NASCAR Picks Game - Charlotte

[Optional]

*57 Points Jackpot From Last Week*

Pros: 22 points to play
Non-Pros: 4 points minimum (see bottom of post for non-pro rules)

2 points from each entry goes into the Season Long Pool.

Winner: 75%
Second: 25%


Pick the winner of these 5 matchups;


Matchups will go up Thursday night.


Also predict the RACE WINNER and HOW MANY CARS FINISH ON THE LEAD LAP to break any ties.

Tiebreaker 1: Highest finish by race winner pick.
Tiebreaker 2: Closest to number of lead lap finishers.
Tiebreaker 3: First person to have posted their picks.

Please post your points when you pick by clicking the gold coin icon bottom left of this post.

Make your picks anytime up until actual race start time. Scheduled for 7.30pm Saturday.



Non-Pro Rules

4 points entitles you to claim 20% of the weekly prize pool. For every extra 2 points you post you can claim an additional 10% of the prize pool.

You are eligible for 100% of the Season Long pool.

If a Non-Pro wins, the un-claimed portion of the prize jackpots to the following race.

[onlooker]

[Optional]

Pick the winner of these 5 matchups;

Tony Stewart v Ryan Newman
David Reuitimann v AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith v Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch v Trevor Bayne
Kyle Busch v Mark Martin

Also predict the RACE WINNER and HOW MANY CARS FINISH ON THE LEAD LAP to break any ties.

[onlooker]

Tony Stewart v Ryan Newman
David Reuitimann v AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith v Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch v Trevor Bayne
Kyle Busch v Mark Martin

Winner>Jimmie Johnson
Lead Lap Cars>24

[Noles1992]

Ryan Newman
AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch
winner: Kenseth LLC:14

[yisman]

Tony Stewart
AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch


winner: JJ #48
18 llc

[GP]

Ryan Newman
AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch

legano to win
22 llc

[BadNina]

Tony Stewart v Ryan Newman
David Reuitimann v AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith v Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch v Trevor Bayne
Kyle Busch v Mark Martin

Kasey Kahne for the win. 25 cars on lead lap

[shaunovery]

Smoke
Aj
Burton
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch

Winner 48
Llc 10

[Vegas39]

Newman

aj

smith

kurt

kyle

winner - Kyle Busch

leadlap 16

[leadfootfred]

Tony Stewart v Ryan Newman
David Reuitimann v AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith v Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch v Trevor Bayne
Kyle Busch v Mark Martin

winner - Kyle Busch
lead lap - 19

[Optional]

Tony Stewart v Ryan Newman
David Reuitimann v AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith v Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch v Trevor Bayne
Kyle Busch v Mark Martin

Winner: Jeff Gordon
Lead Lap: 17

[Robber]

Tony Stewart
AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch

Denny Hamlin
17

[blueghost]

stewy
dinger
burton
busch
busch

brad k ;winner
21 cloll

[Optional]

I feel like I should change to Smoke with Newman starting at the rear now. But would hate to lose so much more if I changed it and lost.

[5mike5]

stewart
dinger
smith
kurt b
Kyle

winner: Bad Brad Keslowski

LLC: 15

[yisman]

I feel like I should change to Smoke with Newman starting at the rear now. But would hate to lose so much more if I changed it and lost.

plus the reason you posted it was to pick newman so you can't back out now!

[Optional]

I do like the underdog sides mostly. But I usually don't think much about who I will pick until well after I post the matchups. (I think you're right that I was always going to take Newman there though)

I like a promising underdog to go against a struggling favorite as the first thing I look for. Which the Newman/Stewart one looked like after Thursday sessions.

[yisman]

my impression was you often posted stuff where you figured most would go one way and you'd go the other

not all of the matchups but some of them. Newman/Stewart definitely fits.

[Optional]

my impression was you often posted stuff where you figured most would go one way and you'd go the other

not all of the matchups but some of them. Newman/Stewart definitely fits.

I don't have that plan at all. Promise But I think you are right. I mostly take the longer shots. Probably because I am looking for the good in them and the bad in the matchup on the fave side.

