Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Trifecta- It's About D@*! Time Edition

Greetings Trifecta players. I bet you thought this day would never arrive, but it is finally here. Our second trifecta of the season also brings us our first "Build Your Own" of the season.

THE RACES

1. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Martinsville, Saturady March 27; green flag drops at 2:16pm ET

2. The F1 Australian Grand Prix, Sunday March 28; green flag drops at 2:00am ET

3. The NASCAR Sprint Cup race from Martinsville, Sunday March 28; green flag drops at 1:13pm ET

4. The IRL Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Sunday March 28; green flag drops at 3:46pm ET

THE RULES

Driver changes for a race must be submitted before the posted green flag start time.

If you have bad finish in an early race, you may change races with a 5 point penalty. Your switch must be posted before the green flag drops on the later race.
Ex: You pick drivers in the CWTS, Cup and F1. Your driver in the truck race smacks the wall on the first lap and is out of the race. You may- should you so decide- to pick a driver in the IRL race, and take a 5 point penalty.

There is NO PENALTY if you switch a race before it is run.
Ex: You pick drivers in the CWTS, Cup, and F1. Your F1 driver qualified poorly and doesn't have a chance. You switch from F1 to the IRL race BEFORE the green flag drops on either race.


THE STANDINGS

In the chase for the coveted Triple Lug Nut Trophy, Jon is on top of the leader board with 1 win.


That's all I have for this week. Any questions, just ask.

Players, pick your drivers(and races)!

35 comments:

  1. Its about freakin time! LOL

    Truck - I'm a bad person Harvick
    Cup - Big Daddy Jeffy G
    Indy - My Dancin' man Helio

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  2. K-

    Isn't it though??? Your picks are logged in.


    To those of you on Facebook--

    I post the Trifecta to my wall on Thursday and Friday. Would you like me to send a reminder to your FB inbox? I can do a group mailing thing just for those of us who are playing, and if you want to opt out of it, you can.

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  3. Thank you...

    BTW - I am at a brunch this Sunday so won't be around to do Martinsville Chat - have at it without me!

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  4. Truck - a toughie....I'll go with Timothy Peters
    F1 - has to be the hometown hero, Mark Webber
    Indy - the other Aussie, Will Power

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  5. All right! I have already forgot how bad I was in the last one. All those KYLE picks, I think.

    CWTS....Hornaday (he WILL cross the boss!)

    Cup.....JJ (thank me later)

    IRL.....Graham Rahal (the pride of C-Bus, Ohio!)

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  6. I agree, it's about DAMN time! Here are my picks:

    Trucks--Matt Crafton

    Cup--JJ (gotta jinx him somehow)

    IRL--Scott Dixon

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  7. Tez, Gene, and jon-

    Picks logged in on the spreadsheet.

    Gene- one day, Kyle will pull off the Kylefecta :o)

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  8. Trucks Kyle Busch

    IRL Danica Patrick. Just because I think she is cuter than the other drivers?

    Cup (definitely not Jimmie.) Tony Stewart

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  9. photo-

    Kyle Busch is not driving in the truck race this week. The truck he owns is being driven by Brian Ickler.

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  10. Trucks- Happy

    CUP- Jimmie Johnson

    F-1- Mark Webber

    Cheers!

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  11. Well, I'll go ahead and get my picks in

    Trucks- Todd Bodine

    Cup- Kevin Harvick

    IRL- Dario

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  12. Good luck! Might be watching the Cup race on Monday...rain rain rain!

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  13. Well, the results after the truck race look like this:

    Klv 1
    CR 1
    Hanny 2
    photogr 3
    Tez 4
    jon 7
    SB 30

    I will be availing myself of the "change races" provision and pick Fernando Alonso in the F1 race and take the penalty.

    The next update will be posted tomorrow after the Cup race.

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  14. SB, I like Fernando. Good choice.

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  15. rain just started falling with 15 minutes before the F1 race....could be in for a cracking race if it stays that way :D

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  16. Glock passes Schumacher....I must need new glasses, that's amazing!

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  17. Button the first to swap back to slicks...and swaps ends about 10 seconds later, oopsie.

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  18. but it is the right call as he sets fastest lap :o

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  19. 15 to go; Button, Kubica, Massa, Alonso and Hamilton top 5.

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  20. Hamliton has a go at Alonso leaving Webber to have a go at Hamilton....both the Brit and Aussie are out of the running.

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  21. or not....Lewis manages to end up in 6th and Mark in 9th, lol

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  22. Mark got a little greedy. At least he got 2 points.

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  23. Cup and IRL races postponed until tomorrow. Rain, rain go away--

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  24. is it just me or is it a little silly that Lewis is blaming Mark for the shunt yet didn't own up at Monza a couple years ago when he shoved two guys off the track....

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  25. Ok, after 2 races-

    Klv 10
    CR 10
    Tez 13
    jon 13
    SB 16
    photogr 18
    Hanny 26

    Looks like switching races is all for naught since Harvick is out of the race.

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  26. I thought Helio came in 5th? No worries I am still atop the standings! Go Big DADDY!

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  27. Thanks for the heads up Kristen. Evidently, the IRL results I got my data from were not the final standings. Here are the corrected standings after two races-

    Klv 5
    photogr 10
    CR 10
    Hanny 11
    Tez 13
    jon 13
    SB 14

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  28. And now for the final standings after all races have ended:

    Klv 8
    Tez 14
    CR 19
    Hanny 20
    jon 22
    photogr 36
    SB 49


    In the overall standings, Jon and Kristen are tied for the lead with 1 win each.

    IMPORTANT: EVEN THOUGH THE CUP GUYS ARE OFF NEXT WEEK, THERE WILL BE A TRIFECTA(CWTS, NNS, and F1).

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  29. good job, Kristen! If only Red Bull had pitted their guys a lap earlier, I might have had something for you, lol

    I may skip this week, SB....depends on when exactly it gets posted as I shall finally be seeing the gf after a wait of, nearly, three months due to the Olympics :o

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  30. WOOT! I havent seen the Cup race/results yet but happy to have prevailed...

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  31. Tez-

    The Trifecta will be posted sometime Thursday morning. If you'd like, you can go ahead and leave your picks early- or send them to me on Facebook- but you'll be logged in as the last one to pick before me.

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