Single Elimination Heat

Single Elimination Heat - first-round run.

2011 - Single Elimination Heat

Like the SE bracket competition, Gonzo was never in jeopardy of being eliminated in the Heat competition – at least in terms of teams between it and elimination.
Gonzo won the final by almost 200 over Heavy Chevy. In the semifinals, it took the final advancing spot but it was hardly close – 99 points over the No. 3 team.
In the early rounds, Gonzo advanced by 34 points in Round Three, 17 in Round Two and 27 in Round One.
Overall winner RYAN’S FAST was eliminated in the third round.

Miami

Recaps on each of the competitions are coming, but here's a list of the competition winners and the gory details.

RYAN'S FAST: Overall, Double Elimination Heat
Gonzo33 Racing: Yahoo Overall, Yahoo Second Half, Yahoo Fall, World Cup, Single Elimination Bracket, Single Elimination Heat, Chase
RMO Lug Nutz: Yahoo First Half
napolean: Yahoo Spring
Cooter88: Yahoo Summer, Double Elimination Bracket


REMINDER: If you want an invite for 2012, drop me a line here or at fclex@yahoo.com

Congrats to all!


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Kansas

The Chase has been kind to us. Since the start, RMFN teams have posted 57 scores above 300 and just four below 200. I'll go ahead and jinx myself/pat myself on the back: on my (F.C. Newman) best RMFN streak ever with four straight 300+ scores. HEAVEY CHEVY is on a similar tear.

HEAVY and Gonzo33 advanced to the Single Elim Heat final; HEAVY likely needs to win that to have a chance at the Overall. BUT there's still lots of shuffling taking place in the Fall standings, so never say never.

There were also eliminations in the other Single competition and the two Double competitions.

On to Charlotte...




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Bristol II

Bristol was one of RMFN's best tracks in the spring, so it was no surprise the same trend followed on the return trip. The 277 average was the highest since the spring and the zero - 0! - sub-200 scores was the third of the season and first since Kansas on June 5.

Two teams shared the top spot - #3 Intimidator and billy's boys 10 - at 359 (the fifth-highest winning score of the season).

Click here or the headline for the gory details.

On to the competitions...

OVERALL
RMO Lug Nutz bowed out of three competitions at Bristol, but still holds a commanding lead.
I added a 'Best Poss' column to indicate the best possible score for each team. I also incorporated live standings for the Chase (previous posts indicated 1s for all RMFN teams). Reminder: I fell behind on the template for the head-to-head format and it was dropped earlier this summer. Apologies.
It appears RMO's worst would be about 9.5. Even then, the contenders would need RMO to fall completely apart in the fall to give another team an opening. Not likely.

CHASE
RMFN has entertained up to 15 teams in the final Chase in prior years, but this year's parity and range of teams securing wins has changed that. Through Bristol - and with two races until the Chase starts - there are currently 27 teams eligible. Another seven are just 100 points short of the cutoff.

SINGLE ELIM BRACKET
The final four teams are set after the quarterfinal round finished at Bristol.
Damn Sunday Drivers is the highest remaining seed (7), while Gonzo33 is the lowest (33).
Tough luck award to LT4SS-DE, which lost to Dirt Track Outlaws by just 12 points.
Semifinal matchups:
SICK PUPS vs. Damn Sunday
Dirt Track vs. Gonzo33

DOUBLE ELIM BRACKET
Cooter88 moved into the championship with a convincing win over RMO. Cooter now has a bye until the other finalist is determined (late October).
RMO joins three teams in the losers' bracket.
Tough luck award to JoRo's Rockets and to Team Lester. JoRo lost to katie's bootleggers by just 18 points; Lester by 10 to Damn Sunday.
Consolation semifinal matchups:
Killer Carl #99 (now Sugar Ray Childress Fight Club on Yaho) vs. RMO
katie's vs. Damn Sunday

SINGLE ELIM HEAT
AMSKahne4, Damn Sunday, HEAVY CHEVY and Gonzo33 advanced to the semifinal heat.
HEAVY claimed the last spot by just 4 points over RMO.
Gonzo33 is the lowest remaining seed (35).

