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Scores were pretty packed this week from 6th on down.  Those that picked Heim instead of Zilisch and Hill got a big leg up on everyone as Heim scored 61 and the others two about 7.  I mentioned in my "picks" email I figured more folks would pick Wallace, and only two did.  Sure enough he ran great and finished second.  Of course the group he is in with Gibbs, Buescher, Hocevar cut into folks picking Wallace.  Surprisingly Elliott was the third best scoring A driver after Reddick again had late race issues.  Scores were LOW as popular picks had issues.  SVG, Zilisch finished at the bottom and only scored 17 combined.  While drivers no one hardly picked were some of the top scorers in their group.  Guys like Elliott, Preece; Smith; Allmendinger; and Herbst.  Max score was 559.  Winning score was just 429.  We missed a TON of points.
Off to another road course next week as Sonoma is our final road course of the season and we'll pay-out one of our side games after that.  Check out the comments below on that.  Scores are packed TIGHT in the Road Rage side game.  I think it's only 10 points from first to tenth??
COUPLE THINGS - THIS was the end of segment #2.  Next race is the start of Segment #3 and we WILL be moving drivers around.  MAKE SURE and pick next week as a lot of popular picks from this week will be in different groups NEXT week.  With it being the end of Segment #2, we settled on who won money for Segment #2 this week.  I'll point out who did what below.
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WEEKLY
Winner -  4 Winners   Winning score - 429    MAX score -  559    Low To Cash -  7 people - 374
Winners this week were: Lizzie J with 429 - long way from a perfect score of 559.  What a difference one week makes.  Points were pretty packed up after sixth; and really packed up from 17th to 76th.  Just 30 points there.  Seven folks tied for last cash spot.  Then 17 people missed by one point.  
After Lizzie we had Stef B2 just one point back, and Mark B just 3 behind.  Stef B1 was fourth just 5 from the win, then there was a nine point drop down to Terrence H in fifth.  It was 12 more back to Zack F in sixth.  Jake S and Matt S was ninth with 394.  Last cash was Andrew V and a host of other with 374.  WE had one rookie in the money, and gals took up three of the top four spots.

Segment   Dusty L   Leading score - 3525     Low To Cash -  David F1 - 3354
Segment 2 - Folks are going to be glad to see this segment end.  Dusty had a great segment and just rode off into the sunset winning the segment by 74 over Jake S.  Next week it all resets to zero.  Jake made a nice move this week and moved from fifth up to second.  He nudged Chuck C2 down one spot into third, and Chris T down one into fourth; and Robyn P into fifth.  Between Jake and Robyn was just 14 points.  Ron C1 remained sixth, but Mark F took a big fall going from seventh down to 13th.  Mark scored 344, but right behind him was a bevy of those folks that scored 373 and all bypassed him to move up one spot.  Unfortunately Arlene was in the money last week in 14th, but fell down to 24th this week.  Geoff M had last cash last week, and fell down to 27th.  Moving in we see that David F1 went from 25th up to last cash; and Davey S was 24th and went to 17th.

Overall -     Anita M - 7518       Low To Cash -  Cliff H1 - 7194
Overall -  
Anita's had another decent week, just missing the money by one point; and another off week for Dusty, saw Anita expand her lead from a 93 point gap up to 122.  Two weeks ago she was up by just 59.  I think to this point this is one of the best years Anita has ever had. David F1 moved into third -182.  Weldon who was third at -172 fell to seventh and is now -201.  Alex B is now fourth -191; and Ron C1 is fifth -194.  Jimmy G is -199, and as mentioned Weldon is -201.  Real tight pack from third to seventh.  Chris J is tenth -219, and 16th is Skip H is 7220 (-298).  I'll focus on this here a bit the next nine races since 16th is the cut off point to make the Chase.  It's tightly packed as Rick K is 14th -280; Mark F is -295; then Skip; followed by Sophie -299; Chris T -302; and Scott E -307.  That's just 27 points from 14th to 19th; six people right now fighting for the three final spots.  But with NINE races to go all that could change greatly.  Last cash is Cliff H1 at -324 tied with Kyle E.  Last week last cash was Sophie at -299.
NOW I haven't pointed this out, and I want to; especially for the new players.  If you or 400 or so points behind don't get discouraged.  We have not even reached the 1/2 way point in Overall, and as you can see last cash score is -324.  So I expect the last cash number to be around -600+ at the end.  SO you have a LONG way to go..

THE CHASE  -           
OK - The Chase sheet will have a new look this year

SO THE CHASE TAB shows who has won and is already locked in at the very top (right now we have had 15 races, and 16 different winners) - 
Anita leads here, as this will match the Overall points.  So you want to be in the Top 16 in points at the end of Segment #3.
On the far right (in pink) are the bonus points players have earned so far to carry into the Chase (if they make it).  Peoples names shown highlighted in yellow are one of those that have won already.  You can see there are five people that have won that are in the top 16 in points.  I covered much about the Chase and who's close above.  After this week we have had 21 different winners.

Survivor -            IMMUNITY  -  Joe R1 / Sophie A -
Survivor will run just like last year.  Since we only have 36 races, and 120 players, it is necessary to eliminate more than one player weekly.  The first four weeks, the five players with the lowest scores will be eliminated.  Then we'll drop to dropping just four players the next 12 races... and so on.  NOW each week the person with the HIGHEST score will get immunity for the next race.  IF WE HAVE A TIE for the lowest score to eliminate, that will carry over to the following week.  A TIE for HIGH score and both will have immunity.  Since Joe and Sophie are still alive in the game; BOTH will have immunity next week.
This weeks four lowest scores were Virgil P; Zack F; Zack G and Stef B2.
We are to the point where over 1/2 of our players have been eliminated so far.  THIS was our LAST week of eliminating four players, then we will go to eliminating just three players next week.

