Fantasy Chase update: Championship picks

Congrats to the Top 10 who made it this far. As you’ll be able to see by the picks below, I’ll likely have to rely on a tiebreaker in the event Kyle Busch wins the title. If the others win, it should be fairly clear.

Here’s how this works: If the person picked the champion correctly, they win. If multiple people picked the champion, it goes to second place as a tiebreaker, then third, fourth, etc. If it’s unclear or inconclusive, whoever’s Homestead winner pick has a higher finish will be the tiebreaker.

Good luck to all!

Twitter ID Champion Second Third Fourth Homestead winner tiebreaker
Mhouser88 Busch Logano Johnson Edwards Busch
kimery Busch Logano Johnson Edwards Hamlin
jrock2481 Busch Johnson Logano Edwards Larson
Kraig_Doremus Busch Logano Johnson Edwards Kenseth
rlberryyogi Edwards Johnson Busch Logano Edwards
l_meister Johnson Edwards Logano Busch Harvick
jayua Johnson Busch Logano Edwards Harvick
BurlRolett Johnson Logano Busch Edwards Harvick
SouthernNutmeg Logano Busch Johnson Edwards Logano
jsmith123nv Logano Johnson Busch Edwards Harvick

Fantasy Chase results: Down to the final 10

As it turns out, Kevin Harvick didn’t win at Phoenix, which means a whopping EIGHT spots for the championship race were decided by points (no one picked Joey Logano to win).

After all that, we have our final 10 players. You will be getting an email shortly with instructions for Homestead. Congrats to @l_meister, @mhouser88, @SouthernNutmeg, @kimery, @jayua, @rlberryyogi, @jrock2481, @Kraig_Doremus, @BurtRolett and @jsmith123nv.

Here are the results from Round 3 (the cutoff turned out to be 109 points):

Twitter ID Points In/Out
l_meister 1074 Clinched
Mhouser88 1037 Clinched
SouthernNutmeg 117

8

kimery 113

4

jayua 113

4

rlberryyogi 111

2

jrock2481 111

2

Kraig_Doremus 109

0

BurlRolett 109

0

jsmith123nv 109

0

soller00 107

-2

kjfinks22champ 99

-10

22hemi13 93

-16

Caseylandrum15 93

-16

mstjohn_ 91

-18

savannahpr16 83

-26

Thunder_Cat_4 78

-31

KevinRHatfield 76

-33

MFroger 76

-33

ramonmorales 76

-33

BShell00 76

-33

dallasjunebug 74

-35

Adam_Huth 74

-35

Luke_kane58 67

-42

JG24Wife 25

-84

SJRenko22 22

-87

Fantasy Chase update: Phoenix elimination playoff picture

We have a very interesting development in the Fantasy Chase.

There are 10 spots open for the final round, but only two have been clinched so far. Two people picked Jimmie Johnson at Martinsville and no one picked Carl Edwards at Texas.

So where does that leave us? It could go one of two ways.

First, Kevin Harvick could win at Phoenix. A whopping 20 of 26 people picked Harvick to win this weekend, and 18 of them aren’t locked into the championship race yet. So that could really make things interesting for Homestead.

Second, anyone but Harvick could win — and that means there would be at least half the final round spots available on points. I did NOT expect that when I came up with this year’s format (I thought Homestead would all be filled by winners from the third round), so that would be kind of wild.

Here’s how things stand as of now:

Twitter ID Points In/Out Phoenix
l_meister 1037 Clinched Harvick
Mhouser88 1000 Clinched Harvick
SouthernNutmeg 80

