RMFN - Slow down

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BASICS

* RacinProwler's fourth straight 300+ week kept it in first place.

* The league average of 253 was the lowest since Vegas; six teams scored 300 or more points.

DOUBLE ELIM, BRACKET

One race to go in the second round.
Winners' bracket - Teams with leads of 100 or more points include Syrup (seeded 49th), ROADWARRIORS, 24rules, RacinProwler, SwOOp, Sliced Bread and Redline Outlaw.
Losers' bracket - REDNECK is the only team that needs to make up a deficit of 100 or more points in this weekend's race. Everything else is relatively tight.

DOUBLE ELIM, HEAT

One race remaining in the round.
Winners' heat - Projected cutoff (based on the league's average score for the season) is 1120. That puts a lot of pressure on the teams from 19th on down.
Losers' heat - Projected cutoff for elimination is around 1050. Pressure's on teams in 14th and lower.

WORLD CUP

REMINDER: Top three teams from each group advance along with the top two fourth-place teams (based on PFA). We have completed seven of the 10 races in this round.

* Daytona - A mess. Cooter, 24rules, HangOn and Byhalia are tied for first; Detroit is one game back.

* Bristol - Eight is Enough has secured a spot in the next round; Lester is close; Redline and whoopde are battling for the final automatic bid; LT4SS has been eliminated.

* Talladega - A mess, part 2. Heavy Metal, NDI, Bassman and CJ are tied for first; PeTeeTong is one game back.

* Lowe's - Sliced Bread and BH are tied for the lead and close to securing a spot; followed by KC Chief, MEM and Slammers (which needs to win out and get some help to advance).

* Indianapolis - Team 14-5 will advance and will likely be joined by Candii. HMS and AFTER are battling for the final automatic spot; SwOOp needs to win out and get some help.

* Homestead - Blue Angel leads and is close to securing a spot; REDNECK and Leather are tied for second; RACING and Blessed round out the close-to-messy group.

* Darlington - ROADWARRIORS is in; RacinProwler is close. TURBO and Rocketman hold a one-game lead over Kudzu (needs to win out and get help to challenge).

* Watkins Glen - Trouble in 2 needs one point to secure a spot in the next round; Hoosier, Go Happy and Fritson are tied for second, one game back. W-Y-O needs to cowboy up and win out to make a run at the other teams.

* Martinsville - A mess, part 3. FordFucus, RoadRunner and Syrup are tied for first and each needs one point to secure a spot in the next round; Couch Potato is two games back.

* Pocono - Rolling Thunder is in; need4speed needs one more point. testcar and FC Newman hold a one-game lead over crazy lady.

SINGLE ELIM, BRACKET
SwOOp and BlessedMom built big leads after the first of six races in the second round.

SINGLE ELIM, HEAT

SwOOp, Syrup, FordFucus and RacinProwler opened the second round with 300+ scores; four teams are below 200 and are in trouble (including the No. 2 and No. 4 seeds).

CHASE
* If you've won a race (top score), you're likely in right now. Just two teams who won or shared a race tropy are outside the top 12.
* Chase cutoff is currently 1698, which would include the top 41 teams.

OVERALL

The top 10 looks a lot like the Yahoo standings - that will change soon with the first eliminations in the double elimination formats and the end of the spring season after Darlington.