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Race
Summary:
Well,
well, well... I guess racinboys decided to prove that last week was certainly an
accident! He submitted a personal best 17 point roster and this week's #1
race lineup. Welcome back... if you keep this up you'll surpass your
previous season-high of 15th place.
Another
fine lineup this week came from Shake N Bake Racing. With an 18 point
lineup, Shake N Bake ends the slow downslide they've been on since the third
race of the season. Things are looking up now, though, as they climb back
into the top 15.
Speaking
of looking up, we have a new team at the top after Talledega. Well, new
from last week anyway... dirty duck is no stranger to the number one spot.
He has claimed the crown 7 out of 9 weeks so far this year. The spot is
gained, of course, at the expense of race junky who fell victim to the
"overdrive" melee as many of us did.
Once
again, the top five remained the same this week even though a few teams decided
to swap around: dirty duck and race junky in 1 and 2, and also Speedracer and
4U2Envy in 4 and 5.
JTC &
the Boyz makes a top-five-threatening jump up three spots and just 5 points out
of the top 5!
The
biggest jump in season standings went to trentonk, who at first I thought was
another no show this week until I checked my email and found his submitted
lineup. Trentonk is only 4 points outside the top 10 after moving up 5
spots this week. He is another team that has been on the downhill slide
since race #2, but now seems to be back on track to move into the top 10, maybe
even back into the top 5!
The Tyler
Tandem turned in a personal best roster and moved up 4 positions in the season
standings. Watch out for this team... the last two races they have been
turning in top 10 race lineups. Consistency is the key to moving up in the
season charts.
On the
flip side, Brickman fell like a... well, like a brick! Down seven spots,
the Brick-meister had an unfortunate lineup containing Carl Edwards. And
if that wasn't discouraging enough, Casey Mears added even more insult to
injury. Oh well, at least he had Denny Hamlin who looked like he was going
to win the race or at least get a top five, right? Wrong! After
making the entire field go for their Sunday afternoon leisure drive under the
pretty yellow flag, Denny didn't have enough zip left in his zap, and ended up
being yet another thorn in the Brick today.
Another
victim this week was Spanky. Even though the lineup wasn't terrible, the
season points were close and it seemed like everyone behind him turned in a good
to great roster. Alas, Spanky got spanked and dropped 5 spots and out of
the top 15 this week.
Special
kudos go out to Budman and Queen B. Yes, they currently inhabit the bottom
half of the season standings, but they have been on the upsurge and both have
their highest season ranking to date.
KB GB
Racing is also a team that has been consistently improving each week.
After a bad start, KB GB Racing is proving that consistency is the key as they
creep closer and closer to the top ten.
Special
non-kudos go to Hotrod, who has recently achieved the lowest ranking of the
season for that team!
Team
Recognition:
Sorry,
these awards aren't worth anything but bragging rights!
The GOLD
Helmet this week goes to The Tyler Tandem, McCurdy Racing and MonkeyMan for selecting
David Gilliland. Yeah... he qualified good, but this is Talledega
right? How good can he really finish? How about 7th for your
answer! Great selection!
The SILVER
Steering Wheel Award goes to dirty duck, racinboys, Shake N Bake Racing, and
trentonk for having all four of their drivers finish in the top ten this
week! It would be hard enough to do that for the rest of us without a
salary cap, and you managed to do it on a budget. Congrats, nice picks!
The BRONZE
Burnout Award goes to everyone that picked this week's winner, Jeff
Gordon. I don't care if you like him or not, he is really having a great
year so far and is difficult to ignore on your lineup.
The GOLDEN
Dipstick Award goes to none other than Brickman. Sometimes you just hit a
brick wall... without a safer-barrier! Things may look a little desperate
now down in the bottom-feeders of the season standings. Make sure you
don't get used to it down there!
~
Adam
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