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Carole Rockets Into The Lead!
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For the first five races of this relatively short race season, there has been five different winners. However, Jimmie Johnson is the first Sprint Cup driver to log a second win in 2013, doing so by winning the STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville.
Movers and Shakers
Both Carole and Jason had a fantastic Sunday, both having chosen Jimmie Johnson to win the race at Martinsville. For their rewards, each garnered a big payday of 48 points Sunday!
Likewise, Jerry also had a very good Sunday. Jerry’s choice for Martinsville was Clint Bowyer, who battled his way in the very late stages of the race to end up in second place. Bowyer’s second place finish rewarded Jerry with 42 big points!
Edie was the third highest scoring player, gathering up 40 points on Kyle Busch’s fifth place finish in the race.
Bernie “The Bay Area Bandit” bet the farm on “Blazingly Bad” Brad Keselowski. ”Bad” Brad finished sixth and gave Bernie 38 points.
Jim, Marc, and Carlton received 35 points for “sticking with the Biff”!
Dan and Jeremy selected to hang with Denny Hamlin, the car this week was driven by Mark Martin, and the reward for their loyalty was 34 points!
The 48 points that Carole won Sunday was enough to launch her two spots, and into The Redneck Fantasy League point lead!
Even though Carole is the new leader, the player with the biggest jump in the standings was Jason. The 48 points that Jason got allowed him to rocket up four places in the standings from seventh, to all the way to third place.
The next biggest movers in the standings were Zee and Richard “The NASCAR Picker“! Unfortunately, both Zee and Richard plummeted three places in the standings. Zee fell out of second place, landing in fifth position. Richard fell from tenth place, landing now in thirteenth!
Four players moved two spots in the standings. Both Jerry and Carole moved up two spots in the standings. However, Dawn and “A&M Aggie Sue” both were not as lucky, falling two spots this week!
And finally, the bottom four players in the standings remain in those places for still one more week.
Next week NASCAR moves to the Lone Star state, Texas.
Good Luck to all!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Low Speed Mayhem?
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This weekend NASCAR rolls into “the paper clip” at Martinsville,VA. As I have mentioned in previous articles, this is one track, of the three bullrings of NASCAR, that should require, while filing out the paperwork for pit passes for the crews, that drivers and all crewmembers to check their egos, tempers, and weapons, at the pit gate!
Martinsville picks
This weekend the prevailing choice appears to be “Smoke”, Tony Stewart. At Martinsville there four players who have jumped on the “fire truck” hoping that there is fire where there is “Smoke”! Those players supporting the “non-blocker”, are Karen, “Richard The NASCAR Picker”, Dawn, and “A&M Aggie Sue”.
Just as a side note, I wonder if Tony will apply some retaliation for being blocked at Auto Speedway. Maybe, if he is running on the lead lap, and possibly in contention for a win, however unlikely that may be, show us how he doesn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t block for the win!
Notwithstanding my tirade on Smoke, there are three players who are “sticking with the Biff” this weekend, Jim, Marc, and the cellar dweller, poor ol Carlton!
Both Johnson and Hamlin (Mark Martin is filing in this week) have two players each supporting their efforts at Martinsville. Carole and Jason are rooting for the Hendrick Motorsports Lowe’s racing machine. Both Dan and Jeremy have decided to take the replacement driver’s points for Hamlin this weekend.
Good Luck!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Kyle Wins In An Exciting Finish At Auto Club Speedway
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After catching more than a dozen NASCAR races at Fontana before giving up our tickets, I can say that most of the NASCAR races from this California venue have been less than exciting. However, this was not the case Sunday for this Auto Club 400! With the Gen 6 cars finally coming into their own, now that there have been five weeks to tweak on the race car, there was no need for anyone to need there seats for the final 11 laps!! (More about that on WOMR.com.)
Needless to say, ol Kylie Busch led the most laps and was very strong today. However, if it were not for the beating, banging, and crashing between “best of friends”, Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano, in turns three and four of the final lap, TLVW, KyBu, would not have won the race!
Movers and Shakers
Two players picked the winner, Kyle Busch, today in the Auto Club 500. Dan “The Numbers Cruncher” and yours truly, Captain Blowdri, collected max points, 48. Edie and Sue both were rooting for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. this weekend. For their efforts they were able to log 42 points, and were the second highest scoring players. The third highest scoring players were Jim, David, and Jason “The Tie Dye Dude”. All three had selected Carl Edwards to win the Auto Club 400, and that was worth 40 points. Richard “The NASCAR Picker” got 39 points from his driver, Joey Logano. Jerry and Dawn both selected Kenseth, and the reward was 38 points.
The player moving the most in the standings this week is yours truly. I rocketed up four spots in the standings from 8th to 4th place. Dan and Jerry were the next biggest movers this week, Dan surged up three spots from 12th to 9th place. However, Jerry was not as fortunate as Dan, he plummeted three spots in the standings, landing in 8th place.
Bernie “The Bay Area Bandit” and Marc both lost two spots this week.
Looking at the top three and the bottom three in the standings, none of those six players moved from their positions this week.
Next Sunday is Easter and NASCAR will get a much deserved week off next weekend. However, in two seeks NASCAR returns to another of their bullrings, Martinsville. This small 1/2 mile paperclip is a lot like Bristol, in that to be successful there you must check your feelings, egos, weapons, and attitudes at the pit gate.
It might be noted, to be successful at this track you must be able to drive your car onto the hauler at the end of the races!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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“Bad Brad” Takes Over The Points Lead
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After last Sunday’s race at Bristol, “Blazingly Bad” Brad Keselowski has moved to the point in the Sprint Cup Chase. This weekend NASCAR makes another cross country swing. This week the NASCAR circus is holding court in Fontana, CA at the Auto Club Speedway.
With one third of the first segment races now complete, poor Carlton is buried in the cellar, the weather is heating up, and so will the racing at Auto Club Speedway!
Our Picks
Looking at the picks this week, there is an interesting phenomena. There are six drivers that have two players each riding copilot in their cars, one driver with three players anxiously watching, and two players alone in their picks. Yep, they are in bidnez for themselves!
This week “Cousin Carl”, Edwards, is the lucky driver that has amassed the huge support of three players! Those players riding along with Edwards to Subway are Jim, David, and Jason.
Of the six drivers that each have two payers each in their corner, the first is “Mr. Fiver-Time”, Jimmie Johnson,. Karen and Jeremy are putting their success this Sunday in the hands of Johnson, maybe even taking a trip to Lowe’s for some DIY home remodeling things. Yours truly and Dan are gonna munch on a few M&M’s this Sunday, in hopes that “The Las Vegas Weasel” (TLVW), ol Kylie Busch, can slip his JGR #18 Camry into the winner’s circle. Zee and Bernie “The Bay Area Bandit” are literally riding high, and maybe even grabbing a few Buds with Kevin “Happy” Harvick!
On the other hand, Carole and Marc are solidly behind the wiley old veteran of “Mr. Four-Time”, Jeff Gordon, possibly serving some meals while they combat hunger with AARP! Additionally, Dawn and Jerry have put their fortunes in the hands of another old veteran, and possibly needeing a few items at The Dollar General Store of Home Depot, Matt “The Brat” Kenseth.
Lastly, the remaining two women, Edie and Sue, have joined forces and are backing NASCAR’s most popular driver for the last decade, and the driver who has made the most most money in 2012, Dale Earnhardt, Jr Could it be that these two really want to get AMP’ed up?
The two remaining players are out on their own limb Sunday. Richard “The NASCAR Picker”, who is recovering from some surgery these days, has decided to back the new kid on the block at Roger Penske Racing, Joey Logano. Could it be that Richard needs to get an oild change and a lube with Shell/Penzoil?
Meanwhile Carlton, this segment’s cellar dweller, is hoping desperately that his choice of “Blazingly Bad’ Brad Keselowski will begin his ascension towards the top of the scoring pylon! For sure Carlton will need to consume some of “Bad Brad’s” sponsor, Miller Lite, to comfort and soothe his rather rough start to this segment!
Good luck to all this weekend!
And now I will leave you with the video from, in my opinion, the greatest rock and roll song, and guitar solo, in the history of rock and roll. It doesn’t hurt that the song is very fitting to the venue this weekend, either!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Karen Rises To The Top Of The Leader Board
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The drivers and the crews have loaded up and headed back down the interstate to Charlotte by now. But that doesn’t mean that their tempers have calmed down, nor does it mean that their egos have recovered from being “Bristoled“! The one thing that these bullrings of NASCAR brings to the surface is revenge, anger, bruised egos, and crumpled sheet metal. Today was more of the aforementioned frustrations that happens each and every time that NASCAR returns to Bristol, Martinsville, and Richmond, to name a few tracks!
Last week I was privy to witness, in person, the domination by Kasey Kahne for 240 of a the 267 laps, however, he failed to close the deal for a victory. Today, however, Kahne pulled it altogether to log his first victory of the 2013 season, by winning the Food City 500 at Bristol!
Movers and Shakers
Both Karen and Carole selected Kasey Kahne today, and was rewarded nicely with 47 points today! With those 47 points today, Karen took sole control of first place by 109 points over Zee. Zee had a very good day as well, scoring 42 points from her selection of “Blazingly Bad” Brad Keselowski, who finished third today.
Bernie was the next highest scorer, with 37 points, riding on the coattails of Ryan Newman. Jerry had a reasonably fine Sunday with Kevin Harvick. Harvick finished 14th, giving Jerry 30 points for the afternoon.
As was previously mentioned, Karen is now atop the leader board all by herself.
The largest movement by any one player came from “Bernie The Bay Area Bandit”, who climbed five (5) places in the standings after the first four races. The next biggest shaker was Dan. He shook himself down four places in the standings from 8th place down to 12th place!
There were five players who moved five three spots in the standings. Carole and Jason moved up three spots to third and sixth, respectively. However, there were three players who fell three spots in the standings. Dawn fell from a tie for first with Karen, to fourth place this week. Sue fell from fourth place to seventh place. Lastly, yours truly fell from fifth place to land in eighth place this week. The rest of the crew pretty much held serve this week!
Next week the series moves back out West, to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. ”You know that all the leaves are brown and the sky is gray, I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day. I’d be safe an warm, if I was in LA. California Dreamin’ on such a winter’s day!”
TIL THEN, PULL YOU GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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The Colosseum Of Crash
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NASCAR moves to “Thunder Valley”, Bristol Motor Speedway, this weekend. This will be another test for this Gen 6 car. This is the first test on the “bullrings” of NASCAR. And as we have seen so for far this season, this new Gen 6 race car is a work in progress!
The Bristol Choices
The picks for Bristol are somewhat wide and varied this week. Unlike Las Vegas or Daytona, there is not an overwhelming choice of drivers to conquer Bristol.
Jimmie Johnson has the most players rooting for him this Sunday, three. This week David, Sue, and yours truly are hanging with the Lowe’s Chevy, and hoping that “Mr. Five-Time” drives his #48 Chevy into the winner’s circle!
Karen and Carole are hoping that the Farmer’s Insurance # 5 Chevy, driven by pretty boy, Kasey Kahne, prevails as the winner at Bristol.
On the other hand, Dawn and Edie are hoping that another Hendrick Motorsports teammate, “Mr. Four-Time”, Jeff Gordon, will have a positive impact for them Sunday.
Finally, Carlton and Marc are hoping that Denny Hamlin can safely deliver a win for them in his Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx #11 Toyota.
That totals nine players who have teamed up with other players on their choices Sunday. However, there are eight players who all have individual choices. Obviously, that make those players in business for themselves!
Good Luck!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DWON, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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Karen And Dawn Surge Into A Tie
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The Kobalt 400 at the LVMS is now in the history books. Today was, in fact, a race for the history books. Prior to today, there have only been two drivers to win a Sprint Cup race on their birthday, Cale Yarborough, and Kyle Busch. Today you can add Matt Kenseth to that select fraternity!
However, none of the players were fortunate enough to have selected Matt Kenseth for the Kobalt 400.
Movers and Shakers
Richard “The NASCAR Picker” was the highest scoring player this week, gathering up 44 points. Richard picked Kasey Kahne, which was the most dominating car in the race. Even though Kahne was the most dominating car, he was unable to close the deal, finishing second to Kenseth.
Carole was the second highest scoring player. She picked “Blazingly Bad” Brad Keselowski, and was rewarded 42 points for his third place finish.
There were five players that logged 41 points this weekend. Karen, who jumped up into a tie with Dawn for the lead, Zee, David, ” The Mighty Midget throttle jockey”, “Coach Jeremy”, and Sue, all were riding with The Las Vegas Weasel (TLVW), Kyle Busch!
Dawn and Edie picked “Cousin Carl” Edwards, and for their efforts they received 39 points.
And there is one player, poor Carlton, that hopes that his luck will change dramatically when NASCAR sets up shop at Bristol next weekend. Poor old Carlton has logged scores of 8, 8, and 17 points today in Las Vegas! He is a cool 91 points behind his wife, Dawn, and my Karen, the current leaders after week #3!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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It’s Las Vegas, Baby!
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It is the third week in the 2013 season, and that can only mean that NASCAR is in Sin City for the weekend! Yesterday, Thursday, the weather was ripe for some fast speeds on the race track. It was an open test for the Gen 6 Sprint Cup cars to get acclimatized to the high banked 1 1/2 mile race track.
This morning, Friday, the weather at the race track is overcast, cool, with periods of rain. There has been no activity on the race track so far, other than the track dryers. It will be later in the afternoon, if at all, before the Nationwide and/or Sprint Cup cars proceeds onto the track for practice.
Our Picks
It looks like a majority of the players, 5 in all, have selected “The Las Vegas Weasel”, Kyle Busch as their choice to hoist the trophy Sunday afternoon. Those five players rooting for ol Kylie are, Karen, Zee, David, Jeremy, and Sue. I guess all those players must have a little sweet tooth, and longing for a bag of M&M’s to sooth their urge!
