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This just in, Dan Bandy Lives!!!!
As you can see via the above picture we have a new participant in our fantasy league for the second segment. He has just strapped in, got his engine fired up, his belts pulled tight, his gloves pulled up, his visor flipped down, is heading out of the garage area, and now heading onto the speedway for hot laps!
The new player is my nephew, Dan Bandy, CEO of his accounting firm, Bandy and Associates in Fresno, rabid baseball and football fantasy league player, former “star” athlete at Madera High, although it was in the previous century, and a veteran “senior citizen” softball player, locally!
All kidding aside, our fantasy league continues to gather steam and grow. In keeping with my commitment to making this an exciting and fun fantasy league, growth is also a part of it. We are still working on making this web site interactive, and a tool, whereby we all can be a part of, and create our own fun!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR BELTS TIGHT, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Johnson Wins Number 200 For HMS
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Finally, Hendrick Motorsports drives into Victory Lane Saturday night at Darlington. It took 16 races for Jimmie Johnson to add to his career winning total, his last win was at Kansas last October. This happens to be the longest win-less streak for “Mr. Five-Time”, as well as Hendrick Motorsports! It took 16 tries for HMS to get its 200 Sprint Cup win. One would have never thought that one of the premier race teams could be shut out for so many races!
Two of our players had picked Jimmie Johnson to win at Darlington, Carlton and Carole. For their efforts, they were rewarded with 48 big points! The next highest reward for Saturday night was Marc with his selection of Denny Hamlin. Scott has a very good evening, as well, scoring 38 points with his selection of Kenseth. Yours truly had a very good evening, scoring 37 points.
Now for the movers and shakers for the week:
Jim led all movers for the week. Unfortunately for Jim, he took a huge dive this week, falling completely out of the money and far from grace by six positions! The next biggest movers were Carlton and Carolyn. Carlton climbed three places to 13th place, while Carolyn feel three spots to 15th place.
With just one race left in this segment, it would appear that Jerry has locked up winning this segment with his lead of 36 points over the present second place players. Edie and Marc are tied for second with a point score of 366. Following Marc and Edie in fourth place with a total of 363 points is yours truly. Rounding out the top five is Bernie with a score of 350 points. In positions 5-11 there are only 19 points that separate all of these players, favoring for a possible big shakeup for the last race of this segment.
So as you can see there is some keen competition still in the standings. The only one who has really locked up a money spot is Jerry, every other position is in play and fair game!
We actually have next week off, with just the Camping World Truck Series race and the All-Star race slated for Charlotte Friday and Saturday nights.
Good luck to all!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR BELTS TIGHT, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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“Blazingly Bad” Brad Has Something For ‘Em At Talladega
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For the first time in six races the leader coming out of turn #4 was the race winner at Talladega! “The Blue Deuce” had a plan, and the plan worked. For the last five races there was a slingshot move in the tri-oval that allowed the second place driver to steal the race lead and the victory. However, today it wasn’t to be!
Once again this week one of our players picked the winner, “Blazingl Bad” Brad Keselowski. This week Scott picked up his first winner of the year, scoring a whopping 47 points! With those 47 points scored today, Scott moved up four positions in the standings to eighth place in the standings. Now that doesn’t seem that great, however, Scott is only fifteen (15) points out of a podium position, and some money for the first segment!
Scott shared the weekly ‘biggest mover” with Zee, unfortunately, Zee lost four places.
The top three players did not move in the standings after the Aaron’s 499, with Jerry, Edie, and yours truly still holding down the fort. However, Marc is making a late segment charge from sixth place up to fourth place this week. Jim, who had held the fourth place, slid one place in the standings to fifth.
After Scott’s 47 points for the winning selection at Talladega, Marc was the next highest scoring player, having picked Kasey Kahne, and being rewarded with 41 points.
Edie gathered up 40 points for “sticking with The Biff”! Our leader, Jerry, as well as David, grabbed 38 points for their pick of Clint Bowyer.
The seven players who picked Dale Earnhardt, Jr. snagged 36 points. Nevertheless, Junior was a strong hot rod early on in the Aaron’s 499, but neither he nor any of his Hendrick Motorsports team mates were able to secured HMS their 200th win today. This is the longest winless streak in the HMS history. The organization’s last win came last October at the Kansas Speedway, with “Mr. Five Time”!.
