The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
August 11th, 2013: the Signal Health Care 400 @ New England Colonial Speedway.
Points leader Tom Rossi wrecked during practice, resulting in an injury that kept him out of this week’s race.
Race Results:
Wayne Montana wins his 5th race of the year.
Current standings:
Rossi’s DNQ allows Parnell Drake to grab the points lead with his top 10 finish.
Next: the Daily Double Duel at OP @ Ocean Pacific International.
Stay tuned!
One of the latest offerings from PLAAY Games is their new XHL hockey league for Hockey Blast.
Described as “an alternate, summertime big-time professional hockey league”, the set comes with 20 teams, and as I have enough trouble trying to find time to play most sports games, I’ve decided to try this set with only 6 teams, representing the NHL’s Original Six.
The 6 teams are from Chicago, Cleveland, Hartford, New York, Quebec, and Toronto.
There were no teams from Boston or Detroit, so I picked the closest teams city-wise (Cleveland and Hartford)
The have a list of suggested team names, with a classic/heritage name and an alternate name. My initial thoughts for names for this XHL 6 league (from the suggestions):
There are some alternate rules that can be added (2 point goals, option to pull the penalized team goalie during a major penalty) that I’ll probably end up trying.
They also included 32 actual NHL players to add to the teams as free agents, which I may or may not do.
I’ll try to get a game or two in soon, as soon as I work out a schedule for the league.
Stay tuned!
So much for trying to finish off the season in one week.
July 28th, 2013: the Colonial 500 @ Eastern Seaboard Speedway.
Race Results:
Wayne Montana wins his 4th race of the season.
Current Standings:
Tom Rossi’s 43rd to 3rd start to finish extends his lead in the points standings, while Wayne Montana moves his way up to 3rd.
Next: the Snooze-Inn 350 @ Sun King Speedway.
Stay tuned!
I once ran 7 races over a 3 day weekend, to finish out the 2012 SCRAM season.
Let’s see if I can finish 12 races over the next week or so.
STAY TUNED!
July 21st, 2013: the Bitty Beer 400 @ Southern Super Speedway.
The big pre-race news was points leader Parnell Drake failing to qualify for the race, after he had crashed out of last week’s event.
Tom Rossi needed a 6th place finish or better to take to lead in the standings.
Race results:
Chris Wynne is victorious for the first time this season.
Tom Rossi finishes 3rd and takes over the lead in the points standings.
Parnell Drake sits 4 points behind Tom Rossi in the standings with 12 races to go in the season.
Next: the Colonial 500 @ Eastern Seaboard Speedway.
Stay tuned!
Whoops, didn’t post these results.
July 14, 2013: the CropMaster Tractor 300 @ Midwest Motor Speedway.
Race Results:
Jordy Pettis takes the checkered flag for the first time this season.
Points leader Parnell Drake crashes out of the race for a 41st place finish.
Current standings:
Despite the crash, Drake maintains a solid lead ahead of Tom Rossi in the points standings.
Next: the Bitty Beer 400 @ Southern Super Speedway.
Stay tuned!
BREAKING NEWS:
Points leader Parnell Jones (engine failure) and previous race (CropMaster Tracktor 300) winner Jordy Pettis (suspension problem) have both failed to qualify for this week’s Bitty Beer 400 at the Southern Super Speedway.
This gives Tom Rossi a chance to take the points lead with a 6th place finish or better. He starts deep in the field in 36th position.
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I conducted the qualifying session for the Bitty Beer 400 before going to bed, and the results surprised me enough that I felt the need to document it immediately.
I don’t believe I’ve ever had both the points leader and previous race winner *not* qualify for the following race.
Stay tuned!
