Hello and welcome to TMR Game Week 11.
This post accepts entries for these races:
– Sepang (F1);
– Barber Motorsport Park (IndyCar);
– Texas Motor Speedway (NASCAR Cup);
Housekeeping
Each week you pick 10 entries with a maximum of 7 of those coming from a single championship. You can have any mix of races from those listed in this post, and you don’t have to use all of them.
See this page for the game rules.
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The deadline for entries is Saturday morning at 6am GMT / 1am ET.
Scores
Top Tens
| Wk 10 | LMS | MotoGP | NASCAR Cup | |
| Points | Paul Ricard | Jerez | Martinsville | |
| 1 | 50 | #16 Pescarolo Team | #1 Jorge Lorenzo | #29 Kevin Harvick |
| 2 | 40 | #13 Rebellion Racing | #26 Dani Pedrosa | #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr |
| 3 | 35 | #41 Greaves Motorsport | #69 Nicky Hayden | #18 Kyle Busch |
| 4 | 32 | #39 Pecom Racing | #7 Hiroshi Aoyama | #42 Juan Montoya |
| 5 | 30 | #42 Strakka Racing | #46 Valentino Rossi | #24 Jeff Gordon |
| 6 | 28 | #45 Boutsen Energy | #8 Hector Barbera | #17 Matt Kenseth |
| 7 | 26 | #12 Rebellion Racing | #17 Karel Abraham | #1 Jamie McMurray |
| 8 | 24 | #20 Quifel-ASM Team | #35 Cal Crutchlow | #6 David Ragan |
| 9 | 22 | #43 RLR Msport | #24 Tony Elias | #33 Clint Bowyer |
| 10 | 20 | #40 Race Performance | #21 John Hopkins | #5 Mark Martin |
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A great MotoGP race in mixed conditions really jumbled up the order, and the weak and unreliable LMS field had the same effect at Paul Ricard. I didn’t follow the Cup race but it looks like some fancied runners slipped back there, too.
Scores This Week
| Player | LMS | MotoGP | NASCAR | Week 10 |
| Sean | 26 | 133 | 152 | 311 |
| James | 135 | 133 | 37 | 305 |
| Dylanpt24 | 0 | 119 | 184 | 303 |
| RubberGoat | 66 | 151 | 81 | 298 |
| The Speedgeek | 139 | 103 | 53 | 295 |
| Jay | 26 | 151 | 116 | 293 |
| Jackie | 66 | 149 | 71 | 286 |
| Startledbunny | 92 | 133 | 60 | 285 |
| Sebastian X | 66 | 137 | 67 | 270 |
| Maverick | 66 | 151 | 49 | 266 |
| Pat W | 75 | 109 | 72 | 256 |
| Ryan | 0 | 137 | 116 | 253 |
| Mike Rice | 0 | 119 | 133 | 252 |
| Felipe Gana | 26 | 111 | 99 | 236 |
| No Entry Received: 80% of lowest score | ||||
| The Crooked Cap | 189 |
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Congratulations to Sean for the second week running! There are strong results for James and Dylan too.
There were some divergent strategies in play with series splits, yet interestingly both Sean in 1st and Felipe at the back took the same route with 5 Cup picks, 4 MotoGP and 1 LMS – the difference was all in the selections where Felipe was let down by some poor Cup results.
I advise you to check Sebastian’s figures here for a detailed look at your results (I really should’ve picked Pedrosa!).
Leaderboard
| Pos | Pre | +/- | Name | Prior | Wk 10 | Total | + |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Sean | 1257 | 311 | 1568 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | James | 1242 | 305 | 1547 | 21 |
| 3 | 2 | -1 | Sebastian X | 1257 | 270 | 1527 | 20 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Pat W | 1240 | 256 | 1496 | 31 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Dylanpt24 | 1191 | 303 | 1494 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Jay | 1190 | 293 | 1483 | 11 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Startledbunny | 1178 | 285 | 1463 | 20 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | RubberGoat | 1155 | 298 | 1453 | 10 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Ryan | 1131 | 253 | 1384 | 69 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Felipe Gana | 1122 | 236 | 1358 | 26 |
| 11 | 12 | 1 | Jackie | 1071 | 286 | 1357 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | 2 | The Speedgeek | 1043 | 295 | 1338 | 19 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Maverick | 1070 | 266 | 1336 | 2 |
| 14 | 11 | -3 | The Crooked Cap | 1119 | 189 | 1308 | 28 |
| 15 | 15 | 0 | Mike Rice | 987 | 252 | 1239 | 69 |
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Sean extends his lead but James jumps into 2nd position ahead of Sebastian.
Dylan’s now on my tail fighting for 4th, Jay’s not far behind him. RubberGoat made up some ground in the midfield there.
Some position changes at the back end as Jackie and The Speedgeek post good scores, and The Crooked Cap was awarded a bogey score for a non-entry.
Undoubtedly I’ve forgotten to mention something or made a transposition error somewhere, please do point things out, let us know how you are doing. 🙂
Upcoming Races
F1: Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang
They say the predictions of 3 or 4 pit stops will come true at Sepang, plus the rear wing should have more of an effect here. Let’s see if either of those things are true – they may not be if it rains.
www.f1.com
IndyCar Series: Barber Motorsports Park, Alabama
This picturesque road course may open up a chance for a non-Ganassi non-Penske win.. maybe… hopefully? Andretti nearly did it last year. www.indycar.com
NASCAR Cup: Texas Motor Speedway
Blah. It is hard to write words about the same series nearly every single week, I’m sure you have some idea of picks by now! www.nascar.com
Good luck!
