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Smoke wins!!
Smoke, Edwards, KK, Kenseth, Biff, JG, Jr, Truex, Bowyer, Dinger
Ambrose, Ragan, Harvick, JJ, Menard, Newman, Bayne, JPM, MM, Hamlin
Vickers, Reutimann, Smith, Kes, ...
Labonte 28th, etc...

In Fantasy, I think it's be between colchar and me for this week.

Stewart comes in 1st, but Edwards came in 2nd.
Pretty amazing. Edwards congratulated Smoke. Edwards is now only ahead by three points.

I think that's it for the Chase. It's just those two drivers left in the Chase. Harvick is now way back at 33 pts behind in 3rd. Kenseth is 38 pts behind in 4th. Kes 49 pts behind in 5th. JJ is 55 back in 6th. JJ is NOT winning it this year, folks.

Lavabe wrote:In Fantasy, I think it's be between colchar and me for this week.

You mean we finally broke the trend of having the exact same picks?

colchar wrote:

Lavabe wrote:In Fantasy, I think it's be between colchar and me for this week.

You mean we finally broke the trend of having the exact same picks?

Indeed!! You won this week by 3 pts over me.

With two races left in the season, my lead is now 292 pts over 2nd place knights, with Ymo 3 pts behind knights. Colchar is 308 pts further behind, and Tilly is 426 pts behind colchar.

On to Phoenix! NOTE: They resurfaced the track since earlier in the NASCAR season. Picking a winner there may be like playing roulette.

I am only 67 (or thereabouts) points behind for the fall session so, with two races left, I have a chance to salvage something from my season by winning that.

I believe I am tied in second place in overall wins but the weeks in which I didn't win I did very poorly which hurt my place in the overall standings. It was that lack of consistency that killed me whereas when I won the whole thing last year I at least managed to do well on weeks when I didn't win outright.

Lavabe, on the other hand, has been consistent as hell all year!

Get 'em in folks!

According to ESPN, looks like JGR may have Aric Almirola drive the #18 instead of Blech, perhaps for both Phoenix and Homestead. Apparently, the M&M folks are beyond pissed at Blech, who represents their brand.

Lavabe wrote:According to ESPN, looks like JGR may have Aric Almirola drive the #18 instead of Blech, perhaps for both Phoenix and Homestead. Apparently, the M&M folks are beyond pissed at Blech, who represents their brand.

ESPN just reported that Blech will compete in the #18 Interstate Battery car. M&M's pulled out of the sponsorship in the final two races.

Updates:
1) According to ESPN, Blech will receive more penalties from JGR, but JGR never considered firing him. It remains to be seen whether M&M's will remain a sponsor next year.
2) Reutimann is gone from Michael Waltrip Racing after this season. Considering that he has another year on his contract, it'll be interesting to see what happens.
3) Still no update as to what will happen to David Ragan for next season.
4) And of course, there's no update on what JGR will do with Logano.

Lavabe wrote:

Lavabe wrote:According to ESPN, looks like JGR may have Aric Almirola drive the #18 instead of Blech, perhaps for both Phoenix and Homestead. Apparently, the M&M folks are beyond pissed at Blech, who represents their brand.

ESPN just reported that Blech will compete in the #18 Interstate Battery car. M&M's pulled out of the sponsorship in the final two races.

I like your first post better.

Kenseth wins the pole, followed by Dinger, Ambrose, MM, Truex, Mac, Reut, Smoke, Edwards, KK, Menard, Kes, Ragan, Burton, Smith.

110 laps of 312 completed
Immediately, on Lap 2, David Ragan and Regan Smith hit each other into the wall. Ragan got back into the race. Smith is in the garage in DEAD LAST PLACE.
colchar and I would like to kill David Ragan.

Smoke has a great car today. JJ is having a horrible day. His car is looser than anything I've ever seen.

118 laps completed:
Smoke (led 76 laps), Kenseth, Edwards, Dinger, Kes, Mac, Ambrose, Burton, Reut, Truex
Kurt Busch, Harvick, JPM, Newman, Blech, Vickers, Menard, KK, JG, Biff
Bowyer, JJ, MM, Logano, Hamlin, Labonte, Jr, Mears, Cassill, Whitt

Smith is OUT of the garage, and back in the race. colchar and I would still like to kill David Ragan.

Smoke still stomping this field. Kurt Busch still complaining... what else is new.

150 of 312 laps completed:
Smoke, Kenseth, Edwards, Dinger, Kes, Burton, Mac, Ambrose, Kurt, Truex
KK 15
Menard 18
JJ 20
MM 22
Labonte 26
Gilliland 35
Smith 43

Lap 159 CAUTION: Geoff Bodine into the wall just as some folks did green flag pits (Ambrose)
Dinger had a bad pit stop (dropped lugnut), dropping to 10th.
Lap 164
Kenseth, Kes, Edwards, Smoke, Mac, Kurt, Blech, Mears, KK, Dinger
MM 16
Labonte 17
Burton 19
Ambrose 21
Menard 22
JJ 29
Gilliland 34
Smith 40

Kes got caught wide on the restart, and fell back to 9th.

Lap 170 CAUTION: Cole Whitt spins around, but avoids contact
Edwards, Smoke, Blech, Kurt, Kenseth, KK, Dinger, Reut, Kes, Logano
MM 13
Labonte 15
Ambrose 17
Burton 22
Menard 24
JJ 27
Gilliland 34
Smith 40

Lap 179 CAUTION Vickers hit Kenseth, and blew Kenseth's car into the wall (Kenseth had brake issues up to the moment). The commentators say it is probably payback for Martinsville. I don't think it was. Kenseth was having brake issues, and Vickers piled into him.
Lap 184 restart
Lap 188
Smoke, Edwards, Blech, Kurt, Kes, Newman, Dinger, Reut, Hamlin, KK
MM 13
Labonte 23
Ambrose 12
Burton 17
Menard 16
JJ 24
Gilliland 34
Smith 39

Lap 189 BLECH'S ENGINE FAILS!!!!

Lap 193 DINGER'S CREW IS REPLACED BY RAGAN'S CREW!! WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!
All because of a lugnut drop.

Blech is in the garage; Kenseth is there as well.

Lap 202 of 312
Smoke, Edwards, Kurt, Dinger, Kes, Newman, KK, Reut, Ambrose, Hamlin
MM 13
Labonte 22
Burton 12
Menard 16
JJ 18
Gilliland 33
Smith 38

95 laps to go
Blech is done for the day with catastrophic engine failure
Jeff Gordon having LOADS of difficulty.
CAUTION: Robby Gordon hits the wall
Smoke, Edwards, Dinger, Kurt, KK, Kes, Newman, Reut, Ambrose, Burton
MM 13
JJ 17
Menard 18
Labonte 22
Gilliland 33
Smith 38

STRATEGY TIME:
Kurt Busch and Menard take 1,2 because they took 2 tires, instead of the 4 that everyone else has.

Kenseth back onto the track.
Everyone will need to pit again before the end of the race.