Fantasy NASCAR game: Post-Phoenix, Pre-Las Vegas update

OK, all of you smarty pants are starting to get seriously annoying.

This game was supposed to be hard! You could only use ONE driver per week, ONE time each in the regular season. And yet, after just two races, a whopping 118 people (out of 326 total players) are already in the Fantasy Chase.

That’s more than one-third of all players. I can assure you the other 208 of us are not happy with those who have made it in so quickly.

At Phoenix, 86 people correctly predicted Kevin Harvick would win. Here is a list of those people, who I now hate for making this look so easy:

_Carlton *
_Chouinard *
A_Bit_Sideways *
Adam_Huth **
alovewithoutend *
arails4 *
arlenekrue *
asskicknchcken **
bflo360 *
BPierce158 *
Bradley_016 *
bradleykarnes **
brendan14394 *
bseliga *
bshell00 *
bundy315 *
chrisallen_nc *
cjcub4life *
clebren45 **
ClintLJones *
Cody_Masse *
CopaCavanna **
cvelin *
dallasjunebug *
Davidwolf88 *
DeuceStaley_48 *
devyanks90 *
dfblanchard *
digertwo *
DR_FNP *
DRLDeBoer **
dwilwer **
Echo837 *
Gael78II *
glenburdett *
gregatkins *
GroverSimone *
HitYourMarks *
Huth88 *
J_Carleton *
JAGillespie90 *
jay_wilkins17 **
jddorman2 *
jflann2 *
jjwolfeman *
JMorris_NP *
Joey_Fonseca *
josh_ackels66 *
jsoupzzz *
Justin24Payne *
katiecole125 **
kennethriggs *
kevinkletti *
KeviRHatfield **
lance_sells *
LoganReardon20 *
mattlovisa *
MattNicholson51 **
MattWeaverSBN **
mikeschlee *
MNeffShortTrack **
mokanmikey *
n08fear *
NASCAR_MT *
Nascar_Nut *
NSCRtruckFAN *
oldguyjk *
P_Prissypants *
Pat_DeCola *
prettymonkey *
Reinhart63 *
Revvin4Seven48 *
RowdyBun *
samhissett7 *
soller00 *
Sports2HipHop *
SportsNut1981 *
Springwolf *
stevelo48 *
stevemichalik *
thejosh20 *
TheTigerBones *
thndrnghrd24 *
trv2405x *
whenske *
zeven13 *

You’ll notice that some people have two stars next to their name. Why? Because they already have two wins this season!!!! GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhh. How are you people doing this???

Just to be clear, the Ultimate Mad Geniuses who are 2-for-2 on the year are:

Adam_Huth **
asskicknchcken **
bradleykarnes **
clebren45 **
CopaCavanna **
DRLDeBoer **
dwilwer **
jay_wilkins17 **
katiecole125 **
KeviRHatfield **
MattNicholson51 **
MattWeaverSBN **
MNeffShortTrack **

Anyway. Let’s move on to Las Vegas. Here are everyone’s picks for this week:

