Congratulations to 'both '44070dart' (FABO) and 'memike' (FABO) for correctly picking #12 Ryan Blaney to win the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. They each picked up -5 bonus points.
'44070dart' (FABO) hit the "Pick 'Em" exacta by also correctly picking the race runner-up, #9 Chase Elliott.
Congrats to '44070dart (FABO), 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'LocuMob' (FABO) and 'Yunick13' (FABO) for also correctly picking the race runner-up. They each picked up -3 bonus points.
'44070dart' (FABO) had the low net score of the week honors with -9.5 points.
#9 Chase Elliott was the race leader at the end of the first stage, #24 William Byron Bell was in 2nd.
#6 Brad Keselowski was the race leader at the end of second stage, #12 Ryan Blaney was in 2nd.
Here are the game standings following the ninth race of the playoffs, the 2024 Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA:
Yunick13 (FABO) 314.0 P9 9 24 (S1-3) 2 6 -3 312.0
cuda20 (FABO) 364.5 LP5 L5 L11 3 5 368.5
Alsant (FBBO) 360.5 LP20 L5 L20 3 22 373.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 382.0 P9 5 24 (S1-1) 3 6 385.5
ocdart (FABO) 386.5 LP20 L5 L24 (S1-1) 3 6 390.0
Back in Time (FABO) 402.5 P9 19 9 (S1-2) 24 2 -3 410.5
memike (FABO) 448.5 P19 -1 11 12 (S2-1) 5 1 -5 444.5
44070dart (FABO) 480.5 P5 L9 12 (S1-2)(S2-1) 2 1 -5 -3 471.0
LocuMob (FABO) 494.0 LP5 L9 L19 (S1-2) 2 24 -3 502.0
Sublime one (FABO) 476.0 LP5 L8 L11 28 5 507.5
riverdawg (FBBO) 549.5 LP19 -1 L19 L23 24 18 569.5
As a reminder here's a quick explanation of what the above numbers represent:
(your score before the race) (your Pole pick car #) (Pole winner bonus point) (race pick car #) (race pick car #) (Stage 1 bonus points) (Stage 2 bonus points) (race pick finish position) (race pick finish position) (race winner/runner-up bonus points) (your score after the race)
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Good luck all!
Been a tough year in a lot of ways, but we're all here. I think there's going to be massive fines to several people from yesterday's race. The #'s 23,1,3 should get some "nobody better ever do this again" type money fines. Seen this **** in F-1 and fines can exceed a million dollars. Last year two teams were fined a total of more than a million. NASCAR needs to come down hard, after this clown show. Also, I thought the wall rule said, you cannot improve your position by riding the wall. I don't think the #1 car improved his position after the #23 pass, ?? I could be wrong, I do it all the time. 
