TMR Game 2011 – Week 38 – I Watch Too Much Racing

Hello and welcome to TMR Game Week 38.

7 weeks to go. This post accepts entries for these 4 events, this is the last time we see four races in one week in 2011:

– F1 Korean GP, Yeongam
– IndyCar Las Vegas (season finale)
– NASCAR Cup Charlotte
– MotoGP Phillip Island

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.

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Scores

Results

	*Week 37*	Formula 1	NASCAR Cup
	Points	Suzuka	Kansas
1	50	Button	Johnson
2	40	Alonso	Kahne
3	35	Vettel	Keselowski
4	32	Webber	Kenseth
5	30	Hamilton	Edwards
6	28	Schumacher	Harvick
7	26	Massa	Bowyer
8	24	Perez	Biffle
9	22	Petrov	Ambrose
10	20	Rosberg	Martin

Player Scores

Player	F1	NASCAR	Week 37
Jackie	215	125	340
Startledbunny	207	127	334
Maverick	235	97	332
Felipe Gana	215	114	329
RubberGoat	233	95	328
Sean	233	82	315
Pat W	215	100	315
Sebastian X	213	96	309
The Speedgeek	205	102	307
Dylanpt24	187	111	298
Ryan (80%)			238
Crooked Cap (80%)			238
James (80%)			238
Jay (80%)			238
Mike Rice (80%)			238

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Well done Jackie!

Four people had their 6 F1 drivers finish in the top six. Mav also had 6 of his 7 in the top six (plus Rosberg), and Dylan got all 5 of his in the top five.

I would’ve been up with the higher scores had it not been for Jeff Gordon only scoring a point but at least I am in good company with the two leaders nearby.

Please see the score-by-score results produced by Sebastian.

Leaderboard

Pos	Pre	+/-	Name	Prior	Wk 37	Total	+
1	1	0	Sebastian X	9605	309	9914
2	2	0	Sean	9586	315	9901	13
3	3	0	RubberGoat	9211	328	9539	362
4	4	0	Felipe Gana	9121	329	9450	89
5	5	0	Pat W	9106	315	9421	29
6	6	0	Maverick	9087	332	9419	2
7	7	0	The Speedgeek	9055	307	9362	57
8	8	0	Jackie	8919	340	9259	103
9	9	0	Startledbunny	8903	334	9237	22
10	10	0	Dylanpt24	8277	298	8575	662
11	11	0	Ryan	8210	238	8448	127
12	12	0	The Crooked Cap	7815	238	8053	395
13	13	0	James	7336	238	7574	479
14	14	0	Jay	6867	238	7105	469
15	15	0	Mike Rice	6351	238	6589	516

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After losing 1st position last week, Sean’s now closed the gap by six and the lead is down to just 13 points now.

Maverick has closed in on me by 17 points to lead by a scant two points.

Everyone will be looking to make the most of this week’s races as it will be the last opportunity to pick four winners in a single week!

Races This Week

F1 Korean GP – Yeongam

This could be an interesting race, especially if it isn’t rain-affected. Last year’s debut race led to a long delay for heavy rain so the teams don’t have the level of data they would normally have for dry running, and us fans don’t have a good idea of what to expect either. I like racing into the unknown. I hope it is dry because that means we’ll finally get a good read on what this circuit is really like.

IndyCar Las Vegas

Indycars haven’t graced the Las Vegas oval for a few years now and their return is much-anticipated, much more so after Kentucky two weeks ago where Ed Carpenter proved the Ganassi cars can be beaten on an oval and that you don’t need to be driving a Penske to do it!

There is a much-expanded entry list for this race which will be the final race for the venerable Dallara IR04 chassis – if you’ve got a spare car you’ll never use again why not stick a driver in it? These extra cars could be too many though, I’ve never known an open-wheel race on a 1.5 mile oval with 34 cars (more than Indy!), it could be tight, there could be a lot of silly yellows. Whatever else, it should be fun.

MotoGP Phillip Island

The classic Australian venue often serves a good race and despite a depleted field I trust this year will be no exception.

NASCAR Cup Charlotte

The 600 mile race was won by Kevin Harvick in the spring, who will come out on top over 500 miles this weekend?

Good luck!

Coming Soon

To aid your planning these are the remaining races this season:

Week 39 – MotoGP Sepang, DTM Hockenheim, NASCAR Cup Talladega

Week 40 – F1 Indian GP, NASCAR Cup Martinsville

Week 41 – MotoGP Valencia, DTM Shanghai, NASCAR Cup Texas

Week 42 – F1 Abu Dhabi GP, ILMC Zhuhai 6 Hrs, NASCAR Cup Phoenix

Week 43 – NASCAR Cup Homestead-Miami

Week 44 – F1 Brazilian GP

15 thoughts on “TMR Game 2011 – Week 38”

F1
Sebastian Vettel
Jenson Button
Fernando Alonso

INDYCAR
Dario Franchitti
Scott Dixon
Will Power

MOTOGP
Dani Pedrosa
Jorge Lorenzo

NASCAR
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch