That was a looong race day...
...and after all of that, nobody picked the 2021 Daytona 500 race winner, #34 Michael McDowell. so no race winner bonus points this week.
Congratulations to '44070dart' (FABO), 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for correctly picking the race runner-up, #9 Chase Elliott, and grabbing the -3 runner-up bonus points this week.
#11 Denny Hamlin was the race leader at the end of Stage 1, #37 Ryan Preece was in 2nd.
#11 Denny Hamlin was the race leader at the end of Stage 2, #4 Kevin Harvick was in 2nd.
Here are the game standings following the 2021 Daytona 500:
Back in Time (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 9 11 (S1-2) (S2-2) 2 5 -3 -3.5
ocdart (FABO) 0.0 P11 9 11 (S1-2) (S2-2) 2 5 -3 -3.5
Sublime one (FABO) 0.0 LP22 L11 L4 (S1-2) (S2-3) 5 4 -0.5
44070dart (FABO) (no Pole pick) 0.0 5 9 10 2 -3 3.0
Yunick13 (FABO) P9 11 L22 (S1-2) 5 12 4.5
cuda20 (FABO) 0.0 P12 11 18 (S1-2) (S2-2) 5 14 5.5
Snake (FABO) 0.0 P18 L18 L11 (S1-2) (S2-2) 14 5 5.5
ddpsnake (FBBO) 0.0 P18 L18 L4 (S2-1) 14 4 8.0
Avispa (FABO) 0.0 P12 5 23 10 17 13.5
LocuMob (FABO) 0.0 P22 53 2 20 13 16.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 0.0 P18 L19 L18 25 14 19.5
riverdawg (FBBO) 0.0 LP9 L19 L10 25 34 29.5
Welcome to our new "Pick 'Em" game players (Sublime one and LocuMob) and returning player from 2019 (ddpsnake). 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)
Please let me know if I show either your Pole or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.
Please post your picks for the next race and let me know if you want to "lock" them in for future weeks. I will put an "L" before either your Pole pick or your race picks to show they've been "locked".
As always, you can always make different picks each week. Your "locked" picks will always be there should you forget to post your race picks, your computer malfunctions or the site should go down temporarily.
Don't forget to get your picks for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 at Daytona from the Road Course at Daytona International Speedway posted before the green flag drops at approximately 3:15 PM EST (12:15 PM PST) on Sunday, February 21st.