“Smoke”, Tony Stewart, almost has as many players, 4, rolling the bones for him, and hoping he brings home the trophy at the LVMS. Those players include Jason, Jerry, Bernie, and yours truly. Nine of the seventeen players have either Kylie of Smoke as their winner this Sunday!
Last weeks race winner, Carl Edwards, has two players, Dawn and Edie hoping that he can make it two races in a row.
The 2013 Daytona 500 winner, Jimmie Johnson, has Marc and Dan in his copilot’s seat this Sunday.
The rest of the players all have individual picks, and therefore, they are in business for themselves!
See you at the track.
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GOT RACIN’!
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Edwards Flipped Over First Victory in 70 Races!
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Well “Cousin Carl” Edwards finally broke his 70 race win drought Sunday by winning the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway. The season is young, in regards to figuring out this new Gen 6 race car. However, I will say that the racing on this track, Phoenix, was much more exciting than the plate race last week at Daytona! I am really looking forward to seeing, both the Nationwide and the Sprint Cup, racing on the high banked Las Vegas Motor Speedway this coming weekend.
In fact, Jim, Edie, and yours truly, are heading out of Yuma at 6 am to meet Dan and Bernie at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Monday afternoon. We will be setting up camp for the week there behind the back straight. Our week will also include two nights of the World of Ourtlaws Sprint Car races Weds. and Thurs. nights at the dirt track. But I digressed.
Another fact that I would like to mention here for all to read. David, our resident mudslinging throttle jockey and 2012 USAC Western States Midget dirt track champion, took two of his midgets to Canyon Speedway in Peoria,AZ this past weekend to race in “The Copper On Dirt” USAC event. Many of the big boys from all over the country, in both the USAC sprint car and midget ranks, were there to compete. Saturday night David came home 8th in the feature. His other midget was driven by really “hot shoe” from Kingsburg, CA, Kody Swanson, finished 17th.
Once again, I digress.
Movers and Shakers
Both Edie and Dawn scored maximum points (43) today by picking the winner, “Mr. Five-Time”, Jimmie Johnson to win the race. Karen, Jeremy, and Sue, scored the second highest points (41) today. Karen was the lone person rooting on Denny Hamlin, while both Jeremy and Sue were onboard “Blazingly Bad” Brad Keselowski’s Miller Lite beer wagon today.
Bernie and Jim had chosen Clint Bowyer today, garnering 38 points from his effort at Phoenix. Zee and David scored 36 points off of Smoke’s effort. (Stewart raced his 360 sprinter this weekend at our dirt track here in Yuma. He grabbed a third Friday night and a fifth Saturday night, all the while getting his guaranteed $15,000 for showing up!)wA previously stated, NASCAR moves from one part of the Southwesten desert, Phoenix, to a venue about 250 miles Northwest, Sin City! But we all know that~~~~ whatever happens in Vegas, does not always stay in Vegas!!
Good Luck!
I will see you at the track.
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN’!
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A Valley Of The Sun Invasion
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With all the hoopla from the 55th running of the Daytona 500 now 4 days in the rear view mirror, NASCAR makes its first foray into the western swing of the 2013 season. Racing goes from the pack racing of Daytona, last weekend, to the super fast one mile bullring known as The Phoenix International Raceway.
Our Picks
Looking at our selections for PIR this weekend, the picks are very widely spread out over several drivers. Kyle Busch garnered three players rooting for him to get his first victory of the 2013 season. Those three players that are rooting for ol Kylie on this Sunday is Richard ‘The NASCAR Picker”, his roommate Carole, and Marc.
Six drivers, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski, and Greg Biffle all have two players each that are riding shotgun with them this Sunday. The two players that are in “Happy ” Harvick’s corner are Jason, and yours truly. Zee and David, the 2012 USAC Western States Midgets Dirt Track Champion, are hoping that where there is “Smoke” there there is a victory! Dawn and Edie are hoping that “Mr. Five-Time”, Jimmie Johnson, can win back-to-back races to start out the 2013 season. Bernie, “The Bay Area Bandit”, and Jim are going to slurping down the 5Hour Energy drink and rooting Clint Bowyer to victory. Jeremy and Sue are hoping that the reigning Sprint Cup champion, “Blazingly Bad” Brad Keselowski, can lead the pack to the checkered flag Sunday. And finally, both Dan and Jerry are just flatly gonna “stick with The Biff”!
Good luck to all this weekend!
For me, I will be watching both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series races on TV, as well as, hitting my local dirt track, Cocopah Speedway, both Friday and Saturday night for the ASCS (American Sprint Car Series) National Tour sprint car races!
See you at the track!
TIL NEXT TIME, PULL YOUR GLOVES UP, FLIP YOUR VISOR DOWN, AND LET’S GO RACIN”!
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