Daniels_Caudill Ambrose
cgros127 * Bayne
oldguyjk * Biffle
whenske * Biffle
18frannie * Biffle
dhamlinfan Biffle
jdubharris Biffle
DaarenDurga Biffle
flahavin Biffle
dtruhl Biffle
hzirbel Biffle
motorhead66 * Bowyer
HonestlySherry Bowyer
evan_graf Burton
jenniferayers Dillon
bflo360 * Earnhardt
cjcub4life * Earnhardt
Davidwolf88 * Earnhardt
1kfox Earnhardt
IRunRountree Earnhardt
rsc654 Earnhardt
SportsBySteger * Edwards
CFDiG * Edwards
A_Bit_Sideways * Edwards
arlenekrue * Edwards
BPierce158 * Edwards
bseliga * Edwards
devyanks90 * Edwards
DR_FNP * Edwards
glenburdett * Edwards
JMorris_NP * Edwards
lance_sells * Edwards
mattlovisa * Edwards
prettymonkey * Edwards
Sports2HipHop * Edwards
stevelo48 * Edwards
zeven13 * Edwards
raceGrl4Harvick * Edwards
Adam_Huth ** Edwards
asskicknchcken ** Edwards
bradleykarnes ** Edwards
clebren45 ** Edwards
gonzalezterence Edwards
RealJDogg_82 Edwards
MrsDMVH Edwards
icemankeller Edwards
KABenn1616 Edwards
chrisonethree Edwards
stephenflorentz Edwards
tgb_RPh Edwards
goofyfordfan Edwards
mark_ash Edwards
MoWhi Edwards
richman43 Edwards
kristidbm Edwards
shelbyparrack99 Edwards
ZachKalb Edwards
jeremybert9 Edwards
GigCityPlanner Edwards
mikemike82 Edwards
kartracer3886 Edwards
monfud20 Edwards
recjus85 Gordon
jrkenbok Gordon
heylookaturtle Gordon
dwilwer ** Hamlin
kycasoup Hamlin
davidlerner75 * Harvick
NancyatStudioN Harvick
nuggie99 Harvick
l70uke Harvick
s_a_markle Harvick
vasteve (son) Harvick
SportyGardener Harvick
ToeNailUrFace Harvick
thasmoke * Johnson
alovewithoutend * Johnson
HitYourMarks * Johnson
Huth88 * Johnson
Joey_Fonseca * Johnson
summerbrooke23 * Johnson
acheckeredflag Johnson
ellemccrone Johnson
Jrioux_ Johnson
vasteve (father) Johnson
AshBollinger Johnson
Jess43x8 Johnson
Bob_14 Johnson
TheManRouse Johnson
bradsauers * Kahne
_Chouinard * Kahne
arails4 * Kahne
Cody_Masse * Kahne
DeuceStaley_48 * Kahne
jddorman2 * Kahne
josh_ackels66 * Kahne
Nascar_Nut * Kahne
Reinhart63 * Kahne
Sam-Beishuizen * Kahne
CopaCavanna ** Kahne
jay_wilkins17 ** Kahne
TalladegaVT Kahne
StatsDavid Kahne
kingtut2110 Kahne
adamniemeyer Kahne
amishkid17 Kahne
ChasDan88 Kahne
CodfishCodfish Kahne
dgoodin24 Kahne
DRM3CIX Kahne
fatbuzz66 Kahne
JBenik Kahne
PhotoMatt_KCCO Kahne
VinnieV77 Kahne
folimu Kahne
AlphaWolf09 Kahne
ItsAlexKaplan Kahne
caseylandrum15 Kahne
LVI56 Kahne
dfairhurst2448 Kahne
TannerFoutz Kahne
xjasonx88 Kahne
poloshot Kahne
mattgross Kahne
Allyrok05 * Kenseth
Coates_Burghfan * Kenseth
pamneilsen * Kenseth
submarinemike88 * Kenseth
Bakemoney2000 * Kenseth
cfrosland * Kenseth
dickiep1018 * Kenseth
lauren_downey2 * Kenseth
rebel388 * Kenseth
cvelin * Kenseth
dallasjunebug * Kenseth
GroverSimone * Kenseth
jsoupzzz * Kenseth
Justin24Payne * Kenseth
NSCRtruckFAN * Kenseth
P_Prissypants * Kenseth
Revvin4Seven48 * Kenseth
soller00 * Kenseth
thndrnghrd24 * Kenseth
DRLDeBoer ** Kenseth
NASCARDirector Kenseth
sheila0866 Kenseth
dscanbs Kenseth
jay_christley Kenseth
ldgringo Kenseth
basspro24chevy Kenseth
shannonjones154 Kenseth
Carlajarvi Kenseth
Clevelandsrocks Kenseth
CraigHaasis Kenseth
crowder_debbie Kenseth
DillonSims Kenseth
dustydisher97 Kenseth
dweezymilan Kenseth
Freak4Harvick Kenseth
gluckcharm Kenseth
jayua Kenseth
jmic1122 Kenseth
JMNakai Kenseth
jojolv48 Kenseth
Kharvfanfla15 Kenseth
kjb0585 Kenseth
kjflye Kenseth
LAW9960 Kenseth
LilDebbie Kenseth
maggio15 Kenseth
mattdobson_7 Kenseth
msudawg7880 Kenseth
Nick_Winstead78 Kenseth
Shady__Hill Kenseth
StephenDCrowder Kenseth
tvphotog17 Kenseth
veston75 Kenseth
ZTsmiley Kenseth
cessfranklin Kenseth
Medic_217 Kenseth
DJstatman482454 Kenseth
DTrainMurphyTX Kenseth
jvirgs Kenseth
MarkMiller Kenseth
4toddboyer Kenseth
MarkRH Kenseth
JoshuaCloninger Kenseth
Smokecx3 Kenseth
terrywilfong Kenseth
matttidcombe Kenseth
turbojunker Kenseth
Wisco_girl15 Kenseth
_Carlton * Keselowski
ClintLJones * Keselowski
n08fear * Keselowski
JoeGwilt Keselowski
realaortiz08 Keselowski
Race5599 Keselowski
AngieF530 Keselowski
bobfredchuck Keselowski
MattWeaverSBN ** Kligerman
Zhorrall224 Kligerman
J_Carleton * KuBusch
JAGillespie90 * KuBusch
kevinkletti * KuBusch
RowdyBun * KuBusch
SportsNut1981 * KuBusch
wbrice4 KuBusch
d_sheedy KuBusch
kid67y KuBusch
AppBuckeye31 KuBusch
HD388 KuBusch
Readymixchick KuBusch
scottaltimaman KuBusch
TruckerDeen KuBusch
vegasdennis66 KuBusch
Mike_Dobreski KuBusch
AbbeyKahne5 KuBusch
lorettamagers KuBusch
NickKocuba10 KuBusch
terrymadill KuBusch
wilwielgosz KuBusch
ilovehamlin11 KuBusch
MrsJPancake KuBusch
mwrjgrfan KuBusch
racingwench KuBusch
Eli928 KuBusch
tcholbrook KuBusch
Truex56fan KuBusch
chubdubblub KuBusch
mrdevore KuBusch
hokiefitz * KyBusch
jsf354 * KyBusch
jsugi48 * KyBusch
1OutlawBandit * KyBusch
BrentBynum * KyBusch
HotStoverReport * KyBusch
Bradley_016 * KyBusch
brendan14394 * KyBusch
bundy315 * KyBusch
chrisallen_nc * KyBusch
jjwolfeman * KyBusch
LoganReardon20 * KyBusch
mokanmikey * KyBusch
NASCAR_MT * KyBusch
Springwolf * KyBusch
trv2405x * KyBusch
ScottWilfong * KyBusch
mcfdtony * KyBusch
Kfisher88 * KyBusch
M_Huff99 * KyBusch
katiecole125 ** KyBusch
KeviRHatfield ** KyBusch
MattNicholson51 ** KyBusch
MericuhFYeah KyBusch
theWillClark KyBusch
vandy1 KyBusch
3dingo KyBusch
chris_siebold22 KyBusch
J_Fellenbaum KyBusch
jeff_gluck KyBusch
JRIG1980 KyBusch
markvphotos KyBusch
MaximeB92 KyBusch
racefan_11 KyBusch
scovel0 KyBusch
terryweems KyBusch
fnmetal KyBusch
Boop2366 KyBusch
Joshua_Smith08 KyBusch
wdoyle66 KyBusch
YenndeeZ KyBusch
harvicknut_4 KyBusch
ZackaryDWilson KyBusch
dave_phillips1 KyBusch
BenjaminAllaire KyBusch
Bedgood15 KyBusch
iamjlf KyBusch
tjnaylor09 KyBusch
wyocat50 KyBusch
jeffamos65 KyBusch
The_real_Tc_ KyBusch
ashleyann12 Larson
Chuck_Atl Larson
robwright11 Larson
grammatea4u * Logano
Echo837 * Logano
thejosh20 * Logano
foolrain Logano
TheTigerBones * McMurray
ed_326 Mears
bshell00 * Menard
dfblanchard * Menard
jflann2 * Menard
KevinMiz Menard
ncraiderfan17 Menard
abadacejr182288 Menard
07vanquish Menard
dlschamp * Newman
ashinyobject Newman
kkr491fan Newman
cpeuterb Patrick
MNeffShortTrack ** Stenhouse
AndrewWaldrop Stenhouse
cswiecki84 Stenhouse
mauhernz Stenhouse
digertwo * Stewart
Gael78II * Stewart
gregatkins * Stewart
kennethriggs * Stewart
Pat_DeCola * Stewart
samhissett7 * Stewart
stevemichalik * Stewart
Andrea__Marie Stewart
brian_wiggins Stewart
BriannaLeistikow Stewart
bruce_compton15 Stewart
hollywoodtlb Stewart
howmama99 Stewart
coreyr12 Stewart
BigLiciousT Stewart
ashaver13 Stewart
spitz121 Truex
quickdraw222 Truex
88bfar Vickers
mikeschlee * Whitt

