Congratulations Paul!

Congratulations Paul for edging out omni-present Dusty to claim undisputed Indy 505G victory a few weeks ago. Here is your prize:

Send us your mailing address via email and we'll see it gets to you. Congrats again!

Indy 505G: Paul Wins!

Last Thursday, between 1pm and 1:30pm, the unthinkable happened: Dusty missed a lap (what the hell were you doing instead, Dusty?!?). That was enough to give the race to Paul, who finished the four Race days with a perfect record. Congratulations Paul!

Following them was Josh S, then Mr F, who re-took 4th from Karina. Here are the full final standings:

Stay tuned for more on Paul's trophy, coming soon...

Indy 505G: Race Day 4

The Final Lap! Current standings:

Indy 505G: Race Day 3 Results

Paul still edging out Dusty for the lead, and both have created slight separation from Josh S. And don't look now, but Karina has passed proven-obsessive commenter Mr F to move into 4th!

Full rankings:

As always, please verify scores. And, because race officials kow-tow to my schedule, they're switching it up one more time...the last Race Day is now THIS FRIDAY, 8am. Not Tomorrow, as originally scheduled, not Monday, as later rescheduled, but Friday, June 3. Good luck!

Indy 505G: Race Day 3

REMINDER: Final Race Day has been rescheduled from tomorrow to next Monday.

Too late in registering for the Indy 505G,
Dan Wheldon settles for winning the Indy 500

Here's the current standings and racetrack status after two days of racing:

1. #5 Paul (148 pts)
2. #9 Dusty Baker (142 pts)
3. #1 Josh S (131 pts)
4. #12 Mr F (126 pts)
5. #10 Karina (106 pts)
6. #4 Steve K (103 pts)
7. #3 Spank (87 pts)
8. #8 Jason (81 pts)
9. #11 MLASC (63 pts)
10. #7 Lonely Fan (56 pts)
T-11. #2 rbnlaw (20 pts)
T-11. #6 Dusto Mag (20 pts)

Go!

Indy 505G: Race Day 2 Results

Holy Crap, Dusty blinked, allowing Paul to take sole possession of the lead!

And don't look now, but Milka, er, Karina is making a big move, rocketing past Steve K, Lonely Fan, Jason, and Spank, to go from #9 to #5.

Here are current cumulative standings through day 2, with car # and point totals (please verify...remember today's laps were worth 6 points, last week's only 5. And today we had only 13 laps):

1. #5 Paul (148 pts)
2. #9 Dusty Baker (142 pts)
3. #1 Josh S (131 pts)
4. #12 Mr F (126 pts)
5. #10 Karina (106 pts)
6. #4 Steve K (103 pts)
7. #3 Spank (87 pts)
8. #8 Jason (81 pts)
9. #11 MLASC (63 pts)
10. #7 Lonely Fan (56 pts)
T-11. #2 rbnlaw (20 pts)
T-11. #6 Dusto Mag (20 pts)

Visual coming soon...

Next Race Day Tomorrow, 8am! Remember, each subsequent day is worth more than the previous day, so catching up is possible. Also please note Race Day 4 will be postponed from Thursday to next Monday.

Indy 505G: Race Day 2

Oops! - I scheduled this to post at 11am PT by mistake (time zones confuse me) and didn't catch it until 8:31am PT. So the 1st 8am - 8:30am segment is eliminated. Only 13 segments to comment in today. Sorry!

Here are the current standings:

1. #9 Dusty Baker (70 pts)
1. #5 Paul (70 pts)
3. #1 Josh S (65 pts)
4. #12 Mr F (60 pts)
5. #4 Steve K (55 pts)
6. #7 Lonely Fan (50 pts)
7. #3 Spank (45 pts)
7. #8 Jason (45 pts)
9. #10 Karina (40 pts)
10. #2 rbnlaw (20 pts)
10. #6 Dusto Mag (20 pts)
12. #11 MLASC (15 pts)

And here again are the rules.

