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Todays NASCAR Race-pick your drivers!

LET'S GO RACIN BOYS!!!
Ok, here is the deal. Pick any 5 drivers in todays race.

No need to pick which order they will finish in.

After race, I will apply the points. Lowest point total wins!

Winner gets the "REPS!" from everyone else.

For example:

First place gets 1 point
Second gets 2

and so on.

(Posts after the start of the race will not be accepted.)

Lowest points wins. Here is the starting grid.

1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 137.279 26.224 Leader
2 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 137.111 26.256 -0.032
3 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 137.096 26.259 -0.035
4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Combos 136.981 26.281 -0.057
5 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 136.971 26.283 -0.059
6 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 136.945 26.288 -0.064
7 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 136.809 26.314 -0.090
8 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 136.773 26.321 -0.097
9 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 136.768 26.322 -0.098
10 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 136.674 26.340 -0.116
11 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 136.643 26.346 -0.122
12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 136.581 26.358 -0.134
13 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Vertis / Menards 136.560 26.362 -0.138
14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Tornados 136.457 26.382 -0.158
15 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Valvoline 136.405 26.392 -0.168
16 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 136.327 26.407 -0.183
17 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches 136.116 26.448 -0.224
18 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 136.060 26.459 -0.235
19 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 135.998 26.471 -0.247
20 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 135.772 26.515 -0.291
21 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Clorox 135.731 26.523 -0.299
22 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 135.701 26.529 -0.305
23 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 135.609 26.547 -0.323
24 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 135.578 26.553 -0.329
25 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 135.563 26.556 -0.332
26 00 David Reutimann Toyota Best Western 135.557 26.557 -0.333
27 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 135.527 26.563 -0.339
28 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 135.496 26.569 -0.345
29 34 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 135.471 26.574 -0.350
30 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 135.471 26.574 -0.350
31 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Bashas' 135.232 26.621 -0.397
32 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 134.932 26.680 -0.456
33 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 134.756 26.715 -0.491
34 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 134.685 26.729 -0.505
35 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 134.675 26.731 -0.507
36 32 Mike Skinner Ford Cerwin-Vega Mobile / K1 Speed 134.273 26.811 -0.587
37 60 Landon Cassill Toyota Big Red 134.048 26.856 -0.632
38 46 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet AAMCO Transmission / Ohsweken Speedway 134.043 26.857 -0.633
39 09 Bill Elliott Chevrolet Security Bene
fit / Rydex / Billboard.com 133.784 26.909 -0.685
40 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 133.393 26.988 -0.764
41 71 Andy Lally* Chevrolet Super Eco-Fuel Saver 131.926 27.288 -1.064
42 37 Tony Raines+ Ford Front Row Motorsports 131.661 27.343 -1.119
43 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Accell Construction 133.353 26.996 -0.772
 
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Old 02-27-2011, 10:17 AM
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Here are my 5:

Tony Stewart
Kyle Bush
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick
David Ragan

It doesn't matter if we pick some of the same drivers.

Let's Go Racin' Boys!
 
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Old 02-27-2011, 10:20 AM
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Hmmm... Well I'm going to pick

Greg Biffle
Tony Stewart
Carl Edwards
Denny Hamlin
Matt Kenseth
 
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Driven, heres mine, 16,18,1,88,31
 
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Old 02-27-2011, 10:39 AM
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Here is mine 88,18,29,14,5
 
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I will go with'

Carl
Kyle
Flyin Ryan
Jimmy Johnson
Tony Stewart
 
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Old 02-27-2011, 10:52 AM
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Carl Edwards
Jimmy Johnson
Tony Stewart
Kurt Busch
Greg Biffle

My picks...........Jr. will come in the top ten.
 
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Can I play after the big crash that just took out half the field? just put a big crimp in Edward's championship hopes,ding dong Kyle just took him out,and then a big crash after that.....so here are my top 5 to NOT win the race,in no particular order:

Edwards
Burton
Gordon
McMurray
Bowyer
 
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Tony Stewart----7
Kyle Bush--------2
Joey Logano-----33
Kevin Harvick-----4
David Ragan------36 Total-------82

Fordtruckman

Greg Biffle--------20
Tony Stewart------7
Carl Edwards------28
Denny Hamlin-----11
Matt Kenseth-------12 total 78

GIGGER

16------20
18,------2
1,-------35
88,------10
31------26 total-----93

04F-250mark

88,------ 10
18,--------2
29,--------4
14,--------7
5----------13 total----------36

hanklin

Carl---------28
Kyle ----------2
Flyin Ryan-----5
Jimmy Johnson----3
Tony Stewart------7 total--------45

old93junk

Carl Edwards-------28
Jimmy Johnson------3
Tony Stewart---------7
Kurt Busch------------8
Greg Biffle------------20 total -----------66




04F-250mark, great picks. 36 is the winner! Reps to you!
 
