MLP NASCAR Showdown (Fantasy League)

[Olds442]

Originally Posted by Bigfoot410

Camped at the track....111 frickin' degrees. Came home Sunday and NO power and our whole yard was destroyed. No relief from the heat since last Thursday.

much mojo that the power is restored. very sorry to hear this.

[colchar]

I won again this week and have taken over first place in the overall standings. Still a long way to go this season though.

[Thunder Dump]

Kenseth had that one stolen away from him--he and Biffle were the class of the field. Congrats to Tony tho.

[AXE]

Nice Phone.

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[Bigfoot410]

That race should only be 10 laps long. What a finish!

[colchar]

Thunderdump won this week and retook first place from me. I am only 10 points back though so it is nice and close.

[Olds442]

this season has proved one thing to me.

i'm great at watching nascar and horrible at picking starters.

i have to lead the league in bench points.

[Hack]

I am just glad that Lady Luck finally smiled at the 24 instead of spitting on him!!

Yeah, didnt have him picked of course...

[Thunder Dump]

I had a horrible week. Not as bad as those struck by lightning at the track.

[colchar]

I have finally regained the consistency that I showed a couple of seasons ago and am hoping that it keeps up for the remainder of the season. Knowing my luck it won't though.

[AXE]

With the lone Sprint Cup team it backs slated to switch to another manufacturer, Dodge is pulling out of NASCAR at the end of this season.

The manufacturer is expected to make an announcement formalizing the decision Tuesday afternoon, NASCAR.COM has learned. Once a supporter of four teams on NASCAR's premier circuit, the automaker entered this season with only one, Penske Racing, which will move to Ford beginning in 2013.

Related: Penske Racing moves to Ford in 2013

Although Dodge did unveil a vehicle the manufacturer expected to use on the Sprint Cup tour next season, the carmaker is not participating in a two-day tire test of 2013 vehicles at Martinsville Speedway this week. On Monday, Penske announced it would use Roush-Yates engines for 2013, leaving no organization to build Dodge engines for next season.

Dodge has left NASCAR before -- the manufacturer pulled out in 1977 and then returned to great fanfare in 2001, with former three-time championship crew chief Ray Evernham leading the company's effort. That incarnation of Dodge has won 50 races, with Penske leading the way with 29 under the company's banner.

Dodge's parent company, Chrysler, went through a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization during the recent economic recession and resurfaced in an alliance with Italian automaker Fiat, which now owns a majority of the company. Under Fiat's stewardship, Dodge has increased its participation in other forms of motorsports such as sports-car racing.

Its NASCAR program, though, has gradually dwindled in size in recent years. Evernham Motorsports, which won 13 races under the Dodge nameplate, eventually morphed into Gillett-Evernham Motorsports, which won a pair of events. That team was eventually bought by the ownership group of Richard Petty Motorsports, which fields Fords. Petty Enterprises raced Dodges from 2001-08 before becoming part of the current RPM.

The petroleum company Valvoline owned and sponsored a race car that was operated out of the Evernham shop and fielded as a Dodge in 2006-2007. Chip Ganassi and co-owner Felix Sabates also used Dodges from 2001-2008, winning six times with the manufacturer before moving to Chevrolet in a merger with the motorsports branch of Dale Earnhardt Inc.

[bill m]

Originally Posted by Thunder Dump

I had a horrible week. Not as bad as those struck by lightning at the track.

I work operations for Pocono raceway for the 2 nascar races each year and I was only about 200 yards from the lightning strike that killed 1 and injured 9.

[Thunder Dump]

That was a crazy storm. Glad you're okay.

[Olds442]

man if jpm would have been there i'd have had all 4 in the top ten.

still, i got pretty lucky for a change.

[colchar]

Originally Posted by Olds442

man if jpm would have been there i'd have had all 4 in the top ten.

still, i got pretty lucky for a change.

Yeah you had a good day eh? I wish I had started Truex instead of Montoya.

[Olds442]

Originally Posted by colchar

Yeah you had a good day eh? I wish I had started Truex instead of Montoya.

Same here.

Its usually my luck that my guy is leading going into the last couple laps, then all hell breaks loose. I had Kyle so when he got sideways I wasn't surprised. Luckily I had Ambrose and hornish too and Kyle recovered a 7th.

I got lucky, for once.

[Thunder Dump]

I hate it when I miss the deadline for switching drivers. Tried yesterday about an hour too late--now I'm stuck with my road racing crew at Michigan.

[colchar]

Originally Posted by Thunder Dump

I hate it when I miss the deadline for switching drivers. Tried yesterday about an hour too late--now I'm stuck with my road racing crew at Michigan.

I switched drivers but didn't realize one wasn't competing in this race (he is listed and recommended in the preview that they put out so I am not sure what happened and am too lazy to search out the answer). Luckily I had another C-list driver picked and am able to start him. I would have liked to have the option to start the one that had the best qualifying time though.

[colchar]

I left the first and second place finishers on the bench this week

[Bigfoot410]

Martin almost bought the farm had it been a foot or two forward.....damn!
Hate gopherface Biffle, but I slipped into third. This has surpassed any life achievement thus far.......yippie

[Hack]

Yeah, I dont think there would have been enough of Martin to scrape into a shovel. Sure am glad he faired well.

[Thunder Dump]

That would have been ugly.

And man, I am going the wrong way in this segment.

[Olds442]

i did a lot better than i thought i would.

i had my watkins glen drivers in, didn't make the change in time.

this weekend should be a good one. bristol at night is like nothing else.

and yeah, martin's wreck had me scared. he's one of the classiest guys in the sport and that could have been really ugly.

[Bigfoot410]

Does this continue? I was chasin' down Colchar

[colchar]

Originally Posted by Bigfoot410

Does this continue? I was chasin' down Colchar

The summer session is over so now we are into the playoffs. This is the last session of the season and there are ten races in this session.

So anyone can win the playoffs (we all start at zero points for this session) but our season totals are still the same so I am still in the overall lead.

[Olds442]

man i have to get my act together. the last two weeks i've tanked.

i'll be out there for the nationwide race saturday, boo yah for the home track!

[Bigfoot410]

Two Canucks, first and second!
I guess we're poor and stoooopid enough.

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[Olds442]

who won this week?

this guy.

[colchar]

Originally Posted by Olds442

who won this week?

this guy.

Yeah you beat me by something like four points - Congrats!!!

[Thunder Dump]

Up until Gordon slapped the wall I was having a good day.