RFC 2009 Standings Are Up

An unpolished version of the standings is up and working now.

RFC 2009 Standings Are Coming

I am having some technically difficulties getting the standings to work right in Google Docs. As soon as I figure out what the problem is I will post the 2009 standings.

2009 RFC Results

The 2009 RFC standings are still under construction. I will post the standings after the next PBA event. Although keep in mind that it will not be 100% complete. I have had to rework it a little bit so most of it is good but there are still some portions that need to be ironed out.

RFC 2009

Well it was a nice two weeks off, but get ready because RFC 2009 is right around the corner. This Wednesday the first RFC 2009 event takes place. We are adding in the PBA for this years competition so make sure your team is signed up and you have selected your roster.

RFC 2008 Final Standings

Congratulations on a great first season. The final standings are as follows:

2008 RFC CHAMPION: Team Case (50,818)

RUNNER-UP: Team Stancil (44,885)

THIRD PLACE: Team Spaulding (44,554)

POINTS CHAMPION

1st Place: Team Case (47,818)

2nd Place: Team Stancil (43,785)

3rd Place: Team Spaulding (43,254)

EVENT CHAMPION

1st Place: Team Case (30)

2nd Place: Team Spaulding (13)

3rd Place: Team Stancil (11)

Next is a breakdown of how the individual events turned out.

NASCAR

H2H Champion: Team Burns

Points Champion: Team Spaulding (16,718)

Event Champion: Team Spaulding and Team Case (8)

NHRA

Points Champion: Team Case (10,495)

Event Champion: Team Harman (5)

BASS

Points Champion: Team Case (12,011)

Event Champion: Team Case (6)

PBR

Points Champion: Team Case (9,098)

Event Champion: Team Case (12)

If you want to check out the final spreadsheet breakdown just click here. Or for future reference it is available on the left under "RFC League Archives".

NASCAR Finals

Champion Bracket:

Kenny(3) v. Burns(4)

Third Place Bracket:

Hames(1) v. Brett(2)

Fifth Place Bracket:

Stancil(7) v. Harman (8)

Seventh Place Bracket:

TJ(5) v. Bryan(6)

PBR Final Standings

Point Standings:

1. Kenny - 9098

2. Sack - 8215

3. Hames - 7941

4. Burns - 6792

5. Harman - 6407

6. Bryan - 4730

7. TJ - 1270

8. Brett - 0

Event Standings:

1. Kenny - 12

2. Sack - 3

3. Burns - 3

4. Bryan - 2

5. Hames - 1

6. Harman - 1

7. TJ - 0

8. Brett - 0

NASCAR Playoffs Begin

This week is the first week of the NASCAR playoffs and the brackets are finally set:

Winner's Bracket:

Hames (1) vs. Burns (4)

Brett (2) vs. Kenny (3)

Consolation Bracket:

TJ (5) vs. Harman (8)

Bryan (6) vs. Sack (7)

Team Barra Enters Playoff Picture

With Team Harman again upseting a playoff team, Team Burns has fallen into a tie with Team barra at 14 - 15. The two teams play each other in the last week and it is possible that a playoff spot could be on the line. Team Harman's recent domination has also elevated them to fourth place overall, but still a ways out of third place. 

Spoiler Alert

Team Harman is breaking hearts by making a last minute effort to spoil the NASCAR playoff chances of Team Barra and the playoff seeding of Team Case. Pairing back to back NASCAR H2H wins with a PBR event victory and adding to his NHRA win streak, now currently 3, Team Harman is stepping up his RFC value. 

The Chase is Coming

Only more more NASCAR race, in Richmond, before the Chase for the Cup starts. Can you believe we are nearing the end of the 2008 RFC?

PBR is Back

Get ready for the return of PBR which has been on hiatus for some time now. Just when other teams thought their seasons were looking up, back comes Team Case's go to sport, in which they outscore the next closes competitor by 40 points per event. It is a biggie for third place Team Spaulding however, who is chasing Team Stancil for 2nd place. Team Spaulding has averaged slightly better scores than Team Stancil in this event and it will be vital that neither team misses a week which could set them back 400 or more points. Team Burns continues to fall at an alarming rate out of the chase for a place, all but having thrown in the towel for this season. It is a dissapointing turn of events after this team came storming out of gates when they were added midway through the season to work its way into second place, only to tumble down the ranks after losing 5 NASCAR events in a row and missing 3 of the last 5 NHRA events. While we can't count out Team Burns yet it is not looking good for their fans.