DOUBLE ELIM HEAT
Cooter88 advanced to the final with a big winners' heat win over MONSTER Racing. Like the double bracket, Cooter is off until late October.
GOOD TO GO, SICK PUPS and RYAN'S FAST stayed alive in the losers' heat. Sunday Money 10 was the last team eliminated, by 25 points to RYAN'S FAST.
SICK PUPS is the lowest remaining seed at No. 42.

WORLD CUP
Higher seeds won five of eight Round of 16 matchups, led by the two top seeds - Betty Boop Madness and Sunday Money.
The lowest seed remaining is Swindell Motorsports.
Tough luck award to Oval Friends, which lost by 8 points to swindell. Honorable mentions to GoSlowTurnRight and AMSKahne5.
Quarterfinal matchups:
Betty Boop (1-1) vs. Swindell (2-1)
Top of Texas Racing (1-6) vs. GOOD TO GO (1-4)
billy's boys 10 (2-6) vs. Damn Sunday (1-5)
Gonzo33 (2-2) vs. Sunday Money (1-2)

Kentucky

RMFN finally reversed a gross trend in average scores at the snoozer-of-a-race in Kentucky, finishing the first half of the season with a 266 average - the highest for RMFN since Darlington in May. Damn Sunday Driver's 378 was also the third-best score of the season.

I set the breakdown as a Flash presentation this time, instead of a scrolling document. If you don't like it, let me know. If I don't like it, I'll go back to the way it was.

After Race 18, we got ride of a lot of players in the two bracket and heat competitions...

SINGLE ELIM BRACKET
We're down to the quarterfinals, and six of the eight remaining teams entered with top 17 seeds.
smokeum wins the Tough Luck Award, falling to MONSTER by just 4 points. The next closest race was Dirt Track's 41-point victory over RYAN'S FAST.
The quarterfinal matchups:
Gonzo33 (No. 35 seed) vs. katie's bootleggers (41)
Dirt Track (16) vs. LT4SS (16)
RMO Lug Nutz (17) vs. Damn Sunday Drivers (7)
SICK PUPS (14) vs. MONSTER (6)

DOUBLE ELIM BRACKET
Surprisingly, the losers' bracket didn't see a ton of close matchups. Rev-a-lusions' 29-point win over Shamrock was the closest.
The biggest news was Overall contender napolean's exit in the fifth round. It lost to JoRo's Rockets by 94 points and settled for a 16th place finish.
The losers' bracket matchups for round six:
Team Lester (No. 35) vs. Rolling Thunder (23)
Damn Sunday Drivers (30) vs. Rev-a-lusions (16)
HEAVY CHEVY (20) vs. JoRo's Rockets (24)
AMSKahne4 (14) vs. Killer Carl (21)
The winners' side had a bye round and resumes in round six (races 19-21), with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The matchups:
RMO Lug Nutz (6) vs. Sunday Money (10)
Cooter88 (4) vs. katie's bootleggers (44)

SINGLE ELIM HEAT
Four top 10 seeds were eliminated in the third round, including napolean and defending RMFN champion BLOWINSMOKE. AMSKahne is the highest remaining seed at No. 3.
Overall contenders RMO, katie's and Sunday Money are still alive.

DOUBLE ELIM HEAT
Like the Double Elim Bracket, the winners' group had round five off, leaving the spotlight on the elimination group.
RYAN'S FAST and Rolling Thunder tied for the last advancing spot, well ahead of the teams that were ousted.
napolean finished 15th; RMO stayed alive in the losers' heat by finishing second in the fifth round.
Winners Heat: MONSTER (2), Cooter (4), Sunday Money (10), katie's bootleggers (44).
Losers Heat: RMO (6), Swindell Motorsports (8), HEAVY CHEVY (20), RYAN'S FAST (22), Rolling Thunder (23), JoRo's Rockets (24), GOOD TO GO (25), SICK PUPS (42).

WORLD CUP
There are two weeks left in the Champion Qualifying group phase, and we have some teams already qualified for the knockout, bracket round.
Sunday Money 10 (Earnhardt), RMO Lug Nutz (Waltrip), Gonzo33 (Waltrip), Betty Boop Madness (Yarborough), Oval Friends (Allison), Top of Texas (Johnson), and Swindell Motorsports (Johnson) will take seven of the 16 final spots.
While the final places aren't know yet, we do know some teams that won't advance past this round: Tony is The Man, #3 Intimidator, Team Lester, Dirt Track OUTLAW, Hang on Harvick, Dale Earnhardt's Neck, and .... drumroll ... Overall contender .... katie's bootleggers (we'll learn how much it affects that team at the end of this phase).

