(player) David H.

(second place) Jeff Burton

(third place) Geoffrey Bodine

(fourth place) Dale Jarrett

(surprise) Joe Nemechek

(DNF) Dale Earnhardt

(testking) VIctory is mine.

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(player) Mom

(first place) Jeremy Mayfield

(fourth place) Tony Stewart

(fifth place) Ken Schrader

(surprise) Ricky Craven

(DNF) Dale Earnhardt

(testking) took this long to figure out how to send picks without crashing the system. I need more points to utterly whip up on my roomate's picks for the year.

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(player) William P.

(first place) Mark Martin

(second place) Ernie Irvan

(fourth place) Bill Elliott

(fifth place) Jeremy Mayfield

(surprise) Chad Little

(DNF) Sterling Marlin

(testking) Yeah, what's up with Neil waiting 4 months to tell us when he's getting married. What are we, 2000 flushes? I think we need links to the Cathy homepage from here. Can't get enough of her crying and screaming. Long live NASCAR the south will rise again. Even though I'm living in the big apple. Take a bit out of crime. Tinky Winky lives.... Hail Ming! Down with Flash...Uhh Uhh Gordon..

+5 for comments. Neil somehow managed not to tell us for four months that he was engaged. He claims that he thought he told us, but he didn't. That thing about 2000 flushes had me rolling. The joke about the awful cartoon "Cathy" was the icing on the cake. And nice tie-in with Flash Gordon.

(player) Sharon H.

(first place) Tony Stewart

(second place) Dale Earnhardt

(third place) Rusty Wallace

(fourth place) Buckshot Jones

(surprise) Bill Elliott

(DNF) Ernie Irvan

(testking) As much as I support ole Ernie's team, being the sugar fiend that I am, I had to go with him as my DNF. I'm not sure if that candy coating can hold up this week. I also have to confess to a curiosity as to how authentic the M & M car is. Will the paint melt in the pits, not on the track? Is there rich milk chocolate under the hood? Enquiring minds want to know!

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(player) Neil W.

(second place) Terry Labonte

(third place) Rusty Wallace

(fourth place) Ernie Irvan

(fifth place) Sterling Marlin

(surprise) Dick Trickle

(testking) I've been reading how-to books on picking NASCAR races, so whatch out you amateurs! Sandro, any piece of NASCAR paraphenelia you want that can only be found in Thunder Allley: the NASCAR Superstore? We got one here, and I'm just itching for an excuse to go inside truth be told, I'm embarrassed to be seen going inside.

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*Tough break, Neil. Sadler was a great DNF pick, and he did, in fact, get into a massive wreck. Unfortunately for you, however, they taped together the engine and he kept going. I ain't joking about taping - there was no hood or right-front section on that car. Just a radiator running around the track.

(player) Kevin K.

(second place) Dale Jarrett

(fourth place) Ken Schrader

(fifth place) Terry Labonte

(surprise) Ken Schrader

(DNF) Rusty Wallace

(testking)

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Since the race is being held in Vegas, I'm relying on everything I learned from Elvis Aron Prelsey -- the star of racing films such as "Spinout," "Speedway," and of course "Viva Las Vegas."  

In the 1960 western "Flaming Star," Elvis played a cowboy named Pacer Burton -- so I've got tobelieve that Jeff Burton will set the pace here. As he showed in 1964's "Kissin' Cousins," the King appreciated the strength of kinfolk, so I'm placing both Labonte boys in the top five. And at least three members of the "Memphis Mafia" were named Dale, so Jarrett's in. And I'm pretty sure that Ken Schrader was the the veternarian who prescribed Elvis those horse tranquilizers in the mid-70s. But don't hold me to that. 

As for the DNF pick, my heart says Mike "Ignorance is" Bliss, but he's not one of the available choices. So I'll stick with the King's career. In the horrible 1965 film "Girl Happy," Elvis played a guy named Rusty Wells who couldn't get anything done. So I'll say Rusty Wallace won't finish the race here.

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+5 for comments. You got to give it up for the volume. On top of that, I've never seen Elvis so perfectly attached to NASCAR. You could submit these comments to Rolling Stone. I love it.

(player) Chris G.

(third place) Jeremy Mayfield

(fourth place) Mark Martin

(fifth place) Geoffrey Bodine

(surprise) Wally Dallenbach

(DNF) Terry Labonte

(testking) This week I will look out for Dale Jarrett hitting the wall hard at some point. Watch out for Dale Earnhardt, no one's talking about him but he hasn't slip much.

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(player) Tim S.

(first place) Dale Earnhardt

(second place) Dale Jarrett

(fourth place) Mark Martin

(fifth place) Jeremy Mayfield

(surprise) Bill Elliott

(DNF) Kyle Petty

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(player) Sandro

(first place) Dale Jarrett

(second place) Mark Martin

(third place) Jeremy Mayfield

(surprise) Ken Schrader

(DNF) Chad Little

(testking) This week was tough for making picks. I like lots of drivers in LV hard to narrow it down to five drivers.

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Nathan S. had some computer malfunctions when he tried to submit his picks. Here's what he had to say. Please let me know if any of y'all encounter the same problem:

I just tried to send you my picks for this week, and I got the

following error:

Error!

The member name specified in this form is invalid.

Unfortunately this form is invalid until the page creator corrects the

problem.

Here are my picks, cause I made some gooduns:

SECOND Dale "The Contender" Jarrett

FOURTH Mark "Anyone but Gordon" Martin

FIFTH Dale "Give in to the Dark Side" Earnhardt

SURPRISE Mike "Holy crap! I'm #1" Skinner

DNF Joe "I think there's a wreck up here somewhere" Nemecheck

COMMENTS:

I would hereby like to announce that I have become an official fan of Jeff Gordon. Yes, he is exciting to watch, and yes, he wins more races than anyone else, but that's not why I love the guy. You see, The Force is with Jeff Gordon. It's almost as if Ben Kenobi speaks into his ear every race, convincing him to turn off his targeting computer while getting four fresh tires. We will see Gordon's connection to The Force at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. He'll be driving the first car powered by Twin Ion Engines. You're still not scared of Jeff "The Phantom Menace" Gordon? You will be. You will be.

+5 for comments. I don't know where to start telling how great these comments are. First of all, he's pushing the postmodern envelope by giving his picks funny middle names. He's spoofing them, he's spoofing me, it's great. Then he hits us with the Gordon - Star Wars stuff. Important info for every fan. He gets in some good Star Wars references, then he tops it all off with an awesome quote from Yoda. Sweet!

My parents had their usual computer problems. Mom got her picks in normally, but she had to email me my dad's picks. Here they are.

Can't send Tom's because of crashing, but he called from NY tonight

withe the following picks:

1-jarret.

2-terry L.

6- bill elliot.

dnf ernie irvan.

Sean "Frenchy" F. also had trouble with my web page. Y'all let me know if it happens to you, too. Here's his picks.

Sandro-

I just sent you my picks from your website but it gave me an error so let me know if you got them. Here they are in case you didn't:

1. Martin

3. Jarret

4. J. Benson

5. Mayfield

surprise: Chad Little

dnf: steve park