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RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 11

Sun, 13 May 2012 10:15:03 EDT

Well, another win Brad Keselowski, and another no pick for everyone here. But Talladega took its toll on Harvick and Gordon owners which were common in this race, so we will probably have some pretty low scores... oh well, lets see who was eliminated:

PODIUM

1.) Beardawg- 169 (80) (+1) (The newcomer makes a mark with 2 top 10 drivers, rare for Talladega...and a +8 on Bayne.)

2.) Sfrye- 159 (72) (+2) (I gave you Waltrip (+8 handicap) instead of Martin,please make sure Mark is racing next time.)

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 10

Wed, 09 May 2012 18:32:43 EDT

Woh, we had 6 people pick the winner, I mean given it was Kyle Busch so that's not a big surprise, but still lots of people will add to that win column. The most surprising fact is that three people that have been perfect in attendance to this point all missed picks. Foreplus made picks in the Pick 3 so I gave her RFG autopicks, as for the other two, they got randoms, and while Brad got lucky, Fog will need to work to stay alive. So lets see who will join Fog at the basement:

TOP LINEUP: Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne (+4 handicap)- 92

PODIUM

Section- 91 (One point away from that perfect lineup, a far cry from last session's disaster.)

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 9

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:09:53 EDT

Add Denny Hamlin to that list of hot drivers, he got another win! And who took advantage? Only one person known as Section picked the winner this week, but don't fret the many that picked Jimmie and Greg, as they both got top 5s... again... and Jeff Gordon owners will feel some pain. Anyways, lets get right down to the standings and see who is eliminated:

PODIUM

1.) ILL55INI- 172 (79) (With the week he had last week, a 79 is more than enough to hold off charing competition.)

2.) Tigersman- 168 (81) (How do you follow up a 86 point performance, with another 80+ point race.)

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 8

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 8:42:04 EDT

Greg Biffle won! And now has a case for being a true championship contender that many didn't see coming, and only after 7 weeks. Looks like we had 2 hopefuls on the 3rd most common RFR driver, Tigersman and ILL55INI that will get a winning driver, as there are a lot of people with only 1 right now, but nobody with 2, but lets see how everyone else did:

ILL55INI- 93 (Surprising, even with the 1-2 punch, he didn't get the best possible lineup, dang Jeff Gordon and his +4.)

Tigersman- 87 (One heck of a RFR lineup, but can't compare to a 1-2 punch.)

Fsu1dogs- 85

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 7

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 1:40:14 EDT

Well, since JOE was auto eliminated, this week's standings are not too exiting, but we still got the average that will come up after week 14, so lets see how everyone did:

PODIUM

1.) Sfrye- 156 (76) (10th, 3rd and 1st to start the season, someone is going for a 2-peat.)

2.) Section- 155 (78) (So close... yet so far...)

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 6

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:48:34 EDT

Well, this is a big week, because as of now, the handicaps are revamped. That means all new handicaps for Martinsville. These handicaps will stay for the next 5 weeks... and there is one driver that will be impossible to resist at Martinsville considering his handicap... go and look at the list to find out. Also JOEpesci missed picks for the 3rd straight week, so he will start receiving zeroes. In other words, you guys can go crazy with your picks because he will be eliminated this segment unless he makes a miracle out of Martinsville (which implies making picks). Here are the standings to see who will get first, because that +3 bonus is still worth fighting for... oh and one more thing, Tenacfan is the only one to pick the winner, as his plan to pick Smoke virtually every race is paying off big time.

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 5

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 7:58:59 EDT

Another race, another Keselowski win, and a lot of sobbing owners of Kyle Busch that will all be pulled down together. And although Keselowski 2-peated, nobody picked him at all. I'm sure that will change in future Bristol races, where Keselowski and Kyle Busch will be a dominant combination. Anyways, lets see how the standings went:

PODIUM

1.) Foreplus- 140 (80) (The only person to pick two drivers in the top 10 this week... pretty sad...)

2.) Bradman- 139 (68) (Plays the handicap game very wisely.)

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 4

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:39:03 EDT

PODIUM

1.) ILL55INI- 89 (Who needs winners to get the high score of the week anyway?)

2.) Edwardsfan- 87 (Why not use the two that were tied for the championship last year?)

