The weather report from Richmond and Kansas looks good with only a 10% chance of rain over the weekend.
This week features another "Build Your Own" Trifecta, with races in the Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide, Sprint Cup, and IRL.
Just a reminder that there is NO PENALTY for changing a driver within races (i.e.- switching Kyle for Kevin in the Nationwide race). A 5 point penalty will be assessed for changing races once the first race is complete.
Now on to the races:
First up is the NASCAR Nationwide race from Richmond, Friday April 30; green flag drops at 7:43pm ET.
Next is the IRL race from Kansas, Saturday May 1; green flag drops at 2:00pm ET.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup race from Richmond, Saturday May 1; green flag drops at 7:44pm ET.
Finally, the NASCAR Camping World Truck series race from Kansas, Sunday May 2; green flag drops at 1:19pm ET. (Sorry Hanny and Jon, Kyle and Kevin are not on the entry list for this race, so no chance at a Kylefecta or a Kevfecta this weekend.)
Players, pick your drivers.
Nationwide - Kyle Busch.
ReplyDeleteNASCAR Sprint Cup - Kyle Busch.
Truck - Ron Hornaday.
Hi Athens-
ReplyDeleteYour picks are all logged in. Good luck.
Nationwide--Kevin Harvick
ReplyDeleteCup--Kevin Harvick
Truck--Matt Crafton
Gotta go with my central California drivers! (Matt Crafton is from Tulare, about an hour away from me.)
NNS.....KYLE!
ReplyDeleteCup.....KYLE!
CWTS....Ken Schrader!
Where are the rest of our usual cast of characters? Kristen is usually one of the first ones to post. Tez????? CR????????
ReplyDeleteTez is here....I'll pick Jimmie Johnson for everything again like last week since it worked so well :P
ReplyDeleteso that'll be Joey 'Jimmie' Logano for the NW, Scott 'Johnson' Dixon in Indycar and Johnny 'JJ' Sauter in the Trucks please :)
It's weird to having the IRL race before the Truck race, but whateva'
ReplyDeleteNationwide - BK
Cup - Hamlin
IRL - Helio the Dancing Brazilian
The Beagle picks-
ReplyDeleteNNS- Joey
Cup- Tony
IRL Helio
The standings after one race-
ReplyDeletemoseby 1
Atherns 4
Hanny 4
Tez 6
SB 6
jon 7
Ok... I'm a little late. But thankfuly there's still some racing left!
ReplyDeleteIZOD-IRL (some side effects from taking IzodIRL are: Profuse sweating, swearing, male sexual disfunction, and fear of passing...
Ryan Briscoe.
CUP- Denny Hamlin
The series formaly known as NCTS... Ron Hornaday.
Hey! I just realized something... I'm leading with zero points! LOL
Hey CR! Better late than never.
ReplyDeleteThe revised standings after one race:
moseby 1
Athens 4
Hanny 4
Tez 6
SB 6
CR 6
jon 7
Also, the Beagle is changing her Cup pick from Tony to Jamie Mc.
Well folks, with all players having completed 2 races, we've got another fight to the finish on our hands.
ReplyDeleteThe standings:
Athens 5
Hanny 5
moseby 5
Tez 7
jon 10
SB 10
CR 18
Tune in tomorrow to see how it all sorts out.
Changing my truck pick to Ricky Carmichael.
ReplyDeleteHamlin finished 11th, or 12th?
ReplyDeleteCR-
ReplyDeleteDriver change noted. The results I saw last night had Denny in 12th, but then again, they were wrecking as they came across the finish line. I checked NASCAR.com this morning, and they show Denny in 11th, so that's what we'll go with. The points have been adjusted accordingly-
Athens 5
Hanny 5
Tez 7
jon 10
moseby 16
CR 17
SB 29
The Beagle will be scrapping the poor showing in the Cup race, and taking Todd Bodine in the truck race and the 5 point penalty.
Another close and exciting finish to this week's Trifecta. Tez picked two of three winners this week, but despite that strong showing, Athens eked out her first win of the season by one point. Congratulations Athens!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe standings with all races complete:
Athens 7
Tez 8
Hanny 14
moseby 16
SB 18
CR 29
jon 35
And in the chase for the coveted Triple Lug Nut Trophy CR still holds the lead with 2 wins over jon, Hanny, Kristen, and Athens.
Congrats to Athens!
ReplyDeleteThanks SB for keeping this going. I think everyone who misses a race should be called a start n' park driver/person. That makes me one, since I missed the 1st Trifecta. Someone send out a missing person report on Kristen!
LOL, CR!!! That could be a new rule- miss a race, you become a start and park driver and have to start from the back of the field(your picks are logged in last).
ReplyDeleteIt will have to wait until next season, however. Unlike NASCAR, we here at the Trifecta do not make up the rules as we go :o).
That's a good one SB! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI was ruined by Logano...however, given the choice of him or Luongo having a blinder, I'll take Looooooo for another 11 games please :)
ReplyDeleteThanks y'all! I haven't played all year but I just knew Kyle was going to win.
ReplyDeleteDang, my apologies for not saying 'congrats Athens!'.
ReplyDeleteI was moving this weekend and the internet doesn't get hooked up until this Thursday so I had to rely on any wireless connections in the apartment block with no way to tell how long I'd be online before it would drop out, lol
Congrats Athens!
ReplyDeleteI guess I am the start and parker for this week...sorry forgot to tell everyone I had to jet out to Cleveland to see my grandmother - kinda a last min trip.
I'll be around to win the Darlington Trifecta not to worry!!