Monday, July 13, 2009

RPD - Chicago

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OVERALL
TOOLIN leads with a 5.2 average and the first-half title from Yahoo. I mistakenly had yduck still alive in all competitions, but the duck was kncoked out of the World Cup early (finished 41st); my apologies. So we have six teams with eliminations from just one competition - TOOLIN, key west flyers, jackman48, BlessedWyoMom, Caguama Racing and yduck. Matchups between those teams from here on out will decide the overall title.
CHASE
Not a particularly strong week by the group at Chicago, and we actually added a team to the current Chase qualifiers - that number stands at 23, nine more than our RMFN counterparts after Chicago. Seven races to the cutoff; 50 points for each additional race win.

SECOND CHANCE
Ala @Ga has the hot hand - two consecutive 300+ weeks. The group average was average, as were the number of 300+ scores and sub-200 scores. Like the race, our scores were a snoozer.
WORLD CUP
Indy will mark the final races of the second round, Champion Qualifying. The top two teams from each group advance to the next phase, Chase Bracket. See the World Cup Seed page for seeding details (similar to the Track Qualifying phase).
Below: details on who can finish where or in some cases, what's been decided.
Earnhardt (a mess): 1. red clouds racing; final spot to Tony is the Man or The Man. The Man leads by one game and needs at tie with red clouds or a loss by Tony/Man to advance; Tony/Man needs a red clouds win and a win over Ala @ Ga to force a tiebreaker.
Petty (almost decided): 1/2. BlessedWyoMom, Caguama Racing. The two meet in the final race; a win by BWM or a tie secures first for BWM; a win by Caguama forces a tiebreaker.
Gordon (decided): 1. Hoosier; 2. Abbie Knows Girls Rule.
Pearson (a mess): 1. Anyone but Jimmie; tied for second: Gotta Love Jr, need4speed, Recession Aggression. The winner between Recession and Gotta has the edge for the final spot; need4speed needs to win vs. Anyone/Jimmie and force a tiebreaker with the winner of the other matchup.
Waltrip (almost decided): 1. key west flyers; jackman48 or Tar urn upside yo hed will finish second. Tar urn needs to beat key west; jackman has the ousted/nonplaying HP1Stewartfan.
Yarborough (almost decided): 1. TOOLIN'; #3 WILL NEVER ... or Wade Chapman will finish second. #3 takes on TOOLIN'; Wade plays Dale Earnhardt's Neck.
Allison (decided): 1. Rolling Thunder; 2. Rock~N~Roll.
Johnson (almost decided): 1. Rev-a-lusions; Black Bear has a one-game lead over Junior Nation, and the two meet in the final race of the round.

SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Update from Daytona: Gotta Love Jr won the closest race, eliminating Rolling Thunder by a 52-point margin. No. 7 Rolling joined four other top 10 seeds eliminated in the third round at Daytona - No. 1 Cooter (by BlessedWyoMom), No. 3 Hoosier (by #3 WILL ...) No. 6 BLOWINSMOKE (by Caguama Racing) and No. 8 Rubbin's Racin (by London Pride Ford).
After Chicago: BlessedWyoMom opened a 52-point lead over jackman48, the largest lead after the first race in the quarterfinals. This round, also six races, ends after Bristol.
DOUBLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Update from Daytona: Tough luck award to moonshiner, a loser by just 23 points in an elimination matchup with Black Bear. No. 1 Cooter and No. 2 BLOWINSMOKE were also eliminated in the losers' bracket only round.
After Chicago: Rolling Thunder opened a 63-point lead over need4speed and BlessedWyo leads TOOLIN by 27 in the winners' bracket. The three-race round ends after Pocono.
SINGLE ELIMINATION HEAT
Update from Daytona: BlessedWyoMom's run in the RMFN couldn't be replicated in RPD. BWM was eliminated by 18 points, finishing ninth in the final elimination spot after a 366-point race at Daytona. In addition to BWM, the remaining top 10 seeds were also eliminated at Daytona. No. 11 #3 WILL NEVER ... is the highest remaining seed.
After Chicago: #3 got off to a good start with 320; the round ends after Bristol.
DOUBLE ELIMINATION HEAT
Update from Daytona: yduck claimed the final advancing spot in the losers' heat by 22 points over kl motorsports. No. 3 Tar urn and No. 1 Cooter also didn't advance.
After Chicago: 52 points separate the four teams in the winners' heat; 59 separate the No. 4 and No. 5 teams in the losers' heat. The three-race round ends after Pocono.