Next week NASCAR travels to “The Track Too Tough To Tame”, Darlington. This week both the Nationwide and the Sprint Cup will race under the lights, For the Nationwide Series, their race will begin at 6:30 EDT/3:30 PDT Friday, while the Sprint Cup will roll off of pit lane at 6:30 EDT/3:30 PDT Saturday evening.
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR BELTS TIGHT, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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This Is Not Just Another Race, This Is Talladega!
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This week NASCAR travels to the deep South for the second restrictor plate race of the season, and the first time at Talladega for 2012. Since 1969, this track has been the source of some very exciting racing, as well as writing some very important pages in NASCAR history. Perhaps the most exhilarating story occurred in the Fall 2000 Talladega race, where Dale Earnhardt, Sr. came from 19th place with just a hand full of laps remaining to score, what was to be, his final victory!
After Dale, Jr.’s spectacular finish in the opening race of the the season, the 2012 Daytona 500, where he passed Greg Biffle, and was charging towards the eventual winner Matt Kenseth, one must consider the driver of the HMS #88 Diet Mountain Dew Chevy a heavy favorite. In fact, seven players are of that mindset, and have chosen Junior as their clear choice to drive the ol #88 Chevy into Victory Lane Sunday.
Dale Earnhardt,Jr. the overwhelming choice Sunday
Those players who have chosen Dale Earnhardt, Jr. for Talladega are; Karen, Jason, Jeremy, Jim, Carolyn, Dawn, and Carlton! (If I could have Dale, Jr. twice, I too, would pick him again for this resrtictor plate race.) However, I chose Junior for Daytona, and got a tidy little sum of points! The only other driver who has more than one player banking on him is Clint Bowyer, Jerry and David are holding their breath and rooting Bowyer on! So that is nine of the seventeen players, and their choices. The rest of us all have individual drivers, so that might shake things up again.
Jerry has a 19 point lead over Edie as we roll into Talladega. Jerry’s pick is a former Talladega winner, Clint Bowyer, while Edie is “sticking with the Biff”! Third place, yours truly, has selected to hang his hat on another former winner “Smoke”, Tony Stewart.
For positions 4-8, there are only a total of 8 points that separate those spots! Therefore, Jim, Zee, Marc, Jeremy, and Bernie, respectively, may be swapping spots after Talladega!
As for the race to the bottom of the standings, David has a 10 point lead over Richard, and a 14 point lead over Karen. It is looking fairly secure for David to run away with the Boudreaux’s Butt Paste Award for the first segment!
Here are a few interesting Talladega track facts.
Remember, this is not just another race; This Is Talladega!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Jerry Picks The Winner At Richmond, Kyle
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For somebody who only scored 5 points in the season opener at Daytona, and was down 42 points to Jim after that race, Jerry is spanking the rest of the field! He has rebounded after that horrible start to erase the deficit, and extend his lead over second place, Edie, by nineteen (19) points after the Capital City 400 at Richmond International Raceway Saturday night. In the eight races since Daytona, Jerry has scored 61 points more than any other player!! If you look at Jerry’s results since Daytona, he has averaged scoring 41.25 points per race in eight races! That is really remarkable to be able to rack up those numbers. Also increasing his average by picking two winners in eight races doesn’t hurt too much, either.
The player who had the biggest movement this weekend was Jeremy. He had Hamlin as his driver of choice, scored 40 points, and he climbed three positions in the standings.
There was many players who either climbed two places or dropped two places. Those who climbed up the ladder two places were, Marc, Carole, Carolyn, and Karen. Those who fell two places this weekend were Jason, Bernie, Carole, Richard, and Carlton. Scott, Jim, and the cellar dweller, David, all remained in their previous positions. Time is running out for some of the players to make their move to the podium. For the three players that are presently sitting in podium positions, their spot is not locked up just yet.
Next week at Talladega anything could happen, even Dale, Jr. ending his 138 winless streak with another restrictor plate race win could definitely be in the cards!
