08/02: Updated Points After Indy
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After having to do some back ending due to missed change we now have what appears to be the correct and current scores going into Pocono. I would note now, that the second place team is 519 points from second, so anyone who is thinking about buying to within 400 points of first may move into second place when that time comes. Just a thought to keep in mind.

The following is the year to date score followed by the Chicago & Indy score


1. Mike 12072 701 408
2. Lucky Dogs 11553 445 565
3. REL 11551 591 485
4. Sunset B 11450 579 554
5. Neil 11392 543 538
6. G&J 11198 536 589
7. MacRob 11189 695 461
8. BNB 11032 448 402
9. Jim 10764 495 493
10 Mike B 10736 565 598
11 Kathryn 10350 555 489

As always, audits are welcomed AND TIMELY ONES are particularly welcomed.....
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07/12: After Some Team Issues We are Updated
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Greetings-- form the Commissioner

The following is the current standings including New Hampshire & the Pepsi 400 and the 150 point penalty against Truex Jr. - sorry Jim & Mike B. The scoring will be year to date, NH and then Pepsi score


1. Mike 10963 451 711
FOUR HUNDRED POINTS BACK
2. Lucky Dogs 10543 486 526
3. REL 10475 533 580
4. Sunset 10317 477 664
5. Neil 10311 498 632
6. BNB 10182 451 585
7. MacRob 10118 544 607
8. G&J 10073 647 570
9. Jim 9776 707 490
10 Mike B 9573 541 453
11 Kathryn 9306 469 537
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06/18: Mike Back on Top after Michigan
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The continuing back and forth between Mike and the Lucky Dogs sees Mike jump back into first by 109 points. 

In the duel between REL and Sunset Beach, there is a new force to be reckoned with as Neil slips into fourth kicking Sunset back to fifth. 

This may all change again as NASCAR turns right at Sonoma. 

1. Mike 9171 728
2. Lucky Dogs 9062 601 109
3. REL 8861 720 310
Four hundred points
4. Neil 8700 668 471
5. Sunset 8634 557 537
6. BNB 8542 669 629
7. MacRob 8422 644 749
8. G&J 8350 503 821
9. Mike D 8197 659 974
10 Jim 8079 583 1092
11 Kathryn 7769 603 1402
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06/12: Change at the Top After Pocono
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Lucky Dogs have bumped Mike out of first again.  The two teams have been trading the top spot for the last few races.  Neither appear to be making a big jump as their teams look very similar.   The same is true between Sunset Beach and R.E.L as they once again swap positions. 

From the Commissioner: Okay Gang, hopefully the scoring is in for Pocono - I personally need to spend a weekend sitting a giant champagne glass in the Pocono's - filled with something tasty (please fill in the blank here).

Year to date, Pocono scoring & then points behind.

1. Lucky Dogs!! 8461 569
2. Mike 8443 531 18
3. REL 8141 633 320
4. Sunset 8077 504 384
FOUR HUNDRED POINTS
5. Neil 8032 679 429
6. BNB 7873 599 588
7. G&J 7847 618 614
8. MacRob 7778 545 683
9. Mike B 7538 618 923
10 Jim 7496 535 965
11 Kathryn 7166 575 1295
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06/06: Dover
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Okay, the Commish is going to take stab at scoring again this week. Please take note that I will be away from my computer this weekend (hopefully visiting Hickory Motor Speedway) so make sure any changes go out to everyone.

1. Mike 7912 742
2. Lucky Dogs 7892 676 -20
3. Sunset 7573 694 -339
4. REL 7508 557 -404
5. Neil 7353 548 -559
6. BNB 7274 607 -638
7. MacRob 7233 783 -679
8. G&J 7229 539 -683
9. Jim 6961 559 -951
10. Mike B 6920 679 -992
11 Kathryn 6591 576 -1321
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05/29: Lowe's
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Okay gang, hopefully we did not miss any changes this week......

This is the year to date standings followed by Lowe's score followed by points in arrears of the leader.

1. Bob Lucky Dogs 7216 612
2. Mike 7170 563 46
3. REL 6951 510 265
4. Sunset Beach 6879 642 337
400 POINTS BACK
5. Neil 6805 523 411
6. G&J 6690 592 526
7. BNB 6667 478 549
8. MacRob 6450 540 766
9. Jim 6402 620 974
10 Mike B 6241 423 975
11 Kathryn 6015 552 1201

As always audits are welcomed. Please remember to get your moves in this week ---- NO ONE WANTS TO RUN WITH ONLY 3 OR 4 DRIVERS!!!!!
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05/21: Darlington Finally
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After any number of mental meltdowns and other crazy issues it appears that we have finally figured out what the current point standings are. 

At first it appeared that the Lucky Dogs were, well, Lucky as they were identified as the new points leaders after pulling in a huge 730 points.  But, nope not the case...  Mike would hold onto the top spot after a review of the calculations.  But, boy not by much..  only 3 points keeps him in the top spot over second place Lucky Dogs. 

While the Dogs pulled in a big score it was Sunset Beach, (AKA Paul) who did them one better with a mind numbing 743 points. 

So here we go:

Mike: 676
Lucky Dogs: A killer 730
REL: 553
Neil: 642
Sunset Bch: An insane 743
BNB: 597
G&J: 649
MacRob: 575
Mike D: 539
Jim: 644
Kathryn: 446
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05/09: Richmond
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We had one team that submitted a team change on Saturday which was disallowed. That Saturday night Richmond race does tend to sneak up. This week, if you didn't score in the 400s you were probably the high scorer for the week (REL) or the low scorer (Mike B).

The following is the year to date followed by the Richmond score & points behind the leader

1. Mike 5931 477
2. REL 5888 684 43
3. Lucky Dog 5874 644 57
4. Neil 5640 421 291
5. BNB 5592 416 339
FOUR HUNDRED POINTS
6. Sunset 5494 427 437
7. G&J 5449 556 482
8. MacRob 5335 468 596
9. Mike B 5279 395 652
10 Jim 5138 480 793
11 Kathryn 5017 454 914
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05/01: 'Dega
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The big one actually reared its head this week with lots of action on the track. In a brief comment on the Busch (sorry just can't do it) race- is Kevin Lepage a major PUTZ or what? I wouldn't trust him to merge onto the Beltway in DC!?

The following is the year to date standings followed by the teams score for this race and points behind.

1. Mike 5454 597
2. Lucky Dog 5230 477 224
3. Neil 5219 686 235
4. REL 5204 574 250
5. BNB 5176 668 278
6. Sunset B. 5067 482 387
FOUR HUNDRED POINTS BACK
7. G&J 4893 548 561
8. Mike B 4884 679 570
9. MacRob 4867 400 587
10. Jim 4658 643 796
11. Kathryn 4563 541 891
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04/15: Martin Continues to Help Lucky Dogs
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Lucky Dog continues to feed well with Mark Martin. However the Kenseth owners took it in the shorts this week, however all Group C drivers were nothing to shout about. The following is the year to date standing followed by the Phoenix score and the number of points behind the leader.


1. Mike 4857 596
2. Lucky Dog 4753 606 104
3. REL 4630 580 227
4. Sunset 4585 518 272
5. Neil 4533 667 324
6. BNB 4508 602 349
7. MacRob 4467 554 390
FOUR HUNDRED POINTS
8. G&J 4345 569 512
9. Mike B 4205 672 652
10 Kathryn 4022 442 835
11 Jim 4015 566 842
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04/09: Texas See Big Scores
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Well Texas sure brought some big scores. However, with that said some teams managed to stumble and bumble away the weekend. Kathryn was the only team to eat the -25 Newman penalty, but she still managed to pull down over 600 points. Lucky Dogs is to be commended for taking a fly on Mark Martin in Group E while most everyone else took the McMurray ride. Those tasting the Jeff Gordon Kool-Aid really suffered this week.

So without further babble, the year to date standings followed by each teams TX score and points behind....

1. Mike 4261 721
2. Lucky Dogs 4147 690 114
3. Sunset 4067 546 194
4. REL 4050 634 211
5. MacRob 3913 702 348
6. BNB 3906 499 355
7. Neil 3866 625 395
FOUR HUNDRED POINT LINE
8. G&J 3776 527 485
9. Kathryn 3580 626 681
10 Mike B 3533 658 728
11 Jim 3449 457 812
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04/03: Martinsville In
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Short track madness scores all over the place.  G&J bounce back with a 692 point day while current points leader Mike held on by his finger nails with a dismal 479 point showing.  This mad Sunset Beach very happy after a slip-up last week helped knock them out of the top spot.

1. Mike 479 3540
2. Sunset 554 3521 19
3. Lucky Dogs 514 3457 83
4. REL 612 3416 124
5. BNB 619 3367 173
6. G&J 692 3249 291
7. Neil 651 3241 299
8. MacRob 602 3211 329
9. Jim 647 2992 548
10 Kathryn 537 2954 586
11 Mike B 560 2875 665
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03/23: Bristol Sees Two Teams Run Only Four Drivers.
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Two teams had some issues for the Bristol race.  G&J didn't make the Mark Martin change and ran only four drivers.  A family emergency trumped the change.  Then the new #1 team Sunset Beach (aka Paul) thought he would get Almirola who took over for Martin.  Nope you can only get a replacement driver if the primary is injured. 

Neil had a big day rounding up 583 points and jumping up two spots to seventh.  

Then Mike blasted his way to a 629 point race with his lowest driver Robby Gordon at 91 points moving into first with Sunset Beach's snafu.  But, Sunset Beach held on to second. 

Here are Bristol's race points.

