Red, White and Zoom.....

Variation-Jason Sunday, 7/3/2011

man I did bad, lol..... I even got beat by Jen

I was experimenting and picked strictly by rankings...... don't do that... ever.


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Jobe 7/3/11

I think I did the same thing, worst picks ever! Only 30 points!

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JDC442 7/3/11

This tournament definitely had some surprises, and what's the deal with the Chrysler 300? Brian, did your dog use it as a chew toy or something?

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WorpeX 7/3/11

I was expecting a Phastasm / 300C final. All in all, I actually did fairly decent in this one! Picked everything else right besides the 300C failing miserably and the Phastasm losing to the California. Definitely some surprising results in this one!

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redlinederby 7/3/11
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These all-FTE brackets are always hard for me to pick. Except in some cases, I just pick based on the last time I saw the car race.

The 300C/Evo race was a back-and-fourth and only won by a bumper. I honestly think that 300C is a long track performer, I sense it makes a better pace over distance than short track. I suggest you keep eye on that 300C when Jobe's 50-foot race comes up in a few weeks!

I probably shouldn't have shortchanged that Ferrari in my pick because the non-FTE version is a speedy little guy too, but I had the Phantasm going to the final. That Lotus surprised me because it had a pretty losing record (still does) but I guess it just went up against real heavy hitters in the past.

But just look at the grades for all those races...mostly Cs and Ds which means they were all neck-and-neck, and they were. It's one of those times I wish I had a high speed camera like they do on Pinks.

The lesson here is sort of what Jason mentioned...don't use ratings as your only guide. The ratings are accurate and are calculate correctly but they're entirely figured based on what cars it raced in the past. Just because a car has 1220+ rating doesn't mean it's a champ if it only has 2 or 3 races under its belt...and if it raced 3 low ball opponents anyway. All the data you need is there to make some really smart picks, it's just tough sometimes - but that adds some more fun if you ask me.

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