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Jeff Gordon
312 127.515 28.23 0.000 138 64 [+]
2
Kyle Busch
312 127.623 28.21 1.137 23 80 [+]
3
Jimmie Johnson
312 127.461 28.24 2.500 19 59 [+]
4
Kevin Harvick
312 127.384 28.26 2.827 1 44 [+]
5
Ryan Newman
312 127.164 28.31 3.697 7 64 [+]
6
Kasey Kahne
312 127.303 28.28 4.161 0 57 [+]
7
Tony Stewart
312 126.792 28.39 6.262 59 69 [+]
8
Kurt Busch
312 125.344 28.72 9.041 31 77 [+]
9
A.J. Allmendinger
312 125.431 28.70 9.176 0 69 [+]
10
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
312 128.000 28.12 9.500 0 55 [+]
11
Denny Hamlin
312 123.309 29.20 10.853 9 58 [+]
12
Matt Kenseth
312 125.997 28.57 10.927 2 43 [+]
13
Mark Martin
312 126.338 28.50 11.545 0 65 [+]
14
Martin Truex Jr.
312 126.187 28.53 15.323 0 56 [+]
15
Brad Keselowski
311 126.285 28.51 1 Lap 0 45 [+]
16
Marcos Ambrose
311 126.192 28.53 1 Lap 0 35 [+]
17
Paul Menard
311 125.975 28.58 1 Lap 0 63 [+]
18
Casey Mears
311 126.081 28.55 1 Lap 0 26 [+]
19
Juan Pablo Montoya
311 125.541 28.68 1 Lap 0 64 [+]
20
Greg Biffle
311 125.883 28.60 1 Lap 0 33 [+]
21
Bobby Labonte
310 126.011 28.57 2 Laps 0 64 [+]
22
David Gilliland
310 125.703 28.64 2 Laps 0 63 [+]
23
Bill Elliott
309 124.027 29.03 3 Laps 0 53 [+]
24
Mike Skinner
308 123.115 29.24 4 Laps 0 -- [+]
25
Tony Raines
306 123.305 29.20 6 Laps 0 19 [+]
26
Jeff Burton
276 122.825 29.31 36 Laps 0 27 [+]
27
Clint Bowyer
260 123.376 29.18 52 Laps 0 45 [+]
28
Carl Edwards
252 122.859 29.30 60 Laps 21 59 [+]
29
David Reutimann
246 119.020 30.25 66 Laps 0 29 [+]
30
Brian Vickers
238 124.542 28.91 74 Laps 0 27 [+]
31
Andy Lally
237 117.005 30.77 75 Laps 1 25 [+]
32
Robby Gordon
236 119.178 30.21 76 Laps 0 41 [+]
33
Joey Logano
213 124.766 28.85 99 Laps 0 32 [+]
34
Regan Smith
213 124.939 28.81 99 Laps 0 48 [+]
35
Jamie McMurray
126 119.241 30.19 186 Laps 0 36 [+]
36
David Ragan
125 101.326 35.53 187 Laps 0 39 [+]
37
J.J. Yeley
72 124.537 28.91 240 Laps 0 8 [+]
38
Landon Cassill
68 126.707 28.41 244 Laps 0 -- [+]
39
Travis Kvapil
66 48.355 74.45 246 Laps 0 -- [+]
40
Trevor Bayne
49 126.099 28.55 263 Laps 0 -- [+]
41
Michael McDowell
43 126.828 28.38 269 Laps 1 4 [+]
42
Dave Blaney
27 123.376 29.18 285 Laps 0 21 [+]
43
Joe Nemechek
22 61.002 59.01 290 Laps 0 -- [+]
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Your quick.

That wreck messed me up. Carl Edwards was looking like a top 5 car at least!
 
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Yeah, for me it was logano's motor, then David Ragan wrecking. That's the brakes!

Carl, by far, had the best car early.
 
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Are you going to do Vegas?
 
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Originally Posted by GIGGER
Are you going to do Vegas?
Sure! Why not. I have to work Sunday early, so I will post Saturday evening.

I'll request that all picks be in a list, like

18
24
5
16
88

It's quicker to make the totals this way.

Thanks for playing!
 
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