FOFC Sprint Cup Series - Season 1 - Final Race Posted - Season 1 Champion Crowned

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Welcome to the very first season of the NEW FOFC Sprint Cup Series. This season we will have 20 races in total. After the first 15 are complete, the top 10 drivers in points will be entered into the Chase. Also, two wildcard spots for drivers with the most wins of any drivers outside of the top ten will be awarded giving us 12 drivers in the Chase for the final 5 races. The points are reset for the final races. Every driver starts with a base of 0 and then bonus points are given for the position the driver is in after the 15th race.

1st - 50
2nd - 45
3rd - 40
4th - 35
5th - 30
6th - 25
7th - 20
8th - 15
9th - 10
10th - 5
Wildcard 1 - 0
Wildcard 2 - 0

Each driver will then get 5 more bonus points for each win they have. (Wild cards will not get bonus points for their wins. They will start at 0.


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Ace Idol takes the pole as he is over a mile an hour faster than the second place qualifier. Ken Schoonover is 2nd followed by Avery Thomas, Kyle Kappe and David Gonzalez.

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[MacroGuru]

ToPaw racing in 1st and 3rd at quals...let's hope we finish the same in the race!

[Coffee Warlord]

Flying Yak teammates Nielsen & Flamebeard qualify at identical speeds. Heh.

[ntndeacon]

not a good start for the Ruddy Rhenish Racer! The actual race HAS to be better!

[DataKing]

Trick Dickle was the fastest in practice, but finished a disappointing 31st in qualifying for the Daytona 500. When asked the reason for his disappointing performance during qualifying, he winced slightly and then ran for the nearest bathroom...

[RendeR]

Qualifying == 2 laps

Race == 300-500 laps depending on the tracks.


perspective is everything =)

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The two dominant cars for the last half of the race were the two who ended up battling it down to the checkered flag. Benton Gale held off a strong challenge from Kyle Kappe down the stretch to take the win in the Daytona 500.

The race only featured 3 cautions, but those cautions knocked a lot of top cars from contention. Ace Idol had the strongest car early on but was caught back in the pack before a wreck and suffered some damage, knocking him a lap down and out of contention. David Gonzalez, Alejandro Murrieta, Kerri Kong and Aemon Snow were all knocked out in a lap 32 crash. Chris Snow's day ended early with a broken valve, Trick Dickle was knocked out with a fuel leak and Dan Schoonover was knocked out in a wreck on lap 135.


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[PurdueBrad]

A terrific day for Dumbo Racing as our two rookie drivers put their talents to good use. First, Nick Harold had a big day moving from 29'th to a 16'th place finish and even found his way to the lead for one lap. Cash Bradley, starting out of the 11 spot, fought his way to a top 5 finish, leading 7 laps, and scoring 160 points in the Chase.

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[BYU 14]

Well at least we know Topaw racing can qualify well, now we just have to finish :)

Surprised that first wreck didn't take more people out as tight as the pack was. Good season opening race.

[TRO]

Disappointing finish after leading 29 laps for Kevin Kong, but still better than getting caught up in a wreck like teammate Kerri.

[CrimsonFox]

That game is fantastic! Thanks for running this!


And the fox and the wolf are both in the top 10! Woooo!

Wow Fox just lost 2nd place in the last lap.

[RendeR]

I hate restrictor plate racing. Lets get to some 1.5 mile tracks =)

[kingfc22]

Great....Both FC Racing teammates get taken out in the same wreck.

[britrock88]

A mixed day for Ninth Circle Holdings.

Helen Wheels accomplished her usual pattern of mediocre qualifying, a great race day, and a bad last lap. She lost 3 positions after the white flag flew to finish in 7th, but still gained 26 positions on her qualifying spot.

Rip Lickingood's #07 Vanilla Coke Chevy was caught in one of the day's cautions, but rode out the damage to a mid-table finish.

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New drivers can still get into the series. You would be able to start at race #3. I have actually already run the 2nd race, trying to get a few ahead so I will be able to post them on fairly regular schedule.

Any new drivers would still have a shot at making the chase due to the wildcard spots.

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It was a mediocre day for Cannon Pace and #5 car. He's not much of a super speedway driver so for him to stay mid pack was about all we could hope for the at CMP Racing. Hopefully he will be able to break out at when we get to tracks better suited to his skills.

[Breeze]

I think I've already done better in this season than I have in all the others combined....

[PilotMan]

Dixieland finishes with 2 running cars in the middle of the pack. Fantastic editing there cmp! Looks great! We'll take the finishes and the points. The General Lee was almost knocked out of the race by 2 of those crashes, so to finish at all was a plus.

[PackerFanatic]

PF Racing had a so-so day...Elliot Foley had some changes made to his car after a weak practice and I thought Andrew Foley would be the better of the two to start. Not so, as Elliot finishes with a top 10 and Andrew finishes 7 laps back in 25th. Still early in the year, but I'd rather see them both in the middle of the pack than at opposite ends like that.

[DataKing]

Trick Dickle springs a leak...the press is gonna have a field day with that one...

[CrimsonFox]

Trick Dickle springs a leak...the press is gonna have a field day with that one...