Go!

Indy 505G: Race Day 1 Results

Here are current standings through day 1, with car # and point totals (please verify):

1. #9 Dusty Baker (70 pts)
1. #5 Paul (70 pts)
3. #1 Josh S (65 pts)
4. #12 Mr F (60 pts)
5. #4 Steve K (55 pts)
6. #7 Lonely Fan (50 pts)
7. #3 Spank (45 pts)
7. #8 Jason (45 pts)
9. #10 Karina (40 pts)
10. #2 rbnlaw (20 pts)
10. #6 Dusto Mag (20 pts)
12. #11 MLASC (15 pts)

Dusty and Paul have (proudly, I'm sure) an unblemished record through the first day, but Josh and Mr F are on their tails. And then we have rbn, Dusto Mag, and MLASC bringing up the rear. Here's the updated track (not necessarily to scale):

(click image to enlarge)

Next Race Day on Tuesday!

Indy 505G: Race Day 1

Here's the official field, with score as of 11:30am PT:

1. Josh S (35 pts)
2. rbnlaw (0)
3. Spank (30)
4. Steve K (25)
5. Paul (35)
6. Dusto Magnifico (5)
7. Lonely Fan (20)
8. Jason (20)
9. Dusty B (35)
10. Karina (15)
11. MLASC (5)
12. Mr F (25)

Please verify above scores so far.

And here again are the rules. Start your engines!

As of 11:30am PT (click track to enlarge)

PS While you're waiting for the next half-hour segment, you can work on the puzzle below ↓

Indy 505G Rules

The rules are simple. There are four 'Race Days' (listed below). On each Race Day, the competition is active from 8am to 3pm. At 8am, a post will appear titled something like "Indy 505G: Race Day 1". The period between 8am and 3pm is divided into 14 half-hour segments. The first segment runs from 8:00am to 8:29am, the second from 8:30am to 8:59am, and the last from 2:30pm - 3:00pm (there's a bonus minute in the last segment).

The object is to comment in as many of the 14 segments as you can. It doesn't matter if you comment once or 100 times in a given segment, so long as you comment.

At the end of each Race Day, we'll simply count up how many of the 14 segments each competitor commented in, multiply by the multiplier factor listed below (depending on which day), and keep a running total for the 4 Race Days. Those 4 Race Days are:

1. Tomorrow (multiplier factor: x5)
2. Tuesday, May 31 (x6)
3. Wednesday, June 1 (x7)
4. Thursday, June 2 (x8)

So for example, if Player 1 comments in 12 of the 14 segments on the first Race Day tomorrow, he gets 12x5=60 points. Next Tuesday, if he comments in 8 of the 14 segments, he gets 8x6=48 points to add to his original 60 for a total of 108, and so on. The competitor with the largest cumulative point total at the end of the 4 days wins!

Any questions, ask them here...otherwise, watch out for the Race Day post tomorrow at 8am!

Here's the field (still accepting entries until 7pm PT tonight, comment here to register):

1. Josh S
2. rbnlaw
3. Spank
4. Steve K
5. Paul
6. Dusto Magnifico
7. Lonely Fan
8. Jason
9. Dusty B
10. Karina
11. MLASC
12. Mr F

Field is now closed!

New SoSG Competition: The Indy 505G

It's time for another random SoSG reader competition! This one's in honor of this weekend's Indianapolis 500.

Sign up by commenting here to play - there will be a limited number of spots, though I'm not yet sure what that limit is. The rules of the competition will be revealed this afternoon at 4pm PT, and it starts Thursday at 8am! (it will be off during the Memorial Day weekend but continues next Tuesday).

The field so far:

1. Josh S
2. rbnlaw
3. Spank
4. Steve K
5. Paul
6. Dusto Magnifico
7. Lonely Fan
8. Jason
9. Dusty B
10. Karina