*RESULTS POSTED* 2020 SRD Pick'em Series - Round 34: Texas

[NAlt4]

NXS WINNER: Austin Cindric

Truck Winner: Zane Smith

CUP TOP5
1: Kevin Harvick
2: Denny Hamlin
3: Joey Logano
4: Chase Elliott
5: Kurt Busch

 

[Brandon Miller]

[NGROTS] 2020 SpeedyCash.com 400(k) at Texas Winner: Sheldon Creed

[NCS] 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Top 5:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Chase Elliott
3. Kyle Busch
4. Joey Logano
5. Alex Bowman

 

[Ryan597]

[NGROTS] 2020 SpeedyCash.com 400(k) at Texas Winner: Austin Hill

[NCS] 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Top 5:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Brad Keselowski
3. Joey Logano
4. Martin Truex Jr.
5. Kyle Busch

 

[Harry Nurpplez]

[NGROTS] 2020 SpeedyCash.com 400(k) at Texas Winner: Brett Moffitt

[NCS] 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Top 5:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Brad Keselowski
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Chase Elliott
5. Erik Jones

 

[MonkeyWrenCh]

[NGROTS] 2020 SpeedyCash.com 400(k) at Texas Winner: Austin Hill

 

[timoteo328]

NGROTS] 2020 SpeedyCash.com 400(k) at Texas Winner: Sheldon Creed

[NCS] 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Top 5:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Chase Elliott
4. Joey Logano
5. Brad Keselowski

 

[starscream24]

[NCS] 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Top 5:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Ryan Blaney
4. Chase Elliott
5. Brad Keselowski

 

[4WideRacing]

[NGROTS] 2020 SpeedyCash.com 400(k) at Texas Winner: Brett Moffitt

[NCS] 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Top 5:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Alex Bowman
3. Erik Jones
4. Joey Logano
5. Ryan Blaney

 

[HJimenez42]

[NXS] 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Winner: Missed

[NGROTS] 2020 SpeedyCash.com 400(k) at Texas Winner: Sheldon Creed

[NCS] 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Top 5:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Chase Elliott
4. Kyle Busch
5. Ryan Blaney

 

[MonkeyWrenCh]

[NCS] 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Top 5:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Brad Keselowski
4. Chase Elliott
5. Erik Jones

 

[DannyM]

1. Kevin Harvick
2. Joey Logano
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Chase Elliott
5. Ryan Blaney

 

[BrendonH12]

Twenty-nine members of the Sim Racing Design community submitted picks for the events at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend over the last couple of days. Scoring was pretty decent, with all members scoring well over 100 points! However, only our winner was able to break the 200-point barrier. We also have a tie once again in our top 5 - this time for the fifth position! So before we get into the specifics of the results, let's meet our "Sensational Six" who competed for the wet and wild win at Texas (in A-Z order):

Brandon Miller
Hendrick9Fan
HJimenez42
NascarRyan24
Ryan597
Tim2488

Just one participating member of this year's SRD Playoffs - @Ryan597 - managed to make the cut for our "Sensational Six" this week. That means there's a very high chance that we will see an upset winner this week - just like good ol' Kryle Busch yesterday... So, who was able to pull off the long-awaited win in the Lone Star State? Well, without further delay, please join me in congratulating Playoff spoiler, @Hendrick9Fan, on taking home the checkers! He crashes the party with his score of 201 points! Second place belongs to @Ryan597, who just missed out on punching his ticket into the next and final Championship Round at Phoenix with his score of 195 points. Third place goes to SRD Pick'em Series Sunoco ROTY contender, @NascarRyan24, who finished with a score of 184 points! Finishing fourth is @Brandon Miller, who was able to net 178 points at Texas! And finishing in a tie for fifth place are @HJimenez42 and @Tim2488, who scored 176 points each!

2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Full Results, brought to you by @MattSRD28:

(peep that last place-finisher lol)

So, (finally) leaving Texas, we know for a fact that one member is heading to Phoenix with a shot at the Championship. That member, of course, is @2448fan4life, who won last week at Kansas. But as we mentioned last week, @Johnnyk1990 is a virtual lock to make it into the final Championship Round of 4, and after very strong runs in the first two races of this Round of 8, @Ryan597 is also on track to make a run for 'chip! So, with virtually three spots on lock, that means there is virtually one spot up for grabs this week at Martinsville! It's pretty tight amongst our other five remaining Playoff contenders, so this battle is seemingly going to come down to the wire!

So with that being said, please join me in wishing the best of luck to @Gwen Cole, @timoteo328, @HakaBaka, @MonkeyWrenCh, and @NAlt4 this week!

Now, let's take a look at the full 2020 Season Standings as of Race #34, brought to you by @MattSRD28:

And a closer look at our Playoff Battle...

And an updated lowest scores list for our Playoff-making and non-Playoff-making members following the events at Texas...

And finally, let's take a look at our 2020 Sunoco Rookie of the Year Battle! Texas was another rough one for our rookie contenders... This week, @NascarRyan24 takes home the title of top-finishing rookie via his awesome third place finish! Congrats, Ryan! As well, @HakaBaka continues to own the competition and is probably rehearsing his acceptance speech right now for his ROTY award he will be receiving once the dust settles in Phoenix in a couple of weeks!

Let's take a look now at the 2020 Sunoco Rookie of the Year Standings as of Race #34:

And that does it for our race recap of Round #34 of the 2020 SRD Pick'em Series season and race #2 of the Round of 8! We hope y'all had fun splashing in the puddles at Texas and are ready to continue to compete for wins, and for our Playoff contenders, a chance to advance further in the Playoffs, and ultimately, take home that Championship trophy!

This week, NASCAR and the SRD Pick'em Series heads to Martinsville for Cup, Truck, and XFINITY Series action from the .5 mile oval! The Martinsville thread will be up shortly, so don't forget to submit your very best picks, and maybe find yourself heading into the Championship Round of 4!

Thanks for playing and see y'all in VA!

 

[NascarRyan24]

Let's Goooooo!!! Congrats to @Hendrick9Fan on the win and looking forward to Martinsville...