:lol:

[MacroGuru]

Avery Thomas was tied up in one of the wrecks and ended up dropping way back.

Looks like the ToPaw Racing team will have to pick it up here.

[msuballa]

Team Phillips is very pleased with their showing in the Daytona 500. Phillips and Henderson are not super-speedway drivers and anything in the top half of the field is good. They should both look better in the 1.5 mile races.

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[CrimsonFox]

Nice! 5 and 8 for team Starfox!

[britrock88]

Helen Wheels shows her speedway potential with a speed above 190.

[CrimsonFox]

Helen Wheels shows her speedway potential with a speed above 190.


...and the Paul MCartney song blares over the P.A.
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[DavidCorperial]

Outside pole, I'm really happy about that qualifying effort, that's what I want to see.

[Coffee Warlord]

And you're also gonna see a nice Guinness logo as Nielsen blows by you and takes the checkered flag.

[PilotMan]

3rd and 19. Interesting. My past history has shown that good qualifying results don't necessarily translate into good race results. In either case, the good 'ol boys are here to race.

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Trick Dickle and Kevin Kong completed dominated the race this afternoon as the two nearly lapped the entire field, leaving only 6 cars on the lead lap at the end. It was Kevin who led the most laps but it was Trick who took the lead and then held off a challenge from Kevin on the final lap to take the win. Mustafa Henderson was 3rd, David Ginsberg 4th and Bo Duke finished 5th.

The race was unusual in the fact that there were no cautions. That allowed Trick and Kevin to continue to increase their lead the entire race.

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[DataKing]

Headline: Dickle firms up performance, pounds his way to a huge, Texas-sized victory.

[TRO]

Qualified 25th, finished 2nd. I'll take that, and the points lead to boot.

Teammate - Kerri Kong is not going so well.

[DavidCorperial]

Completely thrilled with the 4th place finish, never beings in danger in this race as well really helps.

[PurdueBrad]

Two drivers in the top 6 thus far for the season standings, I'm pretty happy. As someone else said earlier, this is already my most successful season in FOFC Sprint Cup!

[Coffee Warlord]

Makes three of us there.

[PackerFanatic]

Blah.

[CrimsonFox]

Wow not a good run there. THere needs to be more crashes ;)

[MrBug708]

Second then not so good :(

[kingfc22]

FC Racing has both drivers sitting dead last... Ouch

[RendeR]

Snow Motorsports is focusing on Race performance over Qualifying.


Qualified 28th and 30th

Finished 10th and 11th.

2 cars gained 57 spots on the racetrack between them.

Watch yourselves. We're ready to roll!

[PilotMan]

Dixieland had a good day. Bo finishes 5th and Luke was having a great run until the car quit on him. We could have easily had 2 top 10 finishes there. We will take that!

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Luke Duke took the pole and dominated the early running of the Richmond 400 before getting into a pit road accident while he was the leader. He later on would get collected in another wreck and despite leading for most of the first half of the race he would finish 29th. David Gonzalez took advantage of Luke's troubles and dominated the final half of the race leading 194 laps en route to an easy win. Ace Idol, Dan Schoonover, Andrew Foley and Chris Snow rounded out the top 5.



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[CrimsonFox]

Gee, Bo and Luke, do you think you hit enough people? That's NOT cool! :)

[sterlingice]

Whoops- missed the start of the season.

The 4th at Daytona was a really nice finish and a middle of the pack at Texas to go into 2nd overall was very cool. Unfortunately, Richmond was not so kind and Silvers is back down to 8th. Still, it's in the Chase if the season ended today but there's a long way to go.

SI

[PurdueBrad]

Team Dumbo is having some fighting over the peanuts apparently. If you check out the 1:26 mark of the video from Richmond you will see my #7 Jack Daniels car spin out our #49 Addidas car. A bad, bad day for the team.

[PilotMan]

The cars obviously had a great day. Can't say that much about the drivers but what else do you expect from a couple of good ol boys? A pit road crash isn't indicative of a quality effort. Lots of wrecks, but it looks like it was a gearbox that put us out of the race. Rough to have a top 5 in the chase and a bottom 5 as well. It'll take some more good luck and consistency to stay/improve.

Wrecks happen, especially when slower cars don't get out of your way. Just move over and let us blow by and you can go back about your business. :)

[BYU 14]

Nice, overall points lead for Ace Idol and Topaw racing! Hopefully the consistency continues.

[britrock88]

Rip Lickingood continues to be caught in the accidents of the other poor drivers; this time, it's his suspension that gave way.

Helen Wheels began her usual comeback, and I saw her in what looked like the top 10 or so during the highlights. But she receded to 3 laps down and a middling finish, pushing her further down into the teens in the Chase standings.

[TRO]

Race turned into Survivor.

[PackerFanatic]

Terrible qualifying (to be expected) for Andrew Foley, but a 4th place finish is fantastic.

[DataKing]

Nice job by Tricky Dick to salvage an 8th place finish after getting caught up in a couple of those wrecks. And up to 5th in the overall standings...I'll take it.

[RendeR]

Both Chris and Aemon Snow worked magic as they avoided all the talentless hacks that were wrecking around them.

