... the People's Pitstop is not.
The Internet's favorite fantasy NASCAR team managed to score only 266 points Sunday at the Sprint Cup race in New Hampshire. That leaves us with a season total of 4,559, putting us in 52,148th overall on Yahoo Sports and dropping us 2 spots to 77th place in the Fans of From the Marbles league.
Here's how so many cast to many votes to get so few points.
Denny Hamlin: Started 20th, finished 14th and 64 fantasy points. The first five-time winner of the Sprint Cup season (but no longer the only one) picked this week to perform like a middle-of-the-pack runner.
Jeff Burton: Started 17th, finished 12th, 89 laps led and 78 fantasy points. Burton was the only People's Pitstop driver to get the 10 bonus points for leading a lap. Unfortunately, he was also the only one to apologize to Kyle Busch after the race.
Clint Bowyer: Started 9th, finished 7th and 78 fantasy points. The good news for Bowyer is that he remains high enough in driver points to still call himself a contender for the Chase.
Sam Hornish Jr.: Started 8th, finished 23rd (1 lap behind the leaders) and 46 fantasy points. Our C List driver puts up another C List performance.
Now it's time for NASCAR to return to where the season started: Daytona Beach. The new lineup polls are up. As usual, they will close Thursday night, because the qualifying session is Friday. Please vote now. The Danica Patrick poll results appear below.
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Fearless Predictions - New Hampshire
And now, the moment some of you have been waiting for -- the predictions for the top 10 finishers at Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The forecasts bounced back last week by going 7-3, leaving us with a season record of 73-77. Let's see if we can reach .500 before the 4th of July.
1. Jimmie Johnson. Last week's win at Sonoma was his fourth of the season. Everyone should have a down season like this.
2. Joey Logano. Last year the youngster won his first race of his Sprint Cup career on this track. This year he's got six top 10 finished in points races.
3. Kyle Busch. It's safe to say he's comfortable on this track. On Saturday, he won the Nationwide Series race and set the series record for most career laps led.
4. Kasey Kahne. He took the pole last week, and he's on the front row again this week. If he can keep the car on the track, he can finish in the top 10.
5. Denny Hamlin. Yes, he's starting in the middle of the pack, but maybe making the People's Pitstop lineup for the first time this season will give him the boost he needs to get up front.
6. Greg Biffle. It took him only 16 points races to rack up 10 finishes in the top 10...
7. Kevin Harvick. ...tying him for the lead with this driver.
8. Kurt Busch. But he's right behind them with nine, and he's starting third today.
9. Jeff Burton. Longtime readers of the People's Pigskin will recall that he leads active NASCAR drivers with four victories on this track. There's no reason he can't make it five.
10. Juan Pablo Montoya. Yes, we're using a repeat pick for our medium to long shot. Why not? He finished in the top 10 on the road course in Sonoma (expected), and he's on the pole this week (not so expected).
We'll be back with race results and fresh lineup polls. In the meantime, don't forget to vote on our pole for Miss Patrick.
1. Jimmie Johnson. Last week's win at Sonoma was his fourth of the season. Everyone should have a down season like this.
2. Joey Logano. Last year the youngster won his first race of his Sprint Cup career on this track. This year he's got six top 10 finished in points races.
3. Kyle Busch. It's safe to say he's comfortable on this track. On Saturday, he won the Nationwide Series race and set the series record for most career laps led.
4. Kasey Kahne. He took the pole last week, and he's on the front row again this week. If he can keep the car on the track, he can finish in the top 10.
5. Denny Hamlin. Yes, he's starting in the middle of the pack, but maybe making the People's Pitstop lineup for the first time this season will give him the boost he needs to get up front.
6. Greg Biffle. It took him only 16 points races to rack up 10 finishes in the top 10...
7. Kevin Harvick. ...tying him for the lead with this driver.
8. Kurt Busch. But he's right behind them with nine, and he's starting third today.
9. Jeff Burton. Longtime readers of the People's Pigskin will recall that he leads active NASCAR drivers with four victories on this track. There's no reason he can't make it five.
10. Juan Pablo Montoya. Yes, we're using a repeat pick for our medium to long shot. Why not? He finished in the top 10 on the road course in Sonoma (expected), and he's on the pole this week (not so expected).
We'll be back with race results and fresh lineup polls. In the meantime, don't forget to vote on our pole for Miss Patrick.
Friday, June 25, 2010
The People's Choice - New Hampshire
If it's Friday, that must mean two things: Dave Blaney will struggle to qualify a car that will be parked before the race's first commercial break, and you, the Internet, have chosen the lineup for the People's Pitstop for Sunday's Sprint Cup race.
Here are the drivers in the mix for the Internet's favorite fantasy NASCAR team.
A List. He only had to win five of the season's first 16 races to do it, but Denny Hamlin has earned your confidence. He won this poll in a rout and will get his first starting spot of the fantasy racing season over Jeff Gordon.
B List. To paraphrase the Sundays, here's where the certainty ends. We had a logjam in this poll. Using points as the tiebreaker, we have four drivers competing for two starting spots: Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. This will come down to the qualifying session. The drivers who qualify the best will start.
C List. Another tie here. This time it comes down to Paul Menard and Sam Hornish Jr. Again, we'll use the qualifying session as the tiebreaker, and the People's Pitstop could end up with more juniors than this year's NBA Draft.
We'll update this post after the qualifying session. In the meantime, the new poll about you know who is up and open for voting.
10:25 p.m. UPDATE. The qualifying results are in. In addition to Hamlin, your starters are Clint Bowyer (who starts 9th), Jeff Burton (17th) and Sam Hornish Jr. (8th). And for those of you who don't think "football" involves diving like Greg Louganis, we'll be back with another fantasy football preview.
Here are the drivers in the mix for the Internet's favorite fantasy NASCAR team.
A List. He only had to win five of the season's first 16 races to do it, but Denny Hamlin has earned your confidence. He won this poll in a rout and will get his first starting spot of the fantasy racing season over Jeff Gordon.
B List. To paraphrase the Sundays, here's where the certainty ends. We had a logjam in this poll. Using points as the tiebreaker, we have four drivers competing for two starting spots: Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. This will come down to the qualifying session. The drivers who qualify the best will start.
C List. Another tie here. This time it comes down to Paul Menard and Sam Hornish Jr. Again, we'll use the qualifying session as the tiebreaker, and the People's Pitstop could end up with more juniors than this year's NBA Draft.
We'll update this post after the qualifying session. In the meantime, the new poll about you know who is up and open for voting.
10:25 p.m. UPDATE. The qualifying results are in. In addition to Hamlin, your starters are Clint Bowyer (who starts 9th), Jeff Burton (17th) and Sam Hornish Jr. (8th). And for those of you who don't think "football" involves diving like Greg Louganis, we'll be back with another fantasy football preview.
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