Team Stancil Pulls Out (To a Lead)

With the season nearing the chase for the cup Team Stancil has begun to pull apart from the rest of the field in an attempt to secure the coveted second place spot in the RFC. Team Stancil was the first competitor to win back to back NHRA events and although he lost the H2H NASCAR battle he managed to score more than 500 points and now sits almost 1000 points ahead of third place Team Spaulding.

Next week is a slow one in the RFC with only a NASCAR event to prepare for, but after that PBR returns with a vengence for eight straight weeks so enjoy the down time.

BASS Season Wrap-Up

The RFC's BASS season finished up today with Team Case winning both the week event and the overall season point total. The final standings for BASS are as follows:

1. Team Case (12011)
2. Team Stancil (11015)
3. Team Harman (10862)
4. Team Burns (10645)
5. Team Kotwicki (10167)
6. Team Barra ( 9721)
7. Team Spaulding ( 8641)
8. Team Brohl ( 0)

BASS Finals This Week

The BASS season comes to a close this week with the tournament's final event taking place in Syracuse, NY. While it may be too late to win this event, don't forget that it still counts towards your overall points and right now the difference between 2nd place and 4th place is only 400 points. This difference can easily be made up in one week of BASS.

This week we also have NASCAR and NHRA going on as well so dont forget to check your rosters or pick your teams. NASCAR is a road race so some of your normal drivers may not be driving this week.

Team Stancil Makes Late Season Push

Team Stancil swept the RFC this week to earn themselves two event wins jumping from 6th to 3rd in the event standings. They also managed to gain over 230 points on Team Burns and now sits only 400 points out of second place. Team Stancil and Team Case also managed to once again dominate PBR by placing 7th and 8th nationally, and are well on their way to being PBR commentators.

Home Stretch

Sorry, although I have been updating the standings I guess I haven't posted anything recently.... anyways here is where we stand. We have 17 weeks left before the end of the RFC 2008 season. There is still plenty of time to try and make a run for the lead. As of right now the event points leaders are as follows:

NASCAR: Hames
BASS: Kenny
PBR: Kenny
NHRA: Kenny

OVERALL: Kenny

This week was a huge point swing since many competitors forgot to fill out their NHRA team. Team Case jumped to the front of the NHRA points which had been dominated by Team Burns all season long and in NASCAR Team Spaulding broke the week point record with 589 points and now sits alone in both H2H wins and total points in NASCAR.

Wine Country Wrap Up

The first NASCAR road race has evened up the standings quite a bit. There are again 3 teams tied for first, all with 11 wins. Thanks to Team Brohl dropping two races in a row the standings are becoming more unpredictable. Team Stancil got their second NASCAR event win of the season and would have most likely taken second place in the overall standings had they remembered to enter the PBR event this week. It is the first event that Team Stancil has missed all year and it could come back to hurt them. Team Burns isn't complaining however, they now have a nice cushion to work with and a PBR event win to go with it. An impressive showing again this week for the RFC in the PBR national standing with a 3rd place finish for Team Burns, a 6th place finish for Team Case and a 33rd place finish for Team Spaulding. Team Burns also managed to break the single week PBR record with his score of 497 breaking their own old record of 486. NHRA also saw a record breaking week from Team Case who scored 721 points also eclipising their old record of 640. Team Case picked all four winners of the NHRA events and finished 17th in the national standings.

RIP Scott Kalitta

The RFC would like to send our best wishes to the famliy and friends of Scott Kalitta. This great competitor unfortunately passed away today after a terrible accident during an NHRA event in Englishtown, NJ.

NHRA Driver Profile:
http://www.nhra.com/drivers/driver.asp?driverid=925&CatCd=2

AP Story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gevRq1Q5ccWq260Xzhxnu7cGVP-wD91EP9H80

This is the video of the crash that took Scott Kalitta's life, as broadcast by ESPN2. It is posted here only as a tribute to a champion, please use your own discretion in deciding to view it.



Scott Kalitta Fatal Crash 6/21/08 - Watch the top videos of the week here

New Standings Uploaded

Sorry for the late update on the standings this week but they are up now. Keep your eye out because we have bulls and NHRA coming up this week. So pick you NHRA drivers if you havent already and when you notice the bulls have been posted shoot an email to everyone.

