This will be our first "Build Your Own" Trifecta of the season. Remember that there is a 5 point penalty for dumping a bad showing. There is no penalty for changing races before the posted green flag times of BOTH races.
This week's starting grid:
1 Hanny, 2 Dwindy, 3 moseby, 4 CR, 5 jon, 6 RA6AN, 7 JD, 8 SB, 9 Tez, 10 Bev, 11 kristen
On to the races:
1.) The NASCAR Nationwide Series race from California, Saturday March 26; green flag drops at 5:46pm ET (entry list)
2.) The F1 Australian Grand Prix from Melbourne, Sunday March 27; green flag drops at 2:00am ET.
3.) The Indy Car race from St. Petersburg Florida, Sunday March 27; green flag drops at 12:30pm ET.
4.) The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from California, Sunday March 27; green flag drops at 3:16pm ET (entry list)
There you have it. Players, make your picks.
woohoo, back into the routine :D
ReplyDeleteNW - Kyle 'I can win in a lawnmower' Busch
F1 - Mark 'Red Bull isn't just a drink, Lewis' Webber
Indycar - Will 'road warrior' Power
I've got to get out the basement! I am starting to feel like Denny Hamlin...
ReplyDeleteI'll follow Tez's lead...
NW - Kevin 'gotta beat Menard' Harvick
Indy - Helio 'of course Kristen is picking me' Castroneves
Cup - Jimmie 'I own Fontana' Johnson
Okie dokie then...
ReplyDeleteNW - Carl "Why can't we just get along" Edwards
F1 - Sebastian "Where's Alonso?" Vettel
Cup - Jimmie "Six Time..." Johnson
Sorry Kristen, but this is for the gusto (Now watch Gene steal my thunder!)LOL
I'm a trendsetter, go me, LOL!
ReplyDeleteNW- Kyle 'Winning' Busch
ReplyDeleteF1- Seb "mind if I use your wing?" Vettel
Indy- Will 'street savy' Power
wow, that was close... I almost mirrored tez's picks!
ReplyDeleteI suppose I could screw everyone and pick Kyle in the NW race... but I'm in it to win it, so....
ReplyDeleteNW.... Brad "Jet Ski" Keselowski
Indy.... "Super" Dario Franchiti
Cup..... Carl "Jack Wagon" Edwards
The Beagle will go with
ReplyDeleteNW- Brad "Kenickie" Keselowski
Indy- Dario "Duncan McLeod" Franchitti
Cup- Kyle "Fraulein Schweiger" Busch
SB, I posted mine through Facebook this morning. Here is what I posted:
ReplyDeleteF1--Hamilton
NW--Happy
Cup--JJ
The time of the post was between 9:30-10 am Pacific time.
ReplyDeletejon-
ReplyDeletegot you logged in. With the starting grid being set by last "week's" finishing order, posting time is not an issue unless you're changing drivers or races.
Beverly via Facebook-
NW- Joey
Cup- Jamie Mc
Indy- Dario
F1 - Hamilton
ReplyDeleteIRL - Dario
Cup - Edwards
Sorry - didn't stay with the theme:
ReplyDeleteLewis "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me" Hamilton
Dario "Don't you wish your wife was hot like me" Franchitti
Carl "Don't you wish your cousin was hot like me" Edwards
LOL @ moseby
ReplyDeleteNW: Ricky "I got Mark Martin's body" Stenhouse
ReplyDeleteF1: Mark "Oi Oi Oi" Webber
Cup: Carl "Flippin" Edwards
Ok, everyone is logged in. Katie will give a Beagle hi-5 to anyone who can explain her references :o).
ReplyDeleteGrease...Highlander...Sound of Music!
ReplyDelete=)
Do I get to move up in the standings now?? LOL
LOL Kristen!
ReplyDeleteKristen... Did you go look those up or did you already know them? I'm bettin' you looked! LOL
ReplyDeletePreliminary results after the Nationwide race (Moseby's first race is the F1 race):
ReplyDeleteCR 1
Tez 1
Dwindy 2
jon 3
kristen 3
RA6AN 4
Bev 7
Hanny 10
SB 10
Nope - I know Grease like the back of my hand, Kelly knows Highlander and I figured had to be Sound of Music since SB loves that movie!!
ReplyDelete3rd I'll take! Come on Helio and JJ!
complete standings after one race:
ReplyDeleteCR 1
Tez 1
Dwindy 2
moseby 2
jon 3
kristen 3
RA6AN 4
Bev 7
Hanny 10
SB 10
Searching for that illusive, perfect score... Come on Will Power, dig deep! He's got parts of his car flapping....
ReplyDeleteKristen-
ReplyDeleteYou got the movies right, but what about the reasoning behind the choices :o) ?
No idea on your reasoning SB!
ReplyDeleteOn another note - DANG IT HELIO!
I should have 5 points with one race to go (the Cup race), since I took Hamilton in the F1 race and he finished 2nd.
ReplyDelete***DRIVER CHANGE FOR CUP***
ReplyDeleteKEVIN "HAPPY" HARVICK
On second thought: CARL EDWARDS.
ReplyDeletejon-
ReplyDeletethat was the complete standings after one race. The 2nd update hasn't been posted yet since so many have the IndyCar race as their 2nd race.
Well, C "open wheeler" R is done. Good luck in the Cup race everyone.... catch me if you can! lol
ReplyDeleteWith all players having completed two races:
ReplyDeleteCR 2
Dwindy 3
moseby 3
jon 5
Tez 6
Bev 8
RA6AN 9
Hanny 11
SB 11
kristen 23
tez and CR are finished for the day and CR is sweating out the Cup race.
ReplyDeletegod I am absolutely sucking!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to CR!! Jon cant believe you bailed on your boy...LOL
Thanks Kristen. Jon, Jon, Jon... shaking my head... LOL
ReplyDeleteHey look at Ryan Newman! 2nd place in points!!
Congrats to Kevin!
CR, I know! I DESERVE to be B-slapped for that!!
ReplyDeleteWell, it was an exciting finish. CR waited anxiously as moseby and dwindy fought it out in the cup race. A last lap pass by Kevin Harvick relegated dwindy's driver, Jimmie, to 2nd place and preserved the win for CR.
ReplyDeletethe final standings:
CR 4
Dwindy 5
Tez 8
moseby 9
jon 11
SB 14
RA6AN 15
Hanny 17
kristen 25
Bev 31
See you next week!!
nice one, CR! Shoulda gone with the other Red Bull....dang my nationalistic pride, lol
ReplyDeleteWTG, CR!!
ReplyDeleteWNTG, Jon!!
LOL tez, nothing wrong with nationalistic pride, at least 95% of the time!
ReplyDeleteJon, I have to lightheartedly agree with Hanny... WNTG!
CR, congrats on the win! Sorry this wasn't sooner! DEFINITELY a WNTG!!
ReplyDelete