2023

END OF THE SEASON REVIEW

                                 BEST FINISHES 
Congratulations
Jban942, Keeksl, N2redlines
MOST TRIPS to victory lane!
4X

Congratulations
to the
20 Winners!
  Player Place Race
1 ARA Racing 1 Kansas1
2 Boogity 1 CharlotteRC, Homestead
3 Cobaka 1 All Star Race, Pocono
4 Copnter 1 Bristol2
5 Fhantomn 1 Dover, Las Vegas1, Martinsville2
6 Gogogreen 1 Texas
7 Herdman90 1 Darlington1, Watkins Glen
8 Jban942 1 Atlanta1, Talladega1, ChicagoSC, Atlanta2
9 Jwwilsonpe 1 Richmond1
10 Keeksl 1 WWTR, Richmond2, Kansas2, Martinsville2
11 Lisa4ever6 1 Michigan, Daytona2
12 Mgd2lvr 1 California, Daytona1
13 ModestoMS 1 Phoenix1
14 N2redlines 1 COTA, WWTR, Talladega2, Phoenix2
15 Retiree 1 Martinsville1, Nashville, Darlington2
16 Satrndan19 1 Charlotte1
17 Sjared12 1 Loudon, Las Vegas2
18 SpotterPeej 1 Darlington1, Homestead
19 Still4sacks 1 Sonoma
20 Thundering 1 Bristol Dirt, IndianapolisRC
  Player Place Race
21 Bhruuski 2 Bristol Dirt, IndianapolisRC
22 CanadaBob 2 Phoenix1, Talladega1
23 Cyncom1 2 Atlanta1, Atlanta2, Watkins Glen
24 GrayKids 2 COTA
25 Snowbird 2 Texas
26 Gammy 3 Kansas1, Las Vegas1, Charlotte1, Sonoma
27 Zabranman 3 Daytona2
28 GG4AustinD 5 Richmond1

ALMOST a WIN!
Cyncom1
finished in 2nd position the MOST without getting a win.
3X
Of course there is more stuff that I kept track of.....

1. The races where only the winners earned best finish.....  19 total.
California, CharlotteRC, ChicagoSC, Darlington1 & 2, Dover, Las Vegas2, Pocono, Richmond2, WWTR - 2023 
                              Loudon, Talladega2 - 2022 & 2023
              Homestead, Martinsville1, Nashville - 2021 - 2023
                                             Daytona1, Kansas2 - 2020 - 2023
                                                          Martinsville2 - 2018 - 2023
                                                                       Bristol2 - 2017 - 2023        7th consecutive season!
                                                                            
2. There were 7 players who won this season who are able to start a win streak next season!
Copnter, GogoGreen, Jwwilsonpe, Mgd2lvr, Sjared12, SpotterPeej, Still4sacks

3. EVERY player this season received at least one top 5 finish!!

Finishing in the top 10
 of the NGFL final standings
 
Congratulations
Boogity
2017 - 2023! (7 YRS)

Congratulations
Cobaka
2018 - 2023! (6 YRS)

Congratulations
Fhantomn
2019 - 2023 (5 YRS)

Congratulations
Keeksl
2021 - 2023 (3 YRS)

Congratulations
Jban942, Thundering
2022 & 2023 (2 YRS)

 
Congratulations
Boogity
16th visit into the Final Top 10, leads all players!
AND the ONLY 4 TIME NGFL Champion!
ALL points DO NOT include chase points.