10

Harvick
kjfinks22champ 78

8

Kenseth
kimery 76

6

Harvick
jayua 76

6

Harvick
rlberryyogi 74

4

Harvick
jrock2481 74

4

Harvick
jsmith123nv 72

2

Harvick
Kraig_Doremus 70

0

Busch (Kyle)
BurlRolett 70

0

Busch (Kyle)
soller00 70

0

Harvick
mstjohn_ 69

-1

Edwards
22hemi13 56

-14

Harvick
Caseylandrum15 56

-14

Harvick
savannahpr16 46

-24

Harvick
Thunder_Cat_4 41

-29

Harvick
KevinRHatfield 39

-31

Harvick
MFroger 39

-31

Harvick
ramonmorales 39

-31

Harvick
BShell00 39

-31

Harvick
dallasjunebug 37

-33

Harvick
Adam_Huth 37

-33

Harvick
Luke_kane58 30

-40

Harvick
JG24Wife 21

-49

Johnson
SJRenko22 0

-70

Edwards

Fantasy Chase update: Martinsville results, Texas picks

Congratulations to @l_meister and @mhouser88 for becoming the first two people to lock themselves into the Fantasy Chase championship in a few weeks.

As for the rest of you? Some of you really need to pick up the pace! Here are the Martinsville results with your picks from Texas included:

Twitter ID Martinsville Points In/out Texas
l_meister Johnson 1000 Clinched Busch (Kyle)
Mhouser88 Johnson 1000 Clinched Truex
kimery Hamlin 39 0 Busch (Kyle)
mstjohn_ Hamlin 39 0 Johnson
KevinRHatfield Hamlin 39 0 Keselowski
MFroger Hamlin 39 0 Keselowski
SouthernNutmeg Hamlin 39 0 Logano
ramonmorales Hamlin 39 0 Truex
BShell00 Hamlin 39 0 Truex
jayua Kenseth 39 0 Busch (Kyle)
rlberryyogi Busch (Kyle) 37 -2 Busch (Kyle)
jrock2481 Busch (Kyle) 37 -2 Busch (Kyle)
jsmith123nv Busch (Kyle) 37 -2 Harvick
kjfinks22champ Busch (Kyle) 37 -2 Logano
Adam_Huth Busch (Kyle) 37 -2 Truex
Kraig_Doremus Logano 33 -6 Busch (Kyle)
BurlRolett Logano 33 -6 Busch (Kyle)
soller00 Logano 33 -6 Busch (Kyle)
22hemi13 Harvick 21 -18 Harvick
Caseylandrum15 Harvick 21 -18 Harvick
JG24Wife Harvick 21 -18 Larson
savannahpr16 Edwards 5 -34 Logano
Thunder_Cat_4 Keselowski 0 -39 Logano
Luke_kane58 Stewart 0 -39 Johnson
dallasjunebug Truex 0 -39 Busch (Kyle)
SJRenko22 Truex 0 -39 Keselowski

Fantasy Chase results: Round 2 elimination

The cutoff for the final Fantasy Chase Round 3 spots was almost as exciting as the actual battle between Austin Dillon and Denny Hamlin at Talladega.

As it turned out, only five people picked Joey Logano to win at Talladega — and four of those were in win-or-go-home scenarios. That left three spots available on points to make the next round (25 people plus ties make it).

The results: A tie for the final spot, but we don’t have tiebreakers! So congrats to both @jayua and @mstjohn_ for barely making it in. So sorry to @tampawriter89, who missed the cut by an agonizing one point.

So we’re down to the final 26. I’ll send out a list of Martinsville picks later this week. If you were eliminated, thanks so much for playing and be sure to come back next year!

