Martinsville - right, front tires suck

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Congrats to Cooter and Barrie Lang for advancing to the World Cup final.

Van's Bums' lead in the Yahoo! standings grew a little; Team Lester and Cooter need strong weeks to reach the top.

CHASE

Van's still holds a sizeable lead, with BLOWINSMOKE, Cooter and No right turns needing big weeks - some wins wouldn't hurt either - to jump up. Just two teams in the Chase - including BLOWINSMOKE's top score at M'ville - scored more than 300 points.

SINGLE ELIMINATION

We're halfway through the final round and the 50s reign. Rolling Thunder leads Van's by 50 in the championship, and Rev-A-Lusions leads TURBO by 52.

DOUBLE ELIMINATION

Top-seeded testcar leads Van's by 6 points heading into the final race of the round. testcar, coming from the losers' bracket, needs to win this round to force a winner-take-all run to the finish. If Van's rebounds at Atlanta, it wins the title and the Double Elimination competition is over.

WORLD CUP

The final matchups are set - Cooter v. Barrie Lang in the final, and Team Lester v. Racing Angel for third place. Cooter edged by 1 point and Barrie clipped Angel by 15.

HEAD TO HEAD

Team Lester's lead held at 5 games over No right turns. M'ville was the last 50-game race of the season. We'll finish with 100-race weekends the rest of the way; there are 16 games/matchups left for each team the rest of the way (not counting guaranteed victories over the defectors).

Anyone in 18th place or worse (FC Newman included) has been eliminated and can't catch Lester for the title (i.e. 51 wins or less). This week's projected cutoff: 55 wins.

Standings through Martinsville

1. Team Lester 66-19-0

No right turns 61-24-0

TURBO 59-23-3

KLA Sadler 59-24-2

yduck 57-25-2

Rolling Thunder 57-27-1
BLOWINSMOKE 57-27-0
Rubbin's Racin 56-25-3

Rev-A-Lusions 55-28-3

need4speed 56-29-0
11. 3WIDE 55-30-0

Cooter 54-28-3

reckhard 53-30-1

Team Parski 53-32-0
speedracer 52-30-2
Sarges Squad 52-31-1
Vans Bums 52-32-1

FC Newman, Barrie Lang 51-33-2

testcar 51-34-2

21. FORDFUCUS 50-33-4

Black Bear 51-33-0

RacingAngel 50-33-2
AFTER BURNER 49-33-2
RAZN 49-35-0
CHK 49-37-0
KitchenPass 48-35-1
Team Wyoming 48-36-0
nstag8rs 47-34-3

Smokin Aces 47-36-1

31. RugRatRacers 47-38-2

Gordon #1 47-39-1

AERO PUSH 47-38-0

Crash & Burn 46-37-1

RoadRage 46-39-0

Dirt Runners 46-40-0

Chevys Redneck 43-36-5

hardbody 44-40-2

gonzo 44-41-0

photo finish 40-44-0

41. Longs Gap 48-44-2

Junior, Yabos, Canyon County, asian assassins, DWI, Beer Belly, gordon hater, Hendrick Express, Kntcky 0-82-16

Atlanta schedule (key matchups in bold)

FC Newman def Canyon County

Vans Bums v. KitchenPass

yduck v. photo finish

Cooter def DWI

RacingAngel def Kntcky

AERO PUSH v. Chevys Redneck

need4speed v. Crash & Burn

AFTER BURNER v. Smokin Aces

Rubbins Racin v. nstag8rs

testcar def Canyon County

RoadRage def asian assassins

hardbody v. RugRatRacers

reckhard v. gonzo

Gordon #1 def Junior

Longs Gap v. No. 1 Team Lester

No right turns v. FORDFUCUS

RAZN v. speedracer
Rev-A-Lusions v. Team Wyoming

No. 7 BLOWINSMOKE v. No. 6 Rolling Thunder

Dirt Runners def gordon hater
Sarges Squad def Yabos
CHK v. KLA Sadler
Team Parski def Beer Belly
Barrie Lang def Hendrick Express

TURBO v. FC Newman

3WIDE v. KitchenPass

Black Bear v. photo finish

Vans Bums def DWI
yduck def Kntcky
Cooter v. Chevys Redneck
RacingAngel v. Crash & Burn
AERO PUSH v. Smokin Aces

need4speed v. AFTER BURNER

nstag8rs def Beer Belly
TURBO v. RoadRage
RugRatRacers def Canyon County

hardbody v. Gordon #1

No. 13 reckhard v. No. 1 Team Lester
FORDFUCUS def Junior
Longs Gap v. speedracer
No right turns v. Team Wyoming
RAZN v. Rolling Thunder
Rev-A-Lusions def gordon hater
BLOWINSMOKE def Yabos
Dirt Runners v. KLA Sadler
No. 16 Sarges Squad v. No. 14 Team Parski
CHK def Hendrick Express

FC Newman v. testcar

Barrie Lang v. KitchenPass
Rubbins Racin v. photo finish
3WIDE def DWI
Black Bear def Kntcky
Vans Bums v. Chevys Redneck
yduck v. Crash & Burn
Cooter v. Smokin Aces

RacingAngel v. AFTER BURNER

AERO PUSH v. need4speed

yduck v. nstag8rs

hardbody def Canyon County

No. 13 reckhard v. No. 3 TURBO

testcar def Junior

Longs Gap v. RoadRage

No right turns v. RugRatRacers

RAZN v. gonzo

Rev-A-Lusions v. Gordon #1

No. 7 BLOWINSMOKE v. No. 1 Team Lester

Dirt Runners v. FORDFUCUS

No. 16 Sarges Squad v. No. 15 speedracer

CHK v. Team Wyoming

Rolling Thunder def Beer Belly

Barrie Lang def gordon hater
Rubbins Racin def Yabos
No. 11 3WIDE v. No. 4 KLA Sadler
Black Bear v. Team Parski
Vans Bums def Hendrick Express
FC Newman def asian assassins
Cooter v. Kitchen Pass
RacingAngel v. photo finish
AERO PUSH def DWI
need4speed def Kntcky
AFTER BURNER v. Chevys Redneck
Smokin Aces v. Crash & Burn
Black Bear nstag8rs
TURBO def asian assassins
hardbody v. testcar
reckhard v. RoadRage
RugRatRacers def Junior
Longs Gap v. gonzo

No right turns v. Gordon #1

RAZN v. No. 1 Team Lester
Rev-A-Lusions v. FORDFUCUS
No. 7 BLOWINSMOKE v. No. 15 speedracer
Dirt Runners v. Team Wyoming
No. 16 Sarges Squad v. No. 6 Rolling Thunder

CHK def gordon hater

Beer Belly def Yabos
Barrie Lang v. KLA Sadler
No. 8 Rubbins Racin v. No. 14 Team Parski
3WIDE def Hendrick Express