It feels weird to be talking about Phoenix in late February, but here we are. The season shakeup means we head out for the diamond in the desert. I want to try to make it a habit for myself to rmeind everyone at the beginning of each week of one of the rules, to make sure we're up to date... remember as you make your picks, if one of your picks receives a points penalty, you will receive a penalty as well

Anyways, here are the standings going in:

1) Nocturnx -85
2) JuniorCar -82
3) BocaReject -78
4) carlm54sl -74
5) odessadude -73
6) lougreen03 -73
7) RocknSS -71
8) KidSpace -62
9) Cowboy6622 - 52
10_dustybird3 - 34
11) zjerry -33
12_montecarlo3831 -33
13) 77GP - 29

And once again, congratulations to Nocturnx for winning the Daytona 500!!!

So make your three (3) picks here guys. Being this early in the season and not knowing what everyones got this year, I'm going to wait until a couple of practice sessions are in and qualifying is done to make my picks for this week. However, I will give you a little commentary.

Last year, Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano were looking good on the flat tracks, such as here, New Hampshire, Martinsville, Richmond.... I'm definitly looking at those two. Matt Kenseth has been decent, and I think he's going to be reved to go out there since his new daughter was just born this morning (Tuesday) Plus, remmeber that Carl Edwards won this track late last year. Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin run well here.... Jeff Gordon was a near miss in this race last year as well!!!

So those are my thoughts going in.. I'll give my final picks once the practice speeds are in.

 

I will go ahead and make mine subject to change:
1. Ryan Newman
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kevin Harvick

 

The race is at 3:00 Sunday... so I want to have the picks up by 2:00

 

Ill be waiting for some practice runs and qualifying is done then ill edit on this post with my picks

lol and i m 3rd, long live the 3

------My Picks--------

1. Denny Hamlin
2. Kyle Busch
3. Dale Jr

8 yellow flags
Top 10 = 5 chevy's, 3 toyota's, 2 fords

 

I'm going to post this here because some of you guys are ready to put the 500 thread to pasture. But I think a lot of you, especially Junior Car, will be interested to see NASCAR's screwy call on David Regan as called by Jimmy Spencer:

http://www.nascar.com/video/speed/ji...ake/index.html

 

Duane, is there any way we can have a "mulligan" to maybe throw out a bad week of picks? Maybe something to consider, I know Daytona killed a bunch of us on points...

Maybe we could make a poll for it....

 

that is cool, i mean if you look at the video yea they did move but i think what nascar did was called it because he moved the lane down infront of cars, i think that was the rule is meant for

and plus that justin bieber thing on the board, annoyed me

 

Did they enforce it on him because he was in the front row and not back a few?

 

well NASCAR needs to be more clear abotu what situations they will call a black flag on a driver then. And I don't think we're going to be throwing out points for races for mulligans... the real guys can't do that

 

Hi Nascar Member's,
Below are some links from Nascar.com...I hope it gives some insights on what driver's to pick...I am way behind in keeping up with all the drivers...I will post my picks b-4 the start of the race....
Features

Fantasy Preview <-Click 2 read


Wednesday February 23, 2011 - 2:24 PM

Short, flat tracks such as Phoenix are much more predictable both in terms of who finishes well and also who runs consistently strong on them. More Fantasy Showdown: The studs and duds for Phoenix

Who will make your team this week?


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Power Rankings <-click

Wednesday February 23, 2011 - 2:24 PM

Carl Edwards said finishing second in the Daytona 500 is worse than any other position. But considering he leads the points, the sting isn't too bad. More Head2Head: Flaw in the new points system?

Who's at the top of your list?


A look back <- Click (U R missed 4-Sure)


Wednesday February 23, 2011 - 2:24 PM

Ten years ago, NASCAR lost a champion and an icon on the final lap of the Daytona 500. NASCAR.COM remembers the life of Dale Earnhardt in a special tribute. More Top 10 moments: 2000 Winston 500 win at 'Dega is No. 3

What is your best memory of the Intimidator?