13th to 5th
30th to 6th - AWESOME day for Young Aemon! his quick wits avoided at least 3 wrecks.

another 32 places gained during the event and another back to back finish for this team. They know how to work together!

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Mediocre showing for Cannon at Richmond. Started mid pack and finished mid pack. Currently sitting in the final chase spot so hopefully we'll have some good weeks ahead and move further into the top ten.

[kingfc22]

Gonzalez with a much needed win to get us back in the race. Murrieta is still buried down in the standings and will need to get hot soon.

[DanGarion]

I missed the first couple races there. Glad I hit the wrong button and realized this was going on now.

[wolverine29]

Stupid clutch! Qualified 10th and looked to hopefully get a good run in but the clutch gave way and Dexter finished 28th. Stuck in 30th in the points now. Time to get this thing turned around!

[MacroGuru]

Nice, overall points lead for Ace Idol and Topaw racing! Hopefully the consistency continues.

At least Ace is...Avery is stinking it up.

[BYU 14]

At least Ace is...Avery is stinking it up.

We need to start tag teaming!

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Trick Dickle and his team have the #15 Coors Light locked in early on in this Sprint Cup Season. He moved up from his 20th starting position to lead 236 laps and dominate the last half of the Coca-Cola 600 and win his 2nd race this season. Aemon Snow made a strong charge at the end but it wasn't enough to overtake Trick. Once again the Snow's finish back-to-back as Chris Snow finished 3rd after starting 25th. Kevin Kong was strong yet again as he finished 4th and Nick Phillips bounced back from a terrible Richmond race with a top 5. David Ginsberg, who had the strongest car early on finished 6th followed by Luke Duke, Andrew Foley, Mustafa Henderson and Ken Schoonover.



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[Coffee Warlord]

Ahhh, now my drivers are back to their usual style.

[britrock88]

Ninth Circle's drivers both qualify well at their home track. Helen Wheels edges into the lead position from her 6th-place start, but she fades to the back of the lead lap and a 16th-place finish. Rip Lickingood, meanwhile, fades from the 5th row to last among running cars. Don't know what's going wrong in the 07 car's shop.

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[DavidCorperial]

Wish I had done even better, but 6th place is still a great finish.

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[PackerFanatic]

I'm glad my low qualifying/high finishing route with Andrew Foley isn't totally coming back to bite me yet...but whatever I tried with Elliot is clearly not working.

[RendeR]

7th to 2nd
25th to 3rd

another 28 places gained.

Another back to back finish as Father and son hook up and roll past the competition.

Chris snow up to 4th in the points
Aemon Snow from dead last at Daytona to 7th in the points 3 races later.

That car in your mirrors? Yeah, thats DOOM and its coming for YOU.

[TRO]

Teammates Kevin & Kerri Kong are having completely opposite seasons so far. One is 2nd, the other is 2nd to last.

[PilotMan]

Qualified 2 and 19, finished 7 and 12. Thats more like it. Now if we could just hang out and run strong for a whole race I think we could be back in the running. Looking at the overalls we are at 6 and 26. Those damn DNF's really take a toll on the numbers. We need to stay top 10 and reel these guys in.

[DataKing]

Woo!! Another clean race, another big win for the Dickle!

Here's hoping that the #15 silver bullet is setting up for a dominant season, and isn't just peaking early.

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[CrimsonFox]

ack 13 and last....cmon WOlf you can do eeeeeeeeet

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What more can you say about Trick Dickle right now. Once again, in a two car battle down the stretch it was Trick who had the strongest car and took home the win. This time he battled with Nick Phillips all day long as Nick led 111 laps, and Trick led 103. But Nick's car faded after the final restart, and despite a minor yellow flag accident that gave Trick's car a bit of damage no one could catch him as he went on to take his 3rd checkered flag of the season. Aemon Snow was 2nd followed by Mustafa Henderson, Cannon Pace and Phillips.

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Trick Dickle is starting to pull away a bit at the top of the points. Mustafa Henderson has been consistent all year and sits in 2nd. Aemon Snow, Ace Idol and Cannon Pace round out the top 5. Andrew Foley and Bo Duke sit in a tie for the final Chase spot and Benton Gale and David Gonzalez hold the two wildcard spots currently.

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[PurdueBrad]

Ouch, getting killed after a decent early start this season.

[BYU 14]

I'll take a top 10 finish at the home track, keeps Ace solidly in the top 5 overall.

[DataKing]

Love it, love it, looooooove it! The Silver Bullet is really flying now...

Keep it up boys, and don't lose focus...

[kingfc22]

FC Racing will need some tweaks in the offseason.

Gonzalez and Murrietta are brutal right now.

[britrock88]

From the Charlotte video: Ninth Circle is a bit more disappointed coming away from North Carolina after seeing Rip's 07 Vanilla Coke car running in the top 10 early on, and Helen's 6 Discount Tire car running in the top 5 fairly late.

In Phoenix, Rip overcame a poor qualification, picking up 14 spots to finish 20th, but he is still struggling mightily this season. Helen once again waxed toward the front of the pack, but waned as the race went on, finishing 16th. (I thought the heat in Phoenix would suit her!) She is one position outside the Chase as of now.

