NASCAR 2009

cl15876 · Post by **cl15876** » April 26th, 2009, 9:09 pm

I'm curious, is it too late to play? If not, how does one participate?

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » April 27th, 2009, 9:01 am

It's possible to join at any point in the season. Last year, Ymo started up on his own, and then a number of joined midseason. The only problem was that it was hard to deal with the percentile figures for the overall comparison with every other yahoo fantasy leaguer. Another problem is that we are limited as to the number of times we may go with a driver in the season (to prevent someone from going with JJ every race). I can go with Tony Stewart only 5 more times in the remaining races. You'll have the full allotment.

I find the fantasy league to be a real enhancement, and makes me much more interested in NASCAR. I strongly suggest doing it.

Ymo?
Cheers,
Lavabe

TillyGalore · Post by **TillyGalore** » April 27th, 2009, 9:16 am

Congratulations to Lavabe for winning Talledega! And Brad Keselowski too. Who would have thought he'd win, Keseslowski, not Lavabe?

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » April 27th, 2009, 10:45 am

TillyGalore wrote:Congratulations to Lavabe for winning Talledega! And Brad Keselowski too. Who would have thought he'd win, Keseslowski, not Lavabe?

Who'd have thought that Carl would jog across the finish line, a la Ricky Bobby?

So that I will not run into major problems while in remote locations this summer, I have made my initial choices through mid-August. And yes, I have indeed selected Boris Said at least once.

Whew!! I was traveling yesterday, ATL to Lexington. Thankfully, I had the race on radio the whole way.

colchar · Post by **colchar** » May 1st, 2009, 11:18 am

Looking forward to the next race - especially after last week's debacle that caused me to plummet from first to third.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » May 1st, 2009, 2:02 pm

colchar wrote:Looking forward to the next race - especially after last week's debacle that caused me to plummet from first to third.

Oh, I'm definitely plummeting this week.

Word of warning... the weather really stinks this weekend.
Cheers,
Lavabe

Post by **YmoBeThere** » May 1st, 2009, 7:02 pm

Last week wasn't so bad...

Post by **YmoBeThere** » May 1st, 2009, 7:03 pm

cl15876 wrote:I'm curious, is it too late to play? If not, how does one participate?

PM me with an e-mail address and I will send you an invite!

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » May 2nd, 2009, 7:19 am

colchar wrote:Looking forward to the next race - especially after last week's debacle that caused me to plummet from first to third.

Have you noticed that the A-list recommendations every week seem to be JJ and Jeff Gordon?

Getting mighty boring if that's all the experts can come up with.

colchar · Post by **colchar** » May 2nd, 2009, 1:07 pm

Lavabe wrote:
colchar wrote:Looking forward to the next race - especially after last week's debacle that caused me to plummet from first to third.
Have you noticed that the A-list recommendations every week seem to be JJ and Jeff Gordon?

I hadn't noticed that.

This week I had a hell of a time deciding between JJ and Gordon. I went with JJ on a hunch but fear that decision might come back to bite me in the arse as Gordon qualified better than JJ did. I will not, however, change my picks like I did last week (if I hadn't changed last week I would've been fine despite the big crash).

Boogity, boogity, boogity...

colchar · Post by **colchar** » May 2nd, 2009, 9:31 pm

Is it too late to go back on what I said in my previous post and switch for Gordon?

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » May 3rd, 2009, 7:19 am

colchar wrote:Is it too late to go back on what I said in my previous post and switch for Gordon?

Apparently it was too late.

I managed to pick up 6 points on Tilly. Although her selection of Gordon was better than mine of Bowyer, my Hamlin & Truex selections seemed to beat her B-=list selections of KurtBusch and Reutimann.

Meanwhile, Miles won ... but apparently at a cost.

He has now used up his allotment of Tony Stewart picks, and has used 7 of his 9 picks of Jeff Gordon, KurtBusch, and 'dinger.

Next week: Darlington!

Cheers,
Lavabe

colchar · Post by **colchar** » May 3rd, 2009, 11:39 am

Lavabe wrote:
colchar wrote:Is it too late to go back on what I said in my previous post and switch for Gordon?
Apparently it was too late.

I managed to pick up 6 points on Tilly. Although her selection of Gordon was better than mine of Bowyer, my Hamlin & Truex selections seemed to beat her B-=list selections of KurtBusch and Reutimann.

Meanwhile, Miles won ... but apparently at a cost. He has now used up his allotment of Tony Stewart picks, and has used 7 of his 9 picks of Jeff Gordon, KurtBusch, and 'dinger.

Next week: Darlington!
Cheers,
Lavabe

I'm out of Stewart picks. Shitty.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » May 3rd, 2009, 6:46 pm

I'm still in the lead, barely.

A quick check reveals that I have slipped down to the 97th percentile in the overall yahoo league. DEFINITELY want to pick a winner one of these days. My big problem is that I am using up my Denny Hamlin picks.

My Kyle Busch picks are simply hideous.

WHAT on EARTH is going on with Dale Jr. this year?

Glad that Bowyer didn't thoroughly bust me yesterday in the A-list selection.

Cheers,
Lavabe

Post by **YmoBeThere** » May 3rd, 2009, 7:14 pm

colchar wrote:I'm out of Stewart picks. Shitty.

YmoBeThere wrote:No worries, there are only 27 more races to go...

Its a long season...

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » May 3rd, 2009, 8:23 pm

colchar wrote:I'm out of Stewart picks. Shitty.

Well, the good news is that when they race at Watkins Glen, instead of picking Smoke, you can root for Boris Said!!

Post by **YmoBeThere** » May 3rd, 2009, 8:30 pm

Lavabe wrote:
colchar wrote:I'm out of Stewart picks. Shitty.
Well, the good news is that when they race at Watkins Glen, instead of picking Smoke, you can root for Boris Said!!

I've been a bit disappointed by the performance of the open wheel guys on the road tracks...

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » May 3rd, 2009, 8:40 pm

YmoBeThere wrote:
Lavabe wrote:
colchar wrote:I'm out of Stewart picks. Shitty.
Well, the good news is that when they race at Watkins Glen, instead of picking Smoke, you can root for Boris Said!!
I've been a bit disappointed by the performance of the open wheel guys on the road tracks...

Inspiron and Watkins Glen are fun races. Although Yahoo will probably pick Gordon and Smoke, JPM seems to have a following in these races.

Miles · Post by **Miles** » May 4th, 2009, 1:07 am

Through no stellar I effort I picked up the win, but used my last Tony Stewart pick. Been busy packing and getting ready for Nerds Across America. I missed not watching.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » May 6th, 2009, 6:27 am

Given that Tilly has been in Hawaii this week, I wondered:

ANY chance that the Sprint Cup folks will EVER have race in Hawaii?

Whoops... never mind!

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