NASCAR Pick 'Em 2026 - Circuit of the Americas
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Brentford
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Four road courses on the schedule, with AJ, SVG and Zilisch as obvious picks. I wonder who everyone will use as their 4th driver.
TommyGunn
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Probably Elliott is where I'm leaning
JJ_14
Go Briscoe!
I'm happy with who I went with. I gave it a lot of thought, finally made the decision about 10 minutes ago.
I usually don't give my picks a lot of thought, so hopefully I get a good result.
I usually don't give my picks a lot of thought, so hopefully I get a good result.
Says the man who, in the history of the game, has probably changed his pick prior to race day more than any other . . .
JJ_14
Go Briscoe!
I try not to; I make my picks very early to avoid getting a NO-PICK. My apologies if you find me changing my picks annoying. I'll change my approach moving forward. Running this game is probably a very time-consuming task.Says the man who, in the history of the game, has probably changed his pick prior to race day more than any other . . .
JJ_14
Go Briscoe!
Holy smokes! I was worried my guy was going to be a popular pick. As it turns out, only 2 of us went with him.
Good luck to all participants.
Brentford
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And only one other took mine, we either rise or really fall on this one.
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Blaze
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I figured it be SVG, so I wanted to avoid that xD to make up some spots lmfao
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Could be worse, your driver is actually going to finish the race.
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Bowman gets the points for the whole day.
Blaze
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At least I didn't finish 37th
JJ_14
Go Briscoe!
Let's go! This might be my year.
Congratulations to @hmmm298 and @JJ_14 , the recipients of the "Highest Finishing Pick" award, thanks to the first place finish of their pick, Tyler Reddick, in the DuraMAX Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas.
The top of the leader-board has a new occupant as the pick by @hmmm298 allowed him to knock @TommyGunn down a notch to second place.
The "Most Upward Movement" award goes to @JJ_14 who, although he remains in third place in the standings, is now five points closer to the top of the player standings.
The "Slipping & Sliding" award was shared by @Hawaii808 and @FLRacingFan due to their pick of the 36th place finishing driver, Alex Bowman, which caused each of them to lose 30 points relative to the leader.
Finally, @Blaze shook off the jinx seen in the first two races that was associated with picking the most popularly picked driver when his pick for COTA, AJ Allmendinger, managed a ninth place finish.
The top of the leader-board has a new occupant as the pick by @hmmm298 allowed him to knock @TommyGunn down a notch to second place.
The "Most Upward Movement" award goes to @JJ_14 who, although he remains in third place in the standings, is now five points closer to the top of the player standings.
The "Slipping & Sliding" award was shared by @Hawaii808 and @FLRacingFan due to their pick of the 36th place finishing driver, Alex Bowman, which caused each of them to lose 30 points relative to the leader.
Finally, @Blaze shook off the jinx seen in the first two races that was associated with picking the most popularly picked driver when his pick for COTA, AJ Allmendinger, managed a ninth place finish.
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There is a theory (discussed among The Illuminati in whispered tones in the darkest corners of the internet) that Nascar's confidential and secret settlement with 23XI & FRM included a special secret clause... that inspection procedures for the Plaintiffs' cars would overlook bore, stroke, and tapered spacer borehole dimensions for the 2026 season. Daytona and Atlanta pretty much proved it to be true, so I hopped on board for COTA. I needed a good result, having picked Allgaier at Daytona and Stenhouse at Atlanta.
Congratulations to FRM's young hot shoe Zane Smith for using his bored and stroked hot rod to move forward late in the race... to P8 for the final restart with 20 laps to go. But alas, he got caught up in the Conner Zilisch spin in turn 1, receiving terminal damage for a P33 final result.
Oh, well, that's racing. I'm in familiar territory. Last year after three races, I was back of the grid, almost out of gas, and with worn, flat-spotted tires. Plus my crew chief was in the Daytona Beach Jail - he swears she looked every bit of 18 - and the sponsor's check bounced just for good measure. But we recovered to finish the year a respectable P3... and we can do it again!
Congratulations to FRM's young hot shoe Zane Smith for using his bored and stroked hot rod to move forward late in the race... to P8 for the final restart with 20 laps to go. But alas, he got caught up in the Conner Zilisch spin in turn 1, receiving terminal damage for a P33 final result.
Oh, well, that's racing. I'm in familiar territory. Last year after three races, I was back of the grid, almost out of gas, and with worn, flat-spotted tires. Plus my crew chief was in the Daytona Beach Jail - he swears she looked every bit of 18 - and the sponsor's check bounced just for good measure. But we recovered to finish the year a respectable P3... and we can do it again!
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I think it is clear that they are letting Nike add in an additional tire softener into Reddicks tires.
The rubber on a pair of Nike's wear extremely fast but even if their home-grown additional ply burns off in just two laps it is very advantagous. It is two more additional laps of peak and extended performance.