This week presents us with our second "Build Your Own" Trifecta of the season with races in Nationwide, Sprint Cup, F1, and IRL.
In the standings for the coveted Triple Lug Nut Trophy, we have a four way tie. Jon, Kristen, CR, and Hanny all have one win. Will this be the week that we have a repeat winner?
The Races
1.) The NASCAR Nationwide race from Texas, Saturday April 17; green flag drops at 3:46pmET (entry list).
2.) The F1 Chinese Grand Prix from Shanghai, Sunday April 18; green flag drops at 3:00amET (entry list).
3.) The NASCAR Sprint Cup race from Texas, Sunday April 18; green flag drops at 3:16pmET (entry list).
4.) The IRL Grand Prix of Long Beach, Sunday April 18; green flag drops at 4:15pmET (entry list).
Remember, should your driver tank in a particular race, you are permitted to change to a later race with a 5 point penalty.
Good luck, and let's go racing!
Its Thursday already! Are you going to the Texas race to jump on your beloved Tony SB?
ReplyDeleteMy winning picks are:
NW - Justin Lil'Gator
CUP - Cousin Carl Edwards
IRL - Will "I have the" Power
Kristen-
ReplyDeleteI wish. The only way Katie will ever get to throw herself on her Tony is if he makes an appearance here. Unfortunately, most drivers and their sponsors think that the westernmost border of the state of Texas is Interstate 35W.
NNS--Kevin Harvick
ReplyDeleteCup--Matt Kenseth
F1--Lewis Hamilton
IRL--Scott Dixon
BTW, what is a "Farm to Market" road?
Jon- you only need to pick drivers in 3 of the 4 races, so you need to sit someone out.
ReplyDeleteA Farm to Market road is exactly what it sounds like. It's a two lane road that meanders through the small farming communities and connects them to a major highway. It differs from a county road in that the state is responsible for maintaining the Farm to Market road. About the only time there's any traffic on them is during planting season and harvest season.
SB, I'll sit out Hamilton.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the clarification on the Farm to Market Roads.
ReplyDeleteFarm to market roads, ah yes, I remember those from my childhood summers on my grandfather's farm near Godley, which is near Cleburne, which is south of Fort Worth, which is near Teaxas Motor Speedway, which is where NASCAR is this weekend.
ReplyDeleteNNS- Kyle Busch
F1- Jensen Button
Indy- Will Power
Cup- Whoever takes 2 tires for the GWC restart, and doesn't spin their tires, and/or wreck!
Farm to Market roads aka, ALL roads leaving Virginia Tech.
ReplyDeleteNNS.....KYLE!
CUP.....KURT!
Izod....Helio!
NW - Kelly Bir...oh wait, Kyle Busch then
ReplyDeleteF1 - Sebby V in the Red Bull
Indy - Dario Franchitti
The Beagle picks:
ReplyDeleteNNS- Joey
Cup- Tony
IRL- Dario
Rain, rain, go away. Katie wants to race today(or at least tomorrow- unfortunately, it looks like Monday before NASCAR will be back on the track).
ReplyDeleterain scuppers Red Bull again, lol
ReplyDeleteahh well, great drives by the Macca boys ultimately.
As long as it's not raining in Long Beach, there will be a Trifecta update this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteRAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!
My open wheel picks finished on the podium. Nice!
ReplyDeleteAfter all players have completed one race, the standings are:
ReplyDeleteCR 1
Klv 3
jon 4
Tez 6
Hanny 7
SB 12
CR and Tez have completed 2 races. The rest of us are stuck in rain delay.
dang it, I'm never picking Dario again, lol
ReplyDeleteTwo races down, and the standings look like this:
ReplyDeleteCR 4
Hanny 11
Tez 18
jon 24
Klv 36
SB 44
Hanny and Tez, you might want to think about changing your NNS pick.
Not that it's going to move me up in the standings by any great leap, but I'm changing my Nationwide pick to Brad Keselowski.
ReplyDeleteI smell victory in the air...
ReplyDeleteIf Hanny and/or Tez don't change their picks, I don't see how you could lose. Then again, who would have thought that two of the most dominant cars in the Cup race would have finished 31st and 32nd.
ReplyDeleteWith the 5 lost points for changing, I don't think I would have a shot anyway. I'd need a driver to finish 13 spots ahead of KYLE!, and we know that won't happen.
ReplyDeleteBig picture, big picture..... We are racing for the Chase, aren't we?
No, no, no- You don't lose points for changing drivers in the SAME race(ie change Kyle to BK). You only lose points if you change races(ie change from NNS to F1).
ReplyDeleteI HATE to do it, but I will change KYLE! to carl edwards:(
ReplyDeleteThe Kiss of Death! Mwah
Stop gloating CR! Nobody likes a cocky egg counter. lol
Heee heee... ;-)
ReplyDeleteGee, is that they're doing when thy crank that tool? Adjusting the wedge? I thought they were winding the spring motor to make the car go faster! I'm so glad they explain these technical things for us morons! lol
ReplyDeleteYour Welcome, Everybody!
ReplyDeleteWe finally have a two time winner!!! Congrats CR on your water logged victory.
ReplyDeleteThe final standings:
CR 5
Tez 19
jon 29
Hanny 41
Klv 47
SB 48
Just a few notes. There is not a full schedule of races next weekend, so there will be no Trifecta. Our next Trifecta will be the weekend of April 30.
Katie has declared open season on the duck for the forseeable future. Pick him at your own risk(look at what happened to Hanny in the NNS race).
OUCH!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Katie for assuring the KYLE! win!
Kudos to Hanny and Katie!
ReplyDeletegood job, CR....one of these days, the rain won't ruin my chances with the F1 race pick, lol
ReplyDeleteCR taking the early lead -- congrats!
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