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I was glad to see the Cup series return to North Wilkesboro.  I loved the long green flag runs, and was glad they didn't have some goofy distance like 300 laps.  Unfortunate they had that yellow in the middle of green flag stops, but that happens sometimes, and it completely shifted the tone of the race.  But that's what keep it interesting.  I'll get right to it and cover the results below.
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WEEKLY
Winner -  Fred R 1 & 2   Winning score - 489    MAX score -  561    Low To Cash -  6 way tie - 425
Winner this week was: Fred R 1 AND 2 with 489 - both are first time winners this year and add two more to the Chase.  Scores this week were pretty close to last week all across the board.  Ed P2 was third 12 behind.  Jeff S2 and John H tied for fourth four more points back.  It was a 13 point drop back to sixth where we saw Ray F at 460.  Nine more down to Ryan Z at 451 and Mike C had 450.  Steve B and Zack G tied for ninth at 447.  Last cash was a six way tie starting at 17th at 425.  Dusty L was the only rookie in the money.  Three gals in the money.

Segment   Debbie   Leading score - 2240     Low To Cash -  Alexis F  - 2067
Segment 2 - Debbie had a good week and managed to edge past John P by 13 points.  Scott E is third -89 after being sixth last week.  Bruce F sits fourth at -91 tied with Jeff S2.  Jeff S2 moved up from eighth.  Brian H had Larson (like many of us) and took a hit in the points this week; falling from fourth -87 down to sixth -103.  Robyn P is moving up and now sits seventh -132.  Joe R1 is now eighth at -146.  Dusty L is -151 and Matt S is -157.   Last cash is Alexis F at 2067; -173.  All the way down to 52nd is within 75 points of the money and we have four races to go.  FOUR rookies in the money as of now, and we have four gals in the money.

Overall -     Anita M - 9568       Low To Cash -  Sophie - 9221
Anita's leads in the overall portion of the game; and Dusty remains second; but she keeps closing ground.  She closed in to within 83 points this week.  David F1 keeps moving up.  Eighth a couple weeks back, then up to sixth, last week was fourth, and now sits third -159.  Ron C1 is fourth now at -163.  Weldon fell a couple spots down to fifth and is now -172.  Jimmy G moved up some more from eighth -217 into sixth -197.  Scott E was ninth -237 and moved up to seventh -206.  Alex B took a fall last week going from third down to sixth at -209.  This week he slipped a bit more down to eighth -228.  Chuck C slid from seventh -210 down to ninth -239.  Then there's a big drop down to tenth were we see Geoff M -279.  Last cash is Sophie -347.

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 18 races, and 22 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.
Since I covered the points above, I'll use this area to cover the 16th spot in points at that is the cut off point to make it via points.
16th right now is now Skip H at 9250.  He was two points ahead of the cut line last week.  Terry S sits at 9259 in 15th.  Davey S is 14th at 9267; and Jake S has 9268.  Matt S has 9270.  11th is Chris T at 9277.  Geoff M sits tenth at 9289.  SO from tenth down to 16th is only 39 points.  As we saw this week the different between Larson and Gibbs was 66 points.  SO lots of ground can be made up over the next four races.
Those OUTSIDE looking in we see: - Alexis F is just two points back.  Next is Joe R1 15 back, and Rick K 16 back.  Sophie A sits 29 behind the cut and Robyn is 30 behind.  Arlene K is just two more back.  After this week we have had 24 different winners.

Survivor -            IMMUNITY  -  Steve B -
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.  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.  John P had high score this week, but he has already been eliminated from Survivor.  The first person still alive in this side game is Steve B, so he has immunity for next week.  He finished ninth.
This weeks three lowest scores were Zac M; Steve H; John S.  Kevin D been looking great all year, Both players alive and doing well.  Then in the span of three weeks both fall out.  OUCH.  David F and Joe R have two players and both still alive.


FANTASY LIVE -  Weldon W - 4710
Very little change this week and scores were very low.  MOST weeks 200 is the "normal" good score, but this week we saw most scores be around 150.  Weldon still leads at 4710; second is Cliff 4669; still just 41 back; Chuck C remained third at 4654 -56, and Darell Wall stayed fourth at 4631 -79.  Alex B stayed fifth and sits at 4625 -85 from the lead, but just 6 from the money.  Joe R stayed sixth and is -113.  Arlene moved from tenth up to seventh and sits at 4556 and is -154.

