First race of our Chase, and the points tightened a bit. Eliminations in the two double elim competitions are this week's highlights. Good race overall for RMFN - 17 300+ scores. Next week, we have eliminations in the World Cup competition.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Richmond - Our Chase field is set
OVERALL
Turn Right Once in Awhile regained the overall lead from BLOWINSMOKE, but the real news from Richmond was who qualified for our Chase and who didn't.
A quick note about our seasonal Yahoo champs and Yahoo's spring, summer and fall champs - we broke each season up equally (12 races apiece), while Yahoo has a shorter fall season (just the Chase races). Why not just call it the Chase, Yahoo?
Damn Sunday Drivers and, less so, Bassman Racing appear to have jumped back into the Overall title contention.
CHASE
On the spreadsheet below, you'll find two Chase pages. One is the standings after the Richmond race, and the second is adjusted for the Chase. Again, Chase qualifiers start at 2,000 points plus stagger and win bonus points; all non-qualifiers start at 0 points with the same additions.
We had 13 teams qualify for the Chase (top 12 plus any others within 400 points of the leader, Bassman Racing).
yduck made the cut by 11 points; Revalusions missed by 32 points.
Once the points were reset (in the second Chase sheet), wins shuffled some teams. Turn Right went from the No. 2 seed to No. 7, for example. The upside is that all 13 drivers are separated by just 160 points.
Again, 50 additional points will be awarded for race victories.
RICHMOND
We had a nice bounce back from the Atlanta flat tires, with a 264 average and 10 teams above 300 (again FC Newman was not among that group). And big congrats to #3 Dale Earnhardt Sr for its 362 - the top RMFN score of the season.
WORLD CUP
Through two of four races in the quarterfinals
Tight races in the four matchups, no team is leading by more than 68 points. Current leaders are: paulmotors10, BLOWINSMOKE, Al Briggs Racing, and Damn Sunday.
DOUBLE ELIM - BRACKET
yduck is awating the winner from the losers' bracket and will sit out rounds eight and nine.
Turn Right leads ~~Gotta Love Jr~~ by 59 points with one race to go in the seventh round; BLOWINSMOKE leads Monster by just 3 points.
DOUBLE ELIM - HEAT
#3 Dale Earnhardt Sr is awaiting the emerging team from the losers' heat and will sit out rounds eight and nine.
Bassman Racing has a 112-point lead over second-place Damn Sunday; the top two advance to round nine. Turn Right and Rolling Thunder have points to make up.
SINGLE ELIM - BRACKET
Through two of six races in the semifinals
Damn Sunday leads Turn Right by just 19 points; BLOWINSMOKE has built a 168-point edge over Rolling Thunder.
SINGLE ELIM - HEAT
Through two of six races in the semifinals
Tony is the Man has a big lead - 75 points over second place paulmotors10. Top two advance to the final; Turn Right and Rolling Thunder have points to make up.
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Turn Right Once in Awhile regained the overall lead from BLOWINSMOKE, but the real news from Richmond was who qualified for our Chase and who didn't.
A quick note about our seasonal Yahoo champs and Yahoo's spring, summer and fall champs - we broke each season up equally (12 races apiece), while Yahoo has a shorter fall season (just the Chase races). Why not just call it the Chase, Yahoo?
Damn Sunday Drivers and, less so, Bassman Racing appear to have jumped back into the Overall title contention.
CHASE
On the spreadsheet below, you'll find two Chase pages. One is the standings after the Richmond race, and the second is adjusted for the Chase. Again, Chase qualifiers start at 2,000 points plus stagger and win bonus points; all non-qualifiers start at 0 points with the same additions.
We had 13 teams qualify for the Chase (top 12 plus any others within 400 points of the leader, Bassman Racing).
yduck made the cut by 11 points; Revalusions missed by 32 points.
Once the points were reset (in the second Chase sheet), wins shuffled some teams. Turn Right went from the No. 2 seed to No. 7, for example. The upside is that all 13 drivers are separated by just 160 points.
Again, 50 additional points will be awarded for race victories.
RICHMOND
We had a nice bounce back from the Atlanta flat tires, with a 264 average and 10 teams above 300 (again FC Newman was not among that group). And big congrats to #3 Dale Earnhardt Sr for its 362 - the top RMFN score of the season.
WORLD CUP
Through two of four races in the quarterfinals
Tight races in the four matchups, no team is leading by more than 68 points. Current leaders are: paulmotors10, BLOWINSMOKE, Al Briggs Racing, and Damn Sunday.
