Fantasy Chase picks: Week 3

This is the last “normal” week of the Fantasy Chase.

Why? Because starting in the next round, some players will be eliminated before that week’s race even starts. Remember: If you picked a driver who is already eliminated from the Chase, your pick is no good.

That makes Dover really big for some people. If you have Denny Hamlin at Talladega, for example, you need him to make Round 2 (whatever it’s called) or you’ll be eliminated that week if you’re still playing.

Yikes.

And we’ve already had a lot of attrition — more than I expected, to be honest. Check out how quickly our field is dwindling:

Pre-race Still playing
Chicago 197
New Hampshire 183
Dover 113

So we’re down to 113 people, and those 113 have picked 15 different drivers at Dover (everyone but AJ Allmendinger) — which means more are guaranteed to get cut this week.

The most popular choice? Jimmie Johnson, who carries the Fantasy Chase hopes of 34 people this week. It’s a pretty good bet, but you would have thought the same about Hamlin last week at New Hampshire.

Here are the picks for Dover:

Twitter ID Dover
CodfishCodfish Almirola, Aric
jrkenbok Biffle, Greg
nuggie99 Biffle, Greg
davidlerner75 Busch, Kurt
dallasjunebug Busch, Kurt
BPierce Busch, Kurt
Daniels_Caudill Busch, Kurt
trv240sx Busch, Kurt
Toenailurface Busch, Kurt
Mattdobson_7 Busch, Kyle
pamnielsen Busch, Kyle
AshBollinger Busch, Kyle
ItsAlexKaplan Busch, Kyle
Jddorman2 Busch, Kyle
DRLDeBoer Busch, Kyle
cpeuterb Busch, Kyle
jojolv48 Busch, Kyle
bakemoney2000 Busch, Kyle
lancesells Busch, Kyle
csvelin Earnhardt Jr., Dale
katiecole125 Earnhardt Jr., Dale
Dfblanchard Earnhardt Jr., Dale
digertwo Earnhardt Jr., Dale
Huth88 Earnhardt Jr., Dale
BigLiciousT Earnhardt Jr., Dale
chrisonethree Edwards, Carl
quickdraw222 Edwards, Carl
scottaltimaman Edwards, Carl
devyanks90 Edwards, Carl
jsugi48 Edwards, Carl
basspro24chevy Edwards, Carl
HD388 Edwards, Carl
Sam_Beishuizen Gordon, Jeff
CraigHaasis Gordon, Jeff
Gael78II Hamlin, Denny
tcholbrook Hamlin, Denny
fnmetal Hamlin, Denny
Scottwilfong Hamlin, Denny
poloshot Hamlin, Denny
kennethriggs Hamlin, Denny
Ed_326 Harvick, Kevin
18frannie Harvick, Kevin
dave_phillips1 Harvick, Kevin
fatbuzz66 Johnson, Jimmie
Amishkid17 Johnson, Jimmie
prettymonkey Johnson, Jimmie
tvphotog17 Johnson, Jimmie
jdubharris Johnson, Jimmie
bradleykarnes Johnson, Jimmie
jmorris_np Johnson, Jimmie
mauhernz Johnson, Jimmie
Chubdubblub Johnson, Jimmie
Coates_Burghfan Johnson, Jimmie
rebel388 Johnson, Jimmie
wdoyle66 Johnson, Jimmie
jsoupzzz Johnson, Jimmie
ZHorrall224 Johnson, Jimmie
Springwolf Johnson, Jimmie
Revvin4Seven48 Johnson, Jimmie
CopaCavanna Johnson, Jimmie
gonzalezterence Johnson, Jimmie
hollywoodtlb Johnson, Jimmie
CFDIG Johnson, Jimmie
whenske Johnson, Jimmie
Jrig1980 Johnson, Jimmie
cswiecki84 Johnson, Jimmie
Kfisher88 Johnson, Jimmie
KeviRHatfield Johnson, Jimmie
chris_siebold22 Johnson, Jimmie
ZTsmiley Johnson, Jimmie
kid67y Johnson, Jimmie
4toddboyer Johnson, Jimmie
Nascar_Nut Johnson, Jimmie
lorettamagers Johnson, Jimmie
brian_wiggins Johnson, Jimmie
RealJDogg_82 Johnson, Jimmie
Sports2hiphop Johnson, Jimmie
spitz121 Kahne, Kasey
n08fear Kahne, Kasey
Bob_14 Kahne, Kasey
bruce_compton15 Kenseth, Matt
echo837 Kenseth, Matt
icemankeller Kenseth, Matt
Hokiefitz Kenseth, Matt
ashaver13 Kenseth, Matt
Adam_Huth Kenseth, Matt
coreyr12 Kenseth, Matt
caseylandrum15 Kenseth, Matt
dickiep1018 Kenseth, Matt
DeuceStaley_48 Kenseth, Matt
Bradley_016 Kenseth, Matt
Race5599 Kenseth, Matt
cgros127 Keselowski, Brad
ClintLJones Keselowski, Brad
thndrnghrd24 Keselowski, Brad
oldguyjk Logano, Joey
DillonSims Logano, Joey
Readymixchick Logano, Joey
HitYourMarks Logano, Joey
mattgross Logano, Joey
stephenflorentz Logano, Joey
MaximeB92 Logano, Joey
PhotoMatt_KCCO Logano, Joey
NSCRtruckFAN Logano, Joey
arlenekrue Logano, Joey
TheTigerBones Logano, Joey
AppBuckeye31 Logano, Joey
gregatkins Logano, Joey
turbojunker Logano, Joey
_Chouinard Newman, Ryan
ncraiderfan17 Newman, Ryan
MoWhi Newman, Ryan
thejosh20 Newman, Ryan