Lucky 7s at Martinsville

"The Paper Clip" provided our most unique outcome of the fantasy NASCAR season.

Denny Hamlin won the individual race, thanks to late help from a teammate's spinout that cost Jeff Gordon the win, providing Quang his first success of the season. Meanwhile, the late shuffling resulted in the highest winning team score to date - 75, achieved by both the Redneck Tribe and Shake & Bake. By rule, we just chop the pot - in this case, $7 to both Todd and myself, while Quang gets $7 for Hamlin's win.

The outcome leaves only Joe's hard-luck Paper Chasers off the money ledger, but he'll look to get that taken care of after the Easter off week.

Next race: Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix, April 10, a standard $7/$14 event.

Redneck Tribe Motorsports (Chad), 75/T-1st
Jeff Gordon (24) - 3
Martin Truex Jr. (56) - 5
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) - 15
David Ragan (6) - 16
Juan Pablo Montoya (42) - 36

Shake & Bake (Todd), 75/T-1st
Clint Bowyer (33) - 7
Greg Biffle (16) - 10
Marcos Ambrose (47) - 11
Kurt Busch (2) - 23
Elliott Sadler (19) - 24

Cheating Cheaters (Brad), 82/3rd
Joey Logano (20) - 2
Jimmie Johnson (48) - 9
Matt Kenseth (17) - 18
Jeff Burton (31) - 20
Scott Speed (82) - 33

Racin' Kahne (Quang), 88/4th
Denny Hamlin (11) - 1
Kasey Kahne (9) - 17
Brad Keselowski (12) - 12
Mark Martin (5) - 21
A.J. Allmendinger (43) - 38

Smoke Bombs (Matt), 97/5th
Tony Stewart (14) - 26
Carl Edwards (99) - 8
Jamie McMurray (1) - 29
Ryan Newman (39) - 4
Bobby Labonte (71) - 30

Paper Chasers (Joe), 105/6th
Brian Vickers (83) - 6
Paul Menard (98) - 14
Kyle Busch (18) - 22
David Reutimann (00) - 28
Kevin Harvick (29) - 35

Money race -- Ind/Team/Total (Net)
1. Cheatin' Cheaters -- $21/$28/$49 (-$95)
T2. Redneck Tribe -- $0/$28/$28 (-$116)
T2. Shake & Bake -- $7/$21/$28 (-$116)
4. Smoke Bombs -- $10/$14/$24 (-$120)
5. Racin' Kahne -- $7/$0/$0 (-$137)
6. Paper Chasers -- $0/$0/$0 (-$144)

Johnson, Brad win again

Well, this isn't getting old, is it? Jimmie Johnson wins a NASCAR Sprint Cup race, this week at Bristol. I hope Brad's conscience can take making money off of a turd.

But in a new twist, we had a pretty darn good team race, and Foges' Smoke Bombs (led by Tony Stewart's second-place finish) edged Brad's Cheaters by 10 points and Chad's Tribe by 14.

Up next: March 28, Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500, Martinsville, a $7/$14 event

Smoke Bombs (Matt), 64/1st
Tony Stewart (14) - 2
Carl Edwards (99) - 6
Jamie McMurray (1) - 8
Ryan Newman (39) - 16
Sam Hornish Jr. (77) - 32

Cheating Cheaters (Brad), 79/2nd
Jimmie Johnson (48) - 1
Matt Kenseth (17) - 5
Jeff Burton (31) - 10
Joey Logano (20) - 27
Scott Speed (82) - 31

Redneck Tribe Motorsports (Chad), 78/3rd
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) - 7
Martin Truex Jr. (56) - 12
Jeff Gordon (24) - 14
Juan Pablo Montoya (42) - 26
David Ragan (6) - 29

Shake & Bake (Todd), 100/4th
Kurt Busch (2) - 3
Greg Biffle (16) - 4
Elliott Sadler (19) - 20
Marcos Ambrose (47) - 33
Clint Bowyer (33) - 40

Paper Chasers (Joe), 109/5th
Kyle Busch (18) - 9
Kevin Harvick (29) - 11
Brian Vickers (83) - 15
Regan Smith (78) - 36
David Reutimann (00) - 38

Racin' Kahne (Quang), 118/6th
Brad Keselowski (12) - 13
A.J. Allmendinger (43) - 17
Denny Hamlin (11) - 19
Kasey Kahne (9) - 34
Mark Martin (5) - 35

Money race -- Ind/Team/Total (Net)
1. Cheatin' Cheaters -- $21/$28/$49 (-$95)
2. Smoke Bombs -- $10/$14/$24 (-$120)
T3. Redneck Tribe -- $0/$21/$21 (-$123)
T3. Shake & Bake -- $7/$14/$21 (-$123)
T5. Paper Chasers -- $0/$0/$0 (-$144)
T5. Racin' Kahne -- $0/$0/$0 (-$144)

Have a cold one, Todd ...

League newcomer Todd could have popped a cool Miller Lite on Sunday in celebration of a sweep at the Kobalt Tools 500. Instead, he probably had some hoppy, Belgian brew from his immobile brother Brad.

Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch's race win helped make Todd the third consecutive owner to sweep the individual and team titles. It was thought that by counting five drivers we might see fewer sweeps, but so far that hasn't happened.

The Smoke Bombs might have an interesting two-week break. Will Carl Edwards be disciplined by NASCAR for his spin-out of Brad Keselowski? If that happens, I'll act to award Foges whoever the driver is of the 99 car without penalty.

Up next: March 21, Food City 500, Bristol, a $7/$14 event

Shake & Bake (Todd), 62/1st
Kurt Busch (2) - 1
Greg Biffle (16) - 8
Marcos Ambrose (47) - 11
Elliott Sadler (19) - 19
Clint Bowyer (33) - 23

Cheating Cheaters (Brad), 79/2nd
Matt Kenseth (17) - 2
Scott Speed (82) - 10
Jimmie Johnson (48) - 12
Jeff Burton (31) - 20
Joey Logano (20) - 35

Paper Chasers (Joe), 95/3rd
Brian Vickers (83) - 7
Kevin Harvick (29) - 9
Regan Smith (78) - 14
Kyle Busch (18) - 25
David Reutimann (00) - 40

Racin' Kahne (Quang), 100/T4th
Kasey Kahne (9) - 4
A.J. Allmendinger (43) - 6
Denny Hamlin (11) - 21
Mark Martin (5) - 33
Brad Keselowski (12) - 36

Redneck Tribe Motorsports (Chad), 100/T4th
Juan Pablo Montoya (42) - 3
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) - 15
Jeff Gordon (24) - 18
Martin Truex Jr. (56) - 27
David Ragan (6) - 37

Smoke Bombs (Matt), 126/6th
Tony Stewart (14) - 13
Ryan Newman (39) - 17
Sam Hornish Jr. (77) - 28
Jamie McMurray (1) - 29
Carl Edwards (99) - 39

Money race -- Ind/Team/Total (Net)
1. Cheatin' Cheaters -- $14/$28/$42 (-$102)
T2. Redneck Tribe -- $0/$21/$21 (-$123)
T2. Shake & Bake -- $7/$14/$21 (-$123)
4. Smoke Bombs -- $10/$0/$10 (-$134)
T5. Paper Chasers -- $0/$0/$0 (-$144)
T5. Racin' Kahne -- $0/$0/$0 (-$144)