[DataKing]

Wow that back end was really caved in...good thing Phoenix isn't a big aero track...

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Cannon keeps qualifying well but can't quite pull off any wins or even lead that many laps. He's being consistent though and is 5th in points.

[RendeR]

1 full third of the top 6 Driver drive Snow Motorsports Cars.

Aemon Snow has made a miraculous comeback after starting the season at Daytona dead last in points. While wily veteran Chris Snow just keep posting top level finishes.

You want to look for favorites to be there at the end of teh chase? look for cars number 44 and 64!

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[Coffee Warlord]

Oooh, a pole.

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What a great finish today in the Pure Michigan 400, which you will see in the video. Nick Phillips and Ches O'Peake battled down the stretch, trading the lead and racing side by side right down to the finish line where Nick Phillips barely edged out O'Peake for the win.

There were 5 caution flags that knocked out some of the day's strong cars such as Chris Snow, Rip Lickingood, Rob Nielsen and Ace Idol and badly damaged plenty of others.



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[Coffee Warlord]

Ooh, a colossal failure.

[MacroGuru]

ToPaw Racing knocked out of the Michigan race...not good...

[britrock88]

Helen gets some time in the lead, a Top 10 finish, and is back in the Chase as it stands.

Rip's 5th-place qualification is squandered as he wrecks out of Michigan. Still 50 points below any driver in the series, and up to 3 DNFs in 6 races.

[BYU 14]

ToPaw Racing knocked out of the Michigan race...not good...

Damn both of us with a DNF, that sucks, especially after a decent starting spot.

[PilotMan]

Michigan was not a speedway that we were going to be good at. We finished though!

So we are 13th and 17th in the race.

Certainly still in the hunt, but we need some strong showings sooner or later.

Go Dixieland!

[DanGarion]

Wow the father son team of Schoonover's actually were top 5.

[CrimsonFox]

ooooo a top 10! I don't think my cars are good enough to get top 3 tho.

[britrock88]

4 of the first 6 races were on speedways. 5 of the next 6 will be on tracks other than speedways. Lots of potential for the standings to shake up.

[PackerFanatic]

4 of the first 6 races were on speedways. 5 of the next 6 will be on tracks other than speedways. Lots of potential for the standings to shake up.

Good point - I hadn't really looked at how my guys did on those tracks in terms of their stats. I will have to do that at the end of the year when evaluating if they need updates (assuming we can even do stat updates at the end of the year :))

[chesapeake]

Finally, I get a little bit of traction in a race! Not quite enough to get across the finish line first, though.

[wolverine29]

Dexter needs to pick it up. 34th in points. I think our only shot now is a couple of wins and getting a wildcard.

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What an exciting race. The lead was swapped 86 times among 24 drivers and the lead changed again on the final lap. Heading into the last lap, Deacon Palmer, found himself in 4th place, 3rd car in the bottom line. He stayed there until coming out of turn 4th and used the long front straightaway to his advantage as he dove below Eliott Foley and edged out Rip Lickinggood on the high side to win in a terrific 3 wide finish.

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[sterlingice]

Ugh- three bottom five finishes in a row: 2 accidents and 1 of just a sucky race :(

SI

[PilotMan]

We sucked so much ass The Human Centipede is jealous.

[britrock88]

This is certainly Ninth Circle's strongest showing of the season. Rip Lickingood got a chance to show his superspeedway prowess, qualifying 4th and holding the lead until the bitter end. That narrowly missed win was a blow to Rip's chances to make the Chase as a wildcard. Helen Wheels, meanwhile, qualifies mid-table, leads the second-most laps, but fades back to about where she started, finishing 16th. She's still bringing up the rear of Chase points qualifiers.

[Travis]

Finally some decent race days for me. Lots of ground to make up but at least a glimmer of hope.

[kingfc22]

Gonzalez needs to pick it up to make the chase.

[ntndeacon]

Woohoo! From the last qualifying to winning Talledega!

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Cannon is barely holding onto that 10th spot. He'll need some good finishes soon to not be worrying when it comes down to race #15.

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An absolutely dominating day for Dexter Jackson, who before today was 34th in points. He lapped the entire field and led 396 of 500 laps.

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Trick Dickle retakes the points lead after his top 5 finish at Martinsville. Chris and Aemon Snow both drop out of the top 10 after poor runs at Martinsville. Deacon Palmer and David Gonzalez currently hold the wild card spots.


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[PurdueBrad]

Finally, a decent finish, second place!

[MacroGuru]

A top 10 finish for Avery Thomas...Finally!

[PilotMan]

A bit of Dr Jekel/Mr Hyde from Dixieland Racing today. Both cars qualified very high, and there were big expectations. The General Lee ran strong, never lead, but 3rd place for Bo Duke is his second top 5 finish.

The Good Ol Boy Home Depot car just gave up. Luke lead for 10 laps of the race but fell way off to finish after qualifying 3rd. Ouch! That can't happen!

So now Bo sits in 14th, all of 6 points out of the race points. Luke falls way back 26th. He is nearly 100 points behind the 10 spot.

