"Go Big or Go Home"
That seemed to sum up the feeling of the players of the 2024 NASCAR Pick 'Em game following the Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway.
Although no one picked the race winner, 20 of the 33 players picked a Top Ten finishing driver, driven in part by the 11 players that picked the sixth place finisher, Noah Gragson.
Among those 20 Top Ten finishing picks were two picks of a Top Five finisher, with one of those being that of
@Blaze, the recipient of the "Highest Finishing Pick" award following the third place finish of his pick, Martin Truex Jr.
The "Most Upward Movement" award was shared by
@Blaze and
@Michfan as their picks resulted in each of them gaining four positions in the standings.
The "Slipping & Sliding" award was reluctantly taken by
@Truex_rox after he dropped seven positions in the standings due to the relatively decent 25th place finish of his pick, Corey Heim, making his first career Cup start while filling in for the injured Eric Jones in the #43 car.
The "Top Five" club saw
@Conover regain membership with his Gragson pick, taking the place of
@antman12 whose stay in the club lasted all of one race.
Currently, the hottest player in the game is most certainly
@DC76, who used his eighth Top Ten pick in the last nine races to vault past the slumping @'olwhatshisname into first place in the standings.
Other players currently on a hot streak include
@Blaze (three consecutive Top Fives),
@superchuck500 (five consecutive Top Tens), and
@Old 97 (four consecutive Top Tens).
A hearty shout-out to
@donthaveanickname following the ninth place finish of his pick, Daniel Hemric, that being the first Top Ten pick of the season for the continued occupant of the standing's cellar.
Finally, the illustrious "Wiping Up The Rear" award was dusted off and awarded for the first time since
@superchuck500 picked Justin Haley in the COTA race. The last place finish of Ryan Preece at Dover, optimistically picked by
@kkfan91, mandated that he find a spot in his trophy case for the shimmering Golden Toilet.