Dave_in_Indy comes up with the right combination for a
controversial win in the Great Canadian Trifecta. The initial results of the Grand Prix showed
Tezgm99’s pick Massa finishing in
12th place but because of the disqualification he landed in 21st. Trifecta officials have decided to standby
the F1 ruling, giving the win to Dave_in_Indy by the smallest margin to date.
Dave had a rough go of it in the first two races on the
schedule and found him self in last place in the tightest field of contestants
yet. Only 17 points separated all 6 who
were led by photogr (always a strong runner in the first 2) and williamwilman
(surprisingly enough).
The final race, the rain shortened Nextel cup Pocono event,
coupled with the harsh reality that is the F1 rules proved to be what Dave
would need to take this weeks Trifecta. Congratulations goes out to Dave_in_Indy who
writes a blog called “A Partially Able Mind”.
It is a collage of interesting takes on the sports he enjoys including
open wheel racing. His articles leading
up to the Indianapolis 500 were
insightful.
Your final results are
Dave_in_Indy--------------27
JayJayDean-----------------28
Tezgm99--------------------28 (a tough ruling by the judges)
14Falcons-------------------37
williamwilman-------------40
photogr----------------------47
With 36 cars on the lead lap JayJayDean edges out Tezgm99
for second spot (just to rub salt in the wounds). williamwilman was the closest with 32.
I would like to tie up a few loose ends. First of all, “your welcome” to everyone who
keeps saying “thank you” for running this little pool. I just wanted to let you know I enjoy it as
much as you all do.
Second Canadiens is spelled that way because they are
located in the province Quebec
which is French speaking and spelling.
Lastly the points system.
Now I wanted to devise something fair for all and didn’t require perfect
attendance. Not all races have the same
number of cars so I am going to give each player a percentage based on the
place cars finished in their respective races. I don’t want to make it too
confusing (it may be too late for that).
So here are the standings after 3 weeks
JayJayDean -----27.44
14Falcons-------29.43
photogr-----------29.64
Tezgm99--------30.93
IowaGirl---------35.68
Dave_in_Indy—44.86
williamwilman-46.61
volfan69--------62.34
SouthernCindi-67.55
I will be posting the Fathers day Trifecta at about 10:00pm ET on Thursday. Hopefully it doesn’t get
to buried in all the Jr. talk.
meh, nothing much can be done about it....except to clip Felipe (and Giancarlo) around the ears for being colourblind, lol
Lewis will probably make it 2 in a row this weekend....Fred goes rubbish at Indy for some reason and Ferrari seem more intent to focus on the whole 'Michael is here' thing instead of the race itself.
Hey. this sound good for the combo so far. I thought I shot my self in the foot posting Johnson for a win the last two weeks.. Yep I still got a chance.. What are the races for this week William?? Thanks for making this interesting...
WE have to give Tez a penalty.. He is a day ahead of us so he gets to see who wins before we do..( Just kidding)..
I wondered about the weighting towards NASCAR. But I felt that since most people here know it better that it was fair enough. However, I like your weighting too.
Woo hoo! The points race is on. All I can say is Jay Jay ain't close to being my grandmother. ;)
Last weekend was a toss-up, with all of the odd finishes. Only the F1 race was a straight-up win. Wish I hadn't missed the second weekend of the trifecta ... might be in the hunt.
jjd you can have him again this weekend. they say he could be going again. that is unreal. i watch that crash again and am just floored. i've had more injury than a headache and sprained ankle when i wake up in the morning.
Dave_in_Indy were you suprised that you were claimed the victor? also i wanted you to know i didn't include your schuey pick from memorial day weekend in your average. your still in the hunt don't give up.
falco a cup or busch win is the best way to up your average, infact a second is almost equal to a F1 win and more than the win in irl's texas race. but would you believe for how "predictable" the cup races are our collective best finish is 4th. thats with a total of 19 different picks over 3 races.
Tez i can't imagine the crazy sched you would have to keep to see races. what time is the f1 race on when they are in europe?
photogr you gotta take it easy on tez. he was dealt a serios blow with his first trifecta title being striped
Europe races are on midnight, Sunday for me, william.
We all await with fainted breath what crazy ideas you do for this weekend too; penalties last time for picking the same driver (which no one did in the end, lol)
And my morale got a big boost last night after my boys retained the State of Origin title for another year; QUEENSLANDER! :P
i imagine the gp will be on the card as well as the cup race(as always) still trying to decide on the last one. any ideas? what would be "fatherly"? probably the busch race in kentucky. we'll see. i have a good idea for the french gp weekend already so we will be going for a little while here hopefully.
europe's races start at 7:00 am here usually. but that is sunday morning. you have to stay up till what like 3:00am and then go to work, eh
Last edited by williamwilman on June 13th at 6:43 PM.
Nah, I just tape the F1, get up to reset the tape for NASCAR then watch them when I get home. So late Monday nights for me instead.
The best part is that all I have to avoid is the F1 result....no radio stations do NASCAR as it's seen very much as a minority sport here. I'm not complaining since I don't have to worry about them ruining the results for me, lol
Congratulatio ns to Dave_in_Indy winning the Great Canadian Trifecta on June 10 2007. His blog "A Partially Able Mind" is a collage of sports info and a must for anyone interested in the Indianapolis 500 or the IRL. Congratulatio ns to JayJayDean, winner of the 2007 MonsterMile Trifecta on June 05, 2007. He has a great blog analyzing NASCAR's points system called JJD's NASCAR and other stuff blog. Congrats need to go out to 14Falcons, the 2007 winner of the Memorial Day weekend Trifecta. Every race fan needs to check out his blog, Kierkegaard's Stages. As for me, i am just another racing fan, from Canada, with opinions like every one else. other than racing i love Dave Matthews Band, playing guitar and all sports in general. favorite drivers include Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, and Dale Jarret. favorite sports teams are Toronto Raptors, Montreal Canadiens, Notre-dame football, Chicago Bears, Syracuse basketball.
