"WildWeasel" wrote …
> Winner: 48, no 20, no 29, no 24, no 8, no 38, no 20 … 20
> Winner: 20, I think
> 1. JG gets in the chase, JMay out
-1 half right, JG in
> 2. No more than 3 of the starting T10 finish T10 (20, 10, 48, 136, 01, 38, 29,
> 11, 2, 33)
+1 20, 48 and 2
> 3. Average Finish for 11/18/20 beat 8/15/33
+1 JGR = (35+1=18)/3=18 DEI+ = (3+40+42)/3=28.3
> 4. Average Finish for 9/19 beat 2/12
-1 9&19=(16+12)/2=14 2&12=(4+14)/2=9
> 5. There were 2 ties in Qualifying. 29 will beat the 38 and 88 will beat the
> 0
-1 38 beat 29
> 6. The Average Finish for the Top 2 starting Dodges (2/9) will beat the
> Average
> Finish for the Top 2 starting Fords (38/88).
+1 2&9=(4+16)/2=10 88&38==(5+21)/2==13
> Winner: 20
+3 WooHOO!
Festus wrote:
> > 4. The "Big one" (10 or more cars involved) will not occur untill the last
> > half of the race.
> I’m not sure how to score this one….there wasn’t a "big one" by my
> definition. The biggest one had only nine cars involved.
> Until a peer review, I will score this a +1
I made the same prediction using the same definition. My thinking is
that this is a -1 since the event we predicted would happen never did.
"Bob Paxton" <redgree…@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Festus wrote:
>> > 4. The "Big one" (10 or more cars involved) will not occur untill the
>> > last
>> > half of the race.
>> I’m not sure how to score this one….there wasn’t a "big one" by my
>> definition. The biggest one had only nine cars involved.
>> Until a peer review, I will score this a +1
> I made the same prediction using the same definition. My thinking is
> that this is a -1 since the event we predicted would happen never did.
In that case I will amend to a -3 score
"Bob Paxton" wrote …
> Festus wrote:
>> > 4. The "Big one" (10 or more cars involved) will not occur untill the last
>> > half of the race.
>> I’m not sure how to score this one….there wasn’t a "big one" by my
>> definition. The biggest one had only nine cars involved.
>> Until a peer review, I will score this a +1
> I made the same prediction using the same definition. My thinking is
> that this is a -1 since the event we predicted would happen never did.
I’d agree with your thinking, Bob.
>> 2. 5 – 8 cautions
> 8 cautions +1
>From Jayski.com
Cautions: 9 for 41 laps
Caution 9 – Laps 147 – 151: #31-Burton came up into #99-Edwards got
together, the #99 went into #29-Harvick who spun thru the grass, #99-Edwards
hit the wall, #5-Busch got collected, hit the wall, slid thru the grass and
hit #22-Wimmer. #38-Sadler went thru the grass. #24-Gordon slammed on the
brakes and blew a tire.
Caution 8 – Laps 141 – 143: #36-Said lost it and slid thru the grass off
turn 1.
Caution 7 – Laps 114 – 116: #36-Said slid and spun thru the infield grass,
shot back on the track and drove around to the pits, no idea what caused him
off the track.
Caution 6 – Laps 103 – 106: #32-Hamilton Jr. loses a right front tire and
smacks the outside wall in turn 1. Hamilton Jr. had reported a vibration and
was going to pit next time around.
Caution 5 – Laps 74 – 76: #15-Waltrip lost a right rear tire in turn 1 and
started to spin, got together with #01-Nemechek, then bounced down and
collected #16-Biffle, who has a lot of damage to the right front. Also
getting damage were #29-Harvick and #9-Kahne.
Caution 4 – Laps 70 – 72: #43-Green lost a right front tire and smacked the
turn 2 wall.
Caution 3 – Laps 65 – 67: Debris near the entrance of pit road.
Caution 2 – Laps 36 – 41: Looks like the semi-big one: #6-Martin is totaled.
Looks like #42-McMurray slowed for #24-Gordon who was pitting, #10-Riggs
darted right, causing #6-Martin to move right and he hit the wall,
collecting #97-Busch. #17-Kenseth moved over and hit #8-Earnhardt Jr., doing
sone right front damage. #18-Labonte spun and stuck in the infield,
#49-Schrader spun the the grass but got back to the racetrack. #22-Wimmer
and #41-Mears were also involved.
Caution 1 – Laps 1 – 11: started the race under yellow to dry the track.