NASCAR 2012

[IowaDevil]

I'm starting Blech tomorrow. Am I right to feel dirty about this?

Well so did I and I'm feeling dirty! HOWEVER, if he pulls off a win, I'll take the points!

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I'm starting Blech tomorrow. Am I right to feel dirty about this?

Hey... even Tilly has selected Blech before in other races.
Normally, I would have selected him for this week, but he has had a truly SUCKY year so far.

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Boogity, Boogity, Boogity!! Let's go racing, boys!!

Group A choices include: Edwards (4), Blech (2), Hamlin (2), and JJ
Group B choices include: Jr (3), Newman (3), Bowyer (2), Burton (2), Biff (2), Dinger (2),Truex, Logano, MM, Menard
Group C choices include: Almirola (3), Labonte (3), Mears

Cool temps and an earlier rain.
Competition yellow in lap 50 scheduled.
400 Laps

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On the restart after the competition yellow, JG tags into Biff's rear... Biff survives, but JG catches a lot of damage from Biff and KuBu (behind). JG had to pit, and lost a couple or so laps. KuBu will have to come in at some point, but is hoping for a yellow.

MM led the first 30 laps, but since then, it's been all Edwards.

Lap 80 out of 400
Edwards, Harvick, Hamlin, Dinger, Blech, KK, Truex, Kes, MM, Smoke
Jr 12
JJ 13
Almirola 15
Burton 16
Newman 17
Bowyer 18
Menard 20
Biff 21
Mears 24
Labonte 25
Logano 29

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Lap 117 of 400 CAUTION
KuBu did a 360 and smoked up the track. His car didn't suffer any damage.

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Edwards has led 100 billion laps so far.

Lap 199 out of 400
Edwards, Smoke, Blech, Harvick, JJ, Jr, Hamlin, Bowyer, KK, Dinger

Labonte 13
MM 16
Burton 17
Newman 18
Menard 20
Biff 21
Almirola 22
Logano 23
Mears 25

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Lap 228 out of 400: CAUTION: Debris

Previous green flag pits KILLED Blech (poor positioning).
Previous one killed Menard (pit crew ran after loose tire).

Edwards, JJ, Smoke, KK, Blech, Bowyer, Dinger, Harvick, JPM, Hamlin

Burton 14
Newman 15
Menard 16
MM 17
Labonte 19
Almirola 20
Biff 21
Truex 22
Logano 23
Mears 25

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Lap 267 out of 400
(Sorry I didn't post about Jr on earlier updates)
Harvik and Kvapil have led at least one lap each.
Smoke, Blech, JJ, Edwards, Dinger, Bowyer, JPM, KK, Hamlin, Harvick
Jr 11
Newman 12
MM 13
Labonte 16
Truex 18
Menard 19
Biff 20
Burton 21
Logano 22
Almirola 23
Mears 25

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Lap 287 out of 400
Edwards has clinched the extra bonus for most laps led.
Blech, JJ, Smoke, Edwards, Dinger, Bowyer, KK, Hamlin, Jr, JPM
MM 12
Newman 15
Burton 16
Labonte 17
Menard 18
Truex 19
Biff 20
Almirola 23
Logano 24
Mears 25

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98 Laps to go

Blech, JJ, Smoke, Edwards, Bowyer, KK, Hamlin, Dinger, Jr, JPM
MM 12
Newman 14
Burton 15
Labonte 16
Menard 17
Truex 18
Biff 20
Almirola 22
Logano 23
Mears 24

[ArkieDukie]

Go MM!

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87 laps to go
Burton hits wall while green flag pits occur.
JJ pit crew rolls tire... violation. JJ restarts at back of racers on the lead lap.

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15 lead lap cars as a result of the pits/caution incident

On the restart, Edwards accelerated before the restart zone. Has to come in with a black flag.

WOW!! MAJOR RESHUFFLE!!

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59 laps to go

Smoke, Blech, Jr, KK, Bowyer, Dinger, Hamlin, JPM, Kenseth, MM, JJ

Menard 13
Edwards 15
Biff 16 (-1 lap)
Newman 17
Labonte 18
Truex 20
Almirola 21
Mears 23
Logano 24 (-2 laps)
Burton 29 (-3 laps)

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30 laps to go

Smoke, Blech, KK, Jr, Bowyer, Hamlin, JJ, JPM, MM, Dinger

Menard 13
Edwards 14
Biff 16 (-1 lap)
Newman 17
Labonte 18
Almirola 20
Truex 22
Mears 23
Logano 26 (-2 laps)
Burton 29 (-3 laps)

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14 laps to go: CAUTION: DEBRIS

Smoke, Blech, KK, Jr, Hamlin, JJ, Bowyer, JPM, Kenseth, MM
Menard 12
Edwards 13
Dinger 14
Biff 15 (-1 lap)
Newman 16
Labonte 18
Almirola 20 (-2 laps)
Mears 22
Truex 23
Logano 26
Burton 29 (-5 laps)

Let's see what happens as everyone comes into the pits

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Blech beats Smoke out of the pits!! OH MY!!

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8 laps to go

Blech, Jr, Smoke, Hamlin, KK, JJ, JPM, Bowyer, Kenseth, MM

Jr is chasing down BLECH!!

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BLECH WINS!!
Jr lost brakes with 4 laps to go.

Blech, Jr, Smoke, Hamlin, KK, JJ, Bowyer, MM, Kes, Edwards
Menard 13
Newman 15
Dinger 16
Labonte 17
Biff 18
Mears 21
Logano 24
Truex 25
Almirola 26
Burton 31

[colchar]

I don't feel so dirty any more

My other drivers didn't do quite as well (I left Boyer on the bench and he finished 7th) but the points for Blech will make up for that a little bit.

I'm glad I picked up a few points in this race because we are off to 'Dega next week and, as everyone knows, that is a total crap shoot! I think I might put names on pieces of paper, stick them to my dart board, and chuck darts to pick my drivers for next week. I'd probably have as good a shot at being successful as I would if I actually put any thought into it.

I think this is the perfect smilie for next week's race: