Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Trifecta- Deja Vu Edition

Greetings, race fans! No, it's not a mistake. We have the same line up of races that we did last week.

The races are:

1.) The NASCAR Nationwide Series race from Talladega, Saturday April 16; green flag drops at 3:19pm ET.

2.) The F1 Chinese Grand Prix, Sunday, April 17; green flag drops at 3:00am ET.

3.) The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from Talladega, Sunday April 17; green flag drops at 1:19pm ET.

4.) The IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach, Sunday April 17; green flag drops at 4:30pm ET.

The starting order for this week:

Dwindy
kristen
Tez
SB
CR
jon
Hanny
Bev
moseby

And before we go, a brief quiz- no getting help on this one. Besides being Income Tax Day(US), what is the historical significance of April 15?

Good luck and let's go racing.
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  1. Dwindy1April 14, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Otay... (Buckwheat!)

    April 15th is two days before this Aries' birthday!!!

    Formula One - Sebastian (3X)Vettel

    Cup - Tony (There's always room for Jello!) Stewart

    IndyCar - Dario (Not smiling now) Franchitti

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  2. Gene HaddockApril 14, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    No sense in me making my picks until some in front of me go.

    The 150th anniversary of the Southern Revolution has been going on in Charleston all week. Re-enactments every day, but I don't think April 15th was a memorable date in 1861.

    April 15 was Jackie Robinson's first day in the major leagues.

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  3. SpeedBeagleApril 14, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    The Beagle is going with-

    NW- Bad Brad

    Cup- Tony

    F1- Vettel makes it three in a row


    Hanny- nope, April 15 wasn't memorable in 1861, but here's a relevant question for you-

    Who was given the honor of firing the first UNION shot at Ft. Sumter?

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  4. SpeedBeagleApril 14, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    Driver change for the Beagle-

    NW- Kevin Harvick

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  5. CR_RacingApril 14, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    SB, you mean the 1st return fire from Ft Sumter? Could have been Jimmy Crackorn for all I know!

    F1- Sebastian '3 peat' Vettel
    Indy- Will '2 in a row' Power
    Cup- Flying, Ryan Newman

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  6. klvalusApril 14, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    Wow view from the front row is pretty nice! Wonder if I'll stay there with these picks?? =)

    NW - I love my DALE JUNYER!

    IRL - I have the WILL POWER!

    Cup - I love my DALE JUNYER!

    Hmmmm 4/15 is the day SB finds her glasses?

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  7. Gene HaddockApril 14, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    Speedy... that's an easy one. I don't know if he was given the honor, but Abner Doubleday claimed to have fired the first Union shot.

    Of course, he also claimed to have invented baseball.

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  8. SpeedBeagleApril 15, 2011 at 7:18 AM

    Kristen- I wish I could wear glasses. They'd be a lot easier to find.

    Hanny- Abner's claim to the first Union shot at Ft. Sumter is legitimate. It's backed up in Major Anderson's(commanding officer of the fort) account of the siege.

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  9. SpeedBeagleApril 15, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    A hint for today's historical event- it may not get a lot of attention this year, but it most certainly will next year.

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  10. tezgm99April 15, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    F1 - Lewis "I'll force my way past Vettel into 1" Hamilton
    Indycar - Will "give me more" Power
    Cup - Dale Earnhardt "wth? Tez never picks me" Jr

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  11. Gene HaddockApril 15, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    NW.... E Sad

    Cup... JPM

    INDY... Dixon

    Next year will be the 100th aniv of the Titanic sinking... still not as big a deal as Jackie Robinson.

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  12. jon_464April 15, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    NW--Menard

    Cup--Happy

    Indy--Ryan Briscoe

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  13. mosebyApril 15, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Cup - McMurray
    F1 - Hamilton
    Indy - Dario

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  14. jon_464April 15, 2011 at 11:48 AM

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  15. jon_464April 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    SB--Harvick's not entered in the NW race, but Smoke is.

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  16. Gene HaddockApril 15, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    Just saw Harv qualify the 33 NW car.

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  17. jon_464April 15, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    I'll go with ESad then.

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  18. jon_464April 15, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    On the entry list, Clint Bowyer was listed as the driver of the #33 car for the NW race.

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  19. SpeedBeagleApril 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Bev(via Facebook) is going with her usual lineup of

    NW- Joey

    Cup-Jamie

    Indy- Dario

    And yes, today is the 99th anniversary of the Titanic sinking(it's also the anniversay of Abraham Lincoln's death and Leonardo da Vinci's birthday).

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  20. tezgm99April 15, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    the lineup on nascar.com says Bowyer in the 33, Harvick in the 4....

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  21. jon_464April 16, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    Fox Sports' web site has it wrong AGAIN!! They had Stewart in the #4 car. That site has gone WAY downhill!!! Most of their NASCAR articles are unreadable in their content and interest level. (I stopped liking them when they co-opted Southern Cindi's Hot or Not after she passed on.) I'd rather go to Yahoo Sports or NASCAR.COM. Thanks for the 411, Tez!

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  22. tezgm99April 16, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    The worst I've seen is the 'virtual thunder' one, Jon. They list Clint, Kevin, Speed and Menard all in the 33, usually forget Kahne when he's in the 38, still have Danica in the 7 and Mikey Waltrip is permanently in the 99 all season so far as I've not seen Ryan Truex. I think they even still have Burton in the 29 too *rolls eyes*

    That makes picking qualy and race results (as that is what the site is) for NW rather sucky, lol

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  23. SpeedBeagleApril 16, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Ok, the Beagle is taking the penalty and dumping Harvick in the Nationwide race- going with Dixon in the Indy Car race.

    Also driver change for Cup race- going with Jeffie G instead of Tony.

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  24. tezgm99April 17, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    best F1 race ever....period!

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  25. SpeedBeagleApril 17, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    With everyone completing one race:

    Tez 1
    moseby 1
    Dwindy 2
    CR 2
    Bev 2
    jon 5
    Hanny 5
    SB 7
    kristen 9

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  26. CR_RacingApril 17, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Best F1 race ever?

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  27. CR_RacingApril 17, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Here was another "best F1 race ever"

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8379846495749936835#

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  28. tezgm99April 17, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    CR; that was before my time therefore it doesn't count, LOL!

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  29. CR_RacingApril 17, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    LOL tez ...you whipper snapper!

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  30. CR_RacingApril 17, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    Pretty good racing, even though it was "before" you're time. ;-)

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  31. SpeedBeagleApril 17, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    After two:

    Tez 5
    SB 10
    jon 10
    kristen 13
    Dwindy 19
    moseby 22
    Bev 23
    CR 27
    Hanny 35

    Will tez hold on for the win or will the Beagle or jon make a last lap pass?

    (Kristen you might want to consider driver change if you want to go for the win.)

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  32. CR_RacingApril 17, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    Seriously Tez... check the video link out. Great last lap racing for the win.

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  33. SpeedBeagleApril 17, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Well who'd have thought this would be a nail biter? jon blows past tez to take the win this week, giving us our 5th winner in five trifectas.

    No Trifecta next week. Happy Easter and Happy Passover!!

    The final standings:

    jon 12
    tez 15
    Dwindy 22
    kristen 23
    moseby 25
    Bev 26
    SB 28
    CR 37
    Hanny 53

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  34. tezgm99April 17, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    bloody Helio, that dancing dolt should have freaking retired at the end of 2009 when he was actually winning!

    congrats Jon, lol

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  35. SpeedBeagleApril 17, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    Thought everyone might like to see the standing in the overall Chase for the Coveted Triple Lug Nut Trophy:

    moseby
    dwindy
    cr
    Hanny
    jon
    Tez
    SB
    kristen

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  36. klvalusApril 17, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    Speedy I'll never change drivers - I rarely know when the races are on and don't want to make any extra work for you...It wont help me anyway! LOL

    Hehehe Helio has Junyer-disease - too much thinking about me! =P

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  37. CR_RacingApril 17, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    Kudos to Jon!

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  38. jon_464April 17, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    Thanks guys!! Gotta thank Kristen as well for giving me that extra push across the finish line!

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  39. Dwindy1April 18, 2011 at 3:32 AM

    Good 1 jon!

    Its gonna be a race to the finish!

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  40. klvalusApril 18, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    Your welcome Jon! And for my other driver taking out all the competition...

    Congrats!

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