Twitter ID   Total Points in/out Charlotte Kansas Talladega
KevinRHatfield 2036 Clinched 36 1000 1000
Kraig_Doremus 2013 Clinched 1000 1000 13
MFroger 1070 Clinched 36 1000 34
rlberryyogi 1070 Clinched 1000 36 34
ramonmorales 1068 Clinched 29 1000 39
jrock2481 1067 Clinched 28 1000 39
l_meister 1062 Clinched 28 34 1000
Mhouser88 1058 Clinched 28 30 1000
SouthernNutmeg 1042 Clinched 6 36 1000
savannahpr16 1040 Clinched 4 36 1000
kjfinks22champ 1039 Clinched 34 1000 5
22hemi13 1038 Clinched 4 1000 34
Caseylandrum15 1038 Clinched 4 1000 34
Thunder_Cat_4 1038 Clinched 1000 4 34
BShell00 1033 Clinched 28 1000 5
BurlRolett 1033 Clinched 28 1000 5
jsmith123nv 1033 Clinched 28 1000 5
kimery 1033 Clinched 28 1000 5
Luke_kane58 1033 Clinched 28 1000 5
soller00 1033 Clinched 28 1000 5
Adam_Huth 1018 Clinched 4 1000 14
dallasjunebug 1018 Clinched 1000 4 14
JG24Wife 1012 Clinched 1000 0 12
SJRenko22 118 In on points 40 39 39
jayua 107 In on points 34 39 34
mstjohn_ 107 In on points 36 34 37
tampawriter89 106 -1 40 36 30
tealjaguar 104 -3 28 39 37
2015onfcm 103 -4 28 36 39
Erinthetraveler 102 -5 28 40 34
Techno_Muse 99 -8 28 37 34
Jsoupzzz 94 -13 28 27 39
ChrisHarvey33 92 -15 28 30 34
dmcgrew 90 -17 36 36 18
groupsects 86 -21 36 36 14
johnnyracer24 86 -21 36 11 39
paxls 83 -24 40 4 39
Bouchard8833 79 -28 36 4 39
Msudawg7880 79 -28 4 36 39
Toby_christie 79 -28 6 34 39
terrymadill 77 -30 4 39 34
M_Huff99 75 -32 34 36 5
spencergogol 75 -32 40 30 5
Yragnodrog 75 -32 36 34 5
MagnumPE 74 -33 4 36 34
Xm3tsf4nx 73 -34 28 40 5
chrismorgan1287 72 -35 28 39 5
Gypsy530 72 -35 28 39 5
Ry_24 72 -35 28 39 5
SteveRuth1 72 -35 28 39 5
CaptComeback 70 -37 36 34 0
bflo360 69 -38 28 36 5
edeme3 69 -38 28 36 5
TalladegaVT 68 -39 34 4 30
BPolking 67 -40 28 34 5
kjflye 67 -40 28 39 0
Lucas_LaBonte 67 -40 28 34 5
SolakNC 67 -40 28 27 12
Ztew 67 -40 28 34 5
dallasjhawk 66 -41 28 4 34
chasedaddy88 63 -44 28 30 5
ryanhorne1028 63 -44 28 30 5
Smids09 62 -45 28 34 0
Iggy_zogspot 58 -49 36 4 18
Travisparks24 56 -51 12 39 5
Loweslaura48 53 -54 28 11 14
MaximeB92 51 -56 6 40 5
Cesar_Chris 48 -59 6 37 5
manderson124 48 -59 4 39 5
YourDadIsMyFrog 48 -59 4 39 5
JosephMMcBride 45 -62 4 36 5
Joey4542001 42 -65 6 36 0
TheAaron98 41 -66 6 30 5
w3kn 37 -70 28 4 5
joebeck24 21 -86 4 4 13

Fantasy Chase update: Standings, Talladega picks

Well, well, well…this is interesting.

Due to Kevin Harvick’s unsurprising win last week at Kansas Speedway, there are now 19 people locked into Round 3 of the Fantasy Chase. That’s notable because there are only 25 spots (plus ties) available to move on from Round 2.

So depending on what happens this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, it’s possible the only way to make Round 3 will be to have won one of the three races. NO spots be available on points? Crazy, but we’ll find out soon if that’s the case.