Fantasy NASCAR game: Post-Daytona 500, pre-Phoenix update

Well, that was easy.

A whopping 45 people are already in our Fantasy Chase after just one week, thanks to their selection of Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the Daytona 500.

Those 45 geniuses can still get bonus points to use in the Chase if they win again, but they don’t have to truly fret over their picks until September.

18frannie Earnhardt
1OutlawBandit Earnhardt
Adam_Huth Earnhardt
Allyrok05 Earnhardt
asskicknchcken Earnhardt
Bakemoney2000 Earnhardt
bradleykarnes Earnhardt
bradsauers Earnhardt
BrentBynum Earnhardt
CFDiG Earnhardt
cfrosland Earnhardt
cgros127 Earnhardt
clebren45 Earnhardt
Coates_Burghfan Earnhardt
CopaCavanna Earnhardt
davidlerner75 Earnhardt
dickiep1018 Earnhardt
dlschamp Earnhardt
DRLDeBoer Earnhardt
dwilwer Earnhardt
grammatea4u Earnhardt
hokiefitz Earnhardt
HotStoverReport Earnhardt
jay_wilkins17 Earnhardt
jsf354 Earnhardt
jsugi48 Earnhardt
katiecole125 Earnhardt
KeviRHatfield Earnhardt
Kfisher88 Earnhardt
lauren_downey2 Earnhardt
M_Huff99 Earnhardt
MattNicholson51 Earnhardt
MattWeaverSBN Earnhardt
mcfdtony Earnhardt
MNeffShortTrack Earnhardt
motorhead66 Earnhardt
pamneilsen Earnhardt
raceGrl4Harvick Earnhardt
rebel388 Earnhardt
Sam-Beishuizen Earnhardt
ScottWilfong Earnhardt
SportsBySteger Earnhardt
submarinemike88 Earnhardt
summerbrooke23 Earnhardt
thasmoke Earnhardt

Anyway, on to Phoenix. Here are all your picks for the upcoming race. The favorites are Kevin Harvick (86 picks) and Carl Edwards (84 picks).

Good luck to all!

Note: A star by someone’s name is the equivalent of a win sticker. That represents how many wins the person has this season.