[DataKing]

Wow...crazy run there by Dex at Martinsville, but it's nice to see the Dickle gang pull their heads out of the backsides and get back on top of the point standings where they belong...

[RendeR]

Wow, talk about Team Fail.

We gotta pick things up to get back in that chase!

[BYU 14]

A top 10 finish for Avery Thomas...Finally!

And right on cue Ace tanks it the same race :banghead:

[sterlingice]

Ugh

SI

[kingfc22]

Back into the chase while my teammate Murrieta sits in dead last.

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[PurdueBrad]

Hmmm, trying not to get my hopes up too much but qualifying 6'th should be a good thing!

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Alejandro Murrieta and his crew stole today's Brickyard 400 with terrific pit strategy and came away with the unlikely win. All but two drivers, Murrieta and Nick Harold had to pit with 17 laps to go but Murietta and Harold stayed on the track during those green flag stops and stretched their fuel to the absolute last second to finish 1st and 2nd while Nick Phillips, who dominated most of the day, had to settle for 3rd. Points leader Trick Dickle was 4th and Chris Snow will vault back into the Chase with a 5th place finish. One major wreck knocked out 7 cars on lap 9.



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Trick Dickle holds a 100 point lead over 2nd place Mustafa Henderson, that lead however will be wiped out when the Chase starts. Nick Phillips its in 3rd and Chris Snow jumps back to 4th in the standings. David Ginsberg sits 5th followed by Aemon Snow, Ace Idol, Kevin Kong, Helen Wheels and Erik Flamebeard. Those ten would be in the Chase if the season ended up now along with wildcards of Deacon Palmer and Benton Gale.

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[PurdueBrad]

Let's see: my car that qualified 19'th finished 2'nd and my 6'th qualifier finished 18'th. I'll take the flip-flop as Team Dumbo puts together a decent combination.

[RendeR]

And the speedways save the day! 4th and 6th heading into the home stretch. I gotta like our chances of getting both Snow Motorsports cars into the chase.

[PilotMan]

Ugh, one goes up, one goes down, and now they are both right together in 19th and 20th places. Just can't seem to find a rhythm.

[kingfc22]

Crap. Gonzalez nose dived with the DNF and Murrieta with the win?

Wish that was Gonzalez with the genius pit strategy as Murrieta has no shot this season.

[britrock88]

Ninth Circles recap:

(from the Talledega video)
I can't believe Rip went high on the last lap! He absolutely could have held others off on the low line, and he'd be in the pack of drivers outside the Top 10 with 1 win and a chance to qualify for the Chase as a wild-card.

(from Indy qualifying)
WOOOOO FRONT ROW

(from the race)
Good to see Helen and Rip get time near the front in the 6 and 07 cars, respectively. Equally frustrating to see Nick Phillips pull away from the pack time and again. 10th and 11th place finishes are respectable, and good enough to get Helen back into the Chase, but still somehow disappointing given the strength of Ninth Circle's cars in qualification.

(from the wreck video)
Isn't it a little insensitive to show the dash cams for the two drivers who were surely killed in that accident?! (RIP, Benton Gale and Bo Duke.)

[wolverine29]

An absolutely dominating day for Dexter Jackson, who before today was 34th in points. He lapped the entire field and led 396 of 500 laps.

YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright since I'm still stuck way back in the points it looks like I need another win to get myself into the chase. I probably won't be able to pass those other guys with 1 win. The 12 car is pretty solid on short tracks so hopefully we'll fare well at Myrtle Beach. We need win #2. And we should be decent at road courses so Watkins Glen is another possibility. If I can't get to victory lane in one of those two it's probably over cause we have struggled mightily at speedways.

[PackerFanatic]

Ugh, rough season. I'm not sure there is enough time to get back into the thick of things with Andrew Foley.

[BYU 14]

Back in the top 10, overall. It's pretty bunched up for those final 5 spots though, so hopefully no DNF's the rest of the way.

[PackerFanatic]

Wow, Andrew Foley is the only driver left that has not led a single lap this year. Get with the program, man! Even your baby bro has led three!

[CrimsonFox]

Well I wanted more crashes and I got them :(

[wolverine29]

(from the wreck video)
Isn't it a little insensitive to show the dash cams for the two drivers who were surely killed in that accident?! (RIP, Benton Gale and Bo Duke.)

Yeah seriously how did they survive those wrecks? Any words of wisdom for the rest of us on how to survive crazy wrecks like that?

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Surprise Surprise, look who wins again. Trick Dickle picks up win #4 and is dominating the series this season. This wasn't as dominating a win for Trick as he rode in the top ten most of the race but didn't take the lead until the final 50 laps but that's all that matters. Nick Harold had the dominate car early and led 118 laps before fading to 17th. Mustafa Henderson led 75 laps but struggled late and finished 25th. Bo Duke was strong as well as he led 88 laps but ended up in 10th.

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Trick Dickle's lead is now up to 187 points over Mustafa Henderson. Trick is the only driver hating the switch to the Chase format this season. Deacon Palmer and David Gonzalez currently hold the wildcard spots.

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[kingfc22]

FC Racing with two top 10 finishes. Apparently we need to race here more often.

[britrock88]

Rip Lickingood has been coming on strong the last few races. Here's hoping Helen is able to hang on to the outside of the Chase.