In the meantime, here are the standings (current cutoff line in bold):

Twitter ID   Total Points in/out Charlotte Kansas Talladega
Kraig_Doremus 2000 Clinched 1000 1000 Edwards
KevinRHatfield 1036 Clinched 36 1000 Logano
MFroger 1036 Clinched 36 1000 Harvick
rlberryyogi 1036 Clinched 1000 36 Harvick
kjfinks22champ 1034 Clinched 34 1000 Keselowski
ramonmorales 1029 Clinched 29 1000 Hamlin
BShell00 1028 Clinched 28 1000 Keselowski
BurlRolett 1028 Clinched 28 1000 Keselowski
jrock2481 1028 Clinched 28 1000 Hamlin
jsmith123nv 1028 Clinched 28 1000 Keselowski
kimery 1028 Clinched 28 1000 Keselowski
Luke_kane58 1028 Clinched 28 1000 Keselowski
soller00 1028 Clinched 28 1000 Keselowski
22hemi13 1004 Clinched 4 1000 Harvick
Adam_Huth 1004 Clinched 4 1000 Kenseth
Caseylandrum15 1004 Clinched 4 1000 Harvick
dallasjunebug 1004 Clinched 1000 4 Kenseth
Thunder_Cat_4 1004 Clinched 1000 4 Harvick
JG24Wife 1000 Clinched 1000 0 Busch (Kyle)
SJRenko22 79 9 40 39 Hamlin
tampawriter89 76 6 40 36 Elliott
jayua 73 3 34 39 Harvick
dmcgrew 72 2 36 36 Johnson
groupsects 72 2 36 36 Kenseth
CaptComeback   70 0 36 34 McMurray
M_Huff99   70 0 34 36 Keselowski
mstjohn_   70 0 36 34 Busch (Kurt)
spencergogol   70 0 40 30 Keselowski
Yragnodrog   70 0 36 34 Keselowski
Erinthetraveler 68 -2 28 40 Harvick
Xm3tsf4nx 68 -2 28 40 Keselowski
chrismorgan1287 67 -3 28 39 Keselowski
Gypsy530 67 -3 28 39 Keselowski
kjflye 67 -3 28 39 Stewart
Ry_24 67 -3 28 39 Keselowski
SteveRuth1 67 -3 28 39 Keselowski
tealjaguar 67 -3 28 39 Busch (Kurt)
Techno_Muse 65 -5 28 37 Harvick
2015onfcm 64 -6 28 36 Hamlin
bflo360 64 -6 28 36 Keselowski
edeme3 64 -6 28 36 Keselowski
BPolking 62 -8 28 34 Keselowski
l_meister 62 -8 28 34 Logano
Lucas_LaBonte 62 -8 28 34 Keselowski
Smids09 62 -8 28 34 McMurray
Ztew 62 -8 28 34 Keselowski
chasedaddy88 58 -12 28 30 Keselowski
ChrisHarvey33 58 -12 28 30 Harvick
Mhouser88 58 -12 28 30 Logano
ryanhorne1028 58 -12 28 30 Keselowski
Jsoupzzz 55 -15 28 27 Hamlin
SolakNC 55 -15 28 27 Busch (Kyle)
Travisparks24 51 -19 12 39 Keselowski
johnnyracer24 47 -23 36 11 Hamlin
MaximeB92 46 -24 6 40 Keselowski
paxls 44 -26 40 4 Hamlin
Cesar_Chris 43 -27 6 37 Keselowski
manderson124 43 -27 4 39 Keselowski
terrymadill 43 -27 4 39 Harvick
YourDadIsMyFrog 43 -27 4 39 Keselowski
Joey4542001 42 -28 6 36 Larson
SouthernNutmeg 42 -28 6 36 Logano
Bouchard8833 40 -30 36 4 Hamlin
Iggy_zogspot 40 -30 36 4 Johnson
JosephMMcBride 40 -30 4 36 Keselowski
MagnumPE 40 -30 4 36 Harvick
Msudawg7880 40 -30 4 36 Hamlin
savannahpr16 40 -30 4 36 Logano
Toby_christie 40 -30 6 34 Hamlin
Loweslaura48 39 -31 28 11 Kenseth
TalladegaVT 38 -32 34 4 Elliott
TheAaron98 36 -34 6 30 Keselowski
dallasjhawk 32 -38 28 4 Harvick
w3kn 32 -38 28 4 Keselowski
joebeck24 8 -62 4 4 Edwards

Fantasy Chase update: Charlotte results, standings, Kansas picks

A little bit of an explainer here: Only 25 people will move on to the next round, but the rule is 25 plus ties. And right now, there’s a big ol’ tie thanks to the large amount of people who picked Martin Truex Jr. at Charlotte (where he received 28 points).