ashleyann12 Allmendinger
TalladegaVT Allmendinger
wbrice4 Allmendinger
evan_graf Allmendinger
gonzalezterence Allmendinger
NASCARDirector Almirola
RealJDogg_82 Almirola
sheila0866 Biffle
Allyrok05 * Biffle
Coates_Burghfan * Biffle
pamneilsen * Biffle
SportsBySteger * Biffle
submarinemike88 * Biffle
MrsDMVH Biffle
d_sheedy Biffle
StatsDavid Biffle
spitz121 Bowyer
acheckeredflag Bowyer
AndrewWaldrop Bowyer
Andrea__Marie Bowyer
ldgringo Bowyer
vandy1 Bowyer
dhamlinfan Bowyer
MericuhFYeah Bowyer
jay_christley Bowyer
dscanbs Bowyer
kid67y Bowyer
recjus85 Bowyer
icemankeller Bowyer
theWillClark Bowyer
KABenn1616 Dillon
kingtut2110 Dillon
jdubharris Dillon
basspro24chevy Earnhardt
ashinyobject Earnhardt
jrkenbok Earnhardt
shannonjones154 Earnhardt
HD388 Edwards
dgoodin24 Edwards
brian_wiggins Edwards
crowder_debbie Edwards
DaarenDurga Edwards
JoeGwilt Edwards
maggio15 Edwards
PhotoMatt_KCCO Edwards
StephenDCrowder Edwards
Bakemoney2000 * Edwards
bradsauers * Edwards
cfrosland * Edwards
cgros127 * Edwards
davidlerner75 * Edwards
dickiep1018 * Edwards
dlschamp * Edwards
hokiefitz * Edwards
jsf354 * Edwards
jsugi48 * Edwards
lauren_downey2 * Edwards
rebel388 * Edwards
thasmoke * Edwards
Daniels_Caudill Edwards
bruce_compton15 Edwards
DRM3CIX Edwards
dweezymilan Edwards
gluckcharm Edwards
jayua Edwards
LilDebbie Edwards
Nick_Winstead78 Edwards
racefan_11 Edwards
ChasDan88 Edwards
CraigHaasis Edwards
flahavin Edwards
JBenik Edwards
jmic1122 Edwards
JMNakai Edwards
JRIG1980 Edwards
Kharvfanfla15 Edwards
markvphotos Edwards
msudawg7880 Edwards
Readymixchick Edwards
scottaltimaman Edwards
Shady__Hill Edwards
3dingo Edwards
MaximeB92 Edwards
vegasdennis66 Edwards
VinnieV77 Edwards
J_Fellenbaum Edwards
1kfox Edwards
Freak4Harvick Edwards
jojolv48 Edwards
vasteve (father) Edwards
LAW9960 Edwards
88bfar Edwards
amishkid17 Edwards
AppBuckeye31 Edwards
jenniferayers Edwards
realaortiz08 Edwards
ZTsmiley Edwards
adamniemeyer Edwards
cswiecki84 Edwards
heylookaturtle Edwards
hollywoodtlb Edwards
Jrioux_ Edwards
terryweems Edwards
Carlajarvi Edwards
Chuck_Atl Edwards
CodfishCodfish Edwards
ellemccrone Edwards
kjb0585 Edwards
mattdobson_7 Edwards
scovel0 Edwards
Clevelandsrocks Edwards
chris_siebold22 Edwards
DillonSims Edwards
fatbuzz66 Edwards
kjflye Edwards
dustydisher97 Edwards
BriannaLeistikow Edwards
jeff_gluck Edwards
TruckerDeen Edwards
tvphotog17 Edwards
veston75 Edwards
Mike_Dobreski Gordon
Medic_217 Gordon
motorhead66 * Gordon
chrisonethree Gordon
folimu Gordon
cessfranklin Gordon
tgb_RPh Gordon
stephenflorentz Gordon
fnmetal Gordon
richman43 Hamlin
AlphaWolf09 Hamlin
1OutlawBandit * Hamlin
BrentBynum * Hamlin
CFDiG * Hamlin
grammatea4u * Hamlin
HotStoverReport * Hamlin
goofyfordfan Hamlin
KevinMiz Hamlin
AbbeyKahne5 Hamlin
dtruhl Hamlin
lorettamagers Hamlin
mark_ash Hamlin
YenndeeZ Hamlin
AshBollinger Hamlin
wdoyle66 Hamlin
Boop2366 Hamlin
ncraiderfan17 Hamlin
DJstatman482454 Hamlin
ItsAlexKaplan Hamlin
Jess43x8 Hamlin
MoWhi Hamlin
Joshua_Smith08 Hamlin
foolrain Hamlin
mattlovisa Harvick
josh_ackels66 Harvick
JAGillespie90 Harvick
dfblanchard Harvick
gregatkins Harvick
Reinhart63 Harvick
Davidwolf88 Harvick
bflo360 Harvick
bseliga Harvick
chrisallen_nc Harvick
Cody_Masse Harvick
glenburdett Harvick
jddorman2 Harvick
mikeschlee Harvick
Revvin4Seven48 Harvick
samhissett7 Harvick
Adam_Huth * Harvick
asskicknchcken * Harvick
bradleykarnes * Harvick
clebren45 * Harvick
CopaCavanna * Harvick
DRLDeBoer * Harvick
dwilwer * Harvick
jay_wilkins17 * Harvick
katiecole125 * Harvick
KeviRHatfield * Harvick
MattNicholson51 * Harvick
MattWeaverSBN * Harvick
MNeffShortTrack * Harvick
thejosh20 Harvick
Echo837 Harvick
GroverSimone Harvick
cjcub4life Harvick
jjwolfeman Harvick
JMorris_NP Harvick
TheTigerBones Harvick
zeven13 Harvick
A_Bit_Sideways Harvick
kennethriggs Harvick
BPierce158 Harvick
bundy315 Harvick
Joey_Fonseca Harvick
Nascar_Nut Harvick
Pat_DeCola Harvick
RowdyBun Harvick
_Carlton Harvick
Justin24Payne Harvick
mokanmikey Harvick
jflann2 Harvick
NSCRtruckFAN Harvick
prettymonkey Harvick
stevelo48 Harvick
alovewithoutend Harvick
DeuceStaley_48 Harvick
LoganReardon20 Harvick
n08fear Harvick
NASCAR_MT Harvick
P_Prissypants Harvick
bshell00 Harvick
_Chouinard Harvick
cvelin Harvick
kevinkletti Harvick
arails4 Harvick
HitYourMarks Harvick
Huth88 Harvick
lance_sells Harvick
soller00 Harvick
Sports2HipHop Harvick
SportsNut1981 Harvick
stevemichalik Harvick
whenske Harvick
devyanks90 Harvick
brendan14394 Harvick
ClintLJones Harvick
Springwolf Harvick
dallasjunebug Harvick
digertwo Harvick
arlenekrue Harvick
Bradley_016 Harvick
DR_FNP Harvick
Gael78II Harvick
J_Carleton Harvick
jsoupzzz Harvick
oldguyjk Harvick
thndrnghrd24 Harvick
trv2405x Harvick
MarkMiller Johnson
ScottWilfong * Johnson
NickKocuba10 Johnson
jvirgs Johnson
terrymadill Johnson
wilwielgosz Johnson
Race5599 Johnson
HonestlySherry Johnson
DTrainMurphyTX Johnson
4toddboyer Kahne
harvicknut_4 Kahne
kkr491fan Kahne
ilovehamlin11 Kahne
MrsJPancake Kahne
ZackaryDWilson Kahne
IRunRountree Kahne
MarkRH Kahne
quickdraw222 Kahne
hzirbel Kenseth
kristidbm Kenseth
nuggie99 Kenseth
mcfdtony * Kenseth
summerbrooke23 * Kenseth
Bob_14 Kenseth
dave_phillips1 Kenseth
NancyatStudioN Kenseth
caseylandrum15 Kenseth
howmama99 Kenseth
mwrjgrfan Kenseth
robwright11 Kenseth
ZachKalb Keselowski
LVI56 Keselowski
shelbyparrack99 Keselowski
jeremybert9 KuBusch
dfairhurst2448 KuBusch
Kfisher88 * KuBusch
Smokecx3 KuBusch
coreyr12 KuBusch
mauhernz KuBusch
TannerFoutz KuBusch
JoshuaCloninger KuBusch
l70uke KyBusch
bobfredchuck KyBusch
racingwench KyBusch
mikemike82 KyBusch
AngieF530 KyBusch
vasteve (son) KyBusch
terrywilfong KyBusch
s_a_markle KyBusch
GigCityPlanner KyBusch
BenjaminAllaire Larson
xjasonx88 Larson
18frannie * Larson
rsc654 Larson
TheManRouse Larson
SportyGardener Logano
kartracer3886 Logano
M_Huff99 * McMurray
matttidcombe McMurray
ToeNailUrFace Menard
iamjlf Newman
raceGrl4Harvick * Newman
tcholbrook Newman
Eli928 Newman
monfud20 Newman
tjnaylor09 Newman
Bedgood15 Newman
BigLiciousT Newman
poloshot Newman
Truex56fan Newman
turbojunker Newman
wyocat50 Newman
Wisco_girl15 Newman
Zhorrall224 Newman
Sam-Beishuizen * Ragan
chubdubblub Ragan
ashaver13 Stenhouse
mrdevore Stenhouse
cpeuterb Stenhouse
kycasoup Truex
jeffamos65 Truex
abadacejr182288 Truex
ed_326 Vickers
mattgross Vickers
The_real_Tc_ Vickers
07vanquish Vickers