[avssakic]

Tony Stewart
AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch


winner: KB 18
15 llc

[rickie65]

Tony Stewart v Ryan Newman
David Reuitimann v AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith v Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch v Trevor Bayne
Kyle Busch v Mark Martin

winner - Kyle B
coll -- 20

[luvtogamble]

stewart
aj
smith
kurt busch
kyle busch

winner hamlin
16 cars on lead lap

[bigdaddyjames]

1) Ryan Newman
2) AJ Allmendinger
3) Regan Smith
4) Kurt Busch
5) Kyle Busch

winner = Denny Hamlin
cars on lead lap = 17

[rob]

Tony Stewart v Ryan Newman
David Reuitimann v AJ Allmendinger
Regan Smith v Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch v Trevor Bayne
Kyle Busch v Mark Martin

Winner - Hamlin
Cars on lead lap - 20

[shaunovery]

Smoke
Aj
Burton
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch

Winner 48
Llc 10

Late change

Regan smith to bt burton
The rest to stay the same

[CarolinaDaze]

Ryan N.
A.J.
Regan
Kurt B.
Kyle B.

WinnerDenny H.
LLC 18

[yisman]

I don't have that plan at all. Promise But I think you are right. I mostly take the longer shots. Probably because I am looking for the good in them and the bad in the matchup on the fave side.

Basically on like 75% of the matchups where there's a 'popular side' among us, you're on the other side.

[Optional]

Basically on like 75% of the matchups where there's a 'popular side' among us, you're on the other side.

LOL. you are on top of everything that goes on around here!

Now you mention it, probably smart for me to stop doing that the way I have been scoring.








shaunovery
rickie65
onlooker
luvtogamble
leadfootfred
avssakic
Robber
Noles1992
CarolinaDaze
5mike5
yisman
Vegas39
bigdaddyjames (13 to come)
Optional
rob 40%
blueghost 20%
GP 20%
BadNina 20%

349 points

Winner: 262
Runner Up: 87

[Optional]

Late change

Regan smith to bt burton
The rest to stay the same

Oh man What a change. You had it won with a 5, equal with one other.

But now I have to go re-score everyone with a 4 (half the field) to work out 2nd place!

[shaunovery]

Oh man What a change. You had it won with a 5, equal with one other.

But now I have to go re-score everyone with a 4 (half the field) to work out 2nd place!

Regan smith cost me the lot in this contest and cd fantasy game

[Optional]

Charlotte Results

I must have really dished up an easy set of picks this week. Only two of us managed to score less than 3. ( @ BadNina)

Congrats to Blueghost as the only player to manage 5 from 5 taking the win.

No one picked the winner or lead lap finishers correctly.

Of all the 4s tied for runner up Rob, Luvtogamble and Robber each had 2nd placed Hamlin as the win pick, so it came down to who picked closest to 6 lead lap cars... which Luvtogamble won by a single place.


Tony Stewart 13th v Ryan Newman 20th
David Reuitimann 30th v AJ Allmendinger 24th
Regan Smith 38th v Jeff Burton 28th
Kurt Busch 21st v Trevor Bayne 22nd
Kyle Busch 5th v Mark Martin 6th

Winner: Bowyer
Lead Lap: 6


blueghost 5 20% = 53 points
luvtogamble 4 Hamlin/16 87 points
Robber 4 Hamlin/17
rob 4 Hamlin/20
shaunovery 4 Jimmie/10
yisman 4 Jimmie/18
avssakic 4 Kyle/15
leadfootfred 4 Kyle/19
rickie65 4 Kyle/20
5mike5 4 BradK/15
Noles1992 3
CarolinaDaze 3
Vegas39 3
bigdaddyjames 3
onlooker 3
GP 3
BadNina 2
Optional 1


209 points jackpot to next week's Kansas race.

Updated Segment Standings Here

Congrats to the winners. I'll send your points as soon as everyone gets a chance to check for mistakes. Thanks for playing everyone else.

[yisman]

wtf with the lead lap cars recently?

one there was a caution and here was fuel mileage?

[Vegas39]

Congrats blue and luv

[Robber]

So close I also bet martin top 3