Chicago

Damn Sunday Drivers and BURNINRUBBER shared the race title with 347 each. Odd week at Chicago - 273 average with a lot of middle-runners and the best scores primarily from the bottom of the standings ...



OVERALL
Chicago marked the beginning of the second half of the season so there was some jumbling in the standings. Slow starts by the leaders - BLOWIN and Turn Right - made the top 10 look more like a top 10 instead of 2 teams and the other 8. We'll see if it stays that way ...



CHASE
Cutoff stayed at 15 teams after Chicago, due to the odd spread in scores. The leaders had put some distance between the field over the past month but that changed this week. 10 of the 15 teams in the cutoff zone have at least shared a race title (worth an additional 50 points).



SINGLE ELIM BRACKET
Elite Eight here; the biggest leads after one of six races in the round belongs to Damn Sunday and Bassman (both by 24 points). 3 Virgins is the lowest seed remaining at No. 35.



DOUBLE ELIM BRACKET
Four teams left in the winners' bracket; the sixth round covers three races, and some teams already have big leads. No. 32 Gotta Love Jr is the lowest seed alive in the winners' bracket; No. 45 Shake and Bake is the low team in the losers' bracket.



SINGLE and DOUBLE ELIM HEATS
Overall contenders are "hurting" (most other teams would settle for top-12 finishes ...) the most in these competitions. Eliminations here (single elim will run six races; double elim three) will open the Overall competition a ton.



WORLD CUP
One race to go in the Champion Qualifying and 10 teams have secured spots in the 16-team Bracket Round.
D.EARNHARDT: 1. Damn Sunday; 2. Winner of CLOWN CAR vs. Abbie Knows.
R.PETTY: 1. Sunday Money 10; 2. Turn Right Once In A While.
J.GORDON: 1. BLOWINSMOKE; 2. LT4SS, Al Briggs or Bassman.
D.PEARSON: 1. Revalusions; 2. SMOKE (won head-to-head vs. Shake and Bake 3-1)
D.WALTRIP: 1. DaleEarnhardt3; 3. Dodge Caravan, Roughriders or Stone Cold
C.YARBOROUGH: All four teams eligible for top two seeds; Gonzo has the highest average score in the round by 4 points over paulmotors, 5 over No right turns and 13 over ALL EIGHT.
B.ALLISON: 1. ShoeString; 2. Rolling Thunder
J.JOHNSON: 1. Tony is the Man; 2. SNAPPY LOBSTA or Go Daddy (split head-to-head 2-2)




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