3.) Tigersman- 82 (Possibly considered the two best drivers, they both got top 5s.)

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 3

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:03:22 EDT

Well, the first two weeks are in the books, and as I said nobody would be eliminated so long as they made picks, everyone made at least one pick, however, Bradman just joined, and needs to make sure he makes a pick this week, and Tenacfan missed picking this week, and needs to make sure he doesn't miss it from here on out or he could have a quick exit. Anyways, lets find out the standings:

PODIUM

1.) Floridawhite- 158 (80) (+1) (Flordia gets off to the amazing starts that we are used to by now.)

Section- 158 (84) (+3) (Spoils Florida's fun with the winner and a share of first place.)

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week 2

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:52:42 EST

OK, so after last week, we still have 17/18 people, since everyone has made picks, none of these people will be eliminated, yet we still need 1 more person in order to keep this game going for the rest of the season, so get someone to come on to this game. I'm also keeping registration open for this game until week 3 WHEN THE GREEN FLAG DROPS, not some stupid stuff where I lock everything before the scheduled start when you don't even know what's going to happen, only when the green flag drops since making picks anytime after that would give an unfair advantage. Anyways, lets get to the standings to see how people did week 1:

PODIUM

1.) Berlyn- 79 (Well, her RCR faith certainly paid off this race.)

2.) Floridawhte- 78 (The only one to pick the winner, but still not first... winning drivers are more important if you make it to the chase anyways...)

RFG's Eliminator 4.0 week1

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:36:03 EST

Well, here comes another year. As of now we have 12 of 18 people needed to start this game. At the end of week 2, all people that have not made picks in either weeks 1 or 2 will be eliminated, but nobody else. By the start of week 3, if we do not have the 18 minimum that we need to start up the game, the game will collapse like Kurt Busch during the off-season this year. My point is that we do have some time, but we will need AT LEAST 6 more people to survive. Anyways, to the normal stuff!

Here come the handicap lists for the first 5 weeks of the season:

2 Handicap: 16th-22nd

Greg Biffle

YEAR 4 RFG Eliminator

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:41:21 EST

Welcome to year 4 of RFG's eliminator league, so far we have had RFG, Bradman, and Sfrye as our 3 winners of this game, which goes to show that repeat champions isn't as easy as it if for JJ... oh wait, he just lost his! Anyways, this is the signup sheet for my eliminator game for year four, many of the rules are the same, infact pretty much all of them are, I added from 1 to 2 drivers into season 2, and season 3 I made people pick which of those they thought would do better, really what more else can I do? I'm not going to add a 3rd driver because then its kinda pick 3... and there isn't much incentive I can think of other than that. Anyways, mostly copy paste here, but here are the rules so that Section needs to buy some more computers:

RFG's Chase Eliminator FINAL

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:15:15 EST

Well Tony Stewart won... awwwww... next week for Carl Edwards I guess. Anyways, Sfrye saved both of them, so did he win... well of course, he was only 6 points behind bored, so the winner of the game is Sfrye, but incase you want me to prove it, or to find out where you rank, I got the complete standings done:

Roushfenwayguy (ghost picks)- 369 (68)

Sfrye- 387 (91) (Well, the last week strategy for the top 2 definetely worked out, as shown.)

Bored at Work- 378 (76) (Kept it very close considering what Sfrye did, a well deserved second after possibly being the most dominant player during the regular season.)

RFG's Chase Eliminator Week 10

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:47:06 EST

Well, one more week, and Kahne won, he really is heating up, and might not be a bad pick for Homestead, anyways, other others in the top 3 were Smoke and Edwareds, surprise surprise, so lets see how that fared for everyone:

Roushfenwayguy (GHOST PICKS)- 301 (69) (+1)

Bored at Work- 302 (73) (+1)

Sfrye- 296 (69) (0)

RFG's Chase Eliminator Week 9

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:04:09 EST

The chase is winding down, and only two contestants really remain, Edwards and Stewart, and while there are only two left in that competition, we got more than that... at least I think, considering all the Edwards and Kenseth picks that both scored in the top 5. Also, not a single person has used Smoke... throughout the whole final segment... so how many will end up picking him during either Homestead or Pheonix? Anyways, lets see the scores everyone put up.:

