NASCAR Pick 'Em 2018 - Chicagoland

[pjmolo]

The deadline for submittal of picks for the next race is Friday, June 29th, noon Eastern time.

 

[pjmolo]

 

[pjmolo]

 

[pjmolo]

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to the Land of Lincoln this weekend where the Overton's 400 will be held Sunday afternoon at Chicagoland Speedway, which in actuality is located within the City of Joliet, Illinois (population approximately 150,000).

Paul Menard is this week's most popular driver, selected by four players.

Additionally, four other players failed to make a pick.

William Byron, Chase Elliott, and Martin Truex Jr. were each selected by three players.

Corey LaJoie, making his eighth start of the season in the #72 car, was picked for the first time this year.
Good luck to all and thanks for participating.

 

[jws926]

And I forgot to get a pick in this week.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

And I forgot to get a pick in this week.

Welcome to the club

 

[Mopardh9]

Welcome to the club

So did i

 

[pjmolo]

And I forgot to get a pick in this week.

Welcome to the club

So did i

As the saying goes, "Snooze, you lose."

On the bright side, for every race that you fail to make a pick, that's one less race that you've got to use one of the slugs on the "C list."

Also, as @Clutch has demonstrated after missing the first two races of the year, it's possible to recover with consistent quality picks.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

As the saying goes, "Snooze, you lose."

On the bright side, for every race that you fail to make a pick, that's one less race that you've got to use one of the slugs on the "C list."

Also, as @Clutch has demonstrated after missing the first two races of the year, it's possible to recover with consistent quality picks.

Strategery

 

[sky]

I'll take David Gilliland a week from now.

 

[kkfan91]

I'll take David Gilliland a week from now.

Do you want to get a link to the rules post cause that's how you get a link to the rules post

 

[Blake Hylton]

Go get em Paul!

 

[Mopardh9]

As the saying goes, "Snooze, you lose."

On the bright side, for every race that you fail to make a pick, that's one less race that you've got to use one of the slugs on the "C list."

Also, as @Clutch has demonstrated after missing the first two races of the year, it's possible to recover with consistent quality picks.

Gee really?

 

[pjmolo]

Congrats to @pjmolo (hey, that's me) who takes this week's "Highest Finishing Pick" award and had the most upward movement in the standings (five spots) when Kevin Harvick managed a 3rd place finish in the Overton's 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Of the four players that failed to make a pick for the Chicagoland race, @Mopardh9 took the biggest hit in the standings and dropped five spots to 13th place, the first time all season that he's been out of the top ten.

@Blake Hylton continues as the game's leader for the eighth consecutive race and has increased his lead over second place (@Clutch) to a season high 42 points.

And although he's moved up three spots (from 32nd to 29th place) due to player attrition, and his average points per race has improved from 33.2 to 27.4, @kkfan91 continues as a model of consistency, firmly holding onto last place in the standings over the last twelve races.

An under-the-radar display of sandbagging if there ever was one.

 

[kkfan91]

My strategy

 

[Michfan]

I managed to overcome that insurmountable lead my nemesis was bragging about a few weeks ago

 

[Brentford]

Daytona could be interesting. No offense to Blake, but we could all hope for a bad week from him, but with the wildcard race, it's definitely possible for us to all have a bad week.

 

[Mopardh9]

I managed to overcome that insurmountable lead my nemesis was bragging about a few weeks ago

A lot of season left .357.

 

[Michfan]

A lot of season left .357.

I have 5 greens left you have 0. Let's up it to 1,000?

 

[LewTheShoe]

I'm definitely singing the "Richard Childress Blues" this year... Bubba Wallace for 19 points, then Newman for 24, then "Big Hat, No Cattle" for 37 this week. I even used Daniel Hemric and scored 32. Bleh, bleh, bleh. I'm seriously considering using an extra part-timer instead of Ty Dillon... or maybe a strategic No Pick as a personal protest against Richard Childress Racing.

 

[pjmolo]

I'm definitely singing the "Richard Childress Blues" this year... Bubba Wallace for 19 points, then Newman for 24, then "Big Hat, No Cattle" for 37 this week. I even used Daniel Hemric and scored 32. Bleh, bleh, bleh. I'm seriously considering using an extra part-timer instead of Ty Dillon... or maybe a strategic No Pick as a personal protest against Richard Childress Racing.

 

[aunty dive]

A lot of season left .357.

True.

Time / gravity, 148.

 

[kkfan91]

I'm definitely singing the "Richard Childress Blues" this year... Bubba Wallace for 19 points, then Newman for 24, then "Big Hat, No Cattle" for 37 this week. I even used Daniel Hemric and scored 32. Bleh, bleh, bleh. I'm seriously considering using an extra part-timer instead of Ty Dillon... or maybe a strategic No Pick as a personal protest against Richard Childress Racing.

 

[jws926]

And I forgot to get a pick in this week.

So did i

CRS, I hate it.

 

[aunty dive]

Chase Elliott's best track.

19th ... so glad I saved him for that.

 

[Clutch]

Chase Elliott's best track.

19th ... so glad I saved him for that.

ditto that.