Loudon - fall

Eliminations in the World Cup, more shuffling in the Overall and Chase.


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Loudon

The feedback at the Yahoo site and via email is much appreciated. With Google planning to send its blogger.com blogs to Google+, I'm guessing that's where this will end up for next season. I may send it there after Homestead anyway. There seems to be more tools (and people) added to it everyday. It may also offer a solution to the Scribd problem.

DROPOUTS
Getting more questions about how to handle midseason dropouts. The seeds are set prior to the season, so matchups (for the most part) are luck of the draw. But the impact on teams that stay yet lost in the early round of a competition can be significant (see Cooter's early exit in the Single Elim Bracket to Buford's Boyz).
There are innumerable ways to look at/fix it, and I'd be welcome to suggestions. I've tried to make it as fair as possible by eliminating the exiting team at the earliest possible point without compromising the brackets or heats already in progress. Thoughts?

WORLD CUP
The Brickyard presents eliminations for 16 teams in the World Cup competition. Here's who's already qualified for the knockout phase:
Sunday Money 10 (1st in Earnhardt group), GOOD TO GO (1 or 2 in Gordon), Damn Sunday Drivers (1 or 2 in Pearson), RMO Lug Nutz (1 in Waltrip), Gonzo33 (2 in Waltrip), AMSKahne4 (2 in Yarborough), Betty Boop Madness (1 in Yarborough), Oval Friends (1 in Allison), Top of Texas (1 or 2 in Johnson) and Swindell Motorsports (1 or 2 in Johnson).
What's to be decided:
EARNHARDT: napolean holds a one-game lead over Cooter88; they face other teams at Indy.
PETTY: What. A. Mess. Little Deuce Coupe and JoRo's Rockets are tied for first, one game ahead of billy's boys 10 and BLOWINSMOKE. Indy matchups: BLOWIN v. billys and JoRo's v. LDC
GORDON: GoSlowTurnRight holds a one-game lead over Jr. Nation; they face other teams at Indy.
PEARSON: CLOWN CAR holds a one-game lead over BLOWINSMOKEJR; they face other teams at Indy.
ALLISON: FC Newman, RYAN'S FAST and SICK PUPS are tied for second. FCN v. RF and SP v. Oval Friends at Indy.




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Loudon - Chase

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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New Hampshire

Sorry this is late ....



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RPD - Loudon, Chase #1

Eliminations in the double-elimination events; cool Chase standings; World Cup quarters end in Dover.


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RMFN - Loudon, Chase #1

Fourth- and fifth-place in the double-elimination bracket and heat competitions.

Dover will mark the end of the quarterfinals in the World Cup competition.

Chase standings look pretty cool.


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RPD - Richmond

(Same message below for RMFN) - Sorry for the long delay. A couple of 70-plus-hour work weeks kept me away for a while.

Chase qualifiers are below.


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RMFN - post Richmond

Sorry for the long delay. A couple of 70-plus-hour work weeks kept me away for a while.

Chase qualifiers are below.


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RPD - New Hampshire

Click here for the update.

OVERALL

jackman holds a comfortable lead in first, with a 12th-place standing in the summer season. TOOLIN's in second, despite an elimination in the double-elim heat competition - that should help it stay at or near the top come the fall.

CHASE

21 teams are eligible for the Chase with eight races to go to Richmond. Wins (an additional 50 points) are the key at this point to keeping, losing or gaining positions.

LOUDON

Average week for the RPD, but for the third straight week, the sub-200 point group was in the single digits. key west flyers, TOOLIN, BURNINRUBBER and Abbie Knows have posted consecutive 300-plus weeks, the first since Charlotte-Dover.

SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET

Daytona marks the end of round three. Lots of blowouts and in all likelihood TOOLIN (358 over Tar urn), jackman (259 over FordFucus), Caguama Racing (255 over BLOWINSMOKE) and yduck (197 over Wade Chapman) will advance. Hooser leads #3 by just 18 and Rolling Thunder leads Gotta Love Jr by just 4.

