NASCAR Pick 'Em 2019 - Chicagoland

pjmolo

Director of driver attitude adjustments . . .
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The deadline for submittal of picks for the next race is Friday, June 28th, noon Eastern time.

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Only 20 points separating 12th from 24th.
I'm currently in 14th, so what you're telling me is... I can be passed by a thundering herd of players with one dud pick. Gee, thanks for letting me know.

@aunty dive and @jws926 and @Johali have kept their powder dry longer than the rest of us, so they will be moving forward, but they have a long way to go. I have at least a shot at keeping those guys behind me..:dual9mm:

I think the Las Vegas handicappers would make @pjmolo the favorite, just 56 points behind current leader @Clutch (aka @DeadManWalking, at least for this game). Mr. Molo has scored six brilliant picks with "C" drivers... Buescher for 16 at Fontana; Ty Dillon for 13 at Martinsville; Gaughan for 8 at Talladega; Reddick for 9 at Kansas; LaJoie for 12 at Kansas; and DiBenedetto for 4 at Sonoma. And he's got all seven "A" drivers plus seven "B" drivers available. Stout. I don't think 540 points (15.0 per race) will win this championship.
 
I'm currently in 14th, so what you're telling me is... I can be passed by a thundering herd of players with one dud pick. Gee, thanks for letting me know.

@aunty dive and @jws926 and @Johali have kept their powder dry longer than the rest of us, so they will be moving forward, but they have a long way to go. I have at least a shot at keeping those guys behind me..:dual9mm:

I think the Las Vegas handicappers would make @pjmolo the favorite, just 56 points behind current leader @Clutch (aka @DeadManWalking, at least for this game). Mr. Molo has scored six brilliant picks with "C" drivers... Buescher for 16 at Fontana; Ty Dillon for 13 at Martinsville; Gaughan for 8 at Talladega; Reddick for 9 at Kansas; LaJoie for 12 at Kansas; and DiBenedetto for 4 at Sonoma. And he's got all seven "A" drivers plus seven "B" drivers available. Stout. I don't think 540 points (15.0 per race) will win this championship.
I’m currently in that logjam as well in 19th, a good/bad pick could send you way up or down right now as close as everyone is.
 
I'm currently in 14th, so what you're telling me is... I can be passed by a thundering herd of players with one dud pick. Gee, thanks for letting me know.

@aunty dive and @jws926 and @Johali have kept their powder dry longer than the rest of us, so they will be moving forward, but they have a long way to go. I have at least a shot at keeping those guys behind me..:dual9mm:

I think the Las Vegas handicappers would make @pjmolo the favorite, just 56 points behind current leader @Clutch (aka @DeadManWalking, at least for this game). Mr. Molo has scored six brilliant picks with "C" drivers... Buescher for 16 at Fontana; Ty Dillon for 13 at Martinsville; Gaughan for 8 at Talladega; Reddick for 9 at Kansas; LaJoie for 12 at Kansas; and DiBenedetto for 4 at Sonoma. And he's got all seven "A" drivers plus seven "B" drivers available. Stout. I don't think 540 points (15.0 per race) will win this championship.
@DeadManWalking is still the Leader! :beerbang: :D
 
@Clutch (aka @DeadManWalking, at least for this game).

I don't think 540 points (15.0 per race) will win this championship.

@DeadManWalking is still the Leader! :beerbang: :D

@Clutch's remaining picks break down like this: 1 from the A group, 5 from the B group, and 14 from the C group.

If those 20 picks average 18 points per race he'll finish with 538 points (14.95 per race) for the season.


good luck wit dat :D
 
@Clutch's remaining picks break down like this: 1 from the A group, 5 from the B group, and 14 from the C group.

If those 20 picks average 18 points per race he'll finish with 538 points (14.95 per race) for the season.

good luck wit dat :D
Ha ha, the photo posted by @Clutch sums up his chances pretty well. On the other hand, YOU have seven A's, seven B's, and only six C's yet to pick. If you average 15.3 points per race with those 20 picks, you'll finish with 540 for the year. I expect you to do better than that... so I don't think any challenger can beat you by posting a 540 total. But I hope I'm wrong... he he he.
 
I think the Las Vegas handicappers would make @pjmolo the favorite, just 56 points behind current leader @Clutch (aka @DeadManWalking, at least for this game). Mr. Molo has scored six brilliant picks with "C" drivers... Buescher for 16 at Fontana; Ty Dillon for 13 at Martinsville; Gaughan for 8 at Talladega; Reddick for 9 at Kansas; LaJoie for 12 at Kansas; and DiBenedetto for 4 at Sonoma. And he's got all seven "A" drivers plus seven "B" drivers available. Stout. I don't think 540 points (15.0 per race) will win this championship.

There's a reason for that.

He makes picks based on a number of algorithms run on a Cray supercomputer hidden in a large barn on his property. The neighbors have been complaining about the noise generated by the cooling system. I'm not surprised.

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My best value picks have been: McDowell P5, Buescher P16, Austin Dillon P14 & Menard P13. Considering Dillon's struggles, I'll take that as a good value pick.

There's no way I'm catching @pjmolo or @Clutch barring anything significant. A top 5 finish in the standings isn't out of the equation though.
 
Chase is a good pick for this race, he usually runs well here. But that was with the old rules package, we'll see how that affects him. Was thinking of using him here but I've moved up to using low B drivers and Paul Menard gets the call for me this week. SOON we will unleash the hounds, unfortunately I might be to far back for it have any meaning.
 
Chase is a good pick for this race, he usually runs well here. But that was with the old rules package, we'll see how that affects him. Was thinking of using him here but I've moved up to using low B drivers and Paul Menard gets the call for me this week. SOON we will unleash the hounds, unfortunately I might be to far back for it have any meaning.

I'm going with his teammate this weekend.
 
Chase is a good pick for this race, he usually runs well here. But that was with the old rules package, we'll see how that affects him. Was thinking of using him here but I've moved up to using low B drivers and Paul Menard gets the call for me this week. SOON we will unleash the hounds, unfortunately I might be to far back for it have any meaning.
Paul Menard won the pole here last year I believe, so that's not a horrible pick.
 
Driver picks for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

The most popular driver picks are Daniel Hemric, Kyle Larson, and Paul Menard, who were each selected by four players.

Alex Bowman was selected by three players.
Thanks for participating, fellers. :cheers:

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If the race were to be finished with the current running order, I'd be pleased tbh.
 
that was cool for bowman,but i went from 4th to about 8th,hell of a time for the henrick cars to start running good.but its ok larson and the henrick group are my guys.
 
Congrats to @AdoubleU24, @ChexOrWrex, and @Elliott_Fan_9 for taking this week's "Highest Finishing Pick" award as their pick, Alex Bowman, won the Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Congrats also to @FLRacingFan for having the most upward movement in the standings as his pick of the second place finisher, Kyle Larson, enabled him to move up nine spots.

Finally, congrats to @Clutch who has now held onto the top of the leader board for nine consecutive races.

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I took a chance with that Johnson pick with how he's been running, and glad it paid off for a good finish.
 
[B]@Clutch[/B]'s remaining picks break down like this: 1 from the A group, 5 from the B group, and 14 from the C group.

If those 20 picks average 18 points per race he'll finish with 538 points (14.95 per race) for the season.

good luck wit dat
:D


In the 12 races since (including the Chicagoland race), @Clutch has averaged about 13.5 points per game.

mercy . . . . .
 
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