So keep that in mind as you look at the standings for this week. Congrats to those who have already clinched a spot in Round 3!

Twitter ID   Total Points in/out Kansas pick
dallasjunebug 1000 Clinched Keselowski
JG24Wife 1000 Clinched Larson
Kraig_Doremus 1000 Clinched Harvick
rlberryyogi 1000 Clinched Busch (Kyle)
Thunder_Cat_4 1000 Clinched Keselowski
paxls 40 12 Keselowski
SJRenko22 40 12 Logano
spencergogol 40 12 Truex
tampawriter89 40 12 Busch (Kyle)
Bouchard8833 36 8 Keselowski
CaptComeback 36 8 Kenseth
dmcgrew 36 8 Busch (Kyle)
groupsects 36 8 Busch (Kyle)
Iggy_zogspot 36 8 Keselowski
johnnyracer24 36 8 Elliott
KevinRHatfield 36 8 Harvick
MFroger 36 8 Harvick
mstjohn_ 36 8 Kenseth
Yragnodrog 36 8 Kenseth
jayua 34 6 Logano
kjfinks22champ 34 6 Harvick
M_Huff99 34 6 Busch (Kyle)
TalladegaVT 34 6 Keselowski
ramonmorales 29 1 Harvick
2015onfcm 28 0 Busch (Kyle)
bflo360 28 0 Busch (Kyle)
BPolking 28 0 Kenseth
BShell00 28 0 Harvick
BurlRolett 28 0 Harvick
chasedaddy88 28 0 Truex
ChrisHarvey33 28 0 Truex
chrismorgan1287 28 0 Logano
dallasjhawk 28 0 Keselowski
edeme3 28 0 Busch (Kyle)
Erinthetraveler 28 0 Edwards
Gypsy530 28 0 Logano
jrock2481 28 0 Harvick
jsmith123nv 28 0 Harvick
Jsoupzzz 28 0 Hamlin
kimery 28 0 Harvick
kjflye 28 0 Logano
l_meister 28 0 Kenseth
Loweslaura48 28 0 Elliott
Lucas_LaBonte 28 0 Kenseth
Luke_kane58 28 0 Harvick
Mhouser88 28 0 Truex
Ry_24 28 0 Logano
ryanhorne1028 28 0 Truex
Smids09 28 0 Kenseth
SolakNC 28 0 Hamlin
soller00 28 0 Harvick
SteveRuth1 28 0 Logano
tealjaguar 28 0 Logano
Techno_Muse 28 0 Johnson
w3kn 28 0 Keselowski
Xm3tsf4nx 28 0 Edwards
Ztew 28 0 Kenseth
Travisparks24 12 -16 Logano
Cesar_Chris 6 -22 Johnson
Joey4542001 6 -22 Busch (Kyle)
MaximeB92 6 -22 Edwards
SouthernNutmeg 6 -22 Busch (Kyle)
TheAaron98 6 -22 Truex
Toby_christie 6 -22 Kenseth
22hemi13 4 -24 Harvick
Adam_Huth 4 -24 Harvick
Caseylandrum15 4 -24 Harvick
joebeck24 4 -24 Keselowski
JosephMMcBride 4 -24 Busch (Kyle)
MagnumPE 4 -24 Busch (Kyle)
manderson124 4 -24 Logano
Msudawg7880 4 -24 Busch (Kyle)
savannahpr16 4 -24 Busch (Kyle)
terrymadill 4 -24 Logano
YourDadIsMyFrog 4 -24 Logano