The Guys - 22 Championships CUP and  NGFLPlayers The Ladies - 5 Championships
Year Cup Champion Champion Points Races Avg. Fin notes Cup Rookie of Year Rookie of Year
1997 Jeff Gordon Zabranman 13351 17 785 inaugural year, ran half season Mike Skinner NO ROOKIE
1998 Jeff Gordon Jbowen4 28938 33 877   Kenny Irwin Tooldude
1999 Dale Jarrett Steve88fan 28530 34 839   Tony Stewart Jcol714576
2000 Bobby Labonte Jeremym77 28291 34 832 Rooke of the Year Matt Kenseth Jeremym77
2001 Jeff Gordon Rsburr 29954 36 832 w/o a win Kevin Harvick Pjkun6
2002 Tony Stewart Satrndan 29489 36 819   Ryan Newman Thumper
2003 Matt Kenseth Anascarfan 30392 36 844 w/o a win & Rooke of the Year Jamie McMurray Anascarfan
2004 Kurt Busch Satrndan 30963 36 860   Kasey Kahne Stockcar05
2005 Tony Stewart Cyndy20 30302 36 842   Kyle Busch Kari469
2006 Jimmie Johnson Cyndy20 30480 36 847 Denny Hamlin Tejohn2
2007 Jimmie Johnson Whiskers54 29208 36 811
Juan Montoya Norwood48
2008 Jimmie Johnson Boogity 30157 36 838 Dale Jarrett Retires Regan Smith TTS88
2009 Jimmie Johnson Macdaddy 30448 36 846 4 wins Joey Logano ModestoMS
2010 Jimmie Johnson Lisa4ever6 29833 36 829
Kevin Conway Hotleg
2011 Tony Stewart Boogity 7360 36 204 new point system Andy Lally Rrenner
2012 Brad Keselowski Cobaka 7279 36 202
Stephen Leicht Liqrgood
2013 Jimmie Johnson Cobaka 7483 36 208 Mark Martin Retires Ricky Stenhouse AAteam
2014 Kevin Harvick Still4sacks 7381 36 205Terry Labonte Retires Kyle Larson Copnter
2015 Kyle Busch Rrenner 7438 36 207 Jeff Gordon Retires Brett Moffitt Everson
2016 Jimmie Johnson Gordo 6558 36 182 B Labonte, T Stewart Retires Chase Elliott MGRacing
2017 Martin Truex Skids 7191 36 200
Erik Jones USMCKoontz
2018 Joey Logano Boogity 7760 36 216 William Byron IggyMom
2019 Kyle Busch Gordo 6974 36 194
Daniel Hemric Graykids
2020 Chase Elliott GogoGreen 6003 36 167 J Johnson, M Kenseth Retire Cole Custer NO ROOKIE
2021 Kyle Larson Boogity 6802 36 189
Chase Briscoe Bhruuski
2022 Joey Logano Jban942 6624 36 184 Kurt Busch Retires Austin Cindric Thundering
2023 Ryan Blaney N2redlines 7575 36 210 4 wins -    Kevin Harvick Retires Ty Gibbs NO ROOKIE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEN LADIES HELD LOST
1998 2003 1998 1999
1999 2005 2000 2001
2000 2006 2002 2008
2001 2010 2003 2010
2002 2020 2004 2013
2004 2005 2015
2007 2006 2017
2008 2007 2018
2009 2009 2020
2011 2011 2021
2012 2012 2022
2013 2014 2023
2014 2016
2015 2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
       14 championships held    Top NGFL Players                                9 championships lost
Year 1st 2nd the final 2 races Champion ahead+
1 1998 Jbowen4 Sjared12 Rockingham2 - Atlanta2 Jbowen4 +159
2 1999 Poston600 Sgarretson Homestead - Atlanta2 Sgarettson +72
3 2000 Jeremym77 Lisa6fan Homestead - Atlanta2 Jeremym77 +270
4 2001 Satrndan Rsburr Atlanta2 - Loudon2 Rsburr +43
5 2002 Satrndan Still4sacks Phoenix - Homestead Satrndan +127
6 2003 Anascarfan Ernh3 Rockingham2 - Homestead Anascarfan 247
7 2004 Satrndan Anascarfan Darlington2 - Homestead Satrndan +61
8 2005 Cyndy20 Lrayne1 Phoenix2 - Homestead Cyndy20 +313
9 2006 Cyndy20 Tabb46 Phoenix2 - Homestead Cyndy20 +52
10 2007 Whiskers54 Norwood48 Phoenix2 - Homestead Whiskers54 +221
11 2008 Jban942 Boogity Phoenix2 - Homestead Boogity +21
12 2009 Macdaddy Jerseygert Phoenix2 - Homestead Macdaddy +302
13 2010 Gogogreen Jban942 Phoenix2 - Homestead Lisa6fan +6
14 2011 Boogity Satrndan Phoenix2 - Homestead Boogity +4
15 2012 Cobaka ModestoMS Phoenix2 - Homestead Cobaka +59
16 2013 Liqrgood Cobaka Phoenix2 - Homestead Cobaka +8
17 2014 Still4sacks Jcol714576 Phoenix2 - Homestead Still4sacks +2
18 2015 Lisa19fan GrayBoys Phoenix2 - Homestead Rrenner +5
19 2016 Gordo Cyncom1 Phoenix2 - Homestead Gordo +5
20 2017 Boogity Skids Phoenix2 - Homestead Skids +18
21 2018 N2redlines Boogity Phoenix2 - Homestead Boogity +7
22 2019 Gordo Satrndan Phoenix2 - Homestead Gordo -11
23 2020 CanadaBob GogoGreen Martinsville2 - Phoenix2 GogoGreen +8
24 2021 CorvetteKen Bhruuski Martinsville2 - Phoenix2 Boogity +10
25 2022 Bhruuski Satrndan Martinsville2 - Phoenix2 Jban942 +25
26 2023 Keeksl Sjared12 Martinsville2 - Phoenix2 N2redlines +31

Closest season….2014 +2 2001  Rsburr - no wins
Biggest Lead…….2005 +313 2003  Anascarfan - no wins
Top 2 upset………2010, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023
Point Leaders Races Led Totals
1 Mgd2lvr Daytona1, California, Las Vegas1 3
2 Copnter Phoenix1, Atlanta1, COTA, RIchmond1 4
3 N2redlines Bristol Dirt 1
4 Jban942 Martinsville1, Talladega1, Dover, Kansas1 4
Copnter Darlington, Charlotte1, WWTR, Sonoma, Nashville, ChicagoSC, 
5 Copnter Atlanta2, Loudon, Pocono, Richmond2, Michigan, IndyRC 4 + 12 = 16
5 Fhantomn Watkins Glen 1
Jban942 Daytona2 1 + 4 = 5
6 Retiree Darlington2, Kansas2, Bristol2 3
7 Lisa4ever6 Texas 1
8 Keeksl Talladega2, CharlotteRC 2
9 Sjared12 Las Vegas2, Homestead 2
Keeksl Martinsville2 1 + 2 = 3
N2redlines Phoenix2 1 + 1 = 2
Lead Changes
Year Leaders LeadCh.
2011 9 16
2012 3 8
2013 7 13
2014 12 19
2015 9 15
2016 9 13
2017 16 21
2018 10 14
2019 8 11
2020 11 20
2021 6 11
2022 6 16
2023 9 13

