NASCAR 2012

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Lap 365 of 500
Truex, Hamlin, Blech, Biff, Edwards, Harvick
Surprised that Kes made it back on the track so early.
Kenseth is down 13 laps in 26th. Smoke is down 24 laps in 28th. Expect another caution involving these two.
BY THE WAY... Jeff Burton is back in the race.
JJ needs another caution, and does not have enough fuel to make it. He is under orders to save fuel.
AND Hornish is now in 34th!!! SURPRISE!!!

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86 laps to go CAUTION: Mears: Left rear went down, meaning he rubs the wall.
Danica gets the Lucky Dog.
Harvick, Blech, Hamlin, Truex come in.
Before the caution, Hamlin took the lead when Patrick blocked Truex.
Don't look now, but EDWARDS now has the lead.

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82 laps to go restart
Edwards says he needs fuel... JJ too.
Edwards, Vickers, Ambrose, JJ, Logano, Hamlin, JG
Only Hamlin has enough fuel for sure.
76 laps to go CAUTION: DEBRIS from Regan Smith, when Biff taps him.
Mears gets the Lucky Dog.
No one in the top 14 go to the pits. This may mean that JJ has enough fuel.

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68 laps to go: Caution: Patricks spins and crashes after Smith tags her left rear tire/panel.
People are going to stay out of the pits. Patrick waves her finger at Smith as he passes by. Reminds me of Dikembe Mutumbu.

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48 laps to go Vickers takes the lead, then makes a fantastic save as Edwards tags him. Vickers falls to 5th.
Edwards has the lead.
38 laps to go: Hamlin tries it, edwards tags Hamlin, Hamlin holds onto lead. JJ in 3rd.
31 laps to go: Edwards falls to 5th.
Knaus thinks JJ has enough fuel.
Hamlin, JJ,JG,Vickers.

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4 laps to go, Edwards runs out of gas.
Hamlin WINS!!

Hamlin, JJ, JG, Vickers, Ambrose, Blech, Bowyer, Logano, KK, Menard
Truex, Jr, JPM, Labonte, Harvick, Smith, Mac, Kvapil, Biff, Gilliland
Kenseth 25
Kes 30
Hornish 34
Almirola 35
Newman 36

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Congrats to Miles, who won this week (dude had Hamlin and Ambrose).
I believe I still held second, ahead of Ymo. As stated before, colchar, Tilly, and I had the exact same picks.

Atlanta is next!

[colchar]

Congrats to Miles, who won this week (dude had Hamlin and Ambrose).

As stated before, colchar, Tilly, and I had the exact same picks.

In other words, we all fucked this one up royally!

[Miles]

Congrats to Miles, who won this week (dude had Hamlin and Ambrose).

We had an awesome night that night! We hosted our Fantasy Football Draft Party at my house, and then the after party turned into a race party. It was one of those win-win nights! WOO HOO.

[IowaDevil]

Not only have I chosen poorly for the past *(#*@% weeks, I was too late to pick new drivers this week so have to live with my idiots from last week! YIKES! I didn't plan on this "fun" being so frustrating! Have even been known to swear at the TV during a race!

[YmoBeThere]

My picks have been suspect for quite some time now...

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Boogity boogity boogity!! They're racing in Atlanta!

Fantasy league-wise, colchar and I have almost exactly the same picks again. Our B and C drivers are the same. On the A list, we both could have chosen JJ, but we both chose our other driver instead. So, colchar has Gordon, and I have Edwards. Meanwhile, lawgrad wound up choosing our B&C drivers, but went with JJ.

Great minds think alike.

Lap 15... JG takes the lead from Smoke, who took the lead from Biff. And Blech is coming on strong.

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Lap 40: CAUTION Almirola spewing/smoking oil

Ymo is the only one to select Almirola.
Hamlin in the lead, but most go to the pits.
Blech and Hamlin lead out of the pits. Long pit stop for KK (having some troubles during the long run). Ambrose lost 6 spots in the pits.

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Lap 82 of 325 Green flag pit stops
Blech and Hamlin are commanding this race.
JPM sped in the pits.
Almirola still in the garage.
Lap 90 of 325
Blech, Hamlin, Harvick, JJ, JG, Kes, Biff, Truex,Bowyer, Hornish, MM, Ambrose, Kenseth.
KK just been lapped.

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Lap 118 Green flag pitting
Hamlin (BIG lead) stays out 4 more laps than do the rest, but he loses some of his lead, as he raced on older tires than the rest.
Lap 128 of 325 CAUTION... debris
EVERYONE comes in to the pits.
Hamlin, Blech, Harvick, JJ, Truex.

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Lap 173 Green Flag Pitting
Harvick has led the last 25 laps or so. Blech had a hrrible restart off the last yellow, and backed up tremendously, forcing JG to back up as well, but JG is getting back into it in 10th. Biffle having a slower night, maybe in 16th.
JJ having some slight difficulties, as is Bowyer.
Lap 182 of 325
Harvick, Hamlin, Truex, Blech, Kes, Edwards, Hornish, JJ, Kenseth, JG, Newman

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Lap 214-222 Green flag pitting
Hamlin stays out the longest... stretching his gas mileage, but losing more of his lead.
He took over the lead when Harvick pitted.

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84 laps to go: A little debris from when JPM brushed the wall
Harvick in the lead
Everyone into the pits. Menard gets the Lucky Dog.
Coming out, it's Hamlin, Harvick, Blech, Truex, Kes.

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70 laps to go
Hamlin, Truex, Harvick, Blech, Kes, JJ, MM, Kenseth, JG, Hornish, Menard, Newman (Lucky Dog), Biffle, Ambrose
Edwards has an electrical issue (battery); less than a lap ago, he was 5th... he is now 11th.

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67 laps to go: Edwards engine goes up in smoke.
My fantasy picks fall apart with this.
Hamlin, Truex, Harvick lead the race out of the pits.
People are going to try to make it without pitting again.