Elite 8  -   Leader -  Jeff S1 - 2717    Low To Cash - Bruce  - 2691
NEXT RACE #19 - DARLINGTON
This game is "ELITE 8".
This is the SIXTH race of Elite 8.  As of now Jeff S1 has found himself in the lead as he has just managed to not have a terrible week.  He has 2717, and sits only two points ahead of Dusty L who was third last week.  Robyn was fourth last week and moved up to third at 2696 just 21 behind Jeff.  Bruce fell from leading to fourth, but is only 26 points from the front.  SO our first four all stayed the same; just moved around a bit.  Joe R2 is the first out at 2678, followed by Arco V at 2661, Joe R1 2654 and Scott E at 2641.  Two races to go.
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

Road Rage  -   Leader -   Alex B - 1762      Low To Cash - Matt S / Ron C - 1751
"Road Rage".  OVER
Jeff's had a horrible week - so bad he was eliminated in Survivor... so that dropped him out of the lead; AND the money in Road Rage.  Jimmy G also fell from second out of the money, as did Terry J.  Chuck C2; Chris T and Ron C1 all held down the next spots and were all within seven points.  ALL fell down the standings.
That means whole new slew of people moved into the top spots to grab the money as this side game closes out.  Alex B and Dwayne Y both scored 490 this week and moved up 25 spots into the top two spots; with Alex grabbing the win by one point.  Matt O'Neil moved from 17th up to finish third while Matt S moved from ninth up to tie for fourth with Ron C1 
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

Super Speedway Shuffle  -  Leader -  Lori M - 1141   Low To Cash - Jason C - 1118
NEXT RACE IS race #26 - DAYTONA
"Super Speedway Shuffle" We had race #4 at Talladega.  Robyn P used her great week to make a big move forward into sixth.  Lori struggled somewhat and fell from the lead down to fourth at 1554.  Dusty had a pretty good week to move into the lead with 1591.  Ron C1 remains second at 1576.  Alex B is now third 1563.  Anita rebounded from her drop down to 19th and -136 to move up to ninth but is still -124; so a long way to go for her.  Daytona and Talladega yet to go here.
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

Short Track Mayhem  -  Leader -  Anita M - 1056   Low To Cash - David F1 - 1037
NEXT RACE is Race #23 at IOWA.
Lori M moved from third into the lead here.  She was 13 behind Anita, but scored 430 while Anita only got 377.  Geoff M third place finish this week shot him up the standings into second and he is just 5 behind Lori.  Ron C2 is third at 1462 11 behind Lori, and Brian H sits fourth just 21 from the lead.  Three races down, and four to go.  David F1 is fifth with 1448; five out of the money right now.  Terry J sits in sixth with 1437.  Anita and Jimmy G have 1433.  All the way down to 19th has in excess of 1400 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 - This is winding down so less and less to say.... The next TWO weeks JUST the losers brackets will be in action.
ALL LOSERS 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.  In the losers bracket; Jeff S2 managed to win and stay alive beating Jimmy G 441-407.  IN the other match Matt S beat Terry J 413-386.  Next race at Iowa; Jeff S2 will face Matt S - and the winner will face Chris J at Richmond.
In the Maurice Petty Division In the losers bracket, #1 seed Dusty Lain beat David F1 in a tight battle 425-415.  IN the other match Robyn P beat Chuck C2 425-358.  Next week our gals Dusty and Robyn will bump heads, with the winner facing Ray F at Richmond.
In the Smokey Yunick losers bracket Rick K won against Neal T 386 to 367 while in the other match Keff S1 beat Ron C1 473-415.  Next week, Rick K faces Jeff S1 and the winner will face Scott E at Richmond.
Finally in the Harry Hyde losers bracket Zack G beat Terry S 447-386.  In the other match Alex B beat Lori M 368-342.  So at Iowa, Alex will face Zack G and the winner that week will face Davey S at Richmond.
Just the losers bracket will play the next two weeks (through Richmond).  All matches in action the next two weeks are listed above.
The ONLY GALS we have still alive are  Maurice Petty = Dusty Lain / Robyn Phillips and they go head to head next race; so we'll lose one of them.    Harry Hyde = Lori Morgante.
Rookies we have still alive are Matt S = Jake Elder Division  and as mentioned above two gals Dusty and Robyn.


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

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 best scorers THIS week
A - Best scoring A drivers
A - Briscoe (57) - Hamlin (66) - Gibbs (68)

B - Best scoring B drivers
B - Hocevar (64) - Logano (50)

C - Best scoring C drivers
C - McDowell (38) - Preece (46)

D - Best scoring D drivers
D - Berry (42) - Gilliland (34)

E - Best scoring E drivers
E - Heim (96)

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