DOUBLE ELIM - BRACKET
yduck is awating the winner from the losers' bracket and will sit out rounds eight and nine.
Turn Right leads ~~Gotta Love Jr~~ by 59 points with one race to go in the seventh round; BLOWINSMOKE leads Monster by just 3 points.
DOUBLE ELIM - HEAT
#3 Dale Earnhardt Sr is awaiting the emerging team from the losers' heat and will sit out rounds eight and nine.
Bassman Racing has a 112-point lead over second-place Damn Sunday; the top two advance to round nine. Turn Right and Rolling Thunder have points to make up.
SINGLE ELIM - BRACKET
Through two of six races in the semifinals
Damn Sunday leads Turn Right by just 19 points; BLOWINSMOKE has built a 168-point edge over Rolling Thunder.
SINGLE ELIM - HEAT
Through two of six races in the semifinals
Tony is the Man has a big lead - 75 points over second place paulmotors10. Top two advance to the final; Turn Right and Rolling Thunder have points to make up.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Atlanta - and a big change
3 Virgins turned everything around that I posted after Bristol by one simple move - leaving RMFN.
As a result, BLOWINSMOKE is right back in the overall mix as well as two more competitions.
And sorry for the delay in posting - fall is the busy time of year at the work place.
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As a result, BLOWINSMOKE is right back in the overall mix as well as two more competitions.
And sorry for the delay in posting - fall is the busy time of year at the work place.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
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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More comments later this week (also fist-bump to me for a 300; about damn time).
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Michigan, part II
MICHIGAN
The second visit to Brooklyn produced one of our worst race weekends of the season - just one 300 score (congrats to Caravan Driver with a 330), seven below 200 and a near-embarrassing average of 249 (so says the guy with a season average of ... 252).
The last visit here wasn't much better - two scores above 300 and an average of 257.
All of that sets up what is traditionally an exciting Saturday night at Bristol. The last time we were here, 12 teams topped 300 and we averaged 252 (sigh). Given that, we'll have eliminations in five of our competitions. Time to go for broke.
OVERALL
Turn Right Once In Awhile held the top spot, 0.7 ahead of BLOWINSMOKE.
CHASE
Caravan's win at Michigan vaulted the team from 20th to 13th and currently into the Chase field in the last spot. It looks like the teams just on the outside will need wins in the remaining three races to make the playoffs.
SINGLE ELIM - BRACKET
Bassman and Damn Sunday appear headed to the next round; the other two spots are up for grabs. The quarterfinals end at Bristol.
SINGLE ELIM - HEAT
3 Virgins leads Tony is the Man for the final of four semifinal spots by just 5 points. Last place Al Briggs is just 50 points behind 3 Virgins. The quarterfinals end at Bristol.
DOUBLE ELIM - BRACKET
yduck holds a slight lead in the remaining winners' bracket matchup; the three losers' bracket pairings have margins of less than 100. The seventh round ends at Bristol.
DOUBLE ELIM - HEAT
Damn Sunday and #3 Dale Earnhardt are separated by just 4 points in the winners' heat heading into the final race of the seventh round. In the losers' group, Rolling Thunder leads Sunday Money by 11 points for the final advancing spot. Last place Tony is the Man is 52 behind Rolling. The seventh round ends at Bristol.
WORLD CUP
The higher seeds lead four of the eight matchups, and the top seed (Sunday Money) is among those facing deficits. Al Briggs and Damn Sunday appear headed to the quarterfinals; the round of 16 ends at Bristol.
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The second visit to Brooklyn produced one of our worst race weekends of the season - just one 300 score (congrats to Caravan Driver with a 330), seven below 200 and a near-embarrassing average of 249 (so says the guy with a season average of ... 252).
The last visit here wasn't much better - two scores above 300 and an average of 257.
All of that sets up what is traditionally an exciting Saturday night at Bristol. The last time we were here, 12 teams topped 300 and we averaged 252 (sigh). Given that, we'll have eliminations in five of our competitions. Time to go for broke.
OVERALL
Turn Right Once In Awhile held the top spot, 0.7 ahead of BLOWINSMOKE.
CHASE
Caravan's win at Michigan vaulted the team from 20th to 13th and currently into the Chase field in the last spot. It looks like the teams just on the outside will need wins in the remaining three races to make the playoffs.
SINGLE ELIM - BRACKET
Bassman and Damn Sunday appear headed to the next round; the other two spots are up for grabs. The quarterfinals end at Bristol.
SINGLE ELIM - HEAT
3 Virgins leads Tony is the Man for the final of four semifinal spots by just 5 points. Last place Al Briggs is just 50 points behind 3 Virgins. The quarterfinals end at Bristol.