RMFN - Chicago

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OVERALL
24rules leads with a 2.8 average and the first-half title from Yahoo. 24 was eliminated and finished 18th in the Single Bracket and faces upcoming challenges from three other teams who are still alive in all of the other competitions - SwOOp, ROADWARRIORS and HMS_Chevy_Gurl. 24rules and ROADWARRIORS have clinched spots in the next round of the World Cup (see below); SwOOP and HMS need a win this week and help.
CHASE
The cutoff trimmed seven positions after Chicago, thanks to some big scores at the top and low scores at the bottom. 14 teams are currently eligible; 50 additional points for race wins. Six races remain before Richmond.
SECOND CHANCE
Nice start by the group to the second half of the season - 17 teams above 300; just 1 below 200. The average of 279 tied for the group's third-best race of the season. ROADWARRIORS has the thot hand with three straight 300+ races.
WORLD CUP
Indy will mark the final races of the second round, Champion Qualifying. The top two teams from each group advance to the next phase, Chase Bracket. See the World Cup Seed page for seeding details (similar to the Track Qualifying phase).
Below: details on who can finish where or in some cases, what's been decided.
Earnhardt (set): 1. Team Fritson; 2. RacinProwler.
Petty (a mess): 1. MEMTiger. FordFucus, REDNECK and SwOOp are tied entering the final week - REDNECK needs to beat MEMTiger and force a tiebreaker with the winner of SwOOP-FordFucus.
Gordon (almost set): 1/2. Rolling Thunder, Rocketman. Winner between the two at Indy is first; loser is second.
Pearson (almost set): 1/2. Leather & Lace, CandiiRacers. Leather holds a 1-game lead over Candii; the two meet at Indy; a win by Candii forces a tiebreaker for first.
Waltrip (almost set): 1/2. 24rules, Go Happy Harvick. Same as Gordon group.
Yarborough (almost set): 1. ROADWARRIORS; 2. Eight is Enough or Sliced Bread. The two battling for second meet at Indy - winner advances; loser is out.
Allison (a mess): 1/2. testcar; still a shot - HangOnHarvick and BH Racing. testcar clinches first with a tie or a loss by HangOn; BH has to win and needs HangOn to lose to Blue Angel to force a tiebreaker for the final spot.
Johnson (a mess): 1/2. NDI; still a shot - Bassman, HMS Chevy Gurl. NDI clinches first with a tie vs. Bassman; HMS needs a win by NDI and a win over Trouble in 2 to force a tiebreaker with Bassman.
SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Update from Daytona: Hoosier won the closest matchup by 59 points over Syrup. Only two other matchups over the six-race round were decided by 100 points or less. The quarterfinals feature the Nos. 42, 30, 29, 18, 17, 11, 7 and 4 seeded teams.
After Chicago: TURBO opened the biggest leads (74 over HMS Chevy). SwOOp leads Bassman (by 67); LT4SS leads BlessedWyoMom (by 43) and ROADWARRIORS leads Hoosier (by 12). This round, also six races, ends after Bristol.
DOUBLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Update from Daytona: Losers' bracket matchups only were completed. Tough luck award to BlessedWyoMom who lost by just 22 to FordFucus. No. 3 Heavy Metal Heroes was also eliminated.
After Chicago: Semifinal matchups (with margins of 25 and 26 points after Saturday's snoozer) Sliced Bread-testcar and 24rules-ROADWARRIORS (see Overall note for implications here). This round covers just three races and ends after Pocono.
SINGLE ELIMINATION HEAT
BlessedWyoMom's big score at Daytona shuffled the outcome of the third round. BWM was next to last (15th out of 16) heading into Daytona but finished seventh, 55 points clear of the elimination zone. Rolling Thunder (5 points), RacinProwler (10) and Redline Outlaw (12) were close but no cigars.
After Chicago: Five of the eight remaining teams opened the quarterfinals with 300+ scores. HMS Chevy Gurl is already facing a big deficit. Like the bracket version, this round ends after Bristol.
DOUBLE ELIMINATION HEAT
The BlessedWyoMom comments from the Single Heat apply here, as well. BWM was last out of 18 in the losers' heat entering Daytona but finished fifth, 55 points clear of the elimination zone. Bassman (8 points) and MEMTiger (12) were the closest eliminated teams.
After Chicago: Three of the four teams in the winners' heat posted 300+ scores. Two did so in the losers' heat; HMS Chevy and need4speed face big deficits in the three-race round that ends after Pocono.