Ok all, here is the thread for the second week of the JPLm NASCAR challenge. This week’s race is at Dover International Speedway. This race will be broadcast on FOX and is scheduled to begin at 1 PM eastern time. So, be sure to have your picks in by then. I think what I’m going to do is allow people to make their picks up until the start of the race telecast, simply to encourage more people to get in the game (so to speak).
The past five winners of this event have been: 2006 – Matt Kenseth 2005 – Greg Biffle 2004 – Mark Martin 2003—Ryan Newman 2002 – Jimmie Johnson
Here is the list of drivers on the cup entry list for this weekend:
CAR DRIVER
00 -- David Reutimann* 1 -- Martin Truex Jr. 01 -- Mark Martin 2 -- Kurt Busch 4 -- Ward Burton 5 -- Kyle Busch 6 -- David Ragan* 7 -- Robby Gordon 07 -- Clint Bowyer 8 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 9 -- Kasey Kahne 10 -- Scott Riggs 11 -- Denny Hamlin 12 -- Ryan Newman 13 -- Joe Nemechek 14 -- Sterling Marlin 15 -- Paul Menard* 16 -- Greg Biffle 17 -- Matt Kenseth 18 -- J.J. Yeley 19 -- Elliott Sadler 20 -- Tony Stewart 21 -- Bill Elliott 22 -- Dave Blaney 24 -- Jeff Gordon 25 -- Casey Mears 26 -- Jamie McMurray 29 -- Kevin Harvick 31 -- Jeff Burton 36 -- Jeremy Mayfield 37 -- Kevin Lepage 38 -- David Gilliland 40 -- David Stremme 41 -- Reed Sorenson 42 -- Juan Montoya* 43 -- Bobby Labonte 44 -- Dale Jarrett 45 -- Kyle Petty 48 -- Jimmie Johnson 49 -- Mike Bliss 55 -- Michael Waltrip 66 -- Jeff Green 70 -- Johnny Sauter 78 -- Kenny Wallace 83 -- Brian Vickers 84 -- A.J. Allmendinger* 88 -- Ricky Rudd 96 -- Tony Raines 99 -- Carl Edwards
Go ahead and start making your picks for this week, and remember you can change your pick up untill the scheduled start time of the race telecast!
This weeks Picks: Paula --> Matt Kenseth Gidget --> Kurt Busch Jolie --> Bobby Labonte Jpl_lover --> Kyle Busch Arts --> Reed Sorenson Sheep --> Jimmie Johnson Luvs2talk20 --> Jamie McMurray Feline --> Jeff Gordon Evry --> Joe Nemechk Sakia --> Kyle Petty
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Oh, that's a good pick, Paula. Matt has been running well lately and since he's a Rousch/Fenway car he's a pretty good pick for Dover since Rousch cars seem to run well there.
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LOL Paula. I don't really know about that movie, but that looks silly.
I want #41 -- Reed Sorenson based on purely random reasons. I have known some good Reeds and some good Sorensons. And I also like the way the names sound together. Repeat it three times and hear the euphony! So since I know nothing about NASCAR, I may as well pick a driver for aesthetic reasons.
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Originally posted by artslvr: LOL Paula. I don't really know about that movie, but that looks silly.
I want #41 -- Reed Sorenson based on purely random reasons. I have known some good Reeds and some good Sorensons. And I also like the way the names sound together. Repeat it three times and hear the euphony! So since I know nothing about NASCAR, I may as well pick a driver for aesthetic reasons.
Oh, great pick, Arts! Reed is coming off a top five finish last week and has momentum on his side, so he's an excellent pick.
Originally posted by luvs2talk20: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Paula: I changed my mind, I want Ricky Bobby!
Paula, you are too funny. But, if you pick Ricky Bobby I think you'll need more than Tom Cruise and Oprah to help you out in the points.
Well, "If you're not first, you're last!"
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Favorite quote from 2007: Some people are like a Slinky ... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
This week's race is the Autism Speaks 400 and is a pretty important race in terms of helping bring awarness to Autism. And, driver Jamie McMurray will be driving the "Autism Awareness" car. And, I believe (I'm not 100% sure on this) that a lot if not most of the drivers will be carrying the autism awarness ribbon symbols on thier cars (I'll double check on that and get back to you all). Anyway, I just thought that that was very important info that I should share about this weekend's race.
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Matt Kenseth is 17th in the line-up and his car is #17 and that is my lucky number so that is why I picked him.
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Paula, you are too funny. But, if you pick Ricky Bobby I think you'll need more than Tom Cruise and Oprah to help you out in the points. 
Reed is coming off a top five finish last week and has momentum on his side, so he's an excellent pick. 
you! 
