(2012 CHAMPION??) Post your Predictions

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[Slapshotnerd]

Statistically, with 224 points up for grabs, 20 drivers still could earn enough points to win the championship:

Rank Name Total
1 Gittin 391
2 Saito 383.5
3 Pawlak 376
4 Yoshihara 347
5 Tuerck 328.5
6 Millen 318.25
7 Aasbo 295.5
8 Forsberg 293
9 Powers 275.5
10 Bakchis 267.75
11 Gushi 266.5
12 Grunewald 238.5
13 Essa 232
14 Moen 231
15 Kado 226
16 Yoshioka 224.75
17 DeNofa 192.75
18 McQuarrie 183.5
18 Wilkerson 183.5
20 Nishida 182.25

Assuming JR gets top 32 in both rounds, that reduces the available point total to 176 and raises JR's total to , which means only 11 drivers can statistically win it:

Rank Name Total
1 Gittin 391 (+48 = 439)
2 Saito 383.5
3 Pawlak 376
4 Yoshihara 347
5 Tuerck 328.5
6 Millen 318.25
7 Aasbo 295.5
8 Forsberg 293
9 Powers 275.5
10 Bakchis 267.75
11 Gushi 266.5

If JR makes top 16 in each of the last 2 rounds, his point total goes up 108 points, which means he will have at least 499 points. That reduces the available points to 116, and only 9 drivers can earn more points that JR from there:

Rank Name Total
1 Gittin 391 (+108 = 499)
2 Saito 383.5
3 Pawlak 376
4 Yoshihara 347
5 Tuerck 328.5
6 Millen 318.25
7 Aasbo 295.5
8 Forsberg 293
9 Powers 275.5

If JR makes 1 top 8 (63 points) and 1 top 16 (54 points), he will have 508 points and only 107 points are available, which eliminates Powers. That means this is basically an 8-person race.

Rank Name Total
1 Gittin 391 (+117 = 508)
2 Saito 383.5
3 Pawlak 376
4 Yoshihara 347
5 Tuerck 328.5
6 Millen 318.25
7 Aasbo 295.5
8 Forsberg 293

[dans]

Yeah, it's going to boil down to the great 8 at Irwindale.

Daigo is gonna take it!

[MonkeySlide]

Look, think about it ...

Who are the five greatest drifters of all time?

Daigo, Daigo, Daigo, Daigo, and DAI-GO! Because he spits hot fire!



Seriously though I kind of want Dai to come back and repeat but I am not sure it is going to happen. So I think it will probably be JTP or Daigo.

[Bebop]

Hoping for JTP but wouldn't be sad if it was Daigo...but JR is hot right now

[ztkrevolution]

I want daigo but i dont mind another driver as long as it isnt anyone from JR or JTP. Not taking anything away from them as drivers, im just how you say, a classic hater