The players that are sitting on the podium as of race number nine are:
1. Jerry with 335 points
2. Edie with 316 points
3. Leon with 305 points
The leading candidate for last place and the Boudreaux’s Butt Paste Award is:
1. David with 221 points
Next week NASCAR heads further into the DEEP SOUTH, Lynard Skynard country! Next week at Talladega anything could happen, even Dale, Jr. ending his 138 winless streak with another restrictor plate race win could definitely be in the cards!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES TIGHT, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN”!
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Richmond: The Short Track That Thinks It’s A Superspeedway
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Tonight (Thursday) the racing begins at Richmond International Raceway. The first of the weekend’s racing begins with the K&N East Series race on SPEED beginning at 7:30pm EDT/ 4:30 PDT, for those of us on the West Coast. Immediately following that race is the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown!
The K&N East Series race features several of the Sprint Cup race team’s “developmental” drivers. A few names to be on the lookout for is Darrell Wallace, Jr., a Joe Gibbs Racing driver that is really showing potential. Dave Blaney’s son, Ryan, who won the K&N Series East vs West last November at Phoenix, is another exciting up-and-coming- talented race car driver. I was there at Phoenix, and this young kid can really wheel a race car, kind of like his Daddy did in the sprint cars! This year Ryan will get a few starts in the Nationwide Series for his Dad’s boss, Tommy Baldwin.
Hamlin’s Short Track Shootout is a great fund raising event the proceeds goes to various charities. There will be many of the Sprint Cup drivers showing off their skills, including “Mr. Four-Time”, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, and many more. Tune in and watch some of the youngsters taking on some of the salty, seasoned veterans, which should provide for some great entertainment!
How will we fare this week at RIR?
Looking over the choices for this Saturday night’s race there is a group of four who have chosen Denny Hamlin to win the race. Those four players are Karen, Jeremy, Edie, and Carolyn. I got to tell you that Hamlin at RIR will always result in a good day for you. The next biggest group choosing the same driver is the group with Kevin “Happy” Harvick. There are three players with that selection, Jason, Carole, and yours truly. Harvick is off to a rather slow start so far this season. There are two players that decided to “Stick With The Biff” at Richmond, that being Marc and Richard. Likewise, there are two players, Dawn and David, that have “Mr Five-Time”, Jimmie Johnson.
Richmond will be a pivotal race for the drivers, as well as the players. Currently, there are only nine (9) points that separate the leader, Jerry, from second place, yours truly. Jerry has ol Kylie Busch, “The Las Vegas Weasel”, as his choice at RIR. If ol Kylie falters, so far his has ZERO wins, and my man “Happy” Harvick has a good day, Jerry could fall out the lead! However, if my man Harvick does not perform well, I could slip out of contention because Edie is only three (3) points behind me in third place! Rounding out the top five is Jim and Marc, with Marc just one (1) point behind Jim.
In summary, it is my opinion that the Richmond race will be cornerstone in many ways for the the Sprint Cup drivers, as well as for the players of The Redneck Fantasy League. For the drivers, it is race number nine (9) and it is time to let it all out. There are only 17 races left in “the regular season”. If you have something for the Chase you gotta “let the big dog eat”! Likewise for the first segment players, if you are anywhere near striking distance for the top three money paying, “podium” positions, your drivers need to really perform for you this weekend!
One more reminder, like Bristol and Martinsville, the drivers will need to check the egos, their feelings, and their weapons at the pit gate! We all know that late Saturday night there are going to be some more drivers with bruised egos, hurt feelings, and crumpled sheet metal in their haulers!!!!
Good luck to all!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR BELTS TIGHT, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Hamlin Wins At Kansas; Jerry Retains A Slim Lead
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Once again the dominate race car did not take home the prize!
Today Martin Truex, Jr. was just effortlessly “Following The Yellow Brick Road”, leading a total of 173 laps today at the Kansas Speedway. It appeared that Truex was going to cancel his 174 race winning drought, pick up Micheal Waltrip Racing’s third win in their six year history, and boost his image as the new team leader. However it was not to be, as Denny Hamlin passed Truex very late in the race, and motored on to his second victory of the 2012 season.
How did we do today?
