CBS Sports Handicapping Challenge 2009

Pick'em Entry #31, and Chase Challenge Entry #10 for the Ford 400
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Race Time Sunday November 22 at 3:31 PM EST
Qualifying Friday November 20 at 3:00 PM EST

Pick'em Group 1 and Chase

Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Jeff Gordon
Kurt Busch
Tony Stewart
Juan Montoya
Greg Biffle
Denny Hamlin
Ryan Newman
Kasey Kahne
Carl Edwards
Brian Vickers

Pick'em Group 2

Kyle Busch
Matt Kenseth
Clint Bowyer
David Reutimann
Jeff Burton
Marcos Ambrose
Joey Logano
Casey Mears
Kevin Harvick
Jamie McMurray
Martin Truex Jr
Dale Earnhardt Jr

Pick'em Group 3

A.J. Allmendinger
Elliott Sadler
David Ragan
Reed Sorenson
Sam Hornish Jr
Bobby Labonte
David Stremme
Paul Menard
Michael Waltrip
Robby Gordon
Scott Speed
John Andretti
Or Write In Selecton

Good luck with your picks, and thanks to all of you for making this a great experience.

Let's go racing boys and girls.

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Category: Auto Racing

Pick'em Entry #30, and Chase Challenge Entry #9 for the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
Phoenix International Raceway
Race Time Sunday November 15 at 3:31 PM EST
Qualifying Friday November 13 at 5:45 PM EST

Pick'em Group 1 and Chase

Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Jeff Gordon
Kurt Busch
Tony Stewart
Juan Montoya
Greg Biffle
Denny Hamlin
Ryan Newman
Kasey Kahne
Carl Edwards
Brian Vickers

Pick'em Group 2

Kyle Busch
Matt Kenseth
Clint Bowyer
David Reutimann
Jeff Burton
Marcos Ambrose
Joey Logano
Casey Mears
Kevin Harvick
Jamie McMurray
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Elliott Sadler

Pick'em Group 3

A.J. Allmendinger
Martin Truex Jr
David Ragan
Reed Sorenson
Bobby Labonte
Sam Hornish Jr
David Stremme
Paul Menard
Michael Waltrip
Robby Gordon
Scott Speed
John Andretti
Or Write In ____________

Good luck with your picks.

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Category: Auto Racing

Pick'em Entry #29, and Chase Challenge Entry #8 for the Dickies 500
Texas Motor Speedway
Race time Sunday, November 8 at 3:31 PM EST
Qualifying Friday, November 6 at 4:30 PM EST

Pick'em Goup 1 and Chase

Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Jeff Gordon
Juan Montoya
Tony Stewart
Kurt Busch
Greg Biffle
Ryan Newman
Kasey Kahne
Carl Edwards
Denny Hamlin
Brian Vickers

Pick'em Group 2

Kyle Busch
Matt Kenseth
Clint Bowyer
David Reutimann
Jeff Burton
Marcos Ambrose
Joey Logano
Casey Mears
Kevin Harvick
Jamie McMurray
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Martin Truex Jr

Pick'em Group 3

Elliott Sadler
A.J. Allmendinge
David Ragan
Reed Sorenson
Sam Hornish Jr
Bobby Labonte
David Stremme
Paul Menard
Michael Waltrip
Robby Gordon
Scott Speed
John Andretti
Or Write In _______________

Good luck with your picks.

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Category: Auto Racing

These are the standings after 7 weeks in the NASCAR.Chase Challenge   

     
                        Week 6     Week 7     Total
                         Totals       Points       Points

YokoBlueWave      1977        234         2211
m56nascar56        2037        171         2208
concrete man        1833        237         2070
FOREPLUS             1831        234         2065
bluejay39             1881        171         2052
Sidd_Finch            1866        171         2037
HardToBeat20       1907        123         2030
D2Moo                 1817         210        2027
Section_725          1841         123        1964
jhzak                   1812         123        1935
Coach 348            1738         123        1861
heelFan28139       1644         210        1854

As we've seen over the first 7 wks, anyone can find a nut when they need to. The leader is Yoko, wait a minute for me to check the spreadsheet again, WTH Yoko is still in first after 3 rechecks. This is still a wide open competition, anyone can throw a shoe and DNF at any time as those who had Hamlin in wk 1 found out. Now that the mess called Taladega is behind us, and the Chase moves to Texas and the first of the final 3 races of the season.

I do hope to see better point totals than we as a group posted last Sunday. As I said in the Pick'em point post, my thanks to all who have participated in this from day 1 onward. It has been an honor to have this great bunch together on a weekly basis.

Now to make things right, I need everyone to exceed their usage quotas and get their connections interupted b4 they post this wk, so I can catch up.

Have a great last half of the week.

Category: Auto Racing

These are the standings after 28 weeks in the NASCAR.Pick'em   

                            Week 27    Week 28    Total
                             Totals         Points      Points
   
Coach 348               2714            94        2808
m56nascar56           2541            78        2619
concrete man           2458            91        2549
bluejay39                2414            93        2507
heelFan28139          2333          115        2448
Section_725             2326            69        2395
FOREPLUS               1878             61       1939
D2Moo                    1707             94       1801
jhzak                      1684             94       1778
YokoBlueWave         1328           103       1431
Sidd_Finch               1108             40       1148
HardToBeat20            698            73         771

With only 3 races left in the season, it looks like only a few DNF's can keep Coach and JJ from winning the Cup. After the poor all around showing by everyone, the standings haven't changed much after the mess at Dega. M56 is hanging on to second, but third spot could do a flip flop with a poor showing by concrete man in any of the remaining events.

My thanks to everyone who has stayed in for the long haul.

Have a great week.

Category: Auto Racing