RPD - Darlington

Gory details are here.

OVERALL
London Pride Ford claimed our first of 12 titles for the competition by winning the spring season (first 11 races) in the Yahoo standings. jackman48 was 13 points back in second.
The standings could change significantly heading into June with the start of the summer season (some, including FC Newman, are looking forward to the fresh start) and eliminations in four competitions after Charlotte.





CHASE
37 teams are currently eligible for the Chase and that window for the nonqualifiers should start closing fast.





DARLINGTON
A really ho-hum week in terms of scores at the eggoval. Junior Nation posted a 331 to lead the league, and it was just one of three scores above 300 (only five teams were below 200).





SPRING
Average score for the first 11 races was 258 There were 96 scores above 300; 59 below 200.





SINGLE ELIM – BRACKET
Charlotte is the final race in the second round. The matchups to watch (leaders first, point difference in parentheses) – Gotta Love Jr-Anyone by Jimmie (7); Caguama Racing-Junior Nation (66); yduck-red clouds racing (26); Tar urn upside-key west flyers (56); Dale Earnhardt’s Neck-Rubbin’s Racin’ (69); BLOWINSMOKE-DaleEarnhardt3 (57); Wade Chapman-Driver/Dodge Caravan (77); Rip Em-Hoosier (19); Tony is the Man-TOOLIN (34); Cooter-Rough Riders (83).





DOUBLE ELIM – BRACKET
Charlotte is the final race in the third round.
Winners’ Bracket: Four of the eight matchups hold a difference of less than 100 points. Tony is the Man leads The Man by just 1 points, the closest race in the bracket. Another good one: BLOWINSMOKE holds a 10-point lead over Wade Chapman.
Losers’ Bracket: Six of the 12 matchups hold a difference of less than 100 points. The close ones (leader first, difference in parentheses) – Crash Test Dummy and Rip Em are TIED; Black Bear Racing-Gonzo Racing (10); and Rev-a-lusions-Ala@Ga (15).





SINGLE ELIM – HEAT
Charlotte is the final race in the second round; the top 16 teams move on. Cooter currently holds the final spot by 15 points over yduck and 16 over TOOLIN. The projected cutoff to advance is 1543.

DOUBLE ELIM – HEAT
Charlotte is the final race in the third round.
Winners’ Heat: The top eight teams stay in the winners heat. Cooter currently holds the final spot by just 9 points over London Pride Ford. Projected cutoff to stay in the winners heat is 1000.
Losers’ Heat: The top 13 teams remain in the competition. need4speed currently holds the final spot by 20 points over Hoosier. The projected cutoff is 1000.

WORLD CUP

The first week of the 10-week round is complete. Three teams – Anyone but Jimmie, jackman48 and Junior Nation – picked up two wins at Darlington.