Racing Results (and a Quick Football Update)

First, fantasy football fans can rejoice in the fact that you (most likely) helped the People's Pigskin field a winner this week. The Internet's favorite fantasy football team currently leads the former Beanie's Weenies by a score of 89-52. Our opponent has Derrick Mason, who faces the New York Jets in the early Monday night game. We have Antonio Gates of the San Diego Chargers and Dwayne Bowe of the Kansas City Chiefs, who face each other in the nightcap.

Meanwhile, it's time to tell you about the People's Pitstop. The Internet's favorite fantasy racing team racked up only 264 points during Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway. That leaves us with a season total of 6,984, putting us in 40,550th place overall on Yahoo Sports and dropping us 13 spots, to 53rd, in the Fans of From the Marbles league. (For the record, we finished 29th in the summer segment, which ended Saturday.)

Here's how our starting drivers fared:

Carl Edwards: Started 1st, finished 10th, 95 laps led and 92 fantasy points, including 10 for the pole and 10 for leading at least one lap. Edwards had already wrapped up his spot in the Chase, so he saw no pressure heading into this race. His finish was the best among Roush Fenway drivers.

Kasey Kahne: Started 10th, finished 29th (4 laps behind the leaders) and 34 fantasy points. It's never good for your fantasy team when your driver's Web site sums up the race by saying the driver "fought an ill-handling car."

Jamie McMurray. Started 34th, finished 17th (1 lap behind the leaders) and 58 fantasy points. To have a realistic chance of making the Chase, McMurray needed a top 10 finish and some serious help from Clint Bowyer. He got neither.

A.J. Allmendinger. Started 3rd, finished 8th and 79 fantasy  points, including 3 for his qualifying spot. If these results continue, Allmendinger may find himself off the C List for next year's racing.

And for those of you into higher math, this week's total includes 1 bonus point for the bench-riding Bowyer for qualifying 4th.

This week, NASCAR begins its Chase for the Cup with a Sunday race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The lineup polls are already up and will close Thursday night.

Also, if you look below the NASCAR polls, you will find the polls for next week's fantasy football lineup. If you're feeling psychic, feel free to vote on those now, too. We'll be back with full results for the People's Pigskin.