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Race
Summary:
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Ton of Teams in the Teens Just like last year, after somewhat of a
disaster at Daytona, a whole pileup of teams turned in excellent race lineups
under 20 points! Rocketman, Speedracer, & Whitetrash were just one
point away from perfection with 11 point rosters - great picks! Right
behind them were new-comers 5Star Hotrod and Macdaddy24 with 13 point
lineups. 5Star Hotrod missed Daytona along with some other teams, but this
team is showing that they know what it takes to bounce right back and be a
contender. After all was said and done, we had 19 teams with 19 points or
less. Pretty impressive! Keep up the good work!
Rain
Delay Was anyone else gonna do it? I'm curious if I'm the
only half to fully-crazed racing insomniac. I was primed with my Mountain
Dew, pot of coffee, and a handful of Vivarin to stay awake and catch the
remainder of the race. Okay, maybe I wasn't quite THAT juiced up, but I
was willing to stay up and watch the second race of the season in it's
entirety. Finally, they said those three little words I'd been waiting to
hear... "Postponed until tomorrow". While I was waiting the
almost 12 hours for the race to start, I did realize I needed to make a
clarification in the rules for rain delays. It should be somewhat
understood, but if you've ever raced you know full well that it's not what the
rules say, it's what they DON'T say. So, just for clarification: In the
event of a rain-delayed event, the lineup deadline will be extended or re-opened
ONLY if no laps have been completed. So, if this race would have been
postponed to Monday before any official laps had been made, I would have opened
up the race lineups again and the new deadline would have been set to the
postponed race time. If you're like me, you're second-guessing yourself
all the time and making changes right up to the last minute.
The
Biggest Loser I'm sure it was a long wait for at least one team in
the league - Racin Rusty. With Earnhardt and Hamlin going out early, early
in the laps on Sunday, I bet that was one team that wasn't too happy to watch
the final outcome of the race. Topping off the league at 94 points doesn't
usually hurt so bad when league average is around 50 or 60 points. But
this week's average was a little over 35 points, with a lot of teams in the
teens. Ouch. Some of the other contenders may have looked a little
worse because they had farther to fall. Hotrod hit the brakes and skidded
28 positions down the charts in the season standings. BEAD Racing and
thunder48 both slid down 25 spots each, with several other teams also losing
double-digit positions. On the up-side, 200 points back last year would
have gotten you 7th place, so no one is so bad off they can't recover and make
it to the top. Consistency is the key.
Laws
of Gravity Watch out, the simple laws of gravity don't always apply
to fantasy leagues... what goes up, doesn't always come down. A lot of
teams jumped the charts this week, but that was to be expected with so many
teams tied after week one. A few of those teams got the boost they needed
and they'll stay in contention. Others will prove to be
"pretenders" and will drop almost as fast as they rose. I'm not
naming names because I don't know who that will be. One thing I'm pretty
sure of is that Hot Rod Wildcat isn't doing a very good job and the #1
spot. Billinger Racing is breathing down my neck and will probably take
over #1 next week, barring any miscues or phenomenal lineups from teams
below. This week, I stayed in the lead by 1 point... which is probably the
racecar equivalent of about 1/2 a bumper.
Bounce-effect
Just like the teams that go up, some of the teams that fell this week won't stay
down long. This early in the season with points still relatively close,
you'll often see teams that fell a considerable amount "bounce" the
next week and make a big gain. Last year, racinboys missed a race early on
( 7th race ) and then turned around in the next two races with 17 and 28 point
lineups which earned that team 1st place and 2nd place, respectively, for that
week. I've seen it many times when points are close. It's what makes
this league so much fun!
Good Luck to everyone this week!
~ Adam
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