DOUBLE ELIM - BRACKET
yduck holds a slight lead in the remaining winners' bracket matchup; the three losers' bracket pairings have margins of less than 100. The seventh round ends at Bristol.
DOUBLE ELIM - HEAT
Damn Sunday and #3 Dale Earnhardt are separated by just 4 points in the winners' heat heading into the final race of the seventh round. In the losers' group, Rolling Thunder leads Sunday Money by 11 points for the final advancing spot. Last place Tony is the Man is 52 behind Rolling. The seventh round ends at Bristol.
WORLD CUP
The higher seeds lead four of the eight matchups, and the top seed (Sunday Money) is among those facing deficits. Al Briggs and Damn Sunday appear headed to the quarterfinals; the round of 16 ends at Bristol.
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Monday, August 9, 2010
The Glen
My love-hate relationship with Tony Stewart continues ... if B.Said has a decent finish, I sniff the 300 level again. But Tony is/was Tony, and that wasn't going to happen this year. To the stuff that matters ...
OVERALL
We have our first change atop the leaderboard for the first time since the first race at Pocono. BLOWINSMOKE held the top spot for seven races, but Turn Right Once In Awhile took the lead for the first time this season after the Glen.
For those interested, a look at how's led for how many weeks in this competition: BLOWINSMOKE (8), Damn Sunday Drivers (4), CLOWN CAR RACING (3), Monster (3), Stone Cold (2), Revalusions (1), and Turn Right (1)
And BLOWIN has also blown away my theory that a fast start to the season is required to win this competition. After Daytona in February, BLOWIN stood in 44th place.
CHASE
I forgot to change the labels for the cutoff on the right side of this page before uploading the stats. However, I can tell you that the current cutoff is 12 teams - as of now, 3 Virgins would be in and Go Daddy would be out. We'll reset the points, add the regular season win bonuses and stagger the points based on standings - all after the Richmond race.
GLEN
The RMFN surge continues - 19 300+ scores and just three below 200. Monster's Glen-best 360 was the second highest top score of the season behind BLOWIN's 380 at Sonoma (RMFN also combined for 24 300+ scores at Sonoma).
SINGLE ELIM BRACKET
Two races to go in the quarterfinals - SNAPPY, Rolling and Bassman hold OK leads; Damn Sunday appears headed for the semifinals.
SINGLE ELIM HEAT
After four of six races in the quarterfinals, the eight teams are separated by just 83 points, and spots two through six by just 36 points. Hang on, fellas ...
WORLD CUP
Two races left in this round, which will produce our quarterfinalists. Two of the eight spots appear to belong to Al Briggs and Damn Sunday.
DOUBLE ELIM - BRACKET & HEAT
After one of three races in the seventh round, not much has been decided.
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OVERALL
We have our first change atop the leaderboard for the first time since the first race at Pocono. BLOWINSMOKE held the top spot for seven races, but Turn Right Once In Awhile took the lead for the first time this season after the Glen.
For those interested, a look at how's led for how many weeks in this competition: BLOWINSMOKE (8), Damn Sunday Drivers (4), CLOWN CAR RACING (3), Monster (3), Stone Cold (2), Revalusions (1), and Turn Right (1)
And BLOWIN has also blown away my theory that a fast start to the season is required to win this competition. After Daytona in February, BLOWIN stood in 44th place.
CHASE
I forgot to change the labels for the cutoff on the right side of this page before uploading the stats. However, I can tell you that the current cutoff is 12 teams - as of now, 3 Virgins would be in and Go Daddy would be out. We'll reset the points, add the regular season win bonuses and stagger the points based on standings - all after the Richmond race.
GLEN
The RMFN surge continues - 19 300+ scores and just three below 200. Monster's Glen-best 360 was the second highest top score of the season behind BLOWIN's 380 at Sonoma (RMFN also combined for 24 300+ scores at Sonoma).
SINGLE ELIM BRACKET
Two races to go in the quarterfinals - SNAPPY, Rolling and Bassman hold OK leads; Damn Sunday appears headed for the semifinals.
SINGLE ELIM HEAT
After four of six races in the quarterfinals, the eight teams are separated by just 83 points, and spots two through six by just 36 points. Hang on, fellas ...
WORLD CUP
Two races left in this round, which will produce our quarterfinalists. Two of the eight spots appear to belong to Al Briggs and Damn Sunday.
DOUBLE ELIM - BRACKET & HEAT
After one of three races in the seventh round, not much has been decided.
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