Today is the last Thursday we’ve got before the circus comes to town, so I’m going to cut straight to the heart of the matter with this, the final Thursday Poll of the year. Who do you think is going to go home with a trophy from this year’s races?
When it comes to raceday predictions, picking the winners is the more obvious game, but it’s not nearly as interesting. Over the past 10 years, we’ve only seen 3 teams win the men’s or women’s races. It’s the same three teams in each contest, and I don’t think you’d find many people betting on anyone else to win either of this year’s races.
Picking the trophy winners (1st-3rd for the Women and 1st-6th for the Men) on the other hand, requires a more nuanced and sophisticated look at the field. 8 different women’s teams and 13 men’s teams have taken a trip on stage to claim hardware in the last 10 years. 3 of last year’s 9 winners were not on stage the year before. So, with that historical context, pick which teams you think will have something to drink from this year.
Keep in mind, DQs and spins are part of the equation. Look at that 2004 column if you don’t believe me. Teams on the ballot have either won a trophy in the last 5 years, or made it to day 2 last year.
Click through to vote or see the results …
Which teams will get a trophy (3rd or better) in the women's races? Select 3.
- PiKA (31%, 93 Votes)
- SDC (31%, 93 Votes)
- Fringe (22%, 67 Votes)
- Spirit (6%, 19 Votes)
- SigEp (6%, 18 Votes)
- SDC B (4%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 120
Which teams will get a trophy (6th or better) in the men's races? Select 6.
- PiKA (18%, 119 Votes)
- SDC (16%, 107 Votes)
- Fringe (15%, 103 Votes)
- SDC B (13%, 85 Votes)
- Spirit (10%, 69 Votes)
- PiKA B (8%, 56 Votes)
- SigEp (8%, 55 Votes)
- Fringe B (4%, 28 Votes)
- PiKA C (3%, 21 Votes)
- SN (3%, 20 Votes)
- SDC C (1%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 132
Did your pick for a trophy get excluded from the ballot? Write in campaigns are encouraged in the comments.
McCue says:
Keene mentioned to me last night that if SDC wins women’s this year, it will be the longest unbroken streak in history. Interesting side fact.
Zatchmo says:
Well, I feel slighted.
Sam Swift says:
Who holds the record for the longest broken streak?
McCue says:
SDC tied with Spirit.
McCue says:
you know what I meant!
Barsham says:
AEPi has a 3 year trophy streak going, and gets no love from this poll? Ouch.
I predict a 4th straight award, this time coming from the “Best T-Shirt” category.
Schip says:
This graph nicely illustrates what a messed up year 2004 was for Raceday.
jpb says:
CIA B. You heard it here folks.
Anon says:
Missing option: sig nu women finished top 6 last year. Missing from pole.
Alex says:
The SigNu women are indeed missing pole, but that is neither here nor there.
Sam Swift says:
Ah, crap, sorry SN women. I swear I checked like three times against my inclusion rule. I tried to add it as an option now, but it seems to mess up the poll. Time to mount the write-in campaign. My apologies.
Carleton says:
Why would 5 people vote on the men’s rankings, but not women’s?
Carl says:
I almost didn’t vote for women’s because for some reason it would only let me vote for 1 team, not 3. Perhaps they didn’t want to screw up the poll.
Note that PiKA has the opportunity to be the first team since ATO in ’62 to win both buggy AND greek sing.
Sam Swift says:
ah, double crap. When I tried to add SN to the women’s poll it reset the number of options allowed. You should now be able to vote for 3 again.
TommyK says:
Is it just me or does the men’s graph resembles the FSM … Sam, quit pushing your ironic non-religion on us …
hambone says:
PiKA C got a trophy in ’06? Man, we got so many that year I guess I forgot…
hambone says:
…and I could’ve sworn that 7 > 4
Carleton says:
I guess it seemed clear enough to everyone else that the 4 was in reference to women’s not men’s… apparently not.
Nik says:
KDR for the win.
Me for the most citations.