HEAD-TO-HEAD
I appear to have found the bug that had HEAVY CHEVY a game short, leaving that team in ninth place after race 19. RMO leads, followed by napolean, katie's bootleggers, JoRo's and Sunday Money.
REMINDER: I'll try to keep this updated through the rest of the season, but if work or family news breaks, we may ditch this competition in the Overall standings.

CHASE
SICK PUPS and Top Of Texas each have three wins on the season, and hold much higher places in the Chase than they do in the Yahoo standings.
The cutoff currently includes 24 teams with eight races to go before the Chase starts.
RMO leads and katie's is second, but a reminder - we'll reset the points at Chicago.

OVERALL
RMO and katie's hold a nice margin over Sunday Money, but recall that katie's is facing an elimination in the World Cup. It could be a two-team race after Indianapolis, and even with that, Sunday needs RMO to stumble along the way.




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Charlotte

Enjoy.

UPDATED BELOW

OVERALL
Predicted shuffles took place with the eliminations, and we have a new leader - katie's bootleggers. RMO Lug Nutz and Team Lester are right there, as well. If the Head-to-Head sticks around, these standings are legit; if not, it could change again (see below).

CHASE
We're down to 28 eligible drivers through Charlotte (though that could increase but unlikely). Note the Pre Chase Wins column - only two winners are currently outside the bubble. Win and you're probably in.

SINGLE ELIM BRACKET
Tough luck award to Rolling Thunder, which lost by three points to smokeum, the lowest remaining seed at No. 43. CLOWN CAR also suffered a 14-point defeat. Lower seeds won eight of the 16 matchups; katie's and RMO are on opposite sides of the bracket. The third round is also six races and concludes at Kentucky.

DOUBLE ELIM BRACKET
RMO, napolean, katie's and Team Lester highlight the teams advacing in the winners' bracket. No. 46 Loose Lugnuts recorded another upset, topping No. 12 Dirt Track OUTLAW by eight points. No. 4 Cooter is next. Lester and katie meet in the fourth round and are on the opposite side of the bracket from napolean and RMO, which could meet in the sixth round (winners' bracket has a by round in the fifth round).
No. 1 BLOWINSMOKE and No. 4 CLOWN CAR were eliminated in the third round.

SINGLE ELIM HEAT
BLOWINSMOKE stayed alive here, claiming the final advacing spot by five points over Shamrock Racing. Seven of the 16 teams in the third round entered the competition with top-10 seeds. No. 2 CLOWN CAR was the highest seed eliminated in round two.

DOUBLE ELIM HEAT
And some intrigue... katie's advanced in the winners' heat, while RMO shifted to the losers' heat with Team Lester. Oval Cowboys took the final advancing spot in the losers' heat by 12 points over Texas SpeedReavers; #3 Intimidator stayed in the winners' heat by four points over Little Deuce Coupe and six points over Dirt Track OUTLAW. The fourth round runs through race 15 at Michigan.

WORLD CUP
Every team has played three matches in the Champion Qualifying group stage. Your undefeated (3-0-0 unless noted) teams with seven races to go: napolean (Earnhardt group), Little Deuce Coupe (Petty), Jr. Nation (Gordon), Damn Sunday Drivers (Pearson), Betty Boop Madness (2-0-1; Yarborough), RYAN'S FAST (Allison), and Swindell Motorsports (Johnson).
Note that there are some Overall leaders missing from that list. This competition will also dent, cement or secure someone's Overall title chances.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
The time to update this competition throughout the season hasn't come and the templates for it need some work (note that some teams have played fewer games than others; it's not supposed to work that way...). I'll try to keep it going, but do not be surprised if I fall behind a week or two on it to update scores and standings. At some point, there is also the possibility I'll take the competition out of this year's RMFN - hoping not to but ...
RMO leads with a salty 20-4-0 mark, followed by napolean (19-4-0) and katie's (18-5-1).