Congratulations to Bryan who swept the events this week. He now has 7 event wins and is in second overall in that category. Him and Sack also made a big jump on Burns to try and take the number two overall points position. Next week NASCAR is heading to Sonoma or Infineon Raceway which is a road course so look for some interesting results there.

No Bulls or NHRA This Week

Don't worry if you forgot to pick bulls because there arent any this week, but there is BASS and NASCAR. BASS kicks off today so check out teh weigh-in if you have time.

Back to Normal

The stars have apparently realigned because this week in NASCAR Team Harman lost, Team Brohl won the event, Micheal Waltrip did not carry Stancil's team (let alone even outscore any of his other drivers) and two of Team Case's drivers decided they should crash into each other. So you can stop worrying that things are spiralling out of control and for God's sake stop thinking about making that trade with Harman for Robby Gordon and Joe Nemechek. In other news Team Stancil has been the top scoring team for two weeks in a row and is making a strong push for second place. He took the win in BASS this week and had strong top three showings in PBR and NHRA. Team Burns became the first mutlievent winner for NHRA, and maintains his spot as the top dog in that event. Oh right, and Team Case dominated PBR but that goes without saying.

PBR Bulls Are Up

PBR starts tomorrow don't forget to pick your bulls.

The Return of the Mack

In case you haven't already heard through one of the various forums in which Harman has declared his victory... hell has frozen over and Team Harman has finally captured their second NASCAR H2H victory of the season. Let's hope it is not another 12 weeks before they get their third. Despite Harman's strong showing in NASCAR Sack's team was able to outscore the rest of the field and capture their first NASCAR event win. Matt Kenseth who has been struggling this year, had an impressive race and finally started earning that fourth place draft position by helping to propel Team DingleBerryPie to the top of the scoreboard. As for NHRA there can only be one winner, so sorry Hames but the ridiculously lucky Team Barra gets the event win. While both Team Spaulding and Team Barra finished with 452 points the tiebreaker goes in favor of team Barra because he picked the top scoring driver. So this now means that everyone has at least one event win this year, congratulations to the field. Yes, despite not having played an NHRA event all season, picking all the female drivers except the winner (Hillary Will), and starting T.J. Zizzo who has possibly not raced all year, Team Barra still managed to get the win. With five NHRA events and five different NHRA winners I think that it is safe to say this is the wildcard event and whoever figures out a winning strategy first may just gain a big advantage over the field. That is if there is even a winning strategy to be found.

Kenny & Hames vs. $20 Folding Table

While WWE Fantasy no longer exists it is still most certainly an honorary member sport of the RFC. Here is a little tribute to the fallen event. Click on the image below to download the movie, however this does require you to install Pando, which I can't guarantee comes free of spyware.

Or you can view the YouTube version below, which is the same movie but a slightly lower quality (this one is really dark) but you'll get the point.

The Bathroom Smells Like Strippers

After an eventful weekend in NJ of losing my money, dignity and ability to turn my head (table 1, Kenny 0) I did manage to win NASCAR by a whopping 1 point (sorry Kotwicki). No surprising upsets this week although Hames was once again bested by Team Case and he now drops out of the coveted first place position for the first time this year, and there is now a two way tie between the growing powerhouse Team Burns and the everso absent Team Brohl. A late congratulations needs to go out to Mr. Stephen Burns and Mr. Stephen Stancil for their dominant PBR performances last week. I failed to notice that both of them placed in the top ten of PBR scores nationwide. Team Burns had a 3rd place finish and Team Stancil finished up in 7th. I am now convinced that had we not started late into the season that the RFC competitors would be holding down the overall leader board.

P.S. Props to Team Stancil for the Micheal Waltrip usage this week, especially since it was a night race and I'm pretty sure he has cataracts. Although I am still waiting for you to bench Kenseth for him.

No Bulls This Week

Um.. yeah, what he said...

Burnsed

A stellar performance from Team Burns this week, who took two event wins in NHRA and PBR. Karma brought some balance to his team with a 1 point win in PBR over team Kotwicki, after suffering a similarly close loss in the same event last week. Team Case picked up the BASS win which now makes it eight weeks in a row that the team has won at least one event. That streak will be hard to continue next week however since the only RFC event will be the NASCAR race at Charlotte. It was nice that Team TJ came out for a PBR event this week, even if he did get crushed in the process. Don't worry TJ practice makes perfect, just keep plugging away.