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Cannon sits in 10th with 5 races to go until the Chase. But these points are so close who knows what will happen.

[PilotMan]

Man! Our cars were right there at the top of the heap in qualifying, we ran strong for most of the race, and managed to finish 9th and 10th?! When are we going to live up to our potential!? This team needs a few more top 10 finishes to make the chase, but now both drivers sit in striking distance at 13th and 14th place. It's going to be a tight finish, and Dixieland needs some really big finishes.

[DavidCorperial]

I find it quite funny that my racer is in the chase when I've run the third to least number of laps.

[PackerFanatic]

Wow, Andrew Foley is the only driver left that has not led a single lap this year. Get with the program, man! Even your baby bro has led three!

He actually listened to me! Led 9 laps in the last race! 5th and 6th for the Foley brothers and Andrew moves back into Chase contention. Keep it up!

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Well this changes everything for the Chase. After sitting near the back of the standings all season, Dexter Jackson now has picked up his second win in dominating fashion and has all but assured himself a spot in the Chase. Dexter qualified on the pole and led 59 of 90 laps en route to the win.

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Trick Dickle leads the way followed by Nick Phillips, Chris Snow, Mustafa Henderson and David Ginsberg. Dexter Jackson and Deacon Palmer currently hold the wildcard spots.

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[DavidCorperial]

Wow, huge top 5 performance, that should just about lock be in for the chase, super excited about that.

[PilotMan]

Excellent! Another top five finish for the General Lee and Bo is back in the Chase. Luke is just on the outside at 12th, ready to strike. Let's go Dixieland!

[BYU 14]

Ace Idol is not spectacular, but he is consistent. Just have have to avoid disaster the last 4 races and we should be in the chase.

[DataKing]

Quick question for you CMP...by your scoring system do we get bonus points going into the chase for wins during the "regular season"?

[RendeR]

The old man shows his poise and experience moving up to 3rd in the chase. Aemon Snow took a hit as his youth and inexperience showed through on a tough road course.

3rd and 8th in the points with 4 races left before the chase. Snow Motorsports is looking good for now.

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Quick question for you CMP...by your scoring system do we get bonus points going into the chase for wins during the "regular season"?

Yup you'll get 5 extra points per win.

[Coffee Warlord]

One of these days I'll figure out how to build a driver that's actually competitive.

[DataKing]

Yup you'll get 5 extra points per win.

Excellent. Barring some sort of major catastrophe, the Silver Bullet is already in the chase. Now it's time to work on some more victories to increase our initial lead. Vegas looks promising...

[britrock88]

Helen Wheels has run the most laps and only has 13th place to show for it.

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Cannon is just hanging there in 11th. It's time to move. We keep qualifying well but don't make any progress in the race.

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[sterlingice]

WOO! Good news for once!

SI

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In a race where no one car dominated and 16 drivers led in all, it was Andrew Foley who had the best car when it counted most as he picked up the win and looks to solidify himself into The Chase. Foley has seemingly come out of nowhere these last few races and now looks to be a contender.

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[sterlingice]

And from pole down to 20th. Suck :(

SI

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Trick Dickle is almost guaranteed the #1 spot in the Chase. He'll get 50 bonus points for first and at least 20 more bonus points for his four wins giving him 70 to start with. Phillips Racing teammates Nick Phillips and Mustafa Henderson sit 2nd and 3rd followed by the surging Andrew Foley and the steady David Ginsberg. Ace Idol continues to be consistent and sits in 6th followed by Chris Snow who drops a bit after a poor finish, despite having a strong car at Dakota. Helen Wheels is back in the top ten at 8th. Deacon Palmer jumps from 18th to 9th in one race in the standings and currently doesn't need to use the wildcard. And Travis Elkin jumps into the top ten with a solid finish. Aemon Snow drops out of the top ten and sits 11th, Bo Duke drops from 7th to 12th. Current wildcard spots belong to Dexter Jackson and David Gonzalez.

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[wolverine29]

Well this changes everything for the Chase. After sitting near the back of the standings all season, Dexter Jackson now has picked up his second win in dominating fashion and has all but assured himself a spot in the Chase. Dexter qualified on the pole and led 59 of 90 laps en route to the win.

I knew we would be good at the road course!!! What a turnaround for us. I can't believe the #12 car is now pretty much locked into the Chase. We have been terrible most of the year except for two races. Maybe Dexter can shock the world!

[Travis]

Gah, somewhat consistent but can't challenge when it matters most. Ah well, hopefully can hang on to a qualifying spot and find the next gear when it matters most.

[Coffee Warlord]

Two 5th place finishes in a row. Why can't I drive like this earlier in the season?

[Zinto]

Well story of Mr. Hutt's season so far with a big fall from the qualifying to last place. Looks like he may come in last place overall a great accomplishment I would say :p

[britrock88]

Helen Wheels with a great Sunday, coming from her #33 starting spot to finish 4th and finally log a Top-5 finish. That gives her #6 Discount Tire car a 36-point cushion in Chase qualification.