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Martinsville details

SINGLE ELIM BRACKET
The first round's great matchups were led by our two Yahoo leaders - RMO Lug Nutz edged napolean by just 4 points to advance to the second round.
Other close calls:
Dale Earnhardt's Neck beat Thumper Bugeaters by 3 points.
Shamrock beat Yduck by 13 points
The second round covers the next six races - Texas through Charlotte.
Notable second-round matchups (based on Yahoo standings):
No. 1 RMO Lug Nutz vs. No. 8 Texas Speed Reavers
No. 5 katie's bootleggers vs. No. 6 BLOWINSMOKEJR
No. 13 Rolling Thunder vs. No. 16 smokeum


SINGLE ELIM HEAT
Rev-a-lusions took the final advancing spot and did so by slim margins over the top eliminated teams. Rev clipped Dirt Track OUTLAW by just 5 points, Loose Lugnuts by just 8, and Arthur Racing and Jr. Nation by just 10.
The 18 advancing teams join the 14 teams that received first-round byes for the second round, which runs from Texas to Charlotte.
The top 16 teams from those six races will advance to the third round.


DOUBLE ELIM BRACKET
Through two of four races in the second round, six of the winners' bracket matchups are within 25 points. Two more in the losers' bracket are within that margin.


DOUBLE ELIM HEAT
We're halfway through the second round.
In the losers' heat, GOOD TO GO currently holds the final advancing spot by 7 points over JoRo's Rockets and Killer Carl and by 11 points over Thumber Bugeater.
In the winners' heat, RMO Lug Nutz holds the final winners' bracket advancing spot but it's tight below it. The next 16 teams are separated by just 46 points.


WORLD CUP
We're through six rounds of the Track Qualifying phase, and teams with zero or one wins are in trouble - just four races left in the round and maybe fewer matchups for those teams.
Two teams secured spots in the next round by going undefeated through five matchups: napolean (Watkins Glen) and Little Deuce Coupe (Martinsville).
In the Indianapolis group, Yduck is 4-0 and will have its fifth matchup next week at Texas.
Other group leaders:
Daytona - Betty Boop Madness (4-1)
Bristol - 4HORSEMAN (4-1)
Talladega - BLOWINSMOKEJR (4-1)
Lowe's - Shamrock, Gonzo33 and katie's bootleggers (each at 3-2)
Homestead - Buford's Boys (4-1)
Darlington - Arthur Racing (4-1)


HEAD TO HEAD
All of the RMFN teams have played 14 games. Each team will continue to have two matchups/games each races until August, when we'll shift to a four-game format to finish the rest of the season.
RMO Lug Nutz and napolean lead with 14-2-0 records, followed by:
Buford's Boyz and Sunday Money 2011 (11-3-0);
FC Newman, RYAN'S FAST, JoRo's Rockets, and Betty Boop Madness (10-4-0);
katie's bootleggers (9-4-1);
SICK PUPS, Arthur Racing, Oval Cowboys, Little Deuce Coupe, Dirt Track OUTLAW and CLOWN CAR (9-5-0).


CHASE
46 of the 48 active teams are within 400 points of the leader and eligible for the Chase. Looking at the total points in the standings, you can identify key groups:
RMO and napolean are in firm control at the top;
The next four teams are firmly near the top;
The next 25 teams are separated by just 100 points.
That last group will separate in the coming weeks but staying in the top half of that last group as it shrinks will be key.


OVERALL
As noted in the M'ville primer, the Overall standings shuffled quite a bit. napolean is the highest rated team with an elimination in eighth place, followed by Oval Cowboys in 23rd. Betty Boop Madness jumped up to the second spot after napolean's drop behind RMO Lug Nutz.


MISC
RMFN season's average score increased despite a subpar week. Martinsville's average was 254, with just five scores above 300 (only two scores were under 200).
The streaking list (those teams with consecutive 300+ scores) shrunk: billy's boys 10 is the only team on the list (330 and 307 at M'ville).




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Martinsville primer

SINGLE ELIM HEAT
Final race of the first round means we'll lose 18 teams from this competition. Among the close matchups (entering qualifying at Martinsville's paperclip):
RMO Lug Nutz by 7 points over napolean (yes, our top two teams in the Yahoo and Overall standings were paired in the first round. Weird. But it also means one of them will likely be eliminated from Overall title contention with a loss here. Kinda sucks given the strong starts for both teams and some terrible starts for others, but the matchups were set before the season started)
Gonzo33 Racing by 9 points over Swindell Motorsports
JoRo's Rockets by 11 points over Arthur Racing
Shamrock by 21 points over Yduck


SINGLE ELIM HEAT
Like the bracket version, this is the last race of the first round/heat. The top 18 teams advance to the next heat against 14 other teams that received first-round/heat byes. Rev-a-lusions and HEAVY CHEVY share the final spots; nine other teams are within 50 points of them.