El Torro

El torro is spanish for the torro, and that means that this weeks bulls are finally up, so head over to the site if ou haven't already and pick some winners. Day one of the SC BASS stop is also in the books although the scores have not yet posted for the day. However some dissapointing bags for a lot of the top pros should make for a close fantasy week. Making tomorrow's cut with all of your anglers will be key to being in the hunt for a victory this week.

Harman's Heartbreak

Oh My Darling Darlington

Don't worry about picking any bulls this week because the only event going on is the NASCAR race at Darlington. Get ready to hear a lot about the nostalgia of this race track and the evil being that is California who stole the Labor Day race from the beloved pride of NASCAR, Darlington. The legendary track should make for a good fantasy week. There are 8 drivers who average top tens on this track including Earnhardt, Stewart, and Gordon who will all be looking to get their first wins of 2008. Not only is it also not a favorite track for this year's top drivers Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, or Jeff Burton it has also been repaved which is creates a wildcard aspect. It should be anybody's race to win this week but look out for Edwards who has had success at similar tracks this year and the red hot Hamlin. Who knows maybe even Kenseth can manage to finish this one and start pulling his weight over there on Sack's team, although I am going to say Sack should start Waltrip in his place anyway to teach him a lesson, a good benching should set his priorities straight, give him a chance to think about what he is doing to the team. Not to mention it is Waltrips 700th career start, I think that deserves a nod.

Closer than a Pair of Bull Testicles

I don’t think it is possible for anyone to have a more frustrating overall week than Team Burns had or a more lucky one than Team Case. After this week’s RFC events finally came to a close he did finish with the most points total for the week but just barely missed out on two key event wins. The first came in NASCAR after his team dominated the race for 95% of the time only to lose the event by 11 points to Team Case after a misfortunate tire failure. The second was a record close loss to Team Case in PBR. The margin of victory at the Des Moines Classic was less than 1 point. A mere 0.34 points separated first and second place! It was an outstanding showing from the RFC participants, four of which placed in the top 100 overall this week (Kenny finished 8th, Burns finished 14th, and Sack finished 29th, and Hames finished 97th), and an honorable mention goes to Bryan who just missed the cut at 102. So congratulations around the board. Check out the top 100 standings for the week here: http://www.pbrfantasy.com/Events.cfm. The BASS teams stepped it up big this week with almost everyone scoring over a thousand points. The big winner was Team Stancil who amassed a near record breaking 1316 points and finished in the 94th percentile. That win was Team Stancil’s first BASS event win, which went nicely along with Team Hames’s first event win in NHRA. Leaving the two teams tied at 2 events but Hames stays ahead of Stacil with the better tie breaker score.

Ritchie Richmond

I’m still waiting on the first hand account of the wild finish at Richmond this week from our very own reporter in the field, but as far as I could tell from T.V. land Kyle Busch probably needed a police escort out of that place. The intense last twenty laps of the race created havoc in the fantasy standings. A record breaking performance by Burns turned into an extremely close event loss when Denny Hamlin (who after breaking the track's laps lead record suffered a right front tire problem with about 20 laps to go) fell to the back of the field opening the door for DEJ and Kyle Busch. The battle for first ended in Junior being spun out with only 11 laps to go and after the caution was raised it was Clint Bowyer who capitalized on the incident to take the win and give Team Case the event win by a close 11 point margin. Congratulations to Bryan for being the first one to attend an RFC event, and I can guarantee he won’t be the last. From what I can gather he had a pretty good time and even got to watch his new acquisition Kurt Busch pull out an astonishing 42nd place finish when he wrecked right in from of his new owner. Luckily Bryan only traded The Mexican for Busch, who didn’t have any more of a stellar finish (and yes Bryan did have the people around him calling Montoya “The Mexican”, good work Bryan). While there were no upsets this week (all four top teams beat all four bottom teams) there was one record that was broken which is worth a mention and that is that Sack managed to score the LOWEST total for a week with a whopping 202 points! He managed to start 4 drivers who finished in the bottom 35 (and his benched driver was just as bad finishing 37th). To put this in perspective, the chance of picking those dirvers is the same as picking five drivers in the top 9 and Sack's total team score of 202 was only 12 points better than the single score for the winner of the race Clint Bowyer who scored 190 points for Team Case. For a full four driver field that is an impressive feat and a record that I guarantee will stand for a long time.

