Here we go...2021 12th annual NASCAR "Pick 'Em" Game

[ocdart]

It's time to get going with our 2021 NASCAR "Pick 'Em" game.......

We're starting on Tuesday, February 9th, with the Busch Clash at Daytona, and also Thursday, December with both Daytona 500 qualifying a pre-season bonus events just like in past years. So get your picks posted for the Busch Clash at Daytona. See the post about the race.

As far as the regular season, we're going with the same rules as the past and they again will stay the same all year including bonus points.

1- Pick 2 Drivers each race!{place divided by 2}
ex. 3rd and 9th place =12/2=6----your score for race

2- Bonus pick winning driver.{-5}
ex. your score {6} -5 = 1 score with bonus

3- Bonus pick 2nd place driver.{-3}
ex. your score {6} -3 = 3 score with bonus

4- Picks must be in by drop of green flag.
ex. the sticks with green material waving in air, if no pick avg is 43

5- No picks for 3 straight races and you will be sent to pits for the remainder of the season.
ex. out of competition - lost your team sponsor

6- You may make your picks permanent for the entire season so you don't run the risk of getting the dreaded last place-point race result by forgetting to post your weekly picks. Just let me know in your initial pick post that you want your picks to be permanent for the year. Of course, you can always make a change to your permanent picks if one, or both, of your drivers gets sick, injured or loses his ride.


Let me know who is in so I can get your names on my Excel spreadsheet. It's gonna be another great year!!!

Please make your picks by driver name or car number and driver name. Driver name will always take precedence over car number.
If you make your pick by car number only you're going to be locked in to that car number no matter who the driver is; and if you pick a car number not in that weeks race, you'll end up with 'last place' points as your score for that car.
..............If you have any questions just ask............


Here's the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule:

02/09 Daytona, Busch Clash at Daytona
02/11 Daytona, Bluegreen Vacation Duels 1 and 2
02/14 Daytona 500
02/21 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Daytona Road Course
02/28 Dixie Vodka 400 (Homestead-Miami Speedway)
03/07 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube (Las Vegas Motor Speedway
03/14 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Phoenix Raceway
03/21 Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500 (Atlanta Motor Speedway)
03/28 Food City Dirt Race (Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt)
04/10 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 (Martinsville Speedway)
04/18 Toyota Owners 400 (Richmond Raceway)
04/25 GEICO 500 (Talladega Superspeedway)
05/02 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Kansas
05/09 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Darlington
05/16 Drydene 400 (Dover International Speedway)
05/23 NASCAR Cup Series Race at COTA (Circuit of the Americas)
05/30 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte Motor Speedway)
06/06 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma Raceway)
06/13 NASCAR All-Star Open (Texas Motor Speedway)
06/13 NASCAR All-Star Race (Texas Motor Speedway)
06/20 Ally 400 (Nashville SuperSpeedway)
06/26 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Pocono 1 (Pocono Raceway)
06/27 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Pocono 2 (Pocono Raceway)
07/04 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Road America (Road America)
07/11 Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart (Atlanta Motor Speedway)
07/18 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 (New Hampshire Motor Speedway)
08/08 Go Bowling at the Glen (Watkins Glen International)
08/15 Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard (Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course)
08/22 FireKeepers Casino 400 (Michigan International Speedway)
08/28 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona International Speedway)
09/05 Cook Out Southern 500 (Darlington Raceway)
09/11 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond Raceway)
09/18 Bass Pro Shops Night Race (Bristol Motor Speedway)
09/26 South Point 400 (Las Vegas Motor Speedway
10/03 Yella Wood 500 (Talladega Superspeedway)
10/10 Bank of America ROVAL 400 (Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course)
10/17 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 (Texas Motor Speedway)
10/24 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas Speedway)
10/31 Xfinity 500 (Martinsville Speedway)
11/07 NASCAR Cup Series Championship (Phoenix Raceway)

 

[ddpsnake]

Well i am down, lock me in unless i change my mind.18 and 4.lets go raceinggggggggggggggggggggg.

 

[ocdart]

Qualifying for the 2021 Daytona 500 is scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7:30pm EST (4:00pm PST).
Post your qualifying driver pick before then to be eligible for the bonus point.

The 2021 NASCAR "Pick 'Em" game season will start with Daytona 500 qualifying tomorrow.

 

[ddpsnake]

18 for the pole

 

[Riverdawg]

#19 Martin Truex Jr & #10 Aric Almirola locked picks for now. #6 Chase locked for pole. Thanks and good luck.

