Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Can you believe it? The bottom four Chase drivers at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday were Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon.
None of the remaining 50 players in the Fantasy Chase picked Johnson, so no harm done there. Only one picked Gordon and two picked Busch, so no biggie there, either.
But…um…a LOT of people picked Dale Jr. It’s ugly, folks. There’s no way around it.
Nearly half of the Fantasy Chasers — 23 people — picked Junior, and now they’re all going home. It’s kinda like this:
OUCH.
Hey, look — you made it this far. Great run. But it’s time to say goodbye to the following 29 players (including three who picked drivers no longer in the Chase):
| Twitter ID | Talladega pick | |
| ItsAlexKaplan | Almirola, Aric | |
| CFDIG | Biffle, Greg | |
| ClintLJones | Busch, Kurt | |
| Huth88 | Busch, Kyle | |
| katiecole125 | Busch, Kyle | |
| Kfisher88 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| lorettamagers | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| Coates_Burghfan | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| ZHorrall224 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| AppBuckeye31 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| bruce_compton15 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| tcholbrook | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| davidlerner75 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| oldguyjk | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| gregatkins | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| coreyr12 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| Gael78II | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| rebel388 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| Chubdubblub | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| quickdraw222 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| Bradley_016 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| poloshot | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| turbojunker | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| Toenailurface | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| Readymixchick | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| bakemoney2000 | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| jdubharris | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| Nascar_Nut | Earnhardt Jr., Dale | |
| Scottwilfong | Gordon, Jeff |
Now we’re down to the final 21 people with four races to go. I’ll post picks later this week, but congrats to those people still alive in the Fantasy Chase:
| Twitter ID |
| wdoyle66 |
| fatbuzz66 |
| digertwo |
| gonzalezterence |
| Adam_Huth |
| CopaCavanna |
| Sam_Beishuizen |
| Sports2hiphop |
| devyanks90 |
| BPierce |
| dallasjunebug |
| trv240sx |
| Amishkid17 |
| chrisonethree |
| dave_phillips1 |
| TheTigerBones |
| thndrnghrd24 |
| mattgross |
| kennethriggs |
| Mattdobson_7 |
| jsoupzzz |