DOUBLE ELIM BRACKET/HEAT
M'ville will be the second race of the second round; not much to say at this point. If you're in a hole entering Sunday, you're in trouble. Big trouble. This round ends in two weeks at Talladega.


WORLD CUP
We're halfway through the Track Qualifying phase, and these teams are unbeaten through four matchups: Yduck (Indy group), napolean (Watkins Glen), Little Deuce Coupe (Martinsville) and Tony is The Man (Pocono). Based on RMFN World Cup history, those teams will likely only need one more point to secure a spot in the next round.


OVERALL
Expect some significant changes after Sunday's race at the paperclip. We'll eliminate 18 teams from both the single elim heat and single elim bracket. As of now, RMO Lug Nutz holds a slim edge of napolean, but that doesn't mean much in April.


CHASE
Same two lead early. The top 12 plus any other teams within 400 points of the leader advance to the Chase. Right now that would be 47 of the 48 eligible teams (Dirty Drivers is in an early hole).


MISC
RMFN has turn the tables after a VERY slow start to the 2011 season.
Through three races, RMFN had five scores above 300 points and 43 lower than 200.
The last two races, RMFN has 36 scores above 300 points and just one lower than 200.
The average scores reflect it, as well, going from 208 at Daytona to 251 heading into Martinsvile.
Who's hot (two or more consecutive 300+ scores): Loose Lugnuts, #3 Intimidator, Shamrock, and Tony is the Man.

Turn up the heat 1 notch

The Single Elimination Heat competition features the same seeds as the Single Elimination Bracket.

As a result, the same overall top-10 teams that are competing in the first round of the SEB are in the first heat of the SEH:
No. 4 Cooter88
No. 5 RMO Lug Nutz
No. 7 billy's boys 10
No. 8 Swindell Motorsports
No. 9 Texas Speed Reavers

The first heat covers the first six races of the season. The top 18 teams at that point advance to the second heat and will be joined there by the top 14 seeds from 2010 who received first-heat byes.




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Single Elimination Heat details

Teams will be seeded based on 2010 Yahoo! finish.
Rookie teams will be seeded based on when they signed up; ties in 2010 finishes will be broken in the same manner.
Format covers the entire season.

Round 1: Races 1-6, 36 teams; seeds 15-50, top 18 advance to Round 2

Round 2: Races 7-12, 32 teams; seeds 1-14 and top 18 from Round 1

Round 3: Races 13-18, 16 teams; top 8 teams advance to quarterfinals

Quarterfinals: Races 19-24, 8 teams; top 4 teams advance to semifinals

Semifinals: Races 25-30, 4 teams; top 2 teams advance to final, other two to third-place race

First/Third Place: Races 31-36, 4 teams

SEH - Rolling to another trophy

Rolling Thunder posted the top scores in the final three rounds to claim the Single Elimination Heat title. It nipped paulmotors10 in the semifinals by one point before routing p10 by nearly 100 in the championship. p10 entered as the No. 50 team; RT as No. 5.

p10 was scheduled to be eliminated after the quarterfinals but 3 Virgins dropped out of RMFN after that round, allowing p10 to advance to the semifinals.

The top 10 seeds struggled mightily in SEH. RT was the only finisher among the top eight and only two others advanced to the final 16.

Among the top 10 in the final Overall standings, only RT, BLOWINSMOKE, Turn Right Once In Awhile and Tony is the Man finished among the top 10 in the SEH.

The Right Turn at Bristol

Turn Right Once In Awhile appears to have the overall title locked up. Based on eliminations and TROIA's advancements after Bristol in the single, double and World Cup competitions, can anyone see a way it isn't a done deal? 50th in the fall season maybe?

More comments later this week (also fist-bump to me for a 300; about damn time).




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Daytona, part II

OVERALL
BLOWINSMOKE and TurnRightOnceInAwhile are dominating.