BASS Weigh-In Now Free

ESPN has finally made the live video weigh-in for the BASSMaster tournament free. Check it out at http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournaments/live/index, the weigh-ins are starting at 3PM this week.

Don't forget to pick your bulls.

Big Week Ahead

Holy crap it is Wednesday already! That means that BASS starts tomorrow, so if you haven't updated your team and you want to, you best get it together and do so. Along with BASS all three other sports are going to be taking place this week as well. PBR and NHRA start on Friday while NASCAR is a Saturday night race this week. Bulls are not yet posted so keep an eye out tomorrow for them. I would like to appologize to Harman for vetoing his trade (especially since Busch is probably going to do worse this week than Vickers) but it is just not fair to trade Kurt Busch to the top team in the league for a fourth round draft pick. Might I suggest trading him to Stancil for Matt Kenseth since Sack will obviously be starting Michael Waltrip in his place after blowing it the last two weeks by not doing so.

Leader Board Added to Bottom of Page

Scroll down to check out a graphical representation of the points standings.

Bulls Are Up

The PBR bulls are ready. Since I already told Kotwicki and Sack I guess it is only fair that I divulge my bull picking secret to the rest of you. Are you ready for this, it is going to blow your mind... step 1: go to the PBR site; step 2: click on "bulls"; step 3: pick the bulls that are listed in the top 50. I know I am a genius, there is no need to thank me. Now maybe you numbskulls will stop getting ass raped by me every week. However if you enjoy the sportsmanship of picking bulls at random / by name feel free to keep going with that tactic, because it is certianly working out for me. I also find it more fun to pick atleast one or two bulls outside of the list to really test your skills.

Or you can just follow this link:
http://www.pbrnow.com/ridersbulls/bulls/

Pick Your Drivers, Not Your Nose

If you haven't done so already, do not forget to pick your NHRA drivers for this week. The competition starts on Friday so the sooner you do it the better. If you don't like having to remember to pick drivers each week, don't foget that you can currently pick your NHRA drivers for every event. If you pick all of your drivers now you will not run the risk of forgetting to do so somewhere down the line. If you choose to do this however, make sure that you check back every once in a while to make sure you didn't pick drivers who suck or happen to not be racing one week. This should be apparent if you are getting crushed every week.

P.S. Feel free to pick your nose, I won't judge you.

Nice Denim Shorts Dude

This week marks the return of NASCAR and NHRA while BASS stays on hiatus for another week. It will be an interesting week for the head to head standings in NASCAR, which is currently in a four-way tie for first. Two of the leaders, Hames and Burns, will face off against each other, while Brett will have to fend off Sack and the menacing #55 car of Michael Waltrip. So to recap we will be in a two way tie for first after this week, the question is will Jeff Gordon show up and help team Hames to maintain his first place status or will he fall out of the top spot for the first time this year? Hames certainly has a daunting task ahead of him with Burns fielding a red hot Kyle Busch, who is coming off three wins in a row in the Nationwide, after his victory in Mexico last weekend. Busch is now 1st in the Truck Series, 3rd in the Nationwide and 2nd in the Cup, I think it is safe to say he is shaking and baking... wait, that reminds me... I forgot to mention, this week is TALLAGEDA! That’s right, if your not first your last Hames, so step your game up. In other RFC news, Harman is currently holding down the NHRA with the most wins and most consecutive wins and he will undoubtedly be hungry for another first place finish in an attempt to make it into the 2008 record books.

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A Bucking Beatdown

Team Case dominated the only RFC event for the week with a vicious fisting of the competition in PBR. Outscoring his closest RFC opponent by 75 points Kenny finished with a 430.64 total and placed 18th among all Bull Trader players. Apparently there is no answer for the mammoth Rodeo Clown Babies who have now won four consecutive PBR events, a RFC record.

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Viva la Nationwide

For those of you who happen to be completely bummed out that there is no Sprint Cup race this weekend, ESPN will be broadcasting the Nationwide race starting at 2PM. This will be the most sourthern and least southern race all year. That is because it is being held in the backyard of our neighbors to the south, in scenic Mexico City. So grab your sombreros and smash a pinata, NASCAR is going international.

