New Aero Package for 2014

     Just announced for next year, new look for the Ford camp. We'll see how this works out.

RCR bringing back the number 3

   As my friends and fellow Nascar poolers know, I have been a lifelong Dale Earnhardt fan.  From the first race I watched in the mid 1980's where he "moved" someone out of the way to take the lead until that fateful day in Daytona in 2001, I was there rooting him on.  I had actually hoped that Dale Jr. would sign with RCR and take over the #3 ride back then, but I understand his reasons in not doing that and wanting to make his own history.  That being said, all this uproar and Nascar bashing over Richard Childress bringing Dillon up with the number 3 is ridiculous.  First of all, if you didn't see it coming when he first drove the #3 Truck years ago, shame on you.
   Dale Sr. will always be remembered for the black number 3, but that doesn't mean that no one can ever run that number again.  Is it too soon??? No, if not now.... when? Should I stop watching Nascar because I don't agree with what Childress is doing? No, grow up! Watch to see Austin Dillon make his own history in the Cheerios #3 and know that no one can ever be Dale Earnhardt Sr. .... ever.
   That's what I think!

Final Sprint Cup Series Points Standings

Finish	Driver	Races	Wins	Top 5's	Top 10's	Pole's	Winnings	Points
1	Jimmie Johnson	36	6	16	24	3	7,907,550	2419
2	Matt Kenseth	36	7	12	20	3	6,873,896	2400
3	Kevin Harvick	36	4	9	21	1	6,299,293	2385
4	Kyle Busch	36	4	16	22	3	6,734,110	2364
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	36	0	10	22	2	5,759,933	2363
6	Jeff Gordon	36	1	8	17	2	5,758,139	2337
7	Clint Bowyer	36	0	10	19	0	5,452,701	2336
8	Joey Logano	36	1	11	19	2	5,366,317	2323
9	Greg Biffle	36	1	4	13	0	4,673,864	2321
10	Kurt Busch	36	0	11	16	1	5,041,538	2309
11	Ryan Newman	36	1	6	18	2	5,512,766	2286
12	Kasey Kahne	36	2	11	14	0	5,205,129	2283
13	Carl Edwards	36	2	9	16	2	5,719,345	2282
14	Brad Keselowski	36	1	9	16	1	6,351,970	1041
15	Jamie McMurray	36	1	4	9	1	4,821,448	1007
16	Martin Truex, Jr.	36	1	7	15	0	5,412,489	998
17	Paul Menard	36	0	3	9	0	4,760,069	949
18	Aric Almirola	36	0	1	6	0	4,962,246	913
19	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	36	0	1	3	1	5,291,879	909
20	Jeff Burton	36	0	2	6	0	3,900,943	906
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	36	0	4	8	0	4,773,218	894
22	Marcos Ambrose	36	0	0	6	1	4,558,152	872
23	Denny Hamlin	32	1	4	8	5	4,224,259	753
24	Casey Mears	36	0	0	1	0	4,110,375	719
25	Mark Martin	28	0	1	5	1	3,973,952	649
26	David Gilliland	36	0	1	2	0	3,811,157	648
27	Danica Patrick	36	0	0	1	1	3,411,110	646
28	David Ragan	36	1	1	2	0	4,182,180	633
29	Tony Stewart	21	1	5	8	0	3,567,849	594
30	Dave Blaney	35	0	0	0	0	3,412,422	526
31	Travis Kvapil	36	0	0	0	0	3,758,019	496
32	J.J. Yeley	35	0	0	1	0	3,192,608	472
33	David Reutimann	36	0	0	0	0	3,406,020	465
34	Bobby Labonte	28	0	0	0	0	3,009,805	412
35	A.J. Allmendinger	18	0	0	1	0	2,025,522	410
36	David Stremme	25	0	0	0	0	2,278,774	362
37	Michael McDowell	33	0	0	1	0	2,589,218	210
38	Timmy Hill	19	0	0	0	0	1,603,452	190
39	Ken Schrader	10	0	0	0	0	820,607	118
40	Michael Waltrip	4	0	2	2	0	694,209	114
41	Scott Speed	12	0	0	1	0	1,113,344	99
42	Terry Labonte	5	0	0	0	0	687,476	87
43	Boris Said	2	0	0	0	0	193,881	48
44	Ron Fellows	2	0	0	0	0	171,348	31
45	Alex Kennedy	3	0	0	0	0	190,405	21
46	Justin Marks	1	0	0	0	0	86,705	14
47	Scott Riggs	7	0	0	0	0	393,915	11
48	Victor Gonzalez, Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	134,602	10
49	Brian Keselowski	2	0	0	0	0	122,050	9
50	Tomy Drissi	2	0	0	0	0	125,095	8
51	Jacques Villeneuve	1	0	0	0	0	72,245	3
52	Jason Leffler	1	0	0	0	0	47,550	1
53	Regan Smith	6	0	0	2	0	1,019,772
54	Austin Dillon	11	0	0	0	0	1,533,233
55	Elliott Sadler	5	0	0	0	0	442,415
56	Trevor Bayne	12	0	0	0	0	1,373,814
57	Kyle Larson	4	0	0	0	0	377,436
58	Max Papis	1	0	0	0	0	122,210
59	Parker Kligerman	2	0	0	0	0	218,411
60	Josh Wise	35	0	0	0	0	2,980,321
61	Landon Cassill	33	0	0	0	0	2,768,526
62	Justin Allgaier	4	0	0	0	0	396,537
63	Owen Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	92,682
64	Joe Nemechek	33	0	0	0	0	2,764,078
65	Cole Whitt	7	0	0	0	0	552,233
66	Brian Scott	1	0	0	0	0	92,718
67	Tony Raines	11	0	0	0	0	738,235
68	Ryan Truex	3	0	0	0	0	248,905
69	Mike Bliss	12	0	0	0	0	759,380
70	Brendan Gaughan	1	0	0	0	0	87,985
71	Reed Sorenson	6	0	0	0	0	382,244
72	Sam Hornish, Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	77,725
73	Kevin Swindell	1	0	0	0	0	72,675
74	Blake Koch	1	0	0	0	0	66,550
75	Paulie Harraka	1	0	0	0	0	72,245
76	Morgan Shepherd	1	0	0	0	0	60,675
77	Johnny Sauter	2	0	0	0	0	115,500
78	Brian Vickers	17	1	2	6	0	1,866,055	-50

