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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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Atlanta
NOTABLES
* Sunday Money and BLOWINSMOKE shared the top score at Atlanta, but Money is just that with three straight races at 300+.
* Sub 200 scores remained the odd lot with just three. We've had seven since Daytona (started with five there).
WORLD CUP
Undefeated entering the fifth race: BLOWINSMOKE (Daytona Group), Seattle Spunk (Bristol), LT4SS (Talladega), ALL EIGHT RACING (Indianapolis), billy boys 9 (Homestead), CLOWN CAR RACING (Darlington), 3 Virgins (Darlington), FordFucusRacing (Watkins Glen), Gotta Love Jr (Martinsville), and Sunday Money (Pocono).
Winless entering the fifth race: Roughriders (Bristol), Dale Earnhardt's Neck (Lowe's), Golden Boy (Homestead), Rowdy Racing (Darlington), Abbie Knows (Watkins Glen), Black Train (Martinsville), and Anyone but Jimmie (Pocono).
SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Two races to go in round one.
Matches with difference of less than 50 points: #3 Dale Earnhardt over paulmotors (by 25), JR Nation-ALL EIGHT RACING (34), and Go Daddy-Dale Earnhardt's Neck (46).
Likely decided: Turn Right leads RING OF FIRE (by 210) and LT4SS-Shake and Bake (319).
DOUBLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Round one completed.
The winners and losers from the first round were reseeded to set the second-round matchups. The winners bracket is on one spreadsheet and the losers on the following sheet.
Close but ... In an matchup of RMFN regulars, Team Lester beat Rolling Thunder by 6 points, the closest of 11 first-round matchups decided by 100 points or less.
Two high-profile matchups in the second round, based on current Yahoo standings: No. 4 3 Virgins vs. No. 5 SNAPPY LOBSTA and No. 3 Bassman Racing vs. No. 6 Revalusions.
SINGLE ELIMINATION HEAT
Two races remain in round one.
Tony is the Man and SMOKE hold the final spots, by 10 points over ALL EIGHT RACING and by 23 over Gonzo Racing.
10 more teams are within 100 points of the cutoff of the top 18.
DOUBLE ELIMINATION HEAT
Gonzo Racing took the 18th and final spot to the winners bracket, edging Go Daddy by 2 points and Dodge Caravan Driver by 3.
Highest seeds bumped to the losers bracket: No. 19 Seattle Spunk and No. 21 Blessed.
Lowest seeds still alive: No. 50 paulmotors, No. 49 JR Nation and No. 48 ShoeStringRacing.
HEAD TO HEAD
3 Virgins holds a one-game lead over four teams.
Disclaimer: There are some issues with the cells in the spreadsheet and I hope to be able to resolve them this weekend. If not, this competition will disappear until 2011.
* Sunday Money and BLOWINSMOKE shared the top score at Atlanta, but Money is just that with three straight races at 300+.
* Sub 200 scores remained the odd lot with just three. We've had seven since Daytona (started with five there).
WORLD CUP
Undefeated entering the fifth race: BLOWINSMOKE (Daytona Group), Seattle Spunk (Bristol), LT4SS (Talladega), ALL EIGHT RACING (Indianapolis), billy boys 9 (Homestead), CLOWN CAR RACING (Darlington), 3 Virgins (Darlington), FordFucusRacing (Watkins Glen), Gotta Love Jr (Martinsville), and Sunday Money (Pocono).
Winless entering the fifth race: Roughriders (Bristol), Dale Earnhardt's Neck (Lowe's), Golden Boy (Homestead), Rowdy Racing (Darlington), Abbie Knows (Watkins Glen), Black Train (Martinsville), and Anyone but Jimmie (Pocono).
SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Two races to go in round one.
Matches with difference of less than 50 points: #3 Dale Earnhardt over paulmotors (by 25), JR Nation-ALL EIGHT RACING (34), and Go Daddy-Dale Earnhardt's Neck (46).
Likely decided: Turn Right leads RING OF FIRE (by 210) and LT4SS-Shake and Bake (319).
DOUBLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Round one completed.
The winners and losers from the first round were reseeded to set the second-round matchups. The winners bracket is on one spreadsheet and the losers on the following sheet.
Close but ... In an matchup of RMFN regulars, Team Lester beat Rolling Thunder by 6 points, the closest of 11 first-round matchups decided by 100 points or less.
Two high-profile matchups in the second round, based on current Yahoo standings: No. 4 3 Virgins vs. No. 5 SNAPPY LOBSTA and No. 3 Bassman Racing vs. No. 6 Revalusions.
SINGLE ELIMINATION HEAT
Two races remain in round one.
Tony is the Man and SMOKE hold the final spots, by 10 points over ALL EIGHT RACING and by 23 over Gonzo Racing.
10 more teams are within 100 points of the cutoff of the top 18.
DOUBLE ELIMINATION HEAT
Gonzo Racing took the 18th and final spot to the winners bracket, edging Go Daddy by 2 points and Dodge Caravan Driver by 3.
Highest seeds bumped to the losers bracket: No. 19 Seattle Spunk and No. 21 Blessed.
Lowest seeds still alive: No. 50 paulmotors, No. 49 JR Nation and No. 48 ShoeStringRacing.
HEAD TO HEAD
3 Virgins holds a one-game lead over four teams.
Disclaimer: There are some issues with the cells in the spreadsheet and I hope to be able to resolve them this weekend. If not, this competition will disappear until 2011.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
California, Las Vegas updates
Sorry for the delay - early March is brutal at work and doesn't leave much time for this fun. I hope to post quicker and more often after the next two races.
LAS VEGAS
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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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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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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.
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.
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