Boy, these races come fast, don't they!

1. I will divide the ICS field into four groups, ordered (from best to worst) A, B, C, and D (and E and F for Indianapolis only). These groups will be determined by a combination of points, subjective observations, questionable analysis, shaky conclusions, and random guessing. They may (and will) change throughout the season as drivers do, but I will not attempt to separate oval and road course performance and groups.
2. Everyone who wants to play must select one driver per group per race (well, you don't have to do every race, or every group for that matter, but both are highly recommended!). The only restriction is that you cannot choose the same driver for two consecutive races. This applies even if I switch the groups around and you end up quite restricted in one group.
3. Points are quite simple: your points are the same as the combined ICS points for all four of your drivers. Highest at the end of the season may win a small prize.
NEW 4. Any tie will be broken in the favor of the competitor who scored the most points out of everyone in the most races. If that is also tied, the tiebreaker will be for the competitor with the most 2nds, 3rds, etc. If that is somehow also tied, the competitor with the highest single-race score will prevail.
5. Picks are due when qualifying starts. However, each competitor may, once during the season, submit their picks late (any time before the start of the pace laps). This will be tracked and can be found along with the results.
6. Rules are subject to change without notice!

And the pools... Three drivers have dropped out for this week, so...

EDIT 8/5: Moraes out-any picks for him will be counted as his replacement, unless changed... Servia confirmed
EDIT 8/6: Doornbos added
EDIT 8/7: Tracy in... but he's in Group D... Argh, it's too late to change it >_>
Group A
D. Franchitti
R. Briscoe
S. Dixon
D. Patrick
H. Castroneves

Group B
J. Wilson
M. Andretti
D. Wheldon
T. Kanaan
G. Rahal

Group C
H. Mutoh
E. Carpenter
R. Hunter-Reay
R. Matos
O. Servia
R. Doornbos

Group D
R. Antinucci
M. Duno
M. Conway
E. Viso
P. Tracy

Good luck, everyone!

A: Briscoe
B: Wilson
C: Hunter-Reay
D: Conway >>> change to Tracy (see post #26)

Shouldn't Patrick be in group D, based on her past performances there?

My home track so I will play this week.

A: Briscoe
B: Rahal
C: Servia (06 Newman-Haas-Lanigan)
D: Conway

A. Briscoe
B. Wilson
C. Hunter Reay
D. Moreas

A: Briscoe
B: Rahal
C: Servia (06 Newman-Haas-Lanigan)
D: Moraes

f1racefan1966 - 04 August 2009 05:54 PM

Shouldn't Patrick be in group D, based on her past performances there?

They're based off of overall performance-like I say in the rules, I don't attempt to take into account oval/road course differences, etc. If I did, I would be essentially trying to predict myself how all the drivers would do, and that's not the point...

Thanks for playing!

Group A - Briscoe
Group B - Wilson
Group C - Matos
Group D - Moraes

Group A - Franchitti
Group B - Wilson
Group C - Servia
Group D - Viso

A. Briscoe
B. J Will
C. Hunter-Reay
D. Tracy
EDIT.... swapped Briscoe for Dixon since I had him last week and since quals haven't started I'm swapping Tracy for Conway

Brown Rhino - 04 August 2009 10:04 PM

A: Briscoe
B: Rahal
C: Servia (06 Newman-Haas-Lanigan)
D: Moraes

Since Moraes is out due to unfortunate cicumstances.

D: Conway

Franchitti, Wheldon, Servia, kv racing #5