Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Trifecta- Another Saturday Night Edition

Greetings, race fans!

This week marks the last Saturday night race of the 2009 season. ABC will be airing regional coverage of College Football which may or may not delay the start of the race telecast; however, looking at the schedule, none of the games look to be that close.

This week's Trifecta comes to you from Charlotte, North Carolina, where it's currently raining. Qualifying is at 7pm ET tonight; there's a 60% chance of continued precip, so expect the field to be set by points. The Weather Channel says that the rain should clear out in time for Friday night's Nationwide race as well as Saturday night's Cup race.

Following Saturday night's Cup race, we'll be jetting off to sunny Sao Paolo, Brazil for the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix.

The races:

1,) The NASCAR Nationwide Series race from Charlotte, Friday 10/16; green flag drops at 8:16pm ET. NOTE: You may not pick the same driver for both the Nationwide and Cup races.

2.) The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from Charlotte, Saturday 10/17; green flag drops at 7:41pm ET.

3.) The F1 Brazilian Grand Prix from Sao Paolo, Brazil, Sunday 10/18; green flag drops at 12:00pm ET


Players, pick your drivers and let's go racing!
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25 comments:

  1. SpeedBeagleOctober 15, 2009 at 11:15 AM

    I'm going to go ahead and post my picks now. I've got a busy weekend, and when that happens, I usually forget to make my picks:

    NW- Tony Stewart
    Cup- JJ
    F1- Barrichello

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  2. SpeedBeagleOctober 15, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    Kristen's picks(posted in last week's Trifecta):

    NW - Allgaier
    Cup - JJ
    F1 - Alonso

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  3. tezgm99October 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM

    NW - Carl Edwards
    Cup - Kasey Kahne
    F1 - Sebastien Vettel

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  4. jon_464October 15, 2009 at 10:04 PM

    NW--Brad Keselowski

    Cup--JPM

    F1--Jensen Button

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  5. CR_RacingOctober 16, 2009 at 9:00 AM

    NW- Carl Edwards

    Cup- JJ

    F1- Mark Webber

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  6. mosebyOctober 16, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    NNS - Joey Sliced Bread Logano

    Cup - VIVA MONTOYA!

    F1 - Kimi Raikkonen

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  7. Brad C 525October 16, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    NW = Brad Keselowski

    Cup = Tony Stewart

    F1 = Seb Vettel

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  8. SpeedBeagleOctober 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    Ok- last minute driver changes for the Beagle(and I'll probably regret it)

    NW- Kyle Busch
    Cup- Mark Martin

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  9. AnonymousOctober 16, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    NW = Brad Keselowski

    Cup = Tony Stewart

    F1--Jensen Button

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  10. SpeedBeagleOctober 16, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    After the Nationwide race-

    SB 1
    Tez 5
    CR 5
    jon 6
    bc525 6
    Beverly 6
    Kristen 12
    moseby 14

    Can't believe I was the only one on the Kyle bandwagon this week.

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  11. tezgm99October 17, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    I think I'll be changing Vettel after that dismal Q1 effort.

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  12. tezgm99October 17, 2009 at 10:57 AM

    is anyone watching the F1? It's absolutley hosing down there, Q2 is scheduled to begin now, some half an hour after it was supposed to, lol

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  13. CR_RacingOctober 17, 2009 at 6:12 PM

    Tez... Yes, quite wet, and the worst of the weather is yet to come. Vettel was awesome for me last week. Unfortunately I chose badly in some NASCAR race, and my 2 #1 finishers in F1 and IRL only netted me 2nd place! So, who are you switching Vettel for?

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  14. tezgm99October 17, 2009 at 6:28 PM

    CR: I'm waiting until tomorrow so I can see what the weather is like there, LOLOL!

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  15. SpeedBeagleOctober 17, 2009 at 8:34 PM

    I knew I'd regret that change. Oh well.

    CR 6
    Tez 8
    Kristen 13
    bc525 19
    Beverly 19
    SB 20
    jon 41
    moseby 49

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  16. tezgm99October 17, 2009 at 9:13 PM

    it would have worked well if Jimmie had gotten Jr's gearbox tonight, SB.

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  17. CR_RacingOctober 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    So Tez... You going to go with the Brazilian pole sitter? It's coming down to you and me at the moment. What ever you do, don't pick Button! LOL

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  18. SpeedBeagleOctober 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM

    Or if Jimmie and Jeffie would have wrecked each other on that last restart(there were times that it looked inevitable, but Jimmie managed to hang on).

    I look for Barrichello to do well in front of the home crowd.

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  19. tezgm99October 18, 2009 at 8:28 AM

    ordinarily, SB, I'd agree with you on Rubens....only his luck at his home race is simply horrible. I'm probably going to switch to either Sutil or the Kimster but don't know exactly which yet. They're expecting a bit of rain during the race which tells me that Webber will be cursing since he's got a more dry setup but we shall see in a couple hours I guess.

    I have 30 minutes to pick my driver, lol

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  20. tezgm99October 18, 2009 at 8:35 AM

    now saying a low chance of rain....wish they'd make up their minds, LOL!

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  21. tezgm99October 18, 2009 at 8:58 AM

    righto, we'll take a punt....Adrian Sutil, don't let me down, buddy!

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  22. tezgm99October 18, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    well that was a short day for me; Trulli tried the impossible and took out both Sutil and Alonso....useless Italian dolt!

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  23. tezgm99October 18, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    although, that means I can watch the race without being on edge, lol

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  24. tezgm99October 18, 2009 at 11:52 AM

    nice job, CR!

    and well done to Mark Webber for the victory and congrats to Jenson Button and the whole Brawn team for clinching both titles :)

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  25. SpeedBeagleOctober 18, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    Final standings:

    CR 7
    bc525 14
    Beverly 24
    Tez 26
    SB 28
    Kristen 33
    jon 46
    moseby 55


    See you next week!!

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