 

Fantasy NASCAR Game: Your picks for Daytona

Welcome to the 2014 NASCAR season and our new fantasy game. If your name is on the list below, I received your picks! We have 326 people playing this year.

Below the first list is everyone’s picks for Daytona so you can see what others chose.

Thanks for participating. Looking forward to a fun year!

List of people playing (alphabetical by Twitter name):

_Carlton
_Chouinard
07vanquish
18frannie
1kfox
1OutlawBandit
3dingo
4toddboyer
88bfar
A_Bit_Sideways
abadacejr182288
AbbeyKahne5
acheckeredflag
Adam_Huth
adamniemeyer
Allyrok05
alovewithoutend
AlphaWolf09
amishkid17
Andrea__Marie
AndrewWaldrop
AngieF530
AppBuckeye31
arails4
arlenekrue
ashaver13
AshBollinger
ashinyobject
ashleyann12
asskicknchcken
Bakemoney2000
basspro24chevy
Bedgood15
BenjaminAllaire
bflo360
BigLiciousT
Bob_14
bobfredchuck
Boop2366
BPierce158
Bradley_016
bradleykarnes
bradsauers
brendan14394
BrentBynum
brian_wiggins
BriannaLeistikow
bruce_compton15
bseliga
bshell00
bundy315
Carlajarvi
caseylandrum15
cessfranklin
CFDiG
cfrosland
cgros127
ChasDan88
chris_siebold22
chrisallen_nc
chrisonethree
chubdubblub
Chuck_Atl
cjcub4life
clebren45
Clevelandsrocks
ClintLJones
Coates_Burghfan
CodfishCodfish
Cody_Masse
CopaCavanna
coreyr12
cpeuterb
CraigHaasis
crowder_debbie
cswiecki84
cvelin
d_sheedy
DaarenDurga
dallasjunebug
Daniels_Caudill
dave_phillips1
davidlerner75
Davidwolf88
DeuceStaley_48
devyanks90
dfairhurst2448
dfblanchard
dgoodin24
dhamlinfan
dickiep1018
digertwo
DillonSims
DJstatman482454
dlschamp
DR_FNP
DRLDeBoer
DRM3CIX
dscanbs
DTrainMurphyTX
dtruhl
dustydisher97
dweezymilan
dwilwer
Echo837
ed_326
Eli928
ellemccrone
evan_graf
fatbuzz66
flahavin
fnmetal
folimu
foolrain
Freak4Harvick
Gael78II
GigCityPlanner
glenburdett
gluckcharm
gonzalezterence
goofyfordfan
grammatea4u
gregatkins
GroverSimone
harvicknut_4
HD388
heylookaturtle
HitYourMarks
hokiefitz
hollywoodtlb
HonestlySherry
HotStoverReport
howmama99
Huth88
hzirbel
iamjlf
icemankeller
ilovehamlin11
IRunRountree
ItsAlexKaplan
J_Carleton
J_Fellenbaum
JAGillespie90
jay_christley
jay_wilkins17
jayua
JBenik
jddorman2
jdubharris
jeff_gluck
jeffamos65
jenniferayers
jeremybert9
Jess43x8
jflann2
jjwolfeman
jmic1122
JMNakai
JMorris_NP
JoeGwilt
Joey_Fonseca
jojolv48
josh_ackels66
Joshua_Smith08
JoshuaCloninger
JRIG1980
Jrioux_
jrkenbok
jsf354
jsoupzzz
jsugi48
Justin24Payne
jvirgs
KABenn1616
kartracer3886
katiecole125
kennethriggs
kevinkletti
KevinMiz
KeviRHatfield
Kfisher88
Kharvfanfla15
kid67y
kingtut2110
kjb0585
kjflye
kkr491fan
kristidbm
kycasoup
l70uke
lance_sells
lauren_downey2
LAW9960
ldgringo
LilDebbie
LoganReardon20
lorettamagers
LVI56
M_Huff99
maggio15
mark_ash
MarkMiller
MarkRH
markvphotos
mattdobson_7
mattgross
mattlovisa
MattNicholson51
matttidcombe
MattWeaverSBN
mauhernz
MaximeB92
mcfdtony
Medic_217
MericuhFYeah
Mike_Dobreski
mikemike82
mikeschlee
MNeffShortTrack
mokanmikey
monfud20
motorhead66
MoWhi
mrdevore
MrsDMVH
MrsJPancake
msudawg7880
mwrjgrfan
n08fear
NancyatStudioN
NASCAR_MT
Nascar_Nut
NASCARDirector
ncraiderfan17
Nick_Winstead78
NickKocuba10
NSCRtruckFAN
nuggie99
oldguyjk
P_Prissypants
pamneilsen
Pat_DeCola
PhotoMatt_KCCO
poloshot
prettymonkey
quickdraw222
Race5599
racefan_11
raceGrl4Harvick
racingwench
Readymixchick
realaortiz08
RealJDogg_82
rebel388
recjus85
Reinhart63
Revvin4Seven48
richman43
robwright11
RowdyBun
rsc654
s_a_markle
Sam-Beishuizen
samhissett7
scottaltimaman
ScottWilfong
scovel0
Shady__Hill
shannonjones154
sheila0866
shelbyparrack99
Smokecx3
soller00
spitz121
Sports2HipHop
SportsBySteger
SportsNut1981
SportyGardener
Springwolf
StatsDavid
StephenDCrowder
stephenflorentz
stevelo48
stevemichalik
submarinemike88
summerbrooke23
TalladegaVT
TannerFoutz
tcholbrook
terrymadill
terryweems
terrywilfong
tgb_RPh
thasmoke
The_real_Tc_
thejosh20
TheManRouse
TheTigerBones
theWillClark
thndrnghrd24
tjnaylor09
ToeNailUrFace
TruckerDeen
Truex56fan
trv2405x
turbojunker
tvphotog17
vandy1
vasteve (father)
vasteve (son)
vegasdennis66
veston75
VinnieV77
wbrice4
wdoyle66
whenske
wilwielgosz
Wisco_girl15
wyocat50
xjasonx88
YenndeeZ
ZachKalb
ZackaryDWilson
zeven13
Zhorrall224
ZTsmiley