Make Your PBR Picks

The PBR bulls are posted and you can select your squad. Rosters must be set by the start of the event tomorrow, which is Friday 7:30PM, or you will be locked out of the competition. It is the only event this week so don't forget!

This Week in Redneck Fantasy Sports

Actually, it is more like lack of redneck fantasy sports. This weeks only competition is PBR, which has thus far been dominated by Team Case having won 5 of the 6 events in which they entered. Perhaps having the week off in the other 3 sports will allow the other teams a chance to reevaluate their bull selection procedures and attempt to find a way to challenge the league leader. Team Burns has had two second place showings in a row and has improved his score each time, with an especially strong outing last week scoring over 400 points. Since joining the league only three weeks ago they have managed to outscore Team Case in every event other than PBR, and it appears it is only a matter of time until they do. After Team Harman managed to score an event win in NHRA that leaves only Team Barra winless in the event category (that is if you count Team Stancil's unopposed win in PBR) so there is no doubt that he will be wanting to get on the scoreboard soon. It will be interesting to see if this is the motivation he needs to enter a PBR event. That is if he can find time to do something other than research Bon Jovi concert information.

NHRA Breathes New Life into Team Harman

The first week to feature all four fantasy sports has finally wrapped up. Brett again won NASCAR, Kenny again won BASS and PBR, but wait... Harman won NHRA! The new event was a nice points boost for all the teams who have been trailing in the standings. All four teams that entered were able to best Team Case, the overall points leader, who was the first team to break 10,000 points and 10 wins after taking two events this week. While the field is still lagging behind perhaps the big win for Team Harman in the NHRA, who gained more than 100 point on the leader and took home his first event win, will spark some life into the rest of the field. The key to success over the remainder of the season will of course be to ensure that the teams enter all of the events. Starting with this weeks only RFC competition which is the PBR's NILE International taking place in Billings, MT. As usual the bulls should be posted either Wednesday night or, as has been more common lately, first thing Thursday morning.

Oh Sweet Revenge

This week’s race in Pheonix allowed two teams to give a little payback to those who beat them in the opening race at Daytona. The Miami Kennycases took down the leader going into last week, Hames’ Sloppy Seconds, after Ryan Newman bowed out of the race after only 134 laps. Car problems also brought down Aborted Fetus Salad when Elliot Sadler, who was the subject of a trade last week, blew his engine and dropped from a top ten car to a 41st place finish. This allowed Team Brohl to take advantage of the three car team, who had been winning by 150 points at the time of the engine failure, and steamrolled to a 522 point win, besting AFS by over 50 points, and securing a second consecutive event win. Team Brohl now leads NASCAR with 3 event wins and 3863 points. Unfortunately for AFS, had they not traded away Travis Kvapil for Elliot Sadler they would have won. Although Kvapil could not carry the day for the newly named team Biggest Douche in the Universe. Who lost for a second time to the other newly named Team Meximelt, who with this win jumps into a three way tie for first at 6-2 with Hames and Brett. Unfortunately Harman remains in the cellar at a mere 1-7. Last, and least was the TJ vs Sack matchup which was a hard fought battle finishing at a close 438 to 409. The difference maker was again Michael Waltrip who for some reason Sack decided to bench in favor of Matt Kenseth. Had the team manager stuck to his guns and kept the all-star Waltrip in his lineup he could have taken the win. Hopefully it will be a good lesson for the struggling Team DingleBerryPie and hopefully the third time around they will be able to clinch a win over Suzy’s Big Ass during week 15 at Michigan.

Phoenix Race Scoreboard

Don't forget that NASCAR is a Saturday night race this week. The green flag should drop around 8:45PM.

Keep track of how your team and all the other teams are doing here:
http://games.espn.go.com/fsr/scoreboard?leagueId=421

And congratulations to Team Meximelt for being on top of the Jeremy Mayfield fiasco. Too slow to score Johnny Sauter for this week however.

PBR & BASS Kick Off

Don't forget to pick your bulls for this weeks PBR event which begins today at 8PM.

The first day of the Battle on the Border at Lake Amistad was cancelled after dangerous weather threatened the elites. So the competition officially begins today and the weigh-ins can again be tracked at http://proxy.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/members/ldr/leaderboard?tournamentId=833, beginning at 6 PM.