DOUBLE ELIMINATION HEAT

One race left in Round Five, and only losers' bracket matchups. Tony is the Man leads Cooter by 150 and key west leads BLOWINSMOKE by 110. The closest matchup is moonshiners' 21-point lead over Black Bear.

FordFucus received a losers' bracket bye in the sixth round; winners bracket matchups on deck are need4speed-Rolling Thunder and TOOLIN-BlessedWyoMom.

SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET

Daytona is the final race in the third round. Abbie Knows currently holds the final spot, 58 points ahead of Rolling Thunder (seeded seventh) and 62 ahead of Gotta Love Jr. Everyone below is in big trouble, including our other remaining top 10 seeds (No. 2 Tony is the Man; No. 9 BlessedWyoMom; and No. 1 Cooter).

DOUBLE ELIMINATION HEAT

The fifth round - losers' heat only - ends at Daytona. FordFucus currently holds the final advancing spot by just 3 points over kl motorsports, 4 over Hoosier and 8 over Black Bear. No. 3 Tar turn and No. 1 Cooter are more than 100 points back.

BlessedWyoMom, Rolling Thunder, jackman and key west will battle in the sixth-round winners' heat.

WORLD CUP

Three weeks remain in the Champion Qualifying; the top two teams in each group advance. Here's a look at who will advance to the bracket (group):

IN: red clouds racing (Earnhardt), Hoosier (Gordon), Anyone but Jimmie (Pearson), TOOLIN (Yarborough), Rolling Thunder (Allison).

Typically by this point in the round, a handful of teams have been eliminated; not so with this competitive bunch. Everyone in the Champion Qualifying is still eligible to advance. The Petty, Waltrip and Johnson groups are very close after New Hampshire.

RMFN - New Hampshire

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OVERALL

Bassman has a firm hold on the top spot, holding at ninth in the summer season - its lowest position in each of our competitions.

24rules, 18th in the single-elimination bracket, stands third and figures to be in the mix by August.

CHASE

The cutoff will currently forward 20 teams into the Chase. Wins are a premium bonus right now for those on the cusp - 50 additional points.

LOUDON

283 group average and 16 teams above 300 was the best week since Charlotte. With the removal of Roadrunner, RMFN posted consecutive weeks of 0 teams at less than 200 for the first time this season.

SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET
Round Three ends at Daytona. Bassman (180 over testcar) and Hoosier (143 over Syrup) appear headed to the fourth round. All other matchups are within 100 points, including MEM-LT4SS (11 points), SwOOp-whoopdewhoo (19) and TURBO-NDI (tied).

DOUBLE ELIMINATION BRACKET

Losers' bracket matchups only complete the fifth round. FordFucus has a 102-point lead over BlessedWyoMom; all other matchups are within 100 points. SwOOp's 5-point lead over RacinProwler is the closest.

Round Six, winners' bracket: Sliced Bread vs. testcar; 24rules vs. ROADWARRIORS

Round Six, losers' bracket: Rolling Thunder received a bye from the fifth round; other teams TBD.

SINGLE ELIMINATION HEAT

testcar holds the final advancing spot with one race left in the third round. It leads ROADWARRIORS by 11 points and Team Lester by 25. Rember that Lester jumped six spots in the final race of Round Two to advance. Four other teams are within 100 points of testcar.

DOUBLE ELIMINATION HEAT

SwOOp holds the final advancing spot with one race left in the fifth round. It holds a 2-point lead over Hoosier, 5 over RacinProwler and 12 over Couch Potato Racing. 100 points separate SwOOp and last place BlessedWyoMom.

testcar, NDI, 24rules and ROADWARRIORS resume winners' heat play in the sixth round.

WORLD CUP

There are three weeks to go in the Champion Qualifying. The top two teams from each group advance. A look a who's will advance and who's been eliminated (group):

IN: Team Fritson (Earnhardt); MEMTiger (Petty); Leather & Lace (Pearson).

OUT: PeTeeTong (Pearson); Roadrunner (Yarborough).

The Allison and Johnson groups are still very close with three races to go.