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Sorry, but this will be kinda short and sweet this week.  Lots of tree limbs and tree tops down in the yard from Saturday's storms, and with the weather kinda on the cooler side today Anita and I been working outside cleaning up what we could taking advantage of the weather.  Lots of chain saw work ahead, and we'll have to rake and manicure the front and back yards to get large twigs and small limbs off the yard before I can even cut the grass again.  So here is a quick review
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WEEKLY
Winner -  Stef B1   Winning score - 497    MAX score -  518    Low To Cash -  Alexis F - 427
Winner this week was: Stef B1 with a nice score of 497 - It's her first win of the season and just one week too late to make the Chase.  Stef B2 finished second and was 26 points behind.  Larry W was third nine more back.  Cliff H2 was fourth as scores started to pack up.  He had 457.  Arlene had 454 and Chuck C2 was sixth at 451.  Last cash was 427.  We had four gals in the money.

Segment   Stef B1   Leading score - 497     Low To Cash -  Alexis F - 427
Segment 2 - Segment same as Weekly since it is first week

Overall -     Anita M - 11547       Low To Cash -  Geoff M - 11275
Anita's still leads in the overall portion of the game; but took a big hit this week as her lead fell from 58 down to just 11.  I believe she had Byron, and his near last place finish hurt a lot.  Weldon W jumped up into second going from third -72.  Jimmy G is now third at -33 when he was fourth last week -83.  Ron C1 was second last week -58 and sits fourth now -62.  Chuck C2 had another good week and is making big strides.  Two weeks ago he was ninth -214, then last week was sixth -140.  Now he's fifth -70.  SO he's gained over 140 points in just a couple weeks.  Dusty is sixth -110; while David F1 lies seventh -114; moving from eighth -164.  We see lots of folks making 40+ gains on Anita this week.  Alexis F is now eighth moving up from tenth.  She was -177, and is now -131.  Alex B was ninth -175 last week, and is still ninth but just -160.  Rick K rounds out the top ten at -175.  Last cash is Geoff M at -272.  Last cash last week was Davey S at -314

THE CHASE  -           
OK - The Chase sheet will have a new look the rest of the year
The new Tab is called CHASE2.  The 42 folks that qualified for the Chase will find themselves listed in the same sort of listing like the Segment standings is listed.  EVERYONE started with 5000 base points.  PLUS the amount of bonus points they earned during the year.  EACH WEEK; To that will be add the amount of points they earn 'weekly', plus any points they earn by finishing in the top ten.  For example Arlene is the highest finishing person in the weekly scores that is also in the Chase.  She finished fifth and had 454 points, and fifth place carries with it 18 bonus points.  So for the Chase she is credited with 472 points.  Chuck C2 is also in the Chase and finished sixth and got 15 bonus points added to his weekly score.  Now this is JUST for the CHASE.  These extra points DO NOT get added to the segment or overall points, so they don't have an advantage there over those not in the Chase.
So after one week in the Chase; - Chuck C2 leads at 5568.  He is ahead of Ed P1 who has 5536 by 32 points.  Next is John P -42; Robyn P is fourth -45 and Arlene K sits -48.  TOP TEN earn winnings here in the Chase.  The rest of the top ten are: Kyle E -57;  Skip H -60;  Jeff S1 -63;  Christa B -68;  and Chris J -76.
I wanted to point out that we had four rookies make the Chase.... and we had 11 of our 16 gals make the Chase.  Nice going ladies.  I am sure we'll see lots of movement and tight scores the whole ten weeks here.

Survivor -            IMMUNITY  -  Cliff H2 -
This week our three lowest scores were held by Terry S; Scott E; Joe R2.
ONE more week where we eliminate three people.  After St Louis we will eliminate just TWO people for five weeks.

FANTASY LIVE -  Weldon W - not updated
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 #36 - MIAMI
This game is "ELITE 8".
This is the SEVENTH race of Elite 8.  As of now Robyn P has found herself in the lead as she has just managed to not have a terrible week. Robyn moved up from third and now leads last weeks leader Jeff S1 by 6 points.... 3117-3111.  Dusty was second last week two points back, but fell down to third now and is 18 from the lead.  Joe R1 made a nice move and sits in fourth now, but has a 42 point gap back to third.  But that's easy to make up in one race.  Arlene is just two more markers out; while John H; Arco, Bruce F, Randy S2; and Davey S are all within 15 points of her.  So we have a real battle for those last cash spots, and someone could even pull out the win yet.
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 -  Dusty Lain - 1910   Low To Cash - Steve H - 1860
NEXT RACE IS race #34 - TALLADEGA
"Super Speedway Shuffle" We had race #5 at Daytona.  Dusty had a pretty good week to hold onto the lead with 1910.  and Lori M is second just five points back.  Ron C1 fell from second to third and is now 50 points behind.  He is tied with Steve H for the third spot.  Alex B fell from third  to fifth and is 18 points out of the money.
Four spots - Pays $25; $15; $10; $5

Short Track Mayhem  -  Leader -  Lori M - 2486   Low To Cash - Weldon W - 2420
NEXT RACE is Race #29 at BRISTOL.
Lori M retained the lead here.  She even opened the gap from 5 two weeks ago, up to 62 last week and it is 51 now.  Jimmy G is second now at 2435 and he moved up from ninth -93.  Terry J is now third - 57.  He was tenth last week -99.  Fourth is Weldon -66.  He fell from third.  Chris T is the first out with 2397.  That's 89 from the lead and 23 from the money.  Last week he was seventh 88 from the lead and 15 from the money.
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 - CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETS THIS RACE
BRACKET UPDATES WILL BE POSTED HERE WEEKLY
THIS WAS THE FINALS for bracket. - Here's the results
In the Jake Elder Division -- Chris J beat Kyle H 363-299.  Chris came from the losers bracket to beat Kyle twice to win the Championship
In the Maurice Petty Division -- we had Skip H face Robyn P.  Skip won 416-378.
In the Smokey Yunick Division -- Jeff S2 won a tight battle 348-334.  Jeff came from the losers bracket to beat Jake twice to win the Championship
Finally in the Harry Hyde Division -- Brian H faced Alex B.  Brian won 288-279

2025 WINNERS - Alexis F - Sophie A - Kevin D1 - Lee K
2026 WINNERS - Skip H - Chris J - Jeff S1 - Brian H

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 best scorers THIS week
A - Best scoring A drivers
A - Bell (94) - Larson (68) - Reddick (84)

B - Best scoring B drivers
B - Wallace (68) - Hocevar (37)

C - Best scoring C drivers
C - Preece (42) - Bowman (29)

D - Best scoring D drivers
D - Berry (45) - Gilliland (26)

E - Best scoring E drivers
E - Heim (25)

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