CHASE
13 teams are currently eligible for the Chase, down from 26 just one month ago. The top seven teams have posted the top score in at least one week.




YAHOO FIRST HALF
BLOWINSMOKE takes this title by 8 points over TurnRight.





SINGLE ELIM BRACKET
Rolling Thunder (by 11 points over LT4SS) had the closest victory. Joining Rolling in the quarterfinals are TurnRight, BLOWIN, SNAPPY LOBSTA, CLOWN CAR, Damn Sunday Drivers, 3 Virgins (lowest remaining seed at No. 35). and Bassman Racing.




DOUBLE ELIM BRACKET
Down to 12 teams here; BLOWIN and TurnRight are both in the winners' bracket on opposite sides. The lowest remaining seed is No. 45 Shake and Bake.




SINGLE ELIM HEAT
Down to 8 teams here, including BLOWIN and TurnRight. paulmotors10 (at No. 50) is the lowest remaining seed. The third round covered six races, and Gotta Love Jr mised the cut by just 10 points.



DOUBLE ELIM HEAT
Down to 11 teams; BLOWIN and TurnRight are in the winners' heat. The seven teams that advanced in the losers' heat did so comfortably.



WORLD CUP
Just two races remain in the Champions group phase; knockout round is next.
EARNHARDT: Damn Sunday will advance; CLOWN CAR and Abby Knows are vying for the other spot.
PETTY: Sunday Money has won the group and TurnRight will finish second.
GORDON: Nothing is settled here, but BLOWIN leads the group.
PEARSON: Team Lester has been eliminated but the top two seeds are still available; Revalusions leads.
WALTRIP: Nothing is settled here, but DaleEarnhardt3 leads the group.
YARBOROUGH: paulmotors and No right turns lead, but nothing is settled.
ALLISON: ShoeString won the group; #3 Dale and Rolling Thunder are vying for the other spot.
JOHNSON: SNAPPY and Tony is the man lead, but nothing is settled.





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Dover

Sorry about the delays - work's been a witch the last few weeks.

Big changes in the overall standings after the end of the spring season, and rounds in four competitions.

One big note: JR Nation was removed from the outside competitions for nonparticipation, though will remain listed on the Yahoo page. As a result, Roughriders will take JR's place in the second round of the World Cup competition (next best fourth-place finisher) and ShoeStringRacing in the losers' bracket of the fourth round of the Double Elim Heat competition. In the WC, none of the results from the first two races in the group phases were affected; the only impact will come in later rounds.

Good luck in the summer (and I'll take some, too)!



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Darlington

I had convinced myself that I posted something and then realized I hadn't - my apologies.

Big weekend at Dover coming up - end of the spring season, end of the third round in the double elim competitions and end of the second round in the single elim competitions.

Good luck!





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Martinsville update

MARTINSVILLE
Harvick and the rain did few favors. We combined for a season-low average of 231, with just two teams at 300 or better (Damn Sunday Drivers and Golden Boy 48 both at the cutoff for the mark).





SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Some blowouts, some tight races and one tiebreaker highlighted the end of the first round. At the checkers, we eliminated 18 drivers from contention.

In the 26-39 matchup, Team Lester won a round-best tiebreaker over Gonzo Racing - a first in the three-year history of RMFN. Both teams finished the six races with 1,509 points, but Lester had the best individual race with 308 points to Gonzo's 278.

Eight other first-round matchups were decided by fewer than 100 points - including Swqorls over Oysters by 8 and GoSlowTurnRight over djs by 9.

The first-round winners were reseeded to set matchups in the second round, which includes 14 teams that received byes. Highlighted matchups include (based on current Yahoo standings): No. 3 Stone Cold vs. No. 6 Revalusions; No. 11 3 Virgins vs. No. 18 Sunday Money; No. 18 Anyone But Jimmie vs. No. 13 LT4SS; No. 2 Damn Sunday Drivers vs. No. 7 billy boys 9; and No. 11 SNAPPY LOBSTA vs. No. 14 Tony is the Man.





SINGLE ELIMINATION HEAT
GoSlowTurnRight took the final advancing spot by 9 points over djs and 10 over ALL EIGHT RACING.

The top 18 teams from the first round join the top 14 seeds in the second round.

paulmotors10 entered the competition as the bottom seed but advanced by finishing 17th, eight points ahead of GoSlowTurnRight.

