Hello and welcome to TMR Game Week 26.
This post accepts entries for these 4 events:
– F1 Nurburgring
– IndyCar Edmonton
– MotoGP Laguna Seca
– ALMS Mosport
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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Scores
Results
Week 25 | NASCAR Cup | MotoGP | |
Points | New Hampshire | Sachsenring | |
1 | 50 | Ryan Newman | Dani Pedrosa |
2 | 40 | Tony Stewart | Jorge Lorenzo |
3 | 35 | Denny Hamlin | Casey Stoner |
4 | 32 | Joey Logano | Andrea Dovizioso |
5 | 30 | Jimmie Johnson | Ben Spies |
6 | 28 | Kasey Kahne | Marco Simoncelli |
7 | 26 | Bobby Labonte | Alvaro Bautista |
8 | 24 | Martin Truex Jr | Nicky Hayden |
9 | 22 | Marcos Ambrose | Valentino Rossi |
10 | 20 | Kurt Busch | Colin Edwards |
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Player Scores
Player | NASCAR Cup | MotoGP | Week 25 |
Sean | 123 | 209 | 332 |
Sebastian X | 84 | 233 | 317 |
Ryan | 90 | 209 | 299 |
The Speedgeek | 51 | 237 | 288 |
Maverick | 50 | 237 | 287 |
The Crooked Cap | 76 | 209 | 285 |
Jackie | 50 | 215 | 265 |
RubberGoat | 51 | 203 | 254 |
Felipe Gana | 111 | 137 | 248 |
Pat W | 71 | 159 | 230 |
Startledbunny | 71 | 151 | 222 |
Dylanpt24 | 61 | 155 | 216 |
No Entry Received: 80% of lowest score | |||
James | 173 | ||
Jay | 173 | ||
Mike Rice | 173 |
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Do check the detailed results produced by Sebastian, including efficiency tables.
Well done again Sean! It seems you and Felipe were the only ones to pick a decent NASCAR selection although several of us were let down by Kyle Busch’s 36th position.
Sebastian was the only other player to break 300 so well done to him, and also to Ryan who got close.
The rest of us are spread quite far apart for a two-race weekend, I really thought the scores would be tight!
Leaderboard
Pos | Pre | +/- | Name | Prior | Wk 25 | Total | + |
1 | 1 | 0 | Sean | 5768 | 332 | 6100 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | Sebastian X | 5705 | 317 | 6022 | 78 |
3 | 3 | 0 | RubberGoat | 5510 | 254 | 5764 | 258 |
4 | 4 | 0 | Pat W | 5475 | 230 | 5705 | 59 |
5 | 6 | 1 | The Speedgeek | 5353 | 288 | 5641 | 64 |
6 | 5 | -1 | Felipe Gana | 5374 | 248 | 5622 | 19 |
7 | 8 | 1 | Maverick | 5295 | 287 | 5582 | 40 |
8 | 7 | -1 | Jackie | 5296 | 265 | 5561 | 21 |
9 | 9 | 0 | Startledbunny | 5224 | 222 | 5446 | 115 |
10 | 10 | 0 | Ryan | 5068 | 299 | 5367 | 79 |
11 | 11 | 0 | Dylanpt24 | 5034 | 216 | 5250 | 117 |
12 | 12 | 0 | The Crooked Cap | 4921 | 285 | 5206 | 44 |
13 | 13 | 0 | James | 4861 | 173 | 5034 | 172 |
14 | 14 | 0 | Jay | 4392 | 173 | 4565 | 469 |
15 | 15 | 0 | Mike Rice | 3876 | 173 | 4049 | 516 |
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Andy takes a position from Felipe, whilst Mav and Jackie squabble again! I’m going to have to watch my back..
There’s more potential activity in positions 9-12 as Ryan has closed some of the gap to ‘Bunny, and Crooked Cap is looking to pass Dylan.
Upcoming Races
We’re back to a four-event weekend, but surprisingly none of them have anything to do with NASCAR. The two other US series we involve in TMRG are paying a visit to Canada whilst MotoGP goes to the States.
F1 – Nurburgring
As ever at the ‘Ring the long-range forecast suggests there will be rain this weekend. The engine rules are back to how they were at Valencia so perhaps Red Bull will be on top again after Alonso’s win last time out, unless they make another pit error. F1.com
IndyCar – Edmonton
The form book is thrown out of the window for this one because it is an new track layout at this airport venue, and it only uses a small segment of the previous iteration. It looks it runs down a runway, into a hairpin and back up the other side of it, past the pits and into a tight turn 1. Those turns could see a lot of incidents and accidents. Could this be even more of a crashfest/lottery than Toronto? IndyCar.com
MotoGP – Laguna Seca
It is difficult to overtake at Laguna, even for motorbikes. These guys will give it a go though! It was a great race at Sachsenring and this track has similar characteristics so I’m hopeful we’ll see a good one here too. Surely the Honda will reign on that huge hill, but will the Yamaha make it up elsewhere? MotoGP.com
ALMS – Mosport
This is a classic venue if known for its bumps (not sure if they’ve been ironed out since the last race I watched a couple of years ago). Once again expect there to be a limited prototype entry, however there is one more LMP1 car than was at Lime Rock. Entry list is at the ALMS Race Hub.
