MY SEASON

All of my notes for the Championship races at Phoenix are in the three posts below this one. For this one, I just wanted to take a few minutes to let you all know how my season long leagues have gone.

• I'm in the Championship Four in a private DK league run by @JoeSchroe85. The format is very similar to the actual Cup Series with weekly contests and a 16 person Playoff format that mirrors the Cup Series with the bottom four eliminated after each 3-race round. I've been solid throughout and had two weekly wins during the Playoffs to help me reach the Finals. It's my first year in this league and there's a lot of really good players in it, so I'm really pleased (and surprised) how well it has gone. Will let you know how the Finals turn out.
• I'm also in the Championship Four in a pick'em league run by Brandon Croud, who hosts the Lapped Traffic Podcast (@lappedtrafficpc). What I love about this league is that it incorporates all three series -- Trucks, Xfinity and Cup. You pick one driver from each series for each race and earn the points that driver earns for that race. It also has a 10-week Playoff for the Top 16 people with eliminations after each 3-race round. I had a pretty big cushion coming into Martinsville, but still almost got bounced because I had John Hunter Nemechek and Denny Hamlin. Luckily, I was able to hold on to the 4th spot in the Finals and I've got Zane Smith, Austin Cindric and Kyle Larson going for me this week. I have already used Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott and Martin Truex in the Playoffs, so the league rules prohibit me from using them this week even if I wanted to. I'm really psyched to be in the Finals here because he had over 125 people who entered this contest. This league is generally open to new participants each year and I'd encourage you to check it (and the podcast) out at www.thelappedtrafficpodcast.com. 
  • ​​SATURDAY UPDATE - Two of us had Zane Smith and we're +7 over the other two who had J.H. Nemechek. So it's close heading into Saturday. We all have Larson Sunday, so we'll know the final order after the Xfinity Series race.
• Lastly, I'm in a season long DK points league run by @Larkin8. We've got a DK contest for each Cup race and we just see who accrues the most points over the course of the entire season. There are 77 entries in this one and I'm sitting 6th heading into the final week. Realistically, I'll likely finish somewhere between 4th-8th. Again, very pleased with this one because it's a real test to stay strong each and every week. There are some really, really good DFS players in this league as well.