Happy Thanksgiving!

     Happy Thanksgiving to all who stumble upon this website today.  May your day be filled with fun loving family time, and a meal full of turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce.  May you not fall asleep  from turkey chemicals while watching your favorite football team today also.

Results From Homestead

     Ok everyone, the moment you have all been waiting for.  The results are in for the final race of the year and the final standings are set.  As you know, we accumulate driver points penalties as they are given out in real life and this year was no different, points were given out.  This year, the penalties didn't affect the outcome of the standings that much. John would have finished in 6th instead of 7th if no penalties were given out, and Gary would have had a bigger lead if he wasn't hit by 62 points in penalties.  
     James wound up in third place, 113 points out of first.  Colleen snuck into second, 94 points out.   And the big winner (1st time we have had a back to back winner) is Gary, who took the lead in the second week of the season and never looked back.  After his first couple of seasons in this Nascar pool, I know at least I wondered if Gary knew what he was doing.  But after the last two seasons, I now wonder if I know what the heck I am doing.  So, congrats to Gary, Colleen and James who have shown they have skills.
     I referenced about 20 posts ago, going to a different format next year in light of Brian getting screwed this year with Stewart getting hurt.  It has happened before, Mark who had Hamlin when he got hurt, John, who picked Vickers when he wasn't getting any points and last year with Jim who had Junior with his concussion.  My solution was picking the car number and getting the owner points for that car. We can still pick five drivers and race three, but if we used this years scenario, Stewart gets hurt you could still use Martin and the points that the 14 car accumulated.  Or, you could pick the 55 car and get the points that the 55 car owner gets.  No more need to know if the driver is committed to Cup series or Nationwide.  Ponder this and let me know if you are on board.
     In the half pool, Joe Spillane who had the lead for most of the half and had a 15 point lead going into the last race, fell to second when his driver (Newman) finished 17th and John Morrisey's driver (Hamlin) won the race.  This wound up being the closest finish in half pool history.  Congratulations John on your driver picking prowess.  Mom, Bryan M.... you need to do a little research for next year. :)
     Your winnings will be coming to you as I see you.  If you are going to show up at the bowling alley, let me know in advance, so I can bring it to you.
      Congratulations to all who played this year and I do hope you will all be returning for next year.  Please check this web page throughout the off season, as I will be updating regularly as I hear who will be driving in what cars in 2014, and I will also post blank forms for next years half.   See you all soon,
Paul