And here’s a list of picks for the Daytona 500:

ed_326 Allgaier
mattlovisa Allgaier
josh_ackels66 Allmendinger
JAGillespie90 Almirola
jeremybert9 Almirola
spitz121 Almirola
l70uke Ambrose
dfblanchard Bayne
gregatkins Bayne
HD388 Bayne
mattgross Bayne
Mike_Dobreski Bayne
Reinhart63 Bayne
KABenn1616 Biffle
richman43 Biffle
Davidwolf88 Bowyer
NASCARDirector Bowyer
dgoodin24 Cassill
AlphaWolf09 Dillon
ashaver13 Dillon
ashleyann12 Dillon
basspro24chevy Dillon
BenjaminAllaire Dillon
bflo360 Dillon
brian_wiggins Dillon
bseliga Dillon
chrisallen_nc Dillon
Cody_Masse Dillon
crowder_debbie Dillon
DaarenDurga Dillon
dfairhurst2448 Dillon
glenburdett Dillon
hzirbel Dillon
iamjlf Dillon
jddorman2 Dillon
JoeGwilt Dillon
kristidbm Dillon
maggio15 Dillon
MarkMiller Dillon
Medic_217 Dillon
mikeschlee Dillon
nuggie99 Dillon
PhotoMatt_KCCO Dillon
Revvin4Seven48 Dillon
samhissett7 Dillon
sheila0866 Dillon
StephenDCrowder Dillon
xjasonx88 Dillon
ZachKalb Dillon
18frannie Earnhardt
1OutlawBandit Earnhardt
Adam_Huth Earnhardt
Allyrok05 Earnhardt
asskicknchcken Earnhardt
Bakemoney2000 Earnhardt
bradleykarnes Earnhardt
bradsauers Earnhardt
BrentBynum Earnhardt
CFDiG Earnhardt
cfrosland Earnhardt
cgros127 Earnhardt
clebren45 Earnhardt
Coates_Burghfan Earnhardt
CopaCavanna Earnhardt
davidlerner75 Earnhardt
dickiep1018 Earnhardt
dlschamp Earnhardt
DRLDeBoer Earnhardt
dwilwer Earnhardt
grammatea4u Earnhardt
hokiefitz Earnhardt
HotStoverReport Earnhardt
jay_wilkins17 Earnhardt
jsf354 Earnhardt
jsugi48 Earnhardt
katiecole125 Earnhardt
KeviRHatfield Earnhardt
Kfisher88 Earnhardt
lauren_downey2 Earnhardt
M_Huff99 Earnhardt
MattNicholson51 Earnhardt
MattWeaverSBN Earnhardt
mcfdtony Earnhardt
MNeffShortTrack Earnhardt
motorhead66 Earnhardt
pamneilsen Earnhardt
raceGrl4Harvick Earnhardt
rebel388 Earnhardt
Sam-Beishuizen Earnhardt
ScottWilfong Earnhardt
SportsBySteger Earnhardt
submarinemike88 Earnhardt
summerbrooke23 Earnhardt
thasmoke Earnhardt
4toddboyer Edwards
acheckeredflag Edwards
AndrewWaldrop Edwards
Bob_14 Edwards
chrisonethree Gilliland
Daniels_Caudill Gilliland
NickKocuba10 Gilliland
thejosh20 Gilliland
Echo837 Gordon
GroverSimone Gordon
Andrea__Marie Hamlin
bobfredchuck Hamlin
bruce_compton15 Hamlin
cjcub4life Hamlin
dave_phillips1 Hamlin
DRM3CIX Hamlin
dweezymilan Hamlin
folimu Hamlin
gluckcharm Hamlin
jayua Hamlin
jjwolfeman Hamlin
JMorris_NP Hamlin
jvirgs Hamlin
ldgringo Hamlin
LilDebbie Hamlin
NancyatStudioN Hamlin
Nick_Winstead78 Hamlin
racefan_11 Hamlin
racingwench Hamlin
Smokecx3 Hamlin
tcholbrook Hamlin
terrymadill Hamlin
TheTigerBones Hamlin
vandy1 Hamlin
wilwielgosz Hamlin
zeven13 Hamlin
ashinyobject Harvick
caseylandrum15 Harvick
ChasDan88 Harvick
coreyr12 Harvick
CraigHaasis Harvick
dhamlinfan Harvick
Eli928 Harvick
flahavin Harvick
goofyfordfan Harvick
harvicknut_4 Harvick
JBenik Harvick
jmic1122 Harvick
JMNakai Harvick
JRIG1980 Harvick
KevinMiz Harvick
Kharvfanfla15 Harvick
kkr491fan Harvick
LVI56 Harvick
markvphotos Harvick
mikemike82 Harvick
monfud20 Harvick
msudawg7880 Harvick
Readymixchick Harvick
rsc654 Harvick
scottaltimaman Harvick
Shady__Hill Harvick
tjnaylor09 Harvick
A_Bit_Sideways Johnson
cessfranklin Johnson
kycasoup Johnson
howmama99 Kahne
kennethriggs Kahne
3dingo Kenseth
AbbeyKahne5 Kenseth
AngieF530 Kenseth
Bedgood15 Kenseth
BPierce158 Kenseth
bundy315 Kenseth
dtruhl Kenseth
ilovehamlin11 Kenseth
Joey_Fonseca Kenseth
lorettamagers Kenseth
mark_ash Kenseth
mauhernz Kenseth
MaximeB92 Kenseth
MericuhFYeah Kenseth
MrsJPancake Kenseth
Nascar_Nut Kenseth
Pat_DeCola Kenseth
RowdyBun Kenseth
tgb_RPh Kenseth
vasteve (son) Kenseth
vegasdennis66 Kenseth
VinnieV77 Kenseth
YenndeeZ Kenseth
