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.

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