TEXASSSS YEE HAW 500 DRIVERS!!!! Rain Delay, but Let's Put the Mud Tires On!!!!!

Martinsville Results - Rusty Gets a Win and Takes the Lead!!!

Well Martinsville was another crazy race for the League.  We had Rusty getting his 1st win, we have a new leader (Rusty), we have yet another most popular pick of the week shit the bed, and I believe for the 1st time in League history* we had every team changing their position in the standings.

*no idea if this is true, but I can't remember this happening.

TOP PICKS:

Rusty took race winner Kyle Busch.  Rusty continues his impressive start to this season.  He's run in the top 5 since race 2 of the season and has been steadily tracking down Rookie Wheels.  She let's him go on by (for now), and Rusty is out in clean air!  Plus he gets that important win #1.  Congratulations Rusty! 

Piston took the 7th Place car of Vickers.  Vickers has a good history at Martinsville and practiced and qualified well.  Piston moves up a spot to 3rd.  Another team off to a strong start, Piston has been running 4th or 3rd in 5 of the 1st 6 races.  Good job Piston! 

Wheels, #Wifey, and Empty took Johnson (9th).  Wheels will now have to see how the rest of us poor suckers feel for at least a week as she slips down to 2nd.  This ends an impressive run at the head of the pack for the 1st 5 races.  I expect that she'll be back on top soon.  #Wifey gains 4 big spots and now runs in 6th with those 2 huge wins hanging out of his shorts.  Empty is back in the elite 8 after a 3 race run on the outside looking in.  He jumps 3 spots to 8th.  Solid week guys!

Shepard and Penguin took Newman (10th).  Shepard gains a spot to 4th and continues a 4 race streak in the top 5.  Penguin jumps 2 spots to 9th and is just 1 point out of the Elite 8.  Nicely Done!

EH...:

Considering the way the BSOTW went this week, Ideal and Graziano can consider their picks top picks as well... 

Ideal took Logano (11th).  Ideal jumps up 3 spots to 5th, and with those 2 wins he finds himself in a great position to lock in early this season.  Staying in the top 8 and earning extra Bonus points is a... Bonus.

Graz took Dale Jr (14th).  Graz jumps 3 spots and is back in the Elite 8 after taking 3 races off with his Jr pick.  

DOOTW:

Kiss took Kahne who finished 22nd.  Kahne looked strong in practice and qualified well.  He was bumping cars with Vickers early on, but ended up wrecking out of the race when Keselowski seemed to forget which pedal was the gas and which was the brake... Sucks for Kiss, but he still gains 2 spots and moves to 13th.  He has 1 win and only 40 points away from 8th, so panic is most likely not setting in just yet.

BSOTW:

Skid, Dust, Beef, Chonk and Pursuit took Martinsville Master Hamlin who wheel hopped his ass into the wall in a bit of a rookie move to place 39th.  Son of a ..... I am guessing that more of us would have picked Hamlin if he would have qualified better.  I don't think there's much consolation in the fact that he owned up to the mistake like a man, but he's a bad mofo and it just goes to show how freaking frustrating this League can be sometimes.  Skid free falls 7 spots to 10th, Dust and Beef bungee drop 5 spots to 11th and 12th respectively, Chonk and Pursuit only drop 1 spot, but... well you know why that is.... Sorry guys.

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

The good news for you Himlin pickers is it is a short week and you can rebound quickly with a solid pick this week.  I'm guessing you all will.  

TEXAS this week on Saturday night... I'll be golfing in a tournament all weekend, so I will most likely not be able to remind you.  Hopefully you guys don't count on that anyway.

Yee Haw Mfers!!!!  Let's have some fun this weekend... TEXAS Style!!

Cheers!

Maaaahhhhtinnsvillle Drivers

Greetings from sunny Texas amigos and amigas!!!

Check out Marshfield Massachusetts where Graziano is dreaming of a beach somewhere:

I love watching short track racing with my dog's nanny... you know what I mean???

Fontana Results - Johnson Takes the Win From Harvick - Nobody Picked him, but there was Plenty of Action!

Happy Easter Weekend amigos!  Ah Springtime in late March... what a great time to be alive.  The days are longer, the flowers are blooming (ok maybe the snow is melting), the birds are chirping.  The Sweet 16 is winding down and shaping the Great 8.  Baseball season is on the verge of opening day and the Astros are looking strong.  Everything is wonderful... Well... there's this League, but other than that everything is wonderful.  

I'm kidding of course... I love this lovely league.  Even if it angers me sometimes.  I'm sure I'm the only one right?

The race was exciting with Harvick dominating, Truex looking good for a while, Johnson led some and for the most part our picks hung out near the top for most of the race.  But that is not how it ended.

