2012 Bet 'Em CupContest - Texas round 8

[NaBUru38]

Hello, folks! Welcome to the Texas round 8 of the 2012 Bet 'Em CupContest. Who will get the shotguns and boots?

You must pick four different drivers and two different brands:

o- Polesitting driver ($ 300)
o- Polesitting brand ($ 100)
o- Winning driver ($ 1,000)
o- Winning brand ($ 500)
o- Top 5 ($ 200)
o- Top 10 ($ 50)

The stakes for Texas are:

o- 4 to 1: Johnson, Keselowski, Hamlin
o- 6 to 1: Biffle, Kenseth, Kahne, Stewart, Earnhardt
o- 10 to 1: Bowyer, Truex, Kyle Busch, Gordon
o- 20 to 1: Martin, Harvick, Edwards, Logano, Newman
o- 40 to 1: Rest of the grid (it's a single option)

o- Chevrolet: 4 to 1
o- Toyota: 5 to 1
o- Ford: 8 to 1
o- Dodge: 15 to 1

Standings of the 2012 Bet 'Em CupContest after round 7:

1st - Fieldodreams79: $ 34,550
2nd - NaBUru38: $ 16,350
3rd - Gomick: $ 14,300
4th - Fire: $ 7,000
5th - JHamilton: $ 0

Please, place your bets before the race. Good luck!

[gomick]

o- Polesitting driver (Mark Martin)
o- Polesitting brand (Ford)
o- Winning driver (Martin Truex Jnr)
o- Winning brand (Chevrolet)
o- Top 5 (Denny Hamlin)
o- Top 10 (Jamie McMurray)

[NaBUru38]

My bets:

o- Polesitting driver: Stewart
o- Polesitting brand: Chevrolet
o- Winning driver: Keselowski
o- Winning brand: Toyota
o- Top 5: Kenseth
o- Top 10: Kyle Busch

[fieldodreams79]

o- Polesitting driver Kahne
o- Polesitting brand Chevy
o- Winning driver Kennseth
o- Winning brand Ford
o- Top 5 Johnson
o- Top 10 Rest of the Grid

[FIRE]

o- Polesitting driver: Johnson
o- Polesitting brand: Chevrolet
o- Winning driver: Stewart
o- Winning brand: Ford
o- Top 5: Keselowski
o- Top 10: Rest of the grid

[NaBUru38]

Sorry, I'm in crunch time at the university. I'll try to post the results later this week. Later!

[NaBUru38]

So, here's the results of the 2012 Texas 500:

o- Polesitting driver ($ 300): Johnson (4 to 1)
o- Polesitting brand ($ 100): Chevrolet (4 to 1)
o- Winning driver ($ 1,000): Johnson (4 to 1)
o- Winning brand ($ 500): Chevrolet (4 to 1)
o- Top 5 ($ 200): Johnson (4 to 1), Keselowski (4 to 1), Kyle Busch (10 to 1), Kenseth (6 to 1), Stewart (6 to 1)
o- Top 10 ($ 50): Johnson (4 to 1), Keselowski (4 to 1), Kyle Busch (10 to 1), Kenseth (6 to 1), Stewart (6 to 1), Bowyer (10 to 1), Earnhardt (6 to 1), Kurt Busch (40 to 1), Harvick (20 to 1), Biffle (6 to 1)

Fire earned $ 1,200 for picking Johnson for the pole. Fire and NaBUru38 got $ 400 for picking Chevrolet for the pole. Nobody chose Johnson for the win, but Gomick chose Chevrolet and earned $ 2,000.

NaBUru38 got $ 1,200 for choosing Kenseth for the top 5, whereas Fieldodreams79 earned $ 800 for Johnson and Fire also $ 800 for Keselowski. NaBUru38 got $ 500 for picking Kyle Busch for the top 10, whereas Fieldodreams79 and Fire cashed $ 2,000 for Kurt Busch's rest of the grid result.

Here's the 2012 Bet 'Em CupContest results at Texas round 8:

1st - Fire: 1,200 + 400 + 0 + 0 + 800 + 2,000 = 4,400
2nd - Fieldodreams79: 0 + 400 + 0 + 0 + 800 + 2,000 = 3,200
3rd - NaBUru38: 0 + 400 + 0 + 0 + 1,200 + 500 = 2,100
4th - Gomick: 0 + 0 + 0 + 2,000 + 0 + 0 = 2,000

Standings of the 2012 Bet 'Em CupContest after round 8:

1st - Fieldodreams79: $ 37,750
2nd - NaBUru38: $ 18,450
3rd - Gomick: $ 16,300
4th - Fire: $ 11,400
5th - JHamilton: $ 0

Bets for the Phoenix round 9 are open. Have fun!

[FIRE]