For the three players who selected Matt Kenseth, Carole, Zee, and yours truly, we/they were the highest scoring players, 41 points, for the STP 400. Jeremy was the next highest scoring player. He was “sticking with The Biff”, and for that he received 39 points. Richard scored 38 points riding along with Kevin Harvick as his driver. Jerry, Carlton, and Scott were rewarded nicely, 36 points, as Kasey Kahne has broken away from all the bad luck that has plagued him in the first seven races of the 2012 season. The only other player who received a decent day was Carolyn, who had Tony Stewart as he pick, scoring 31 points.
The rest of the players were all just “Dust In The Wind”!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR BELTS TIGHT, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Will We Find Dorothy and Toto?
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With just five races left in the first segment, NASCAR limps into the heartland of our country, Kansas. This is the last race that they will be racing on this surface. After Sunday’s race the road graders will roll onto the track and begin tearing up the racing surface. In order to help facilitate all the work that is to be done immediately after this race, the fall Talladega race was moved up to the first weekend in October, and the Kansas race was given to old Talladega slot, the last weekend in October.
Looking at our picks for this weekend in Kansas, it is quite interesting. There are seventeen of us in the fantasy league, however, there are thirteen different picks this week! Kenseth was picked by three players, yours truly, Zee, and, Carole. Two players, Scott and Bernie, have picked Carl Edwards.
The rest of the players have individual picks, which might make the standings change significantly. You just never know what the luck of the draw/picks will do on any given Sunday, this week is definitely no exception! The points difference between the top five is still pretty tight, and this weekend could put somebody new on the podium!
Good luck to everyone this weekend!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL THOSE GLOVES TIGHT, FLIP YOU VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Biffle Conquers The Samsung Mobile 500
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For those of us who “were sticking with the Biff”, that fortuitous selection paid dividends quite handsomely Saturday night! There were three players who picked Greg Biffle for the Samsung Mobile500 at the Texas Motor Speedway Saturday night.
Those lucky three players are Jerry, Dawn, and yours truly! We were fortunate enough to grab 47 points for our efforts. By picking Biffle, Jerry has now climbed from the basement into the points lead, moving up 2 spots, surpassing Edie, and leading her by a very slim 5 points. Remember that Jerry had Jeff Gordon for the Daytona 500, and only got 5 lousy points for that race. Therefore, he made up a 42 point deficit, following the Daytona 500, just six races ago. What a surge and change of luck!
The next highest score garnered was 40 points for Matt Keneth’s fifth place finish. The lucky players who had Kenseth were Jeremy and Richard. Of these two, only Jeremy was able to better his position in the standings, moving up 2 spots. The next highest score for Saturday night’s race was 36 points for Carl Edwards 8th place finish, those points went to both Jim and Jason. Jim lost one spot, however, Jason gained one position in the standings.
The player who moved the most in the standings was Karen, dropping 4 positions after her pick of “Smoke”, Tony Stewart, who finished 24th, 2 laps down. The next biggest move in the standings was Dawn, who soared up 3 spots in the standings, she too was “sticking with the Biff”!
The Samsung Mobile 500 saw the sixth different driver to win in the first seven races. “Smoke” is the only driver to win two races so far this season. Additionally, Hendrick Motorsports, and Richard Childress Racing has failed to lead the pack to the checkered flag in 2012, and are win-less! Who would have thought that HMS would be win-less this far into the 2012 season?
Check out the unofficial results of the Samsung Mobile 500.
Next week the series moves to another 1 1/2 mile track, Kansas.
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR BELTS TIGHT, FLIP YOUR VISOR SOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Out From The Shadows Of Greatness
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For those Dale Earnhardt, Jr. fans that are among us, he will be driving his JR Motorsports #5 Degree Chevy in the Nationwide Series race tonight from the Texas Motor Speedway. He will be reunited with his former Nationwide Series crew chief for this race and for the few additional races that per runs in this series, “Pops”. “Pops” is the nickname that has been hung on Tony Eury, Sr., which also happens to be Dale Jr’s uncle.
So for all you fellow REDNECKS do not forget to turn on your televisions this afternoon to SPEED at 3pm EDT, 12 noon for those of us on the West Coast for the beginning of the NASCAR race weekend. Following the Sprint Cup practice will be the Nationwide qualifying on SPEED. Thereafter, at approximately 8pm EDT or 5 PDT, tune your televisions to ESPN2 for the Nationwide Series race from the Texas Motor Speedway.
This race weekend promises to fast, furious, and very exciting!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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