Looking Back at Homestead

We almost did it.

The People's Pitstop rose to 102nd in the Fans of From the Marbles league during the last race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The Internet's favorite fantasy racing team racked up an impressive 294 points during the race at Homestead-Miami Raceway but fell just 2 spots short of the goal of finishing in the top 100 of our league.

We started the weekend with 8 qualifying bonus points. Here's how we finished.

Carl Edwards: Started 2nd, finished 1st, 190 laps led and 115 fantasy points. Now that's the way to finish a season. Edwards will have to get some attention early next season.

Jamie McMurray: Started 3rd, finished 21st and 53 fantasy points. McMurray was another driver who drew rave reviews late in the season, including praise from Darrell Waltrip.

Clint Bowyer: Started 17th, finished 12th and 68 fantasy points. Bowyer probably will spend the off-season wondering what would have happened if his car hadn't failed that inspection early in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Regan Smith: Started 10th, finished 17th and 58 fantasy points. The Sporting News takes a glass-half-full view of Smith: "He showed some strength in the Chase, twice tying a career best with 12th-place finishes."

As for the People's Pitstop, we might not have cracked the top 100, but we demonstrated that fantasy NASCAR is not exclusively for the "gearheads." In fact, you don't have to know a restrictor plate from the blue plate special to have a good time playing this game. So get out there and field a team of your own next season. We certainly will.

In the meantime, we have a fantasy football game to win, this time against the Chicago VinSethBears. There are four polls open, and they will stay open until Thursday morning. Please vote now. We'll be back with the results.