 1. Mike 620
 2. Neil 583
 3. BNB 571
 4. Lucky Dogs 533
 5. MacRob 517
 6. Sunset Beach 506
 7. REL 500
 8. Jim 451
 9. G&J 446
10. Kathryn 393
11. Mike D. 391
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03/13: Sunset Beach Jumps to the top
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Third place Sunset Beach hopped over Luck Dogs and REL to take over the top spot after Atlanta. And Right behind him is Mike who moved from fourth to second. 

REL took a big fall dropping three spots, and Lucky Dogs slipped one. 

Please make sure to send all changes to the folks on this email. The Commish will be away from home base this weekend.

The teams Atlanta score

1. Sunset Beach (team44) 2461 716
2. Mike 2441 736
3. Lucky Dogs 2410 647
4. REL 2304 540
5. BNB 2177 652
6. G&J 2111 612
7. MacRob 2092 464
8. Kathryn 2024 551
9. Neil 2007 497
10 Mike D 1924 464
11 Jim 1894 497
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03/08: Viva Las Vegas
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Vegas results came in late due to Carl Edwards loss of 100 points.  This came as a blow to six teams, especially G&J, Jim, and Neil all who picked him up for the Vegas race. 

The results below include the penalty. 

REL 1764 646
Lucky Dogs 1763 729
Paul Team 44 1745 628
Mike 1705 674
MacRob 1628 640
BNB 1525 570
Neil 1510 655
G&J 1499 663
Kathryn 1473 538
Mike D 1460 512
Jim  1397 561
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02/29: Cali Results
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The following is year to date standing followed by the teams score for California.

Once again I failed to see any sign in the stands from our California contingent advertising the NCRL - come on guys!!!

1. REL 1218 595
2. Sunset 1117 605
3. Lucky D 1093 545
4. MacRob 1088 538
5. Mike 1031 360
6. Neil 955 457
7. Mike D 948 492
8. G&J 936 384
Jim 936 384
10 Kac 935 520
11 BNB 903 378
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02/19: Opps, Right Out of the Box
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Didn't take long after the first race we had a scoring snafu.  But, as always our ever diligent teams caught it and identified the error.  Thanks Sunset Beach.. 

The correct points..

1. Mike 671
2. REL 623
3. Jim 552
G&J 552
5. MacRob 550
6. Lucky Dogs 548
7. BNB 525
8. Sunset Beach 512
9. Neil 498
10 Mike D 456
11 Kathryn 415
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02/18: Toyota Strong for Mike
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First race is out of the box and the Toyota boys helped give mike a nice bump.  But, hey its only one race. 

Also, a big thanks to Greg from team G&J who came up with a nice spreadsheet for the points. This is especially thankful from the Commissioner. 

And now the results. 

1. Mike 696 - his lowest scorer was Mikie Waltrip at 86.
2. REL 638 - lowest scorer was Jimmy Johnson
3. Jim 577
G&J 577
5. MacRob 570
6. B. Lucky Dogs 563
7. BNB 550
8. Team 44 522
9. Neil 518
10 Mike D 471
11 Kathryn 425
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02/07: Fewer Teams for '08
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Unless some new teams show up for the '08 NCRL season it appears that we may be down three teams.  Sammi on of the early teams has indicted that she will miss the '08 run.  Team Lalu, one of the originals is very iffy, and Team Swollen who was also an original and then made a return will not be playing this year. 

That sets the filed at 12 currently.  But, of note a number of others have not checked in as yet. 
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01/27: Many NASCAR Changes Greet NCRL Teams
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As we approach 2008 it is wisely recommended that team ensure they check out the new rosters for Cup teams.  There have been a number of changes and a number of drivers who wont be in a ride at the start of the new Spring Cup session. 

The new segment list is up on the segment page, as is a list of the announced Cup drivers on the Cup Drivers page. 
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11/25: And its Over, G&J are the 2007 NCRL Champions
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G&J roll into the NCRL Championship 308 points ahead of second place MacRob. MacRob who were stuck in the middle of the pack during the early going came back strong to place in the money again. 

Jim Slipped from sitting in second to third and Mike D. bumped Mike out of the fourth slot to finish in the last money spot. 

For Mike a strong start dissolved with penalties and drivers crashing in the final races. 

It was a good year with a lot of movement, we look forward to another crazy season in '08 with new teams and new cars.. 

Final results for Phoenix and Homestead

1. G&J 21450 615 552
2. MacRob 21142 692 659
3. Jim 21013 655 528
4. Mike D 20652 646 655
5. Mike 20531 500 529
6. Team 44 20489 609 576
7. REL 20404 710 489
8. Bob 20330 663 585
9. Mamas Boys 20014 626 489
10 Sammi 19968 556 434
11 Race Stax 19843 638 508
12 Swollen 19100 536 466
13 Kathryn 18953 626 621
14 Neil 18876 497 508
15 Lalus 17682 399 395