2024/2025 Decathlon: Event Summary: Racing
Status: Completed
RULES: RACING
Racing is 4 events - 2 horse races and 2 auto races. Q1: Kentucky Derby The women wear fancy hats and the drink of choice is a $17 mint julep that makes your stadium bud light look like a good deal. 20 horses are available and seeded. Choose 5 horses which add up to no more than 25 seed points. For example, you could choose horses with seed values of 11-11-1-1-1 (25 pts) or 11-8-3-1-1 (24 pts), but not horses with seed values of 8-8-6-3-1 (26 pts). You are responsible for knowing which horses are scratched from the race. Seeds are based off the initial odds posted here Picks will stay open until just before post time ~12n Pacific Sat 5/7. Points: 1st place... 100 points 2nd place... 80 points 3rd place... 65 points 4th place... 50 points 5th place... 40 points 6th place... 25 points 7th thru 10th place... 10 points 11th place or worse... 0 points Q2: Preakness Nobody really knows where Pimlico is, altho it sounds like maybe there's a wormhole in Maryland just off Hwy83 that dumps you into New Jersey. Just 14 horses are available and seeded. Choose 3 horses which add up to 17 or fewer seed points. Note that only the top 7 finishers will earn points (not the top 10) You are responsible for knowing which horses are scratched from the race. Seeds are based off the initial odds posted here Points: 1st place... 100 points 2nd place... 80 points 3rd place... 65 points 4th place... 50 points 5th place... 40 points 6th place... 25 points 7th place... 10 points Q3: Indy 500 Who earns the milk mustache at the Brickyard? 33 racers are available and seeded according to pole position. Choose 5 which add up to 60 or more seed points. Points: 1st...150 pts 2nd...125 3rd...115 4th...100 5th....90 6th....75 7th....70 increment down by 5 pts per place 19th...10 20th....5 21st and worse get 0 pts Q4: Daytona 500 Daytona - where they no longer race on the beach, tobacco ain't the sponsor, and the girls wear full nomex instead of bikinis... and yet, people care. 43 racers are available and seeded according to pole position. Choose 5 which add up to 60 or more seed points. Points: 1st...150 pts 2nd...125 3rd...115 4th...100 5th....90 6th....75 7th....70 increment down by 5 pts per place 19th...10 20th....5 21st and worse get 0 pts Picks lock at the starting gun: Feb 24, 10a Pacific |
POINT RECAP: RACING
Kentucky Derby |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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Optimizer (1) | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Rousing Sermon (1) | 43 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
Trinniberg (1) | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Done Talking (1) | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Liaison (1) | 26 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
Daddy Long Legs (2) | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Prospective (2) | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Sabercat (2) | 68 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Went The Day Well (4) | 41 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
El Padrino (4) | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Take Charge Indy (5) | 84 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Daddy Nose Best (5) | 73 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
Alpha (5) | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Creative Cause (6) | 105 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
I'll Have Another (6) | 53 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
Dullahan (8) | 49 | 65 | 65 | ||||||
Hansen (8) | 27 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
Bodemiester (11) | 63 | 80 | 80 | ||||||
Union Rags (11) | 71 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
Gemologist (11) | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Preakness |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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Pretension (1) | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Tiger Walk (1) | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Optimizer (1) | 62 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
Cozzetti (1) | 41 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
Daddy Nose Best (4) | 102 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Teeth of the Dog (4) | 46 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
Zetterholm (4) | 16 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
Went The Day Well (8) | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Creative Cause (8) | 63 | 65 | 65 | ||||||
Bodemeister (10) | 127 | 80 | 80 | ||||||
I'll Have Another (10) | 14 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
Indy 500 |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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Ryan Briscoe (1) | 52 | 90 | 90 | ||||||
James Hinchcliffe (2) | 17 | 75 | 75 | ||||||
Ryan Hunter-Reay (3) | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Marco Andretti (4) | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Will Power (5) | 99 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Helio Castroneves (6) | 143 | 55 | 55 | ||||||
Josef Newgarden (7) | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Tony Kanaan (8) | 46 | 115 | 115 | ||||||
E.J. Viso (9) | 2 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
Rubens Barrichello (10) | 11 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
Alex Tagliani (11) | 8 | 45 | 45 | ||||||
Graham Rahal (12) | 23 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
Ana Beatriz (13) | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Charlie Kimball (14) | 4 | 65 | 65 | ||||||
Scott Dixon (15) | 114 | 125 | 125 | ||||||
Dario Franchitti (16) | 131 | 150 | 150 | ||||||
James Jakes (17) | 4 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
JR Hildebrand (18) | 79 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
Takuma Sato (19) | 14 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
Townsend Bell (20) | 23 | 60 | 60 | ||||||
Justin Wilson (21) | 15 | 70 | 70 | ||||||
Michel Jourdain Jr. (22) | 13 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
Simon Pagenaud (23) | 15 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
Sebastian Saavedra (24) | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Sebastien Bourdais (25) | 25 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Wade Cunningham (25) | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Oriol Servia (25) | 14 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
Ed Carpenter (25) | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Mike Conway (25) | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Katherine Legge (25) | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Bryan Clauson (25) | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Simona De Silvestro (25) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Jean Alesi (25) | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Daytona 500 |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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Danica Patrick (1) | 11 | 65 | 65 | ||||||
Jeff Gordon (2) | 50 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Kevin Harvick (3) | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Kyle Busch (4) | 84 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Greg Biffle (5) | 11 | 75 | 75 | ||||||
Kasey Kahne (6) | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Juan Pablo Montoya (7) | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Austin Dillon (8) | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Jimmie Johnson (9) | 65 | 150 | 150 | ||||||
Clint Bowyer (10) | 11 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
Kurt Busch (11) | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Matt Kenseth (12) | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Tony Stewart (13) | 103 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Mark Martin (14) | 14 | 115 | 115 | ||||||
Brad Keselowski (15) | 61 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
Paul Menard (16) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Casey Mears (17) | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Jeff Burton (18) | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (19) | 79 | 125 | 125 | ||||||
Jamie McMurray (20) | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Joey Logano (21) | 22 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
Bobby Labonte (23) | 10 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
Marcos Ambrose (24) | 3 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
David Gilliland (25) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Aric Almirola (26) | 3 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
Joe Nemechek (27) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (28) | 8 | 45 | 45 | ||||||
Michael Waltrip (29) | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Dave Blaney (30) | 2 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
Scott Speed (30) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Josh Wise (30) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Trevor Bayne (30) | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Ryan Newman (30) | 7 | 90 | 90 | ||||||
Denny Hamlin (30) | 29 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
Carl Edwards (30) | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Martin Truex Jr. (30) | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Regan Smith (30) | 1 | 70 | 70 | ||||||
Terry Labonte (30) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Michael McDowell (30) | 1 | 60 | 60 |
LEADERBOARD: RACING