Rip Lickingood, for his part, qualified much better, in the 8th position, and stayed strong on his way to a 9th-place finish. He's slowly climbed the standings to 25th. If the #07 Vanilla Coke car can get a win and eclipse David Gonzalez in the next 3 races (a tall order, sure), he will find his way into the Chase, as well.

[TRO]

The Kongs are going in opposite directions.

[PilotMan]

Damn, yeah, this track was never going to be kind to us. Still, a couple good finishes and we'll be in like flynn. I'm not worried.

[kingfc22]

FC Racing with a 10th and 11th today. Gonzalez still holding on to a wild cart spot and is Deacon Palmer's number 1 fan.

[PackerFanatic]

Fantastic! Picking it up when it counts. Keep it up, Andrew...

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And Cannon sucks and falls to 17th in the points. Another great qualifying run followed by a terrible race.

[BYU 14]

Still clinging to 6th, just need to finish the last 2 15th or better and should be golden.

[MacroGuru]

Still clinging to 6th, just need to finish the last 2 15th or better and should be golden.

You gotta represent since Avery is representing at the bottom

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Cannon Pace dominated the early running at Boston before fading during the last half of the race. From there Chris Snow and Nick Phillips took turns leading for much of the race until the final 15 laps when Travis Elkin took over the lead from Nick Phillips and then held off a strong challenge from Phillips to take the win and increase his chances of making the Chase greatly.

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No one will catch Trick Dickle, the only thing he can do is go for broke these next two races and try to pick up a few extra bonus points for winning. The Phillips Racing teammates have a good hold on 2nd and 3rd while Chris Snow sits 4th. Ace Idol sits in 5th. Travis Elkin moves up to 6th with his win and is followed by Andrew Foley, Bo Duke, David Ginsberg and Deacon Palmer. Dexter Jackson and Benton Gale hold the wildcard spots. The standings are so close in the battle for the 10th spot. There is no room for anyone to slip up.

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[BYU 14]

Nice, another solid if unspectacular finish for Ace...slow and steady.

Props to Thomas with the 3rd place finish for Topaw!

[DataKing]

The Dickle is racking up the top ten finishes...very nice. Go for broke we shall in Sin City next weekend.

[Travis]

I suppose if nothing else we're building strength as the season goes on. Now to try and figure out qualifying and make race day a little bit easier.

[PackerFanatic]

Come on, Foley, don't slip up now...

[DavidCorperial]

Horrible race for me, and yet I'm still in the top ten having run the least amount of laps of anyone, kinda funny.

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Cannon finally had a really strong car and stayed up front after qualifying well. But, we still ended up fading a bit and finished 9th. 25 points out of the Chase.

[MacroGuru]

Nice, another solid if unspectacular finish for Ace...slow and steady.

Props to Thomas with the 3rd place finish for Topaw!

Holy $^*), The sun does shine on a dogs butt every once and awhile.

[MrBug708]

And that ends that

[kingfc22]

Gonzalez needs to get things together to make it into the Chase.

[PilotMan]

Tough result for Luke to break that car. Clearly he could have gotten a better result and pushed closer to the top 10. Instead it's looking more like Bo is going to carry the flag for the team, and get a crack at the big money.

[britrock88]

Ninth Circle fails to show today, and Helen falls 3 points out of the Chase. Two solid races here is all she needs!

Is video gone for good?

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Is video gone for good?

Nope, I should have video for most of the remaining races.

[ntndeacon]

I have started to hope my car does not do well in qualifying the two top finishes I have had, one I was dead last, the other I was next to last.

[sterlingice]

Sterling Silvers is continuing the race to the bottom. Only one away from the prize now.

SI

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Chris Snow has had a solid car all season but hadn't been able to find victory lane until today as he led the final 36 laps to take the win in the Sin City 400.

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[CrimsonFox]

I think I"m pretty much done. My driverrs have just sucked the last few races. Guess I'll cheer on the rest of you especially who pays me the most.

[MrBug708]

47 laps...fml

[CrimsonFox]

cmp, we need to see those accidents! That's the best part :)

[BYU 14]

A top 10 should clinch a spot in the chase for Idol, still would like to brek through and win one!!

[RendeR]

FINALLY!


Old Age and Treachery, BOOOyah!


Its all about Finishing.

[TRO]

Had high hopes after starting 1st and 3rd. Not to be.

[DataKing]

Hmmm....Tricky Dick was really expecting a better showing in Vegas....figured that track would be right in our wheelhouse. But we'll certainly take another top 10. One more tune-up before the main event starts!

[cmp]

I'm out of town on work this week so the final race before the Chase will be up on Friday.

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I am back home. The final race before the Chase should be going up later tonight.

[britrock88]

Standings in the meantime?

[PurdueBrad]

Wow, missed race 14, glad to see that Nick Harold did so well!! It's too little too late I'm pretty sure but still, my best year yet.

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Race is running right now. Hopefully will get it up tonight but tomorrow afternoon by the latest.

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It was a fitting end to the regular season as the driver who has dominated, won his 5th race. Trick Dickle held off challenges from Chris Snow and Cannon Pace to win yet again. Pace challenged for the win, which he needed to make the Chase, and came up just short. Helen Wheel, Kerri Kong, and Bo Duke had solid top ten finishes to solidify themselves in the Chase.