I Watch Too Much Racing 
That was a week with three mixed-up races. I had a glance at the entry-list for the ALMS Long Beach event for the week after this, and there are only two LMP1 and two LMP2 cars on the list (also Scott Tucker appears to be driving both LMP2 cars). It seems the expansion of the ILMC has drawn entrants away from the domestic ALMS and LMS events, perhaps amongst other factors, although maybe there will be some late additions. I may have to review my policy of only trying to pick reliable LMP1 cars.
Might tinker with these later.
Formula One:
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso
Indycar:
Will Power
Scott Dixon
Dario Franchitti
Ryan Briscoe
NASCAR:
Denny Hamlin
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F1
Sebastian Vettel
Lewis Hamilton
Vitaly Petrov
Fernando Alonso
INDYCAR
Dario Franchitti
Will Power
Scott Dixon
NASCAR
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Juan Pablo Montoya
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Boo! Had a bad week, with Stoner falling, and NASCAR favorites ending up out of the Top 10. My picks:
F1
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso
INDYCAR
Dario Franchitti
Will Power
Scott Dixon
Ryan Briscoe
NASCAR
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
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ALMS has had a poor LMP field for a couple of years now in terms of their number – some of the entries are as professionally run as they have ever been. But if a team like Highcroft can struggle to get in, anyone can.
Tucker likes to enter himself in two cars and then pick one to race, or even hop between them. I’m not sure how he negotiates the driver time limit rules though.
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Patrick, could I ask you to clarify if we had a situation as in Malaysia two years ago whereby the race was shortened, only half-championship points were awarded, if it would effect TMRG points? I would presume not but I would just like to check.
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OK here goes:
F1:
1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Button
4. Hamilton
Indycars:
5. Franchitti
6. Dixon
7. Power
NASCAR
8. Jimmie Johnson
9. Kyle Busch
10. Juan Pablo Montoya
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Clicked the IndyCar link and found it went to the Le Mans website…
F1
I’m expecting a monsoon downpour & red flag, so assuming this’ll award half points and thus am not entering any drivers from this series at the moment unless Pat’s reply to Seb’s question above reveals Seb to be right, as I’d presume the opposite.
NASCAR
18 Kyle Busch
99 Carl Edwards
48 Jimmie Johnson
22 Kurt Busch
29 Kevin Harvick
IRL
3 Helio Castroneves
6 Ryan Briscoe
9 Scott Dixon
10 Dario Franchitti
12 Will Power
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Btw, Malaysia forecast info: https://twitter.com/#!/fergieweather/status/56052065897689088
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Link updated, sorry.
My initial temptation is to copy the series and award half points, but awarding half points is annoying for the purposes of the game and I don’t like the thought of people sitting on xxx.5 for the rest of the year. I’m non-committal but I think I’d just leave it as normal.
I’ll do my entry tomorrow after I’ve seen some practice times.
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Of course I could just round them up..
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NASCAR:
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Jeff Gordon
Juan Montoya
Indycar:
Simona De Silvestro
Will Power
Tony Kanaan
Helio Castroneves
F1: Lewis Hamilton
Sebastien Vettel
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F1:
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Fernando Alonso
Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton
IndyCar:
Will Power
Dario Franchitti
Mike Conway
Ryan Briscoe
Justin Wilson
Ignoring NASCAR. Just like I do on my TV every weekend…
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F1: Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber
IndyCar: HĂ©lio Castroneves, Dario Franchitti, Will Power
NASCAR: Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson
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F1
Lewis Hamilton
Mark Webber
Sebastian Vettel
Fernando Alonso
Indycar
Dario Franchitti
Will Power
Ryan Briscoe
NASCAR
Kyle Busch
Jeff Gordon
Kevin Harvick
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A point that struck me on the half-points issue is that usually a driver can fail to complete a single lap but still get full TMRG points for his position, so official classification of distance is normally ignored.
I do not think it will be a repeat of two years ago, but with a high chance of rain in Malaysia for the race, I am changing my picks.
Formula One:
Sebastian Vettel
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Indycar:
Will Power
Scott Dixon
Dario Franchitti
Ryan Briscoe
Helio Castroneves
NASCAR:
Denny Hamlin
Jimmie Johnston
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Formula 1:
Sebastian Vettel
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
IndyCar:
Will Power
Dario Franchitti
Scott Dixon
Ryan Briscoe
Helio Castroneves
Ryan Hunter-Reay
NASCAR:
Jimmie Johnston
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F1 Puddle dodging
Vettel
Button
Webber
Indycar snore fest
Will Power
Ryan Briscoe
Helio Castroneves
Dario Franchitti
Mike Conway
NASCAR insomia baiting
Kyle Busch
Kasey Kahne
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F1
Webber
Button
Alonso
IndyCar
Power
Franchitti
Conway
Hunter-Reay
Kanaan
Cup
Kyle Busch
Juan Montoya
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F1
Vettel
Webber
Hamilton
Schumacher
IndyCar
Franchitti
Power
Castroneves
Dixon
NASCAR
Johnson
Edwards
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