Sunday, February 14, 2010

Potholes for many at Daytona

The RMFN average of 245 was pretty terrible but consistent with other restrictor plate tracks.


Shake/Bake was on the short end and missed the bus to the track ... Revalusions got off to another fast start (290 to start the 2009 season) ... just four drivers above 300 points ... just five below 200.


More comments later this week. Post your questions if you have them about the other competitions.




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First-round pairings

Based on the seeds, the pairings for the first round of the various competitions are in the excel document below.

I'm going to chip away at the baseball/head-to-head format throughout the season in hopes we can add another team to the list of RMFN winners. Right now, I've tucked those documents at the end of the other items - which we will certainly complete this year.

Update from Daytona no later than before the next race.




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Friday, February 12, 2010

About the players

50 Players in the 2010 Rocky Mountain Fantasy NASCAR league.


211 Seasons of fantasy NASCAR played the 2010 RMFN players heading into 2010.


4.3 Average number of fantasy NASCAR seasons played by 2010 RMFN players.


1 Rookie in the 2010 RMFN field - paulmotors10.


90 90th-percentile finishes by the 2010 RMFN players in past seasons - 43 percent of the time.


6 90th-percentile finishes by BLOWINSMOKE and Cooter88 in their Yahoo fanstay NASCAR histories, most in 2010 RMFN. Neither did it in 2009.


13 2010 RMFN players finished in the 90th-percentile in 2009, led by Bassman Racing and Monster at 99.


25 Players back from the 2009 season.


10 Players (at least) back from from the 2008 and 2007 seasons.


8 Players with ALL CAPS in their team names.


11 Teams with numbers in their team names.


11 Teams (at least) with references to drivers in their team names.


5 Games/titles won by Bassman Racing (including the overall Yahoo crown) in 2009; that team finished second in the overall standings.

We have 50 players, 50 seeds

The lists below outline the seeds for the competitions. I'll post an updated spreadsheet just before or during Sunday's race (maybe today, but doubtful) for matchups in the different competitions.

Ties for the 2009-seeded competitions were broken by when the player registered for the league; ties for the overall seeds were broken by 2009 finish, 2008 finish and so on.

Again, we'll use the 2009 seeds for the single-elimination competitions and the overall seeds for the other games.

Good luck!

2009
1 Bassman Racing 99
2 Monster 99
3 ~~Gotta Love Jr~~ 98
4 ~~Abbie Knows~~ 96
5 Rolling Thunder 94
6 yduck 94
7 CLOWN CAR RACING 94
8 Black Train 92
9 No right turns 91
10 Al Briggs Racing 91
11 SNAPPY LOBSTA 91
12 Anyone but Jimmie 90
13 Sunday Money '10 90
14 Golden Boy 48 89
15 #3 Dale Earnhardt Sr 88
16 Revalusions 87
17 LT4SS 86
18 ALL EIGHT RACING 86
19 Oysters Lug Nutz 86
20 Mr Sunday 86
21 Stone Cold 84
22 Tony is the Man 83
23 BLOWINSMOKE 82
24 Go Daddy 82
25 Turn Right Once in Awhile 80
26 Team Lester 79
27 djs 78
28 Hoosier 77
29 Seattle Spunk 77
30 FC Newman 73
31 09 Dodge Caravan Driver 73
32 Cooter88 73
33 Rowdy Racing 18 73
34 billys boys 9 71
35 3 Virgins 71
36 DaleEarnhardt3 69
37 Roughriders 68
38 GoSlowTurnRight 66
39 Gonzo Racing 56
40 RING OF FIRE 55
41 Dale Earnhardt's Neck 54
42 FordFucusRacing 52
43 BURNINRUBBER 51
44 Blessed 51
45 SMOKE 46
46 Sqworls Racing 41
47 JR. Nation 88 30
48 Shake and Bake 5
49 ShoeString Racing 0
50 paulmotors10 0




Overall
1 BLOWINSMOKE 490.9
2 Cooter88 485
3 Monster 477.3
4 No right turns 474.8
5 yduck 445.4
6 billys boys 9 443.3
7 CLOWN CAR RACING 436.4
8 Oysters Lug Nutz 434.2
9 Stone Cold 393.8
10 Sunday Money '10 375.5
11 Turn Right Once in Awhile 367.6
12 FC Newman 367.6
13 FordFucusRacing 358.8
14 Tony is the Man 342.5
15 GoSlowTurnRight 320.9
16 ALL EIGHT RACING 317.1
17 Revalusions 314.8
18 LT4SS 314
19 Seattle Spunk 310.5
20 Bassman Racing 305.2
21 Blessed 299.6
22 SMOKE 295.9
23 09 Dodge Caravan Driver 289.1
24 djs 287.6
25 RING OF FIRE 275.1
26 Rolling Thunder 257.9
27 Hoosier 244.1
28 SNAPPY LOBSTA 242.1
29 Black Train 239.7
30 Anyone but Jimmie 226.5
31 Go Daddy 211
32 ~~Gotta Love Jr~~ 207.5
33 ~~Abbie Knows~~ 205.4
34 3 Virgins 199.7
35 Mr Sunday 174.2
36 Al Briggs Racing 171.1
37 #3 Dale Earnhardt Sr 170.8
38 DaleEarnhardt3 168.4
39 Team Lester 167.2
40 Gonzo Racing 158.1
41 BURNINRUBBER 147.7
42 Roughriders 124.7
43 Sqworls Racing 116.6
44 Dale Earnhardt's Neck 97.2
45 Shake and Bake 96.2
46 Golden Boy 48 89
47 Rowdy Racing 18 73
48 ShoeString Racing 40.2
49 JR. Nation 88 30
50 paulmotors10 0

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Seeds/Update

No dice on the baseball competition again this season. Ran out of time, and I don't want to start it without knowing how much time I'll need to devote to it. Maybe in 2011 ...

A breakdown of how the seeding works can be found by clicking here. The only changes will be the ratings multipliers (e.g. 100 percent for 2009, 90 percent for 2008, and so on). Here's an update on the seeding for the other competitions (as of 7 p.m., MST, 2/4):

OVERALL
BLOWINSMOKE 491
Cooter88 485
No right turns 479
yduck 445
FC Newman 367
FordFucusRacing 359
Tony is the Man 343
Revalusions 315
LT4SS 314
Dodge Caravan Driver 305
Bassman Racing 305
Rolling Thunder 257
Hoosier 244
Black Train 240
Anyone but Jimmie 227
Gotta Love Jr 208
Abbie Knows 205
#3 Dale Earnhardt St 171
DaleEarnhardt3 168
Gonzo Racing 158
BURNINRUBBER 148
Roughriders 125
Dale Earnhardt's Neck 97
Shake and Bake 96

2009 (ties are broke by signup)
Bassman Racing 99
Gotta Love Jr 98
Abbie Knows 96
Rolling Thunder 94
yduck 94
Black Train 92
No right turns 91
Anyone but Jimmie 90
#3 Dale Earnhardt St 88
Revalusions 87
LT4SS 86
Tony is the Man 83
BLOWINSMOKE 82
Hoosier 77
FC Newman 73
Dodge Caravan Driver 73
Cooter88 73
DaleEarnhardt3 69
Roughridrs 68
Gonzo Racing 56
Dale Earnhardt's Neck 54
FordFucusRacing 52
BURNINRUBBER 51
Shake and Bake 5