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The Chase has been set. Trick Dickle dominated the first 15 and will enter the Chase with a solid amount of bonus points. He is followed by Nick Phillips, Chris Snow, Helen Wheels, Ace Idol, Bo Duke, Mustafa Henderson, Andrew Foley, Travis Elkin and Kerri Kong. The wild card spots belong to Dexter Jackson and Deacon Palmer.

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[TRO]

Nice 2nd half for Kerri Kong.

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[PilotMan]

Great race for Dixieland taking 4th and 9th. Luke just fell too far behind to early to make a run at the Chase. The team will put all it's energy behind Bo now as the General Lee tries to make good ol' boys everywhere proud!

[kingfc22]

FC Racing will be spending a lot of time in the garage this offseason...

[RendeR]

Snow Motorsports is a hotbed of statistical anamolies.

2 Drivers

2 cars

identical stats across the board.


1 car makes teh chase, the other falls short in 14th place.


Lets go SNOW!

[PilotMan]

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Hey, I don't see that guy who was second in laps lead anywhere. :confused:

[PackerFanatic]

First DNF of the year is not the way to lead into the Chase...but hopefully I got it out of my system now.

[britrock88]

Helen comes into the Chase as 1 of 2 drivers without a DNF, having run the most laps of any driver this season. Will consistency be a winning strategy in a 5-race Chase?

[ntndeacon]

woohoo in the chase!

[DataKing]

Very nice...not only does Tricky Dickle solidify his points lead heading into the chase, but now Big Mo is on his side as well. Still, all it takes is one bad outing for that lead to evaporate. Stay focused, boys!

[sterlingice]

I can't even finish well on my chase for last place :(

SI

[Coffee Warlord]

21st and 30th for my drivers. Clearly, I need to rethink my point distros.

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Race #1 of the Chase is tomorrow.

[Travis]

And so the real season begins.

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A couple of early wrecks drastically changed the landscape of this race. (Hopefully I can get the video to work for those). Chase contenders Nick Phillips and Deacon Palmer were knocked out of the race in those wrecks and other contenders such as Trick Dickle and Bo Duke were left with badly damaged cars. The few who survived the wrecks unscathed were able to pull away from the pack and dominate the last half of the race. In the end it was a two car breakaway with non-Chase driver Kyle Kappe holding off Travis Elkin for the win. Elkin was the highest finishing Chase driver in 2nd while Helen Wheels was 5th, Andrew Foley 6th, Mustafa Henderson 7th, Dexter Jackson 8th and Ace Idol 10th.

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[DanGarion]

Glad Ken Schoonover decided to show up after the Chase was set. Fucker.

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Helen Wheels takes the top spot followed by Travis Elkin, Andrew Foley, Mustafa Henderson and Trick Dickle who falls to 5th.

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[PilotMan]

NEXT!

[Travis]

I'll take it and hopefully keep the roll going.

[britrock88]

So close to most laps led and 5 extra points for Helen. No complaints, though.

[DataKing]

So much for that lead we'd spent all season building...pfft...

[Breeze]

sheesh...working on winning the first race and then finishing last....

[PackerFanatic]

With all the wrecks, I will gladly take a top 10. Gotta stay consistent!

[BYU 14]

With all the wrecks, I will gladly take a top 10. Gotta stay consistent!

+1

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For most of the day it was a two car battle between Nick Phillips and Chris Snow. After a caution Snow and Phillips got onto a different pit schedule. Ten other drivers were on the different pit schedule with Snow and after Phillips and the rest of the field had to pit Snow and the other ten drivers were able to stay out and stretch out the fuel mileage. Snow had no challenges as he took the win. 2nd through 7th were other drivers who stayed out, Phillips was the first who made the final pit stop in the final order. 9th through 12th stayed out and Trick Dickle in 13th was the 2nd car in the order who made the last stop.

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After the win Chris Snow jumps up the lead. Ace Idol sits in 2nd followed by Helen Wheels, Trick Dickle and Kerri Kong.

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[britrock88]

A 16th-place finish is not what the doctor ordered considering Helen qualified 8th, but it seems that she was in the unlucky pit group. She's also only 7 places or so behind the Chase lead -- not too shabby.

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Here is the video from Daytona that I was finally able to get to work.

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[PilotMan]

NEXT!

Damn one of the worst races of the year. Not a fan of the DNF.

[BYU 14]

Another consistent finish for Ace, liking our position with 3 races left..

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Race #18 will be up later tonight.

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Bo Duke did everything he could today to keep himself in the running for the title. He led the majority of the final half of the race and took the easy victory while most of the rest of the Chase field faltered. Deacon Palmer in 4th and Nick Phillips in 10th were the only other Chase drivers in the top ten. Ace Idol, Andrew Foley, Dexter Jackson, Mustafa Henderson, Trick Dickle, Chris Snow and Travis Elkin all failed to finish.

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Ace Idol takes the lead with only 2 races remaining but holds a very small lead over the rest of the field. It's still anyone's championship to win.

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[BYU 14]

Wow, never would have expected to jump into the lead with a DNF 23rd place.......no complaints here!