I’m in again this year as Robot Chicken Racing, hoping to do better than last year’s 12th out of 12. (I’m the 11th to join, so if no one else joins I’m guarenteed to do beter than 12th.)
I’m in. Didn’t do too well last year, though. Hopefully I now understand the rules a bit better.
Outstanding. Welcome aboard!
I’m in; I’m trying to learn to like Nascar and maybe this will help.
Tazmanian Devil’s Pit Crew ready for action!
I’m in, as a relatively new NASCAR fan.
That gets the league up to 16 participants, which I believe is the largest number of players in all the SDMB NASCAR leagues so far.
It would seem a ‘woo hoo’ is in order.
the more the merrier
OK, I’m in. I started a group and I’ll put that on hold for now.
I took too long and didn’t see this thread till after I started a group.
I think I’ll try to delete that group and join this one.
Good to see ya again, Uncommon.
OK, apparently I made so much noise about the league last year that my (Inernet-savvy) father now wants to join, and I can’t really think of a plausible reason not to invite him. He wants to have something for him and me to talk about when there’s no football, and I can’t deny him that.
However…
Having posted some uncomfortable things on the Dope about my family and personal life (but not about him) in the past, I’d appreciate it if folks would keep talk of the Dope to a minimum on the Yahoo! board.
(If anyone has a suggestion of a better way to deal with this, I’m all ears. It will be tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon before I answer his e-mail.)
No prob. I promise not to mention goats, squid or sheep, and certainly not in the same sentence.
Anyway, most of the teams don’t clearly indicate who’s who on the Dope.
Seriously, though, I’ve also invited my brother in, and I plan to be a bit discreet for the same reasons.
Yeah, and my team (Da StraightDopers) will be a reference to the performance enhancing drug phenomena making the circles in sports these days.
I also went ahead and changed my Team name to Slowleak, Inc.
Thanks, Uncommon Sense. Loks like Dad’s already joined, with a team called “Take No Prisoners.” This is odd; feels like I’m “crossing the streams.”
So when does the weekly deadline pass so we can see who everyone picked for drivers?
Normally, you can see the other teams’ drivers on the day of qualifying, once the deadline for driver selection has passed. For the Daytona 500, however, I believe the eight drivers on one’s team can be selected right up to five minutes before race time, so presumably you won’t be able to see the other teams’ drivers until then.
Excellent. Thanks for the answer. Can’t wait to smoke you all on Sunday!
The Hardened Arteries are ready to go.
Nineteen players in the league with about 15 hours to race time. Good luck, everyone who’ll be fighting for second after me… 