Chase Challenge

[racin_girl72]

I'm going to try and get at least the first two weeks worth of picks listed on the site in the morning.  Entries are still trickling in.

But I thought I'd share this little tidbit: 

There are currently 113 teams here is the breakdown of who everyone picked for Loudon

Edwards- 3
Bowyer- 3
Hamlin- 31
Burton- 11
Gordon- 11
Johnson- 1
Harvick- 12
2Busch- 14
5Busch- 6
Truex- 7
Kenseth- 6
Stewart- 8


And just from glancing at the entries in the spreadsheet.  I'd guess 85% of the people have Johnson at Lowe's... go figure!!

[James J.]

Yeah, I thought about how many people would pick JJ at Lowes.  Same with Hamlin for this weekend.  Two ways to approach it, pick the same to stay close to everyone else, or pick a little out of the typical to try and gain on the field should the favorite at that track have problems.  Tough call sometimes.... at least for me.

[SMOKEN14]

And just from glancing at the entries in the spreadsheet.  I'd guess 85% of the people have Johnson at Lowe's... go figure!!

well I put Jimmy in at lowes he seems to own that track 

[James J.]

Kyle Busch helped me move up from 77th to 39th for the Chase Challenge.
As a token of my appreciation, I'll not say or post a bad word about Shrub for this week.

.... does "Shrub" count as?  Okay, starting....... now!

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Looks like I'll have to wait another week before I can see if I can catch Chris though.  We both have Stewart for Kansas.
Chris, do you have your picks for the rest of the season or did you just submit them without keeping track?

Here are mine:
New Hampshire - Hamlin
Dover - Kyle Busch
Kansas - Stewart
Dega - Kurt Busch
Lowes - Johnson
Martinsville - Gordon
Atlanta - Edwards
Texas - Kenseth
Phoenix - Burton
Homestead - Harvick

[Chris]

I've got mine... let me go find them..... somewhere..??

OK..  I lied.. I lost 'em.  I hope I can get a copy of them.
I do know I do NOT have JJ at Lowes....
As you can see I went the "unconventional" route. Stewart ran well at Kansas so he was my Pick there.
Dega is a crap shoot so just pick anyone...  Lowes... Of course JJ was the obvious choice,.. but I went with who might be the '2nd best' choice and took Kenseth.  Saved JJ for someplace else he might win and put him at M'ville.  Truex always seems to run well at Atlanta, so he was my pick for there,.. and Jeff Burton likes the tracks like Texas.
Gordon loves the flat tracks which brings us to Homestead.  Whoever is leading the points will be 'stroking'.. and I don't think that will be Kurt Busach,.. and he has had good results there... so out of what I had left he was my best choice.
we'll see as the season unfolds how it all plays out.

Here are mine:
New Hampshire - Hamlin
Dover - Edwards
Kansas - Stewart
Talladega - Kyle Busch
Lowe's - Matt Kenseth
Martinsville - Jimmie Johnson
Atlanta - Martin Truex Jr.
Texas - Jeff Burton
Phoenix - Jeff Gordon
Homestead - Kurt Busch