If you recall, 70 players (including me) were eliminated from the Fantasy Chase last week. Seventy! In one week!
So how would Dover treat the remaining 113 people? Pretty darn well, actually.
Only six people were eliminated this week — one who picked Aric Almirola, two who picked Greg Biffle and three who picked Kasey Kahne (AJ Allmendinger was the other bottom four Chase driver, but no one picked him).
So it’s farewell to the following players:
Kasey Kahne (3):
| spitz121 |
| n08fear |
| Bob_14 |
Greg Biffle (2):
| jrkenbok |
| nuggie99 |
Aric Almirola (1):
| CodfishCodfish |
So now you’re thinking, “Oh geez, we have 107 people left. Maybe there will be too many still playing at Homestead if this keeps up.”
Ah, but you’re forgetting the twist! Remember, if a driver has already been eliminated from the real Chase (such as Biffle or Kurt Busch), that pick is no good if used for an upcoming race.
If you look at it that way, there are 12 people who are guaranteed to be eliminated at Kansas because they picked either Biffle or Busch (I’ll post the Kansas picks later this week).
And the trend continues, too:
— Six people have picked drivers for Charlotte who are already eliminated
— 15 at Talladega
— Five at Martinsville
— One at Texas (someone picked AJ Allmendinger — why?)
— None at Phoenix
— Three at Homestead (three people picked Biffle; can you imagine getting all the way to Homestead and then having your pick already eliminated? Ouch!)
As you can see, it’s not going to be easy to survive all the way to Homestead — particularly if a big name falls out of the Chase this round.
Enjoy the week and I’ll post another update as Kansas approaches.