J_Fellenbaum Keselowski
jay_christley Keselowski
jeffamos65 Keselowski
MrsDMVH Keselowski
_Carlton KuBusch
1kfox KuBusch
AshBollinger KuBusch
jrkenbok KuBusch
Justin24Payne KuBusch
mokanmikey KuBusch
Race5599 KuBusch
TalladegaVT KuBusch
The_real_Tc_ KuBusch
TheManRouse KuBusch
wdoyle66 KuBusch
HonestlySherry KyBusch
SportyGardener KyBusch
BigLiciousT Labonte (B)
dscanbs Larson
Freak4Harvick Larson
jflann2 Larson
jojolv48 Larson
NSCRtruckFAN Larson
prettymonkey Larson
vasteve (father) Larson
LAW9960 Logano
stevelo48 Logano
88bfar McMurray
alovewithoutend McMurray
amishkid17 McMurray
AppBuckeye31 McMurray
Boop2366 McMurray
DeuceStaley_48 McMurray
jenniferayers McMurray
kid67y McMurray
kingtut2110 McMurray
LoganReardon20 McMurray
mwrjgrfan McMurray
n08fear McMurray
NASCAR_MT McMurray
P_Prissypants McMurray
realaortiz08 McMurray
RealJDogg_82 McMurray
recjus85 McMurray
stephenflorentz McMurray
TannerFoutz McMurray
terrywilfong McMurray
ToeNailUrFace McMurray
bshell00 Mears
ZTsmiley Mears
_Chouinard Menard
adamniemeyer Menard
cswiecki84 Menard
cvelin Menard
heylookaturtle Menard
hollywoodtlb Menard
icemankeller Menard
kevinkletti Menard
poloshot Menard
theWillClark Menard
abadacejr182288 Newman
arails4 Newman
chubdubblub Newman
d_sheedy Newman
DTrainMurphyTX Newman
HitYourMarks Newman
Huth88 Newman
Jrioux_ Newman
ncraiderfan17 Newman
terryweems Newman
ZackaryDWilson Newman
Carlajarvi Patrick
Chuck_Atl Patrick
CodfishCodfish Patrick
DJstatman482454 Patrick
ellemccrone Patrick
kartracer3886 Patrick
lance_sells Patrick
s_a_markle Patrick
soller00 Patrick
Sports2HipHop Patrick
SportsNut1981 Patrick
stevemichalik Patrick
Truex56fan Patrick
turbojunker Patrick
wbrice4 Patrick
whenske Patrick
wyocat50 Patrick
kjb0585 Ragan
mattdobson_7 Ragan
scovel0 Ragan
Clevelandsrocks Scott
devyanks90 Scott
ItsAlexKaplan Scott
mrdevore Scott
evan_graf Stenhouse
fnmetal Stenhouse
robwright11 Stenhouse
shelbyparrack99 Stenhouse
brendan14394 Stewart
chris_siebold22 Stewart
ClintLJones Stewart
DillonSims Stewart
fatbuzz66 Stewart
IRunRountree Stewart
jdubharris Stewart
kjflye Stewart
shannonjones154 Stewart
Springwolf Stewart
Wisco_girl15 Stewart
Zhorrall224 Stewart
dallasjunebug Truex
digertwo Truex
dustydisher97 Truex
gonzalezterence Truex
Jess43x8 Truex
MoWhi Truex
Joshua_Smith08 Vickers
07vanquish Waltrip
arlenekrue Waltrip
Bradley_016 Waltrip
BriannaLeistikow Waltrip
cpeuterb Waltrip
DR_FNP Waltrip
foolrain Waltrip
Gael78II Waltrip
GigCityPlanner Waltrip
J_Carleton Waltrip
jeff_gluck Waltrip
JoshuaCloninger Waltrip
jsoupzzz Waltrip
MarkRH Waltrip
matttidcombe Waltrip
oldguyjk Waltrip
quickdraw222 Waltrip
StatsDavid Waltrip
thndrnghrd24 Waltrip
TruckerDeen Waltrip
trv2405x Waltrip
tvphotog17 Waltrip
veston75 Waltrip

A NASCAR social media experiment with Instagram


Social media often asks people to CLICK HERE! or VOTE! or REPLY! It’s a call to action, whether asking a question (“What do you think about this?”) or just showing off good seats at a concert (“Check out my picture!”).

People retweet and favorite and like and share — but they’re often prompted to do so.

So what happens when content is presented without any call to action? I tried a small social media experiment last week on my Instagram account just for fun (certainly not scientific in any way).

During the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour, I took virtually the same pictures over and over again — a different driver each time, but in the same location — and posted them with a generic caption. In order to avoid a fan base trying to influence the results, I didn’t mention I planned to track the amount of “likes” for each Instagram photo.