Good luck!
F1
Sebastian Vettel
Fernando Alonso
Mark Webber
INDYCAR
Dario Franchitti
Scott Dixon
MOTO GP
Dani Pedrosa
Casey Stoner
Jorge Lorenzo
ALMS
#12
#16
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By the look of it they have masacred Edmonton. Racing on wide runways is the signature of airport circuits, making them more akin to road-courses, but the new layout is pokey and more street-circuit. The weather-forecast for all four venues seems to be between might rain to probably will rain. I might well fiddle with these later in the week but like to get in a provisional just in case.
Formula One:
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Lewis Hamilton
ALMS:
#6 Muscle Milk AMR (Graf/Luhr)
#16 Dyson (Dyson/Smith)
MotoGP:
Casey Stoner
Jorge Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa
Indycar:
Will Power
Dario Franchitti
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MotoGP
Pedrosa
Lorenzo
Doviziozo
Simoncelli
Formula One
Alonso
Webber
Vettel
Hamilton
ALMS
#6
#16
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That, sirs, is why I stay away from NASCAR. Oh well, not an issue this week. At least Sebastian kept up the Brum podiums (hang on, I’m Yorkshire born and bred, and reat proud of it!)
Formula One:
Fernando Alonso
Sebastian Vettel
IndyCar:
Dario Franchitti
MotoGP:
Jorge Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa
Casey Stoner
Ben Spies
Andrea Dovizioso
ALMS:
#16 Dyson Racing (Dyson/Smith)
#6 Muscle Milk AMR (Graf/Luhr)
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I was careful to specify it as “Birmingham-based players”. I had my doubts that Saltire was raised in these parts.
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“I was careful to specify it as “Birmingham-based players”. I had my doubts that Saltire was raised in these parts.” damned tooting ❤ but I don't mind being an honorary Brummie for the purpose of the game
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Formula 1:
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Fernando Alonso
ALMS:
#6 Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing
#16 Dyson Racing
MotoGP:
Casey Stoner
Dani Pedrosa
Jorge Lorenzo
Indycar:
Will Power
Dario Franchitti
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Hold on for a moment, this is almost like the time when Frentzen scored a podium in the 2003 USGP.
F1: Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa
IndyCar: Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon
MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso.
And since I’m away to Italy from tomorrow, I’ll do those now.
F1: Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Buemi.
NASCAR: Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson
Hopefully there isn’t another controversy that bans all the teams, I dunno, the steering wheel is too small maybe. Maybe should have put Kovalainen as a banker.
Should be back in time to do it in two weeks.
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Dear God I am losing it. Take Busch out please.
Thanks Sebastian.
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Indycar: Will Power, Tony Kanaan, Simona De Silvestro
MotoGP: Ben Spies, Casey Stoner, Nicky Hayden
NASCAR: Kyle Busch, Juan Montoya, Jeff Gordon
F1: Vettel
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MotoGP: Stoner, Lorenzo, Dovizioso (despite winning last week I’m not so sure Pedrosa will get a top 3 here);
ALMS: #9 Muscle Milk AMR; #16 Dyson, #20 Dyson;
F1: Webber, Vettel, Alonso;
IndyCar: ‘Teflon’ Franchitti;
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MotoGP
Stoner
Lorenzo
Pedrosa
F1
Vettel
Alonso
Webber
IndyCar
Dixon
Franchitti
Briscoe
ALMS
#16 Dyson
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Wait, no NASCAR race….
Re Do time:
Indycar; Will Power, Simona De Silvestro, Tony Kanaan
MotoGP: Casey Stoner, Ben Spies, Nicky Hayden Jorge Lorenzo
F1: Vettel
ALMS: Dyson 16, Muscle Milk Cytosport
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What was so unpredictable about the Cup race? The top two starters were the top two finishers. Admittedly, that may be unpredictable for RECENT Cup history, but considering there often isn’t a whole lot of passing at Loudon, not too shocking.
Given what happened at Toronto, I’m running far, far away from making any IndyCar picks this weekend.
F1: Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel, Webber
MotoGP: Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Stoner
ALMS: 6, 16
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Gawd, I’m learning to hate weeks where I have to pick NASCAR… I’m gonna throw out Indycar too as it’s a street course and that could end up being a bit random too!
F1:
1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Button
5. Alonso
MotoGP:
6. Stoner
7. Lorenzo
8. Dovisioso
9. Rossi
10. Pedrosa
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F1:
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Fernando Alonso
IndyCar:
Will Power
Dario Franchitti
ALMS:
#6 Lola Aston
#16 Lola Mazda
MotoGP:
Casey Stoner
Jorge Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa
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I was not sure with my first attempt what the tyre-allocation was for the F1, and mediums not hards point to Alonso. With the possibility of light rain, I struggled to chose between the McLaren boys or Dovisioso. I decided to stick with the 3-2-3-2 mix, which at least gives the chance of the maximum 430.
Formula One:
Sebastian Vettel
Mark WebberLewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso
ALMS:
#6 Muscle Milk AMR (Graf/Luhr)
#16 Dyson (Dyson/Smith)
MotoGP:
Casey Stoner
Jorge Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa
Indycar:
Will Power
Dario Franchitti
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