Two teams won't advance that were seeded among the top 20: No. 18 ALL EIGHT RACING and No. 15 #3 Dale Earnhardt Sr.





OVERALL
As a result of eliminations in the two single competitions, the overall standings are taking shape. As noted last week, if you were eliminated in the first round of either of the single competitions, RMFN history is not on your side for winning the overall title.

The bottom 11 teams in the overall standings were ousted in both single events at Martinsville.

Seattle Spunk, currently in 38th, is the potential Cinderella in the single elim bracket.

SMOKE, in 18th and 09 Dodge Caravan Driver, in 21st, are the highest ranked teams in the overall standings with at least one elimination.





CHASE
CLOWN CAR RACING holds a four-point lead over Damn Sunday Drivers.

We'll advance the top 12 and any other teams within 400 points to the Chase. All but two teams currently meet that mark.





WORLD CUP
Just two teams remain unbeaten after six races - billy boys 9 and CLOWN CAR RACING are each 4-0-0.

RMFN history suggests 13 points will automatically qualify a team for the next round, while a minimum of 9 will be required to challenge for an at-large spot among the best fourth-place finishers.

Some teams have 12 points available; others as few as 9.





DOUBLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Halfway through the second round and eight winners' bracket matchups have a difference of less than 50 points. The matchup between 3 Virgins and SNAPPY LOBSTA is the closest at 2 points. The second round has two more races and ends at Texas.

Of the nine losers' bracket matchups, only two have differences of fewer than 50 points. After Texas, we'll get rid of nine teams from contention.




DOUBLE ELIMINATION HEAT
Yours truly, FC Newman, currently holds the final spot in the winners' heat - by 2 points over ALL EIGHT RACING and by 5 over JR Nation 88.

In the losers' heat, Shake and Bake's resurgence is noted by its 597 - tops for the winners and losers in this round. RING OF FIRE currently holds the final advancing spot - by 1 point over DaleEarnhardt3 and by 7 over Roughriders.

Like the double bracket, this competition has two races before the end of the round.




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Bristol update

Bristol's a rough place and it was rough on RMFN, as well. Twelve player scored 300 or more, while a season-high eight were below 200. We also posted a pedestrian 252 average score. Abbie Knows picked up the win.


Big race coming Sunday for the overall, single elim bracket and single elim heat competitions. The end of the first round is at Martinsville for the latter two, while no one who was eliminated in the first round of the single competitions contended for the overall title (even if sniffing at the Yahoo overall title). If you're on the verge of getting eliminated from the heat or bracket games, this isn't the week to think about saving a driver - go all in and make a run at advancing.


SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Martinsville is the final race of the first round. We'll reseed the winners for matchups in the second round.
Teams that appear to be a lock to move on: LT4SS, BLOWINSMOKE, and Turn Right Once in Awhile.
Matchups within 100 points heading into Sunday's paperclip run: Team Lester-Gonzo Racing (26), #3 Dale Earnhardt-paulmotors (35), Mr Sunday-SMOKE (41), billy boys-Dodge Caravan (45), Cooter-Rowdy Racing (57), and djs-GoSlowTurnRight (77).


SINGLE ELIMINATION HEAT
Like the sister bracket format, this is the final race of Round One. The top 18 advance to the second round to face the 14 who earned first-round byes.
paulmotors and Tony is the Man are tied in the 17th and 18th spots; Gonzo Racing is just six back and Rowdy Racing just 14 back.
Thirteen (13) other teams are within 100 points of the cutoff.


WORLD CUP
Halfway through the Track Qualifying round and the number of undefeateds dwindled. The elite group now includes just two teams: billy boys 9 in the Homestead group and CLOWN CAR RACING in the Darlington pack.



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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.




Nascar10.Preseason

RPD - 2009 Final Report

Congrats to the winners!

RPD Overall: jackman48
Chase: Gotta Love Jr
World Cup: Caguama Racing
Single Elim Heat: yduck
Single Elim Bracket: TOOLIN
Double Elim Heat: Rolling Thunder
Double Elim Bracket: Rolling Thunder
Yahoo
Overall: Gotta Love Jr
First Half: TOOLIN
Second Half: Anubis
Spring: London Pride Ford
Summer: yduck
Fall: Caguama Racing




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