The photos were spread out over several days, so I let them sit on the account for a week before writing down the final totals. Here they are:

  1. Kasey Kahne — 173 likes
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. — 168
  3. Kyle Larson — 136
  4. Clint Bowyer — 135
  5. Tony Stewart — 132
  6. Denny Hamlin — 127
  7. Brian Vickers — 125
  8. Jeff Gordon — 114
  9. Jamie McMurray — 111
  10. Brad Keselowski — 110
  11. Carl Edwards — 107
  12. Jimmie Johnson — 106
  13. Kevin Harvick — 98
  14. Ryan Newman — 94
  15. Kurt Busch — 93
  16. Joey Logano — 92
  17. Austin Dillon — 89
  18. Danica Patrick — 88
  19. Matt Kenseth — 81
  20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — 79
  21. Kyle Busch — 78
  22. Greg Biffle — 69
  23. Paul Menard — 64
  24. Michael Waltrip — 63

I’m certainly not suggesting this list reflects the current popularity of Sprint Cup Series drivers, but I was surprised to see some drivers so high on the list (check out Kyle Larson in third!) and others lower than expected (Matt Kenseth 19th?).

Any theories as to why the list shook out this way?




Fantasy NASCAR game: Let’s play!

I have an idea for a Fantasy NASCAR game and I want to create a new kind of league. It’s free (obviously) and we can all play together for the ultimate bragging rights (or a prize that I’ll come up with later).

Here’s how it works. Please read these rules carefully:

1. You pick ONE driver for each of the first 26 races — but you can only pick each driver ONE time. Your picks have to be submitted before the season starts (see the form and e-mail address below). So if you want to pick Jimmie Johnson for the Daytona 500, that’s fine…but you can’t use him again. If you use a driver twice, your entry is disqualified.

2. If your driver WINS the race on the week you have picked him (or her), you advance to the Fantasy Chase. That’s the only way to make the Fantasy Chase. There are no points during the regular season. If you go 26 weeks and your pick never wins on a given week, you are eliminated. Sorry. If your picks win multiple times during the season, you get three points toward the Fantasy Chase for each win.

3. Once the Chase starts, we’ll see how many people made it and the remaining people get to start over with their picks. Before Chicagoland, you submit ONE driver for each of the 10 weeks — and you can only use each driver once. The driver can be a Chase or non-Chase driver. You get your driver’s points for that race, and if you win any week, you automatically advance to the next round. The catch is there will be eliminations after every three races, just like in the real Chase. The number of people eliminated depends on how many people make the Fantasy Chase (if 100 people make it, 25 will go home after each round).

4. For the finale, there’s a chance multiple people could have the same driver. If that’s the case, the remaining contenders will be asked to submit a second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-place driver for Homestead as the tiebreaker.

UPDATE: The entry deadline has now passed. I received more than 300 entries and am now compiling them. Thanks to those who entered!

Ashton Kutcher wrong about state of Twitter

Ashton Kutcher, one of the original high-profile Twitter users, says Twitter has been ruined in part by “media companies” who started “pitching crap.”

It’s also been screwed up, he said, by Twitter itself.

“I think retweeting hurt Twitter the most,” Kutcher told a wireless conference Thursday in Las Vegas, according to CNBC. “It created a ton of noise in the system that took away from some of the value.”

Dude. What the heck is he talking about???

Twitter shouldn’t have instituted the RT button and the media ruined the overall experience? Really? Since when?

Kutcher of all people should know Twitter is what you make it. You follow the people you want to follow and unfollow the ones you don’t.

If someone’s feed becomes too commercial, stop following that person. Likewise, if someone RTs too often, press unfollow. And if you don’t want to offend the person by completely bailing, use an app like Tweetbot, which can mute people for a given amount of time (I do this often).

Other than that, I don’t understand where he’s coming from.

Oh, wait a second. Could it be that Kutcher screwed up the Twitter experience for himself?

In October 2011, he tweeted this in the height of the Penn State child sex abuse allegations:

How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste

Um…

The ensuing backlash caused him to not only backtrack and apologize, but decide to “stop tweeting until I find a way to properly manage this feed.” Now he uses a management team to control “the quality of (the feed’s) content,” ostensibly because he doesn’t trust himself to not tweet things that would seem to appear unsympathetic to molested children.

Seriously, though, is it really that hard? We all say things we regret, but it’s fairly easy to apologize and move on. People’s memories aren’t that long.

Anyway, it’s no wonder Kutcher now says: “Twitter’s experience has changed for me pretty drastically. It used to be sort of a personalized experience for me, a really personal experience that I could share.”

Geez, maybe it’s because he has a management team approving his tweets now? I’m not sure, but I think that could be it.

I’ve been on Twitter for more than four years and, for the most part, I think it’s only gotten better. Sure, everyone has to deal with the occasional troll, annoying requests for RTs (“It’s my birthday!”) and some over-commercialized tweets. But I certainly don’t think it’s a sign Twitter is losing what made it special.

The point is this: Ashton, please don’t go crap on Twitter just because your personal experience has changed. That doesn’t mean it’s like that for everyone, and most of us still enjoy it quite a bit.

(Hat-tip to The Verge)

Wrong number, dude!

A couple weeks ago, my girlfriend’s cellphone rang while we were watching TV. She didn’t recognize the number, so she let the call go to voicemail.

When the “New Voice Message” box popped up on her phone, she held it to her ear and started listening.

Her expression quickly changed to confusion, then to shock, then to uncontrollable laughter.

Here’s what she heard (Warning: Language definitely not safe for work or children):

Wow, right?? Talk about a wrong number! We have no idea who this guy is (nor has she been doing any home improvements since we don’t even have a house).

Anyway, the phone rang a few minutes later and it was the same number. This time, I answered her phone.

“Hello?”

“Yeah, is Karen there?”

“Karen? I think you have the wrong number.”

“This isn’t Karen’s phone?”

“I don’t know a Karen.”

(Long pause as the dude realizes he just left an expletive-laced voicemail on the wrong number)

“Oh, sorry.” (CLICK)

At least we all got a laugh out of it.