Players who picked the Podium Finishing drivers in 2023!

race drivers
players drivers players

1 Las Vegas1 24, 5, 48, 23 Cobaka 4 1
2 Phoenix1 24, 12, 45, 5 CanadaBob, Cobaka, Copnter, Jban942, N2redlines, Thundering 4 6

Phoenix1 24, 12, 45, 5, 4 ModestoMS 5 1
3 Atlanta1 22, 6, 20 Cyncom1 3 1
4 Richmond1 5, 9, 1, 20 Jban942 4 1
5 Kansas1 11, 5, 24, 23 Boogity, Copnter, Gammy, ModestoMS 4 4
6 WWTR 8, 11, 22 Bhruuski, Cobaka, Cyncom1, Fhantomn, Keeksl, N2redlines 3 6

WWTR 8, 11, 22, 5 ModestoMS 4 1
8 IndyRC 34, 9, 99 ARA Racing, Bhruuski, Cobaka, Copnter, Lisa4ever6, Satrndan, Thundering 3 7

IndyRC 34, 9, 99, 45 ARA Racing, Bhruuski, Cobaka, Satrndan, Thundering 4 5

         Kyle Larson (5) was on 5 of the 8 podiums picked this season.

Top Picker of 2023!!
ModestoMS
picked the top 5 finishers at Phoenix!!
24, 12, 45, 5, 4, 14, 43
(Look at those drivers!  You can only afford them at the start of the season for sure!)
Phoenix2 price list...Byron $6.8 - Blaney $7.0 - Reddick $5.3 - Larson $6.9 - Harvick $4.7 +14 & 43 = $33.7


Cobaka is the only player to have picked the podium drivers 4X.
How about before we leave this page, we check out some notes I have added and updated.   :)

                    
1. The best finishing player using a provisional was Sjared12.  He finished 2nd in the final standings.
A provisional does not seem to be a season killer!  3rd season in a row where a provisional player finished in top 5.

(2022 Keeksl - 3rd) - (2021 Herdman90 - 3rd) - (2020 Retiree - 22nd) - (2019 - Blacknight - 7th) - (2018 - Gordo - 28th)
(2017 USMCKoontz - 8th) - (2016 Copnter- 18th) - (2015 Satrndan- 14th) - (2014 Cobaka- 7th) - (2013 Gwk2007- 15th)
(2012 Nascargary- 31st) - (2011 Cobaka-10th)

2.  The NGFL 2022 champion, Jban942, finished in 4th place in 2023.  He did lead 5 races this season.

3.  During the season, 5 players led the standings once.  Once they lost it, they didn't get it back.
(Fhantomn - Watkins Glen)     (Lisa4ever6- Texas)     (Mgd2lvr - Daytona1, California, Las Vegas1)  
 (Retiree - Darlington2, Kansas2, Bristol2 - the whole first round!)     (Sjared12 - Las Vegas2, Homestead)

4.  Copnter led the standings the most during the season. (16 races of the 36)
    
5. There were 5 players that finished in the 2023 top 10 in final standings, that finished in the top 10 in 2022 as well.  
                                                Boogity, Cobaka, Fhantomn, Jban942, Keeksl, Thundering

6.  Jban942, Thundering have started a streak of finishing in the top 10 of the final standings!

7.  Retiree was DL in Bristol Dirt, and then won the very next race, Martinsville, that he won consecutively from 2022!

8.  GogoGreen was DL at Bristol2 but won the very next race, Texas2.

9.  Fhantomn finished 3rd in 3 consecutive races at Kansas.

10.  Jban942 & Cyncom1 finished 1 -2 respectively in both Atlanta races.  (It seems they both have the Atlanta setup down pat)

11.  Thundering & Bhruuski finished 1 & 2 respectively in both Bristol Dirt and IndianapolisRC races.  
(Looks like Bhruuski just couldn't get around Thundering as well!)

12.  There were 3 players who finished both races at WWTR in the same position.
                                                            Copnter (6th)     Sjared12 (11th)     Cyncom1 (14th)

On the Other side of the coin...

1.  Lisa4ever6 won at Daytona2, her husband, N2redlines, finished DL.

2   Keeksl won WWTR & Richmond2.  GG4austinD finished DL in both races.

3.   Gammy lost her bid for 6 consecutive seasons with a win.   2018 - 2023

4.   Bhruuski lost his bid for 3 consecutive seasons with a win.   20210 - 2022  

5.   There were 3 players who won in 2022 but did not win in 2023.  Missed a chance to start a streak!
CanadaBob, Cyncom1, Snowbird