FANTASY LIVE -  Cliff H - 3633 - 
Weldon lost his slim lead this week, and fell all the way back to third; but just 18 from the lead.  (But I skipped doing this last week)  Cliff H now leads at 3633.  Chuck C is second just 7 points behind.  Weldon is third as mentioned; and Blaine S moved up from fifth to fourth, just 24 from the leader.  Don G Made a nice move and is only 10 more back, and Lee K is in sixth.  LONG way to go here.  Next race is just 1/2 way of the season.

Elite 8  -   Leader -  Robyn P - 1889    Low To Cash - Jeff S1 - 1851
NEXT RACE #19 - CHICAGOLAND
This game is "ELITE 8".
This is the FOURTH race of Elite 8.  We'll have a couple more of these pop up over the next few races.  As of now Robyn leads with 1889.  Followed Joe R2 (1862); Dusty L (1854) and Jeff S1 (1851).  Nathan T is fifth at 11842. Arco V has 1840 as does Bruce F.  Chris J has 1837 and Arlene K has 1824; Sophie has 1820.  Others are very close also.  Four races to go.
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

Road Rage  -   Leader -   Jeff S1 - 1317      Low To Cash - Chuck C2 - 1315
"Road Rage".  Next race is #18 at SONOMA
Jeff's good week left him with 1317 points, one point ahead of Jimmy G and Terry J.  Cliff H2 and Weldon W are tied for third at 946.  Chuck C2 has 1315; followed by Chris T and Ron C1 1310; Cliff H1 1309; Jeff S2 1308 and Matt S &, Stef B1 have 1307.  Anita has 1302; Robyn has 1301, and Skip has 1300.  That's 13 people within 17 points
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

Super Speedway Shuffle  -  Leader -  Lori M - 1141   Low To Cash - Jason C - 1118
NEXT RACE IS race #20 - ATLANTA
"Super Speedway Shuffle" We had race #3 at Talladega.  Lori used her great week to take the lead in this side game.  She sits at 1141, with a nine point lead over Ron C1.  Anita went from third last week down to 19th, and is 136 points behind.
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

Short Track Mayhem  -  Leader -  Anita M - 1056   Low To Cash - David F1 - 1037
NEXT RACE is Race #21 at MARTINSVILLE.
Two races down, and Anita scored 525+ both times.  She has 1056 and you'd think she'd have a commanding lead.  But Ron C2 also scored 525+ both races and sits just 3 points back.  Lori M has 1043 just 13 behind Anita and David F1 is fourth with 1037.  Skip sits in fifth with1029.  All the way down to 18th has in e3xcess of 1000 points with four races to go.
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

GALS - POWDER PUFF STARTS #31 - Las Vegas    
This side game is "Powder Puff" - 
Thanks so much for the prizes donated by CHUCK COX
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

BRACKETS - ALL BRACKETS RESUMED THIS RACE
BRACKET UPDATES WILL BE POSTED HERE WEEKLY
OK - now you all should know the brackets you are in since I sent out the email listing everyone.  If you don't know, let me know.  Each week I'll point out some interesting things as we go along.
We had a TON of close matches this week since the scores were so close.  ALL BRACKETS were ON this week.  As usual,  I'll point out some interesting items, and close matches below
Let me start with the Jake Elder Division.  Matt S beat #1 seed Anita M.  Another of our gals fell to the losers bracket as Jackie G lost to Chris J.  Terry J came into the game with a great #6 seeding, and tied this week against Jimmy G.  Unfortunately for Terry, his opponent had a #3 seeding and would advance in the winners bracket while Terry falls to the losers bracket.  IN the losers bracket; Jeff S2 edged out Joe R2 371-365. 
In the Maurice Petty Division winners bracket, we saw another #1 seed beaten as Dusty Lain lost to Ray Files 386-344.  Skip H just edged John P 373-365. 
In the Smokey Yunick winners bracket Arlene K just lost out to Neal T 334-329.  In the losers bracket Stebe B just beat Al A 376-371; while Rick K beat Joe R1 374-373.  I just happened to notice that all the top five seed in this division are alive in the losers bracket.
Finally in the Harry Hyde Division; Alex B is the only #1 seed still alive in the winners bracket.
NO ONE PLAYS NEXT WEEK at Sonoma.  I didn't want to have two road courses in the Bracket game.  EVERYONE will play at Chicagoland.


2025 WINNERS - Alexis F - Sophie A - Kevin D1 - Lee K

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 best scorers THIS week
A - Best scoring A drivers
A - Larson (76) - Blaney (67) - Elliott (32)

B - Best scoring B drivers
B - Buescher (65) - Preece (60)

C - Best scoring C drivers
C - Z Smith (52) - Allmendinger (64)

D - Best scoring D drivers
D - Herbst (55) - Gilliland (27)

E - Best scoring E drivers
E - Heim (61)

BELOW you'll see when I load "Weekly Results" Excel files for you to have available if you want later.
You will find the "Race Results" files here.  I'll get them uploaded in the next day or two