Fantasy Foursome

Reach up and pull those belts tight! This is the first week where all four RFC events will be in play, thanks to the debut of fantasy drag racing. This new wildcard event could open the door for a standings shake-up, which has thus far been dominated by Team Case. PBR is the odd man out by hosting its event in Nebraska, rather than the southwest like all three other RFC events. BASS sticks around Texas for another week, NHRA is preparing to tear up the Las Vegas strip, and NASCAR heads to sunny Phoenix, where hopefully they can avoid the rain clouds for the second week in a row. This week marks the start of the second round of NASCAR match-ups, so it is revenge time for all those who got stomped in round one. For those who don’t remember, and to rub salt in the wound, Harman suffered a one point loss in week one to the then single owner Team Haser. Revenge will be twice a sweet this time around if he can manage to knock the Burns/Haser duo out of second place with a stunning upset. Team Brohl will also be looking to avenge their narrow 21 point loss to Aborted Fetus Salad in the hope of tying Hames for first place. Team Brohl looks poised to secure his fourth win in a row, coming off an event win and fielding 3 of the top 8 drivers at Phoenix over the last 3 years. Both the MiamiKennycases and Team Dingleberry Pie suffered tough losses in week one but that was probably because Bryan had four drivers in instead of three and Sack did not have Michael Waltrip on his team. Look for these recent team strategies to add a new edge to their match-ups in week 8.

Stancil Racing Inc. Still Sweating Waltrip's Nuts

Hames has once again taken over as the NASCAR leader with a 6-1 record after Sack decided that letting Micheal Waltrip ruin his team two weeks in a row wasn't enough. Although Hames became the overall leader the day's event win went to Team Brohl, who was somehow or another able to pull out a victory over the MiamiKennycases. I guess it isnt too surprising though since Bryan decided to join the "Three Drivers are Better than Four" club which now consists of Haser, TJ, and Mr. Kotwicki. While Hames was busy taking over first place Harman was busy cursing Kurt Busch and securing dead last with a 1-6 record and a loss to Suzy's Big Ass, thanks in whole to a game saving race by Jimmie Johnson. We also saw a solid performance from Burns/Haser racing after a bad first week. The meger came back strong to squash the rumors that their stable was in trouble after the transition to a two owner team. Burns was also able to grab an event win with a choice Mike Iaconelli pick in BASS, and posted a respectable second place in PBR, which by the way was the only event that Team Case managed to edge out Team Burns for a win this week. As for which, I would like to thank all my bulls for their excellent efforts, especially McNasty (mostly just for having such a sweet name).

BASS Tournament Underway

NASCAR isnt the only RFC event headed to Texas this week. The BASS Lonestar Shootout is currently being held on Falcon Lake in Zapata, Texas, where it is rumored records are going to be broken. The live weigh-ins begin at 5:50PM Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sun, and they can be followed online at: http://proxy.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/members/ldr/leaderboard?tournamentId=832.

New Game Added to RFC -- NHRA

The National Hot Rod Association's POWERade Drag Racing Series will be added as a fantasy leauge. To sign up go to: http://www.nhrafantasygame.com/. The next race is on April 11th in Las Vegas. Go ahead and set up your team, it only takes 2 minutes, and keep an eye on your email for a group name and password.

Texas Motor Speedway Sharpie 500

From the state that brought us George Bush, Patrick Riley, and Tanis Smith comes the Texas Motor Speedway Samsung 500. I promise this race will be more exciting than any of the other three. I suspect the man to watch out for this week is Team Brohl and the California winner Carl Edwards, but he will have his hands full against Kotwicki's red hot team coming off two wins in a row and an overall event win with 511 points. Keep an eye on the Groom vs Best Man matchup next week, which will determine who falls into last place in the H2H standings. Both teams come into the event 1 - 5. Burns got a kick in the nuts welcome to the league with a second to last place finish in NASCAR and a last place finish in PBR, and next week doesn't get much easier when Stephen David faces the Goliath that is Aborted Fetus Salad. Last but not least, let us not forget the Hames vs. Sack matchup which should be a good one assuming McMurray and Mears step it up again this week for Stephen, and he doesn't bench his top driver in favor of Micheal "I am too old to drive in the night races" Waltrip for the third time in a row.

Redneck Fantasy Standings

The first ever Redneck Fantasy Challenge is currently underway. These are the current 2008 standings: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pIz_81nZrtNrN4NcAXnM5Qg.