TOP PICKS:

Johnson took the lead for good late in the race... there was some drama , but he beat Rusty's pick Harvick (2nd) and kept Rusty from getting his 1st win.  Rusty gets a nice points day and moved into 2nd place only 7 points out of the top spot.  Congrats Rusty!

Graziano took the 3rd place car of Hamlin.  Graziano gains 2 spots and sits in 9th just 2 points away from our Elite 8.  Good job Graz!

Wheels and Beef chose 4th place Logano.  Our League leader moves out of a tie for 1st and now has a 7 point lead over brother in law Rusty.  The holidays may be a little tense in that clan... Meanwhile Beef breaks into the Elite 8 moving up 2 spots to 7th.  Well Done guys!

Edwards was our most popular pick this week and he finished 7th.  Piston, Shepard, Dust, Empty, and Ideal all took Edwards.  Piston, Shepard and Dust keep their 4th, 5th, and 6th place spots.  Ideal jumps up 2 spots to 8th and Empty moves up a spot to a tie for 11th.  Solid race fellas!

Eh... + Dutch Oven:

Skidmarks and Penguin land in the Oven this week by choosing pole sitter Austin Dillon (24th).  He didn't go from pole sitter to bed shitter but it wasn't a good week.  Skid falls to 3rd dropping 2 spots and out of a tie for 1st.  Penguin falls 3 spots out of the Elite 8 to 11th.

Hashtag, Chonk and Pursuit chose 25th place car Kyle Busch.  Kyle looked like he would challenge for the win, but had tire issues.  Lesser drivers may have wrecked out of the race, but it still earns these guys a spot in the stinky oven.  #Wifey drops 3 spots to 10th and Chonk and Pursuit actually gain a spot to 13th.

BSOTW:  

Truex had a strong car and led the race for a little while.  He's pissed at Logano for getting him loose without even touching him... this ended up in him loosing control and pooping all over his sheets... His 32nd place finish drops Kiss 2 spots to 15th.  

OTHER RAMBLINGS:  

Martinsville in 2 Sundays... We get the weekend off.

It is still early, but it must be nice to have a win or 2 in the bank.  For those of us with 0 wins, is it time to panic a little?  Probably not, but I'm ready to pop my win cherry in Martinsville.

Have a great holiday weekend guys!  Go Jesus!

Cheers!

Funtanass Drivers

team	Funtana
graziano motorsports	Denny Hamlin.
chonk motorsports.	Kyle Busch.
dr. beef motorsports	Joey Logano
eat my dust enterprises	Carl Edwards
fat penguin	Austin Dillon Kyle Busch
high speed pursuit
kiss the wall racing	Martin Truex Jr.
Spinning Wheels	Joey Logano
#Mywifesaidok Racing	Kyle Busch
piston pumpin' racing	Carl Edwards
running on empty	Carl Edwards
rusty truck	Kevin Harvick
shepard racing	Carl Edwards
skidmarks	Austin Dillon
Ideal Racing	Carl Edwards

Phoenix Results - Harvick Wins of Course - 7 Teams Get Wins - 2 Teams now Have 2!!!!

Well F*** me running!  And a few others of you that know Kevin Harvick always wins in Phoenix.  Ok; well, he did have to start 18th ish and anything can happen as you try to make your way through the pack, but he practiced well.  But so did the Busch Boys and Hamlin and Blaney for that matter... and those fools all started up front (Kyle on the pole).  And we knew Harvick was going to be the popular pick anyway... And the popular pick has had issues in every race so far this season.  (Truex finished well, but we had the rules controversy that did not result in points being taken away, but still made us nervous).  But all that and probably much more to take into account... Harvick is the master in Phoenix.  F*** me!

We had some shuffling but the worst pick was 10th place Blaney by Graz.  So the real story this week is that 7 of you A-holes of Superior intellect chose Race Winner Kevin Harvick.  Skid, Dust, #Wifey, Ideal, Kiss, Pursuit, and Chonk are the said A-holes of Superior Intellect.  Hashtag and Ideal get wins #2 and are showing us all how simple this League really is.  Skid jumps into a tie for the top spot and Dust moves up a spot within the the Elite 8.  And will you take a f*cking look at this?... The 3 teams in the very back of the pack (Kiss, Pursuit and Chonk) all pick up HUGE wins!!!  Congrats fellas!!!!

For the rest of us... we had a great week.  A top 5 or top 10 is a great week.  Wins guarantee you get into the postseason, but qualifying on points has been done as well.  Even though we don't believe it... good job to the rest of us as well!

OTHER RAMBLINGS:

Fontana this week on Sunday and then a BYE week the following week.

Good luck to all!

Cheers!

Phoenix Drivers

Greetings from Phoenix!  Well... not me but the Piston Pumpin' Boys are there.

I tried to warn you Harvick pickers... let's see.  Go Kurt!