2015 5th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready To Make Your Picks???

[Budnicks]

yea ha...

lets hope they race well too

 

[Nick2317]

heyyyy Im not a FABO member Im on here ....

 

[Budnicks]

heyyyy Im not a FABO member Im on here ....

PM ocdart

 

[Nick2317]

looks like I had 2 good guesses

 

[64BEL]

Nice job, Nick! And yes, Matt Hagan is a very nice guy to talk to.

 

[ocdart]

Hey guys, give me a day or two to post the Arizona results. We had a little plumbing emergency late yesterday afternoon - the kitchen faucet broke - and I haven't even watched the recorded TV coverage yet.
I hate plumbing because I don't fit too good under sinks!
I'll get it done and posted ASAP. Have patience...

 

[Gpuller]

Congrats Bud and Nick on qualifying.

 

[Budnicks]

didn't fare so well in the "actual" racing thou
T/F S.Langdon out in semi's
F/C C. Force out 2nd rd.
P/S D. Skillman out semi's, doing great for rookie thou

oh well there's always the next race

Nick did well with his DSR picks, 2 winners

 

[Gpuller]

Yep I should have stuck with Tony.

 

[64BEL]

Sorry to hear about your plumbing woes, oc. Good luck with it.

 

[Nick2317]

Nice job, Nick! And yes, Matt Hagan is a very nice guy to talk to.

yea I talk to him a lot ....this was in Vegas in October

 

[Budnicks]

Hey guys, give me a day or two to post the Arizona results. We had a little plumbing emergency late yesterday afternoon - the kitchen faucet broke - and I haven't even watched the recorded TV coverage yet.
I hate plumbing because I don't fit too good under sinks!
I'll get it done and posted ASAP. Have patience...

Good luck & hope all goes well,
I don't fit under sinks very well either, did kitchen & bathrooms for years thou

 

[ocdart]

Finally!
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the CarQuest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals last weekend in Chandler, AZ.
Big names seemed to carry the week as far as the Pro classes.
Congratulations to 'SSG Karg' (FABO) and 'Nick2317' (FBBO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for this event with outstanding point totals of 127.5 points each. They both picked the class winner in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. Their Pro Stock pick went out in the second round of eliminations. They were both helped by event bonus points for ET in Top Fuel and both ET and Top Speed in Funny Car.
Oh, by the way, they're both new players this year! Way to go!
'bvt69dart' (FABO) was right behind with 124.5 points with class wins in Funny Car and Pro Stock. His Top Fuel pick was eliminated in the second round, but he was helped with event bonus points for both ET and Top Speed in Funny Car and for ET in Pro Stock.


Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:

Top Fuel
E.T. - Tony Schumacher, 3.722 during qualifying
Speed - Doug Kalitta, 329.02 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.975 during the final round of eliminations
Speed - Matt Hagan, 324.83 during the final round of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders-Stevens and Rodger Brogdon, 6.545 during qualifying
Speed - Larry Morgan, 211.89 during qualifying

Here are the game point standings after the 2nd event of the 2015 season:
188.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +4 spots in the game standings
181.0 - bobtile (FBBO) -1
178.0 - bvt69dart (FABO) +8
171.5 - IEduster (FABO) +2
168.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
157.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +1
154.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -4
152.5 - OldmanRick (FABO) -6
150.5 - memike (FABO) -1
147.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
144.5 - aslant (FBBO) +4
138.5 - socaldart (FABO) +2
128.5 - 6pk2goDemon (FABO) no change
127.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) new player this week
127.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) -5
127.5 - Gpuller (FBBO) +1
122.5 - 67cudafb (FABO) +1
89.5 - Duster79 (FABO)+1
74.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -3
72.0 - YoungGun74 (FABO) -8
40.5 - tqfastfish (FABO) new player this week
37.0 - ocdart (FABO) -2
25.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) new player this week

The 3rd race of the 2015 season, the 46th Annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, is March 12-15, at Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville, FL.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, March 13 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 12:00Noon EDT (9:00AM PDT).
The Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 18 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, 17 Pro Stock and 22 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist03.aspx for an updated entry list.
This is the first event this season for Pro Stock Motorcycle. Don't forget to make a PSM pick.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK! !

 

[64BEL]

Nice job Nick!

 

[alsant]

Let's get them guys!!!!!

 

[Gpuller]

Let's get boys!!!!!!!

I'm gonna leave that one alone...

 

[Budnicks]

good job Nick

remember there's P/S Bikes competing in Gainseville, Mar. 12th-15th

good luck to all

 

[ocdart]

Jason McCullogh Joins Bob Vandergriff Racing...

...