Ford EcoBoost 400 Race Results

Finish	Start	#	Driver	Sponsor	Car	Status	Points
1	5	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express	Toyota	running	47
2	1	20	Matt Kenseth	Dollar General	Toyota	running	44
3	21	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard	Chevrolet	running	42
4	8	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	running	40
5	25	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy	Toyota	running	39
6	4	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	Ford	running	39
7	11	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's	Toyota	running	37
8	3	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil	Ford	running	36
9	7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevrolet	running	35
10	6	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser	Chevrolet	running	35
11	26	24	Jeff Gordon	Axalta Coating Systems	Chevrolet	running	33
12	18	99	Carl Edwards	Fastenal	Ford	running	32
13	13	5	Kasey Kahne	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	running	31
14	10	55	Elliott Sadler	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	running	0
15	20	51	Kyle Larson	Target	Chevrolet	running	0
16	19	43	Aric Almirola	Smithfield Foods	Ford	running	28
17	15	39	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	running	27
18	27	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Chevrolet	running	26
19	22	14	Mark Martin	Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1	Chevrolet	running	25
20	24	10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy - It's Go Time	Chevrolet	running	24
21	2	78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row / Denver Mattress	Chevrolet	running	24
22	9	17	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	running	22
23	14	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar "Thank You Jeff"	Chevrolet	running	21
24	16	16	Greg Biffle	3M Fan Appreciation	Ford	running	20
25	30	30	Parker Kligerman	Lean1 Healthy Performance Shakes	Toyota	running	0
26	23	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt / Stanley Tools	Ford	running	18
27	31	38	David Gilliland	Long John Silver's	Ford	running	17
28	40	13	Casey Mears	GEICO	Ford	running	16
29	29	34	David Ragan	Taco Bell	Ford	running	16
30	28	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's	Chevrolet	running	14
31	32	83	David Reutimann	VooDoo BBQ & Grill	Toyota	running	13
32	37	36	J.J. Yeley	United Mining Equipment / Pitt Lite	Chevrolet	running	12
33	39	33	Landon Cassill	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	running	0
34	41	32	Ken Schrader	Federated Auto Parts	Ford	running	10
35	42	87	Joe Nemechek	Royal Teak Collection	Toyota	running	0
36	36	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Scott Products - Win My Car	Toyota	running	8
37	33	93	Travis Kvapil	Dr. Pepper	Toyota	running	7
38	38	7	Dave Blaney	Florida Lottery Chocolate Covered 7's	Chevrolet	running	6
39	12	27	Paul Menard	Moen / Menards	Chevrolet	crash	5
40	17	21	Trevor Bayne	Motorcraft	Ford	engine	0
41	35	35	Josh Wise	MDS Transport	Ford	rear gear	0
42	43	40	Tony Raines	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	vibration	0
43	34	98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	brakes	1

Ford EcoBoost 400 Line-Up

Start	Driver	#	Car	Speed
1	Matt Kenseth	20	Toyota	177.667
2	Kurt Busch	78	Chevrolet	177.445
3	Joey Logano	22	Ford	177.282
4	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	177.061
5	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	176.846
6	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	176.655
7	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	176.598
8	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	Toyota	176.436
9	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	17	Ford	176.436
10	Elliott Sadler	55	Toyota	176.413
11	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	176.355
12	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	176.355
13	Kasey Kahne	5	Chevrolet	176.304
14	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	175.747
15	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	175.730
16	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	175.690
17	Trevor Bayne	21	Ford	175.507
18	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	175.433
19	Aric Almirola	43	Ford	175.376
20	Kyle Larson	51	Chevrolet	175.353
21	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Chevrolet	175.347
22	Mark Martin	14	Chevrolet	175.273
23	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	175.109
24	Danica Patrick	10	Chevrolet	175.092
25	Clint Bowyer	15	Toyota	174.780
26	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	174.610
27	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	174.537
28	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	174.329
29	David Ragan	34	Ford	174.317
30	Parker Kligerman	30	Toyota	173.171
31	David Gilliland	38	Ford	173.099
32	David Reutimann	83	Toyota	172.563
33	Travis Kvapil	93	Toyota	172.287
34	Michael McDowell	98	Ford	172.260
35	Josh Wise	35	Ford	172.046
36	A.J. Allmendinger	47	Toyota	171.734
37	J.J. Yeley	36	Chevrolet	171.717
38	Dave Blaney	7	Chevrolet	170.891
39	Landon Cassill	33	Chevrolet	170.481
40	Casey Mears	13	Ford	170.154
41	Ken Schrader	32	Ford	170.122
42	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	169.817
43	Tony Raines	40	Chevrolet	167.183