NASCAR 2012

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I believe I have the win this week... first time in segment two. I've been crapping this part of the year otherwise.

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BIFF WINS!!
Biff, Kes, KK, Jr, Ambrose, Edwards, Bowyer, Newman, Menard, Truex
Hamlin, Hornish, Blech, Mac, Kvapil, Harvick, Kenseth, Gilliland, Burton, Almirola

JJ 27
Labonte 22
Ragan 23
Smoke 32
MM 35

Bump.

[colchar]

I really wish I had started Biffle and Kes instead of leaving them on the bench. Sometimes it is best to go with your gut instinct rather than over-thinking things!

Guess who DID start Biff and Kes...

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I really wish I had started Biffle and Kes instead of leaving them on the bench. Sometimes it is best to go with your gut instinct rather than over-thinking things!

Guess who DID start Biff and Kes...

I could have gone with Kenseth, like colchar did, but I wound up thinking it through with Kes.
I debated Truex or Jr. I really wish I had gone with Jr, but Truex did okay.
Yahoo has a pile full of trouble, as Hornish started, but didn't count. Really ridiculous.

FWIW, I moved into second place for the season race, but STILL trail colchar by 199 points. That is a HUGE lead. I would need another five weeks like today to catch him.

Looks like knights hasn't picked drivers again this week.

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I know that lawgrad suffered from the choce of Hornish last weekend. Others of us changed from Hornish to other drivers.
Now this from Yahoo:
"We apologize for any confusion regarding scoring and driver status for Sam Hornish Jr. in the Pure Michigan 400.

Our engineers have found the cause of the issue and are working to correct it as soon as possible. Any teams with Hornish in their starting lineup will be credited with all points he earns for the race."

Those of us who had to change... we will not be given any option on getting any points. We are stuck with our alternate choices.

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As qualifying was washed out yesterday, no fantasy bonus points were awarded for qualification. Qualifying order was based on first practice times. Casey Mears gets the pole, followed by Kes, Biff, Logano, and Almirola.

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Michael Buffer starts the Bristol race tonight...

No ground lost and no ground gained on colchar tonight for me, and for Tilly... we all have the exact same picks.

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Lap 10 of 500 CAUTION
Ken Schrader gets turned around, and he bumps his car front. He's out.
Casey Mears has led the whole race.

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Lap 82 of 500 CAUTION... Debris
Just before, Hornish rubbed the wall.
JJ not racing well. Kenseth falling back. Smoke just got lapped.
Logano has led the last 60 laps or so.
Jeff Burton racing very well.
Most people come into the pits.

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Lap 118 of 500 CAUTION
Hornish nudged KuBu, bumping KuBu's rear into the wall. Then Ragan drove Hornish hard from the rear, and Hornish lost his left front after bumping the wall.

Kenseth gets the Lucky Dog.
Logano led for 80 laps, but then Kahne took the lead.

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Lap of 151 of 500: CAUTION
David Ragan's car on fire. He gets out. No problem, but his day is done.
Many come into the pits. KK had some minor left front damage... required two pits.
JPM and Hamlin jockeying with each other. Expect more fighting. Same goes for Biff and JJ.
Logano to the lead.

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Lap 160 of 500
Logano, Vickers running 1,2, followed by Gordon and Blech.
If a yellow came out now, Kahne (30th) will be the next Lucky Dog, followed by Patrick.
Hornish ends his night in 39th.

Lap 191 CAUTION: JPM causes wreck for Newman, and Burton piles into Newman too. JPM nailed Newman's left rear, pushing Newman into the wall (front damage). That'll be it for Newman. Looks like he'll end up with 34th place.
KK gets the Lucky Dog.
Patrick will be the next one.
Those who didnt come in last time come into the pits now.

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Lap 203 on the restart, Jr has the lead
Lap 207, Hamlin takes the lead.
Hamlin, Jr, Truex, Harvick, Bowyer, Biffle

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Lap 225 of 500: CAUTION Almirola hits wall while being tangled up with Gilliland.
About half come into the pits (most leaders).
Patrick gets the Lucky Dog.
Biffle takes the lead.

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Lap 237 of 500
Dont look now, but Kenseth tries to take the lead! He sucked earlier, but his car has been great for the last 60 laps.
KuBu is now in 6th!!
Smoke is in 9th!!
BIZARRE!!

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Lap 255 of 500
Kenseth takes the lead. Ymo does a happy dance.
Kenseth, JJ, Ambrose, JG, Biff, Hamlin, Logano, KuBu, Bowyer, Smoke, Blech, Jr, Smith, Truex, Blaney, Edwards, Harvick, JPM, Menard, KK, Kes
Lap 271 CAUTION... Kes spins and has some damage as he hits outside wall, then Labonte turns him around.
Kes makes it into the pits. Half of cars come into the pits.
Vickers had a tire going down just in front of Kes.
JJ takes the lead.

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Lap 290 Kes is out of the car... he'll finish in 30th, but I believe he will be back later.
Hornish is back on the track (-144 laps).
Ambrose nearly turned around Blech, but Blech held on.
So far, only 4 fantasy leaguers have 3 drivers within 100 laps of the lead still running in the race.

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Lap 324 of 500: KuBu and Regan Smith tap each other, then crash.
Half come in. They might be able to make it all the way without another stop.

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Lap 332 Smoke takes the lead over Kenseth for 30 seconds, then Kenseth matches Smoke, and then both hit, spin, and crash into the wall.
CAUTION
Logano has the lead.
Smoke's car got the worst of it. Kenseth won't need a wrecker.
As Kenseth comes into the pits, Smoke throws his Helmet at Kenseth's car... WOW!!

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Lap 346 of 500 CAUTION Blaney's car blew up
By the way... Kes is on the track.
Jr into the pits. He can definitely make it the rest of the way. He loses a lot of track positions.
JJ and Logano come in as well.
That means AMBROSE has the lead, but he comes in as well. About a third come in.
FWIW...Danica is in the top 20, and is
Biffle to the lead.
Lap 358 Smoke is back on the track.