Fantasy Follow-Up: Pocono
June 8, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
TZ’s Picks (Pocono):
1. Denny Hamlin – 3rd – 42 points
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 4th – 41 points
3. Jimmie Johnson – 6th – 39.5 points
4. Kurt Busch – 8th – 38 points
5. Matt Kenseth – 7th – 38 points
6. Kyle Busch – 43rd – No points
Lock of the Week – Denny Hamlin – Top Five – 10 points
Sleeper Pick – Brian Vickers – Top Five – 10 points
Steer Clear of – Kasey Kahne – Race Winner – (Minus) 30 points
Roc’s Picks (Pocono):
1. Jeff Gordon – 14th – 36.5 points
2. Jimmie Johnson – 6th – 40 points
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 4th – 40.5 points
4. Denny Hamlin – 3rd – 40.5 points
5. Tony Stewart – 35th – No points
6. Kyle Busch – 43rd – No points
Lock of the Week – Denny Hamlin – Top Five – 10 points
Sleeper Pick – Mark Martin – Top Ten – 7 points
Steer Clear of – Kasey Kahne – Race Winner – (Minus) 30 points
Head-to-Head:
TZ – 188.5 points (2,321.5 cumulative)
Roc – 144.5 points (2,254.6 cumulative)
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Standings After Pocono:
1. Team Legacy (me) – 5,601
2. raracing – 4,562
3. Bruce’s Team of Bits – 4,442
4. Jimmie’s Rockets – 4,374
5. Vanilla Thrillaz – 4,244
6. AlexRyan – 4,139
It was a good run for ya, Roc, but I’m gettin’ ya now. This was the second week straight that I managed to get five of my top-six finishing 8th or better in the race.
Last week, my only real blemish was choosing Stewart to win, but he wrecked out less than 20 laps into it. This week, it was obviously selecting Kahne as my “Steer Clear of” driver, and he went onto win the dang thing. Other than that, though, pretty solid, I’d say.
I have a couple bad weeks a lot of shit on my mind but i will be back don’t start the trash talkin just yet.
I know, I know. Don’t sweat it … we’ve both had our hot streaks, our “consistent” streaks, and, of course, we’ve both shown our rear end on more occassions than we’d care to.