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Since Anita told me to pick for her... I figured I better give her the same picks I made for myself.  That way we did the same and I wouldn't have to listen to any crabbyness if I beat her.  ROFLOL>  The winner this week missed a perfect score by 3 points.  Impressive.  As I said in my picks email, get the right picks and you can make a big jump this week.  He gained over 120 points this week.  All the info is below.
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WEEKLY
Winner -  Ed P1   Winning score - 562    MAX score -  565    Low To Cash -  four way tie - 465
Winner this week was: Ed P1 with a big score of 554 - It's his second win of the season.  Impressive score.  Mark B was second just six points behind.  Then we had a big drop back to Alexis F and David F2 who tied for third at 517.  That was almost a 40 point drop down from second.  Rick K had a good week as he battle to try and make the Chase via points finishing fifth with 509.  Then we had a three way tie for sixth at 506.  Jeff S2 finished in the top 10 again as he was ninth at 499, and Dwayne Y rounded out the top 10 at 480.  Then it was only 15 points from tenth down to 20th as we had a four way tie for last cash at 465.  We had a TON of people score 463.  17 folks scored 463.  All the way down to 69th was within 30 points of last cash.  SO in effect it was only 40 points from 11th to 69th.  We had one rookie cash this week, and we had three gals in the money.

Segment   Debbie   Leading score - 3208     Low To Cash -  Jeff S1  - 3013
Segment 2 - Debbie made a big jump in her lead.  Seems having Briscoe was a major factor in bumping up your score.  She went from a 23 point lead over Bruce last week to a 98 point lead over Jeff S2.  Bruce only scored 427 and finished 76th and fell to fifth -102.  John P remained in third but with Debbie's good week went from -24 to -100.  Robyn remained fifth going from -47 to -101.  Mark B had his great week and made a big move going from 31st last week -180 up to sixth -130.  Weldon remained seventh going from -89 to -132.  Scott E moved from ninth to eighth -96 to -139.  Ron C1 dropped from sixth to ninth, and Brian H fell from fifth -84 to tenth -150.  Scores are pretty packed up from tenth to 20th as it is only a 45 point gap.  Last cash is Jeff S1 at 3013; -195.  All the way down to 49th is within 100 points of last cash, and as we saw, you can make up a ton of points on any type track... then throw in the segment ends at Daytona where we are sure to have at least one "big one" and we usually see big points gaps.  Robyn is the only rookie in the money here, and we have four gals in the money.  Anita and Dusty are within 30 points of the money right now.

Overall -     Anita M - 10512       Low To Cash -  Chris J - 10148
Anita's still leads in the overall portion of the game; and Dusty has dropped down to fourth; Anita widened her gap slightly from 109 to 119.  Weldon moved up from fourth -119, into second -119.  Ron C1 remained in third -110 to -127.  Jimmy G slid up one spot from sixth -183 up to fifth -140; moving David F1 down a spot -171.Scott E remained eighth with the same score -232; while Chris T fell two spots even though he had the same score as the leader.  It shows he got passed by two folks who got good scores, and didn't drop because he did poorly.  Rick K moved into eighth -239 moving from 12th -285.  It'll give him a little cushion as he is trying to make the Chase via points.  Alex B remained ninth and is Tied with Chris T -242.  Alexis F moved from 18th -328 up to 11th -274.  Last cash is Chris J -364 as he moved up from 22nd.  We have three rookies in the money, and five gals.

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 Joe R1 at 10178.  He jumped up three spots.  Skip is the first one out at 10175, just three behind Joe.  Skip was 20th last week and is making a charge.  Next sits Geoff M with 10172; another three points back. He fell back from 15th last week.  Matt S was 16th last week and in the Chase, but fell to 19th at 10162.  Chris J's good week moved him up from 22nd into 20th and is now just 30 out.  Those that are just barely IN are: Arlene in 15th, but she has a bit of a cushion 29 points ahead of Joe.  Terry S is one point better, and Robyn P is next up the line in 13th and also has a win.  In 12th is Chuck C2 at 10230 and he's 52 to the good.  Alexis is next, 60 to the good.

Survivor -            IMMUNITY  -  Alexis F / David F2 -
Steve B had immunity two weeks ago and needed it to stay alive.  This week he scored poorly again and was eliminated.  Not up to his usual high standards.  We had a tie score for immunity this week, so Alexis F and David F2.  It's getting tougher and tougher to stay alive here now.  We only have about 30 folks left alive, which seems like a lot, but when you take the three lowest scores and 90 have already been eliminated, that cuts a lot out.  As we go the cut will see where having just one bad driver can get you eliminated.
This weeks three lowest scores were Fred L, Steve B and Davey S.  


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 #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 -  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 - ALL BRACKETS RESUMED THIS RACE
BRACKET UPDATES WILL BE POSTED HERE WEEKLY
THIS WAS THE FINALS of the losers bracket. - Here's the results
In the Jake Elder Division -- we had Chris J match up against Matt S.  Chris won 463-430 and will face Kyle H next week.
In the Maurice Petty Division -- we had Ray F face Robyn P.  Robyn won 452-430 and she will face Skip H next week.
In the Smokey Yunick Division -- we had Jeff S1 up against Scott E and Jeff won 472-463.  He will face Jake S next week.
Finally in the Harry Hyde Division -- Davey S faced Alex B.  Alex won 475-407 and will face Brian H next week.
NEXT week the seedings mean nothing.  Winners will be determined by scores only.  Also remember this is DOUBLE elimination.  Those in the Winners Bracket have YET to lose.  So if they lose next week, the bracket gets extended another week since it will be their first loss and both players would then have one loss.... and it would go to Daytona.

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 (100) - Blaney (62) - Hamlin (74)

B - Best scoring B drivers
B - Cindric (74) - Logano (92)

C - Best scoring C drivers
C - Bowman (32) - SVG (33)

D - Best scoring D drivers
D - Berry (56) - A Dillon (24)

E - Best scoring E drivers
E - A Hill (18)

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