was just a Bonus.  I understand what Kenseth did and why, but it's still a dick move.  No one should be more pissed at Kenseth than Graz... but we'll get to that... Now.

Skid and Rusty took race winner Jeff Gordon.  Skid is locked into the Finisher Round which starts in Phoenix after this week's Texas Race.  Rusty is in great shape to move on, but it is not guaranteed.  They will get at least 3 Bonus Points to start the Finisher if/when they move on.

Kiss and Beef took 2nd place car Jamie McMurray.  Kiss drops to 2nd and has a 40 point cushion on 4th place.  Beef is tied for 4th and will need a win most likely if he has any chance to move on and defend his title*.  

Graz shit the bed with his collateral damage car of Kurt Busch getting caught up in the Kenseth Logano love saga... sorry Graz.  Looks like he'll also need a win and some help to move on.

So... some rough, random thoughts on where everyone stands: (May or may not be all encompassing)

Skid is in.

Rusty is in*

• if 2 of the 3 winless teams Kiss, Graz, Beef do not get wins OR
• if Graz or Beef win and do not gain 25 points on Rusty

Kiss is in*

• if he wins in Texas OR
• if he doesn't win in Texas AND if Graz or Beef do not get a win AND he doesn't lose 40 points to either Graz or Beef.   

Beef and Graz are out UNLESS

• They Win and Kiss doesn't OR
• They win, Kiss wins AND they crack the top 3 in points (Rusty would have to BSOTW in this scenario) 
• if they gain 40 points on Kiss (They get a top 5 and Kiss shits the bed in this scenario)

Tiebreaker scenarios may come into play if some of the above scenarios play out...

I guess what I'm trying to say is there is a chance for everyone left to make it in, but Graz and Beef need some magic to happen.

 I can't wait to see it all play out.  Are we going to see some crazy sh*t?  Beef and Graz will be trying to slam Kiss into the wall I am thinking...

Good luck in Texas! 

Cheers!

Martinsville Drivers

Jamie McMurray - Kiss, Beef

Jeff Gordon - Rusty, Skid

Kurt Busch - Graz