FANTASY CHALLENGE: Coca-Cola 600

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Originally Posted by OldHillcrestGuy

We have 2 different drivers and picked different winners, sorry about your picks, this is the week I fall to third place and you start to runaway.

There, fixed that post for you.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Originally Posted by AndyMarquisLIVE

Memorial Day weekend in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing means only one thing, the Coca-Cola 600. It is the longest event in stock car racing, and one of the most difficult. It's prestige has grown over the years, and winning here is something a driver will never forget. In 1994, Jeff Gordon scored his first Winston Cup points race win in the Coca-Cola 600. In 2000, Matt Kenseth scored his first career win in the 600, and last year it was Casey Mears breaking through and breaking out.

Lowe's Motor Speedway is fast, and it's mean. This race's length makes it difficult on the drivers, crew-chiefs and engine tuners. The crew-chiefs have a long and difficult task ahead of them to keep up with the changing racetrack, see the race starts in the afternoon and undergoes three phases into eventual darkness. That type of race has physical and mental affects on all the teams, and the one who can overcome that and endure the Beast of the Southeast might be the one sitting in victory lane. In 2005, at the redesigned Lowe's Motor Speedway, the 600 saw a record number of cautions. Last week, however, there were no cautions in the All-Star race. A new car can make all the difference in the type of action on Sunday night.

Jimmie Johnson has won here many times at the track he calls "my house." Last week, it looked like Kasey Kahne (the 2006 Coca-Cola 600 winner) evicted Jimmie. Sam Hornish was mad fast in the race, and Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch have dominated on the mile and a half racetracks all year.

Here, we've had now the first lead change in the SOMD Fantasy Challenge point standings. Harvick29, who's dominated until now, has slipped to third and the race is tightening up front for the lead, but the black hole we call the Nachozone is getting bigger and is fixing to suck in a couple forumites. Here are the standings:

1. AndyMarquisLIVE - 245
2. OldHillcrestGuy - 235
3. Harvick 29 - 225
4. Clevalley - 195
5. Baja28 - 185
6. Gumbo - 165
7. Toppick08 - 150
8. Nachomama - 140

My picks (remember, the "pick 'em once" rule is no longer in effect):

1. David Ragan
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jeff Burton
5. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Good luck,
Andy

And, yes, I did change my picks. If you want to change your picks (up until 4:00pm EST), you can.

I think this will be the case, I really do think this is David Ragan's race.

[Baja28]

Oh for Christs sake get these non-driving, open wheel drivers out of nascar.

ESPN busy bragging on Hornish as he wrecks.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

ESPN sucks.

There's a massive fight in the pits, and ESPN shows Kyle Busch's brash, pathetic "victory bow." As they show this, Rusty mentions that nobody cares because they're watching the fight in the pits.

NBC and TNT would've shown us the fight.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Denny Hamlin needs to go back to the short tracks of Virginia.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Brad says Denny intentionally wrecked him under yellow because Denny slid down the track before he had him cleared.

Junyer's pissed that Denny wrecked his car.

Denny says Brad should've backed off and given him the position because he's a Cup driver.

Denny needs a , a , and a for that.

[otter (Premo)]

Originally Posted by nachomama

Jimmie Johnson - win
KY (here's hoping he slips into the nachozone...)
Jeff Gordon
Mark Martin
Carl Edwards

Good pick, Martin always keeps out of trouble at Charlotte, will be there at the end.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Originally Posted by otter

Good pick, Martin always keeps out of trouble at Charlotte, will be there at the end.

Actually otter, Nacho picking a driver is their kiss of death.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Oh, dumb move Montoya. And to Tony Stewart of all people.

That's like waving a red blanket in front of a bull, Tony's not the guy you want to mess with.