Steady hand wins at Charlotte

Gory details here.

Van's Bums gave up 62 points on its overall lead to Team Lester with five races to go. Just seven teams cleared 300 points at Charlotte and our average was just under 200 points. Team Parski and RAZN posted the top scores (348).

CHASE

Van's lead is still strong here (144 points). No right turns and Cooter are trying to keep pace; Rev-A-Lusions, Team Lester and BLOWINSMOKE need big weekends to challenge the top three.

WORLD CUP
Martinsville is the final race in the semifinal round. Team Lester leads Cooter by 19 and RacingAngel is ahead of Barrie Lang by 49. Winners meet in the championship; losers race for third.

DOUBLE ELIMINATION

testcar, coming from the losers' bracket in the championship, holds a 76-point lead over Van's. There are two races to go in this round; if testcar comes out on top, the same two teams will battle again for the title. If Van's is ahead after Atlanta, it wins the title.

SINGLE ELIMINATION
After one of six races to finish the season, Rolling Thunder opened an 82-point lead over Van's in the championship. For third, Rev holds a slim lead over TURBO.

HEAD TO HEAD

Team Lester holds a 5-game lead over second place with 18 games/matchups to go. Anyone in 25th place or worse has been eliminated. Lester has only one matchup this weekend (a guaranteed win over a defector is its other game/matchup), meaning anyone with 51 wins or less is in danger of being eliminated this week.

This week's top matchups: Van's v. KLA Sadler; Cooter v. KLA Sadler; and Sarge's Squad v. Lester.

Standings

1. Team Lester 65-19-0
No right turns 60-24-0

TURBO 59-21-3

KLA Sadler 57-24-2

Rubbins Racin 56-23-3

yduck 56-25-2

Rolling Thunder 56-26-1

BLOWINSMOKE 55-27-0

Cooter, Rev-A-Lusions 54-27-3
11. need4speed 54-29-0

3WIDE, reckhard 54-30-0

Sarges Squad 52-29-1

Van's Bums 52-31-1

Team Parski 52-31-0

speedracer 51-30-2

testcar 51-32-2

Barrie Lang 50-32-2

20. FC Newman 50-33-1

FORDFUCUS 49-32-4

Black Bear 50-33-0

AFTER BURNER, RacingAngel 49-32-2

CHK 49-35-0
(eliminated from title contention)
nstag8rs 47-32-3

KitchenPass 47-34-1

Team Wyoming 47-35-2

RAZN 47-35-0

30. Smokin Aces 46-36-1

Gordon #1 46-38-1

RoadRage 46-37-0

AERO PUSH 46-38-0

RugRatRacers 45-38-2

Crash & Burn 45-37-1

Dirt Runners 45-39-0

Chevys Redneck 45-35-5

hardbody 44-39-2

gonzo 43-40-0

40. photo finish 40-42-0

Longs Gap 37-44-2

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

Martinsville schedule

(last 50-race weekend; each of the final four races will have 100 games/matchups)

need4speed v. nstag8rs

hardbody def Junior

Longs Gap def asian assassins

No right turns def Canyon County

RAZN v. TURBO

Rev-A-Lusions v. testcar

BLOWINSMOKE v. RoadRage

Dirt Runners v. RugRatRacers

Sarges Squad v. gonzo
CHK v. Gordon #1
Team Lester def Beer Belly

Barrie Lang v. FORDFUCUS

Rubbins Racin v. speedracer
3WIDE v. Team Wyoming
Black Bear v. Rolling Thunder

Van's Bums def gordon hater

yduck def Yabos
Cooter v. KLA Sadler
RacingAngel v. Team Parski

AERO PUSH def Hendrick Express

reckhard v. FC Newman
AFTER BURNER v. KitchenPass

Smokin Aces v. photo finish

Crash & Burn def DWI

Chevys Redneck def Kntcky

RacingAngel v. nstag8rs

reckhard def asian assassins

Canyon County tied Junior

Longs Gap v. TURBO

No right turns v. testcar

RAZN v. RoadRage

Rev-A-Lusions v. RugRatRacers

BLOWINSMOKE v. gonzo

Dirt Runners v. Gordon #1

Sarges Squad v. Team Lester

CHK v. FORDFUCUS

speedracer def Beer Belly

Barrie Lang v. Team Wyoming

Rubbins Racin v. Rolling Thunder

3WIDE def gordon hater

Black Bear def Yabos

Van's Bums v. KLA Sadler

yduck v. Team Parski

Cooter def Hendrick Express

FC Newman v. hardbody

AERO PUSH v. KitchenPass

need4speed v. photo finish

AFTER BURNER def DWI
Smokin Aces def Kntcky
Crash & Burn v. Chevys Redneck