Roushfenwayguy (ghost picks)- 232 (86)

Bored at Work- 229 (88) (+2 bonus)

Sfrye- 227 (87) (+2 bonus)

RFG's Chase Eliminator Week 8

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:02:02 EST

Sorry for getting this up so late guys, where I live we lost power for four days, its been rough, but I finally got power back, and thus have enough time to get this up. Anyways, Smoke won, nobody picked him, but look at who picked both 2nd and 3rd... I wish I didn't get eliminated last segment, or else I could have won... anyway, lets see how the REAL competition is going.. and oh yeah, that bonus, was 16 laps down! Not surprisingly nobody was close enough to grab bonus points this week... and one more thing, since Fogducker missed picks for two consectutive weeks, he has been eliminated, making this a 5 way chase for the title instead of 6:

Roushfenwayguy (GHOST PICKS)- 146 (87)

Bored at Work- 141 (82)

Sfrye- 140 (81)

RFG's Eliminator Chase Race 7

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:11:24 EDT

Well, Talladega took out a lot of good drivers, 7 of the twelve chase drivers finished on or below 25th... luckily there was a safety picks, but even a lot of safeties found trouble. We also had two other problems, first off Bored at Work picked a safety driver that was not on a handicap list, therefore he doesn't get a safety... not like Jeff Gordon did much anyways. Second Fogducker failed to make picks, on any game, and so he got random autopicks which don't have handicaps. He definetely suffered, as he got Regan Smith and JJ Yeley, even on a week like this, there may not be coming back from that... so lets see how awful everyone did.

Roushfenwayguy (GHOST PICKS)- 59

1.) Sfrye- 59

Bored at Work- 59

RFG's Eliminator League Week 6

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:42:56 EDT

Sorry for getting this up so late guys, lots of college work as first exams are coming up. Anyways... Kenseth finally got the win, Jimmie Johnson actually crashed... at Lowe's no less... must be because River Rat picked him. And then there is Kyle in second, a very odd 1-2 at this track, but someone still managed to get both of them which makes me wonder if this person has a cheat sheet... yes I'm talking about you ILL55INI... anyways, lets see how the rest of us did, and who the other person is (cough, me) that is eliminated.

FINAL SEGMENT

1.) D2Moo- 277 (93) (5 bonus) (Brought us all to 'fantasy' school during this segment.)

2.) ILL55INI- 272 (96) (5 bonus) (Got the cautions exactly right too... same as D2Moo... maybe ILL55INI has a time machine?)

RFG's Eliminator Chase Race 5

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:21:47 EDT

Well, two races down this segment, and Jimmie finally wins, of course six of our eight contestants decided to go with JJ, so there might not be much made up ground at all, but lets check, just to be safe:

PODIUM

1.) D2Moo- 184 (97) (+2) (+5 bonus) (Wow, he almost broke the 100 barrier!)

2.) Bored at Work- 180 (94) (+1) (+4 bonus)

RFG's Eliminator Chase Race 4

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:29:01 EDT

Well, Tony Stewart finally tanked, and Jimmie did well, things are finally looking more normal, although Kurt Busch, he usually struggles at Dover to say the least and he won... nobody thought of this unthinkable result, including fan of Kurt, myself. Anyways lets see the standings that will go on for 3, not 2 weeks!

PODIUM (85 CLUB)

1.) ILL55INI- 89 (+3 bonus) (Well, the bonus broke the tie... but it went the wrong way in my opinion.)

2.) Roushfenwayguy- 88 (+2 bonus) (Couldn't do much better w/o Kurt Busch.)

RFG's Chase Eliminator Week 3

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:37:50 EDT

Well, another win for Tony, and another HUH? for Jimmie Johnson, the chase sure has been unpredictable so far, to go along with only 3 cautions, which everyone overguessed on. Anyways, lets see which one of you guys is eliminated, because I know I actually am, for the first time since this game began .

PODIUM

1.) Fogducker- 139 (71) (no bonus) (+3)

2.) D2Moo- 137 (69) (+2 bonus) (+2)

RFG's Eliminator Chase Race 2

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:01:35 EDT

Well, Tony Stewart won his first race of the season, what better time than the first race of the chase? Unfortunately, most people here didn't think of that theory, except for one, Tigersman... but Denny Hamlin tore up that winner pick, anyways, lets see how the standings are after the first race:

ILL55INI- 80 (+2 bonus) (Only one with two drivers in the top 10, it shows.)

Spikesgator- 69 (+2 bonus)

Foreplus- 69 (no bonus)

RFG's Chase Eliminator Week 1

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:12:45 EDT

Well, we have finally reached the chase, but not without a casualty, however, we had two people with the winner, ILL55INI, and Spikes, which desperately needed it, and this will get him more bonus points in the chase... that is if he survived... let's see who made it and who is going to be left behind:

PODIUM

1.) ILL55INI- 175 (92) (+6) (Cruises to the lead with 1 point off the best score possible.)

2.) Roushfenwayguy- 164 (80) (+4)

RFG's Eliminator League Week 26

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:13:40 EDT

OK, so last week until the chase, and Jeff Gordon got another win, leaving 3 people to follow his historic 85th win, Tigersman, D2Moo and Fogducker. It should be obvious that Tigers has the highest score, but lets find out, like River Rat said, this is probably a huge week, to rebound from that awful last session:

PODIUM

D2Moo- 93 (Two 90's, wow what a good week, thank the +3 bonus for winning the session for another first place.)

Tigersman- 91 (Both Hendrick drivers, give him reservations for... second place?)

RFG's Eliminator Game Race 25

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:07:29 EDT

Another race, another Keselowski win, and yet, nobody chose him, well, lets see the standings:

PODIUM

1.) D2Moo- 160 (74) (0) (In a session filled with failiures, one person actually made a statement for the chase.)

2.) Spikesgator- 139 (55) (0) (Two big weeks in a row ruined by Reutimann.)

RFG's Eliminator Game Race 24

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:45:29 EDT

Well, Kyle Busch wins again, and we got 2 people that picked him, Spikesgator and Bored at Work, of course these two have been raking up wins this whole season, so this shouldn't be too much of a surprise. But with Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards doing bad, we will have to see how much people suffered this week:

PODIUM

D2Moo- 86 (Finally gets cut a break after playing the handicap game perfectly.)

Spikesgator- 84 (His trust in his favorite driver is really starting to pay off.)

RFG's Eliminator Game Race 23

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:36:28 EDT

Well, another first time winner, but unlike the others, this one was a lot more predictable, 5 people got Ambrose, including the only person that had yet to pick a winning driver... I wonder who that could be... anyways, let's see how good or bad people did with all the action and takedowns late in the race:

PODIUM

1.) Spikesgator- 163 (83) (0) (Back to back great weeks for Spikes puts him in first.)

2.) Edwardsfan- 160 (87) (+3) (The full time picks that are pretty much only good at road races worked out yet again.)

RFG's Eliminator Game Race 22

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:35:51 EDT

So another surprise winner, how many will we get this season? Who knows, but only one handicap driver was chosen this week, and that was JPM, so nobody gets the winner, and Hamlin didn't end up so great, so lets find out where everyone ranks... and Martin is a handicap driver now too...:

Spikesgator- 80 (The Hendrick duo proved very efficient this race.)

D2Moo- 77

Foreplus- 75

RFG's Eliminator Game Race 21

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:37:49 EDT

Well another surprise winner in Paul Menard, another pick that nobody chose, naturally. But there were a lot of surprises in the top, meaning those not surprises that everyone thought would do good didn't do so well, lets see how bad the damage is:

PODIUM

1.) Sfrye- 147 (82) (+8) (Talk about a huge pole-vault to get to first, virtually the only one to do good this week.)

River Rat- 147 (82) (+8) (WOH! A tie for first, and the same scores both week, these two in sync or something?)

RFG's Eliminator Game Race 20

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:57:33 EDT

Well its race 20, and that means the chase is closing, fast. With only 7 races left until the chase, Ryan Newman made the move he had to getting his first win. It seems that two people actually chose him, quite surprisingly, both Foreplus and Tigersman. Congratulations to both, now lets see who landed where, and how that tie between Mikey and Fog ended.

PODIUM

1.) Tigersman- 88 (Winner and a top 5, that usually spells week winner, that holds true for this week.)

2.) Foreplus- 85