 

[ocdart]

#19 Martin Truex Jr & #10 Aric Almirola locked picks for now. #6 Chase locked for pole. Thanks and good luck.

Chase Elliott is in the #6, Ryan Newman is in the #6. Who do you want for your 'locked' Pole pick?

 

[Riverdawg]

Chase Elliott is in the #6, Ryan Newman is in the #6. Who do you want for your 'locked' Pole pick?

Yeah, fat fingered it, should be a #9. Chase Elliott. Thanks ocdart.

 

[ocdart]

That was a looong race day...

...and after all of that, nobody picked the 2021 Daytona 500 race winner, #34 Michael McDowell. so no race winner bonus points this week.
Congratulations to '44070dart' (FABO), 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for correctly picking the race runner-up, #9 Chase Elliott, and grabbing the -3 runner-up bonus points this week.

#11 Denny Hamlin was the race leader at the end of Stage 1, #37 Ryan Preece was in 2nd.
#11 Denny Hamlin was the race leader at the end of Stage 2, #4 Kevin Harvick was in 2nd.

Here are the game standings following the 2021 Daytona 500:
Back in Time (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 9 11 (S1-2) (S2-2) 2 5 -3 -3.5
ocdart (FABO) 0.0 P11 9 11 (S1-2) (S2-2) 2 5 -3 -3.5
Sublime one (FABO) 0.0 LP22 L11 L4 (S1-2) (S2-3) 5 4 -0.5
44070dart (FABO) (no Pole pick) 0.0 5 9 10 2 -3 3.0
Yunick13 (FABO) P9 11 L22 (S1-2) 5 12 4.5
cuda20 (FABO) 0.0 P12 11 18 (S1-2) (S2-2) 5 14 5.5
Snake (FABO) 0.0 P18 L18 L11 (S1-2) (S2-2) 14 5 5.5
ddpsnake (FBBO) 0.0 P18 L18 L4 (S2-1) 14 4 8.0
Avispa (FABO) 0.0 P12 5 23 10 17 13.5
LocuMob (FABO) 0.0 P22 53 2 20 13 16.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 0.0 P18 L19 L18 25 14 19.5
riverdawg (FBBO) 0.0 LP9 L19 L10 25 34 29.5

Welcome to our new "Pick 'Em" game players (Sublime one and LocuMob) and returning player from 2019 (ddpsnake). Here's a quick explanation of what the above numbers represent:
(your score before the race) (your Pole pick car #) (Pole winner bonus point) (race pick car #) (race pick car #) (Stage 1 bonus points) (Stage 2 bonus points) (race pick finish position) (race pick finish position) (race winner/runner-up bonus points) (your score after the race)
Please let me know if I show either your Pole or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.


Please post your picks for the next race and let me know if you want to "lock" them in for future weeks. I will put an "L" before either your Pole pick or your race picks to show they've been "locked".
As always, you can always make different picks each week. Your "locked" picks will always be there should you forget to post your race picks, your computer malfunctions or the site should go down temporarily.

Don't forget to get your picks for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 at Daytona from the Road Course at Daytona International Speedway posted before the green flag drops at approximately 3:15 PM EST (12:15 PM PST) on Sunday, February 21st.

 

[ddpsnake]

it sure wasssssssssssssssssss.

 

[Riverdawg]

Ocdart. Change my pick of #10 to #9 for the road course. Thanks

 

[ocdart]

Ocdart. Change my pick of #10 to #9 for the road course. Thanks

Done

 

[Outlawd]

I'll get in as soon as Dodge gets back in......I cheer for Mopar or no car, I guess I got to wait for NHRA to start up in march.

 

[ocdart]

I'll get in as soon as Dodge gets back in......I cheer for Mopar or no car, I guess I got to wait for NHRA to start up in march.

Hey Outlawd - I'll be starting up the 2021 NHRA "Pick 'Em" game soon. Watch for it!

 

[Riverdawg]

Crazy race. Another first time winner. When Chase Elliott was leading and Martin Truex Jr. had gotten up the front, I thought I was in for a good day, lol. At least I'm getting a couple points.

 

[ocdart]

Second race in the 2021 NASCAR season and still without a "Pick 'Em" game player picking the race winner! Who's going to be first?


Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for being the only player to correctly pick the race runner-up, #22 Joey Logano and grabbing the -3 runner-up bonus points this week.

#9 Chase Elliott was the race leader at the end of Stage 1, #22 Joey was in 2nd.
#11 Denny Hamlin was the race leader at the end of Stage 2, #1 Kurt Busch was in 2nd.

Here are the game standings following the 2021 O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 at the Daytona Road Coarse:
Back in Time (FABO) -3.5 9 22 (S1-3) 21 2 -3 2.0
Sublime one (FABO) -0.5 L11 L4 (S2-2) 3 6 2.0
ocdart (FABO) -3.5 9 L11 (S1-2) (S2-2) 21 3 4.5
44070dart (FABO) 3.0 9 12 (S1-2) 21 15 19.0
Yunick13 (FABO) 4.5 L19 L9 (S1-2) 12 21 19.0
cuda20 (FABO) 5.5 9 19 (S1-2) 21 12 20.0
Snake (FABO) 5.5 L18 L11 (S2-2) 35 3 22.5
Avispa (FABO) 13.5 9 19 (S1-2) 21 12 28.0
ddpsnake (FBBO) 8.0 L18 L4 35 6 28.5
LocuMob (FABO) 16.5 L53 L2 27 5 32.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 19.5 L19 L18 12 35 43.0
riverdawg (FBBO) 29.5 L19 9 (S1-2) 12 21 44.0

Please let me know if I show either your Pole or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.
Pole picks will only be shown on the point standings immediately after each of the 8 races that will have qualifying in the 2021 season.


Please post your picks for the next race and let me know if you want to "lock" them in for future weeks. I will put an "L" before either your Pole pick or your race picks to show they've been "locked".
As always, you can always make different picks each week. Your "locked" picks will always be there should you forget to post your race picks, your computer malfunctions or the site should go down temporarily.

Don't forget to get your picks for the Dixie Vodka 400 at Miami-Homestead Speedway posted before the green flag drops at approximately 3:45 PM EST (12:45 PM PST) on Sunday, February 28th.

 

[Riverdawg]

I didn’t see how the pole was done, No pole points?

 

[ocdart]

I didn’t see how the pole was done, No pole points?

There wasn't any qualifying for this race. That's why I didn't show any pole pick selections.
Qualifying will only happen at 8 NASCAR races this year:

Eight Cup Series events set with practice, qualifying in 2021 | NASCAR

 

[Riverdawg]

Change to Chase #9 and Martin #19 as my locked picks. Thanks.

 

[ocdart]

Change to Chase #9 and Martin #19 as my locked picks. Thanks.

Done

 

[ocdart]

Third race in the 2021 NASCAR season and still without a "Pick 'Em" game player picking the race winner! Who's going to be first?
And this week nobody picked the race runner-up either!


#17 Chris Buescher was the race leader at the end of Stage 1, #2 Brad Keselowski was in 2nd.
#24 William Byron was the race leader at the end of Stage 2, #11 Denny Hamlin was in 2nd.

Here are the game standings following the 2021 Dixie Vodka 400 at Miami-Homestead Speedway:

Sublime one (FABO) 2.0 L11 L4 (S2-1) 11 5 9.0
ocdart (FABO) 4.5 L4 L11 (S2-1) 5 11 11.5
Back in Time (FABO) 2.0 18 11 (S2-1) 10 11 11.5
cuda20 (FABO) 20.0 4 18 5 10 27.5
Snake (FABO) 22.5 L18 L11 (S2-1) 10 11 32.0
44070dart (FABO) 19.0 22 4 25 5 34.0
Yunick13 (FABO) 19.0 L4 L22 5 25 34.0
ddpsnake (FBBO) 28.5 L18 L4 10 5 36.0
Avispa (FABO) 28.0 9 11 (S2-1) 14 11 39.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 43.0 L19 L18 3 10 49.5
riverdawg (FBBO) 44.0 L9 L19 14 3 52.5
LocuMob (FABO) 32.5 L53 L2 (S1-1) 31 16 55.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 79.0 L9 L22 14 25 98.5

Please let me know if I show either your Pole (when applicable) or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.
Pole picks will only be shown on the point standings immediately after each of the 8 races that will have qualifying in the 2021 season.

Please post your picks for the next race and let me know if you want to "lock" them in for future weeks. I will put an "L" before either your Pole pick or your race picks to show they've been "locked".
As always, you can always make different picks each week. Your "locked" picks will always be there should you forget to post your race picks, your computer malfunctions or the site should go down temporarily.

Don't forget to get your picks for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway posted before the green flag drops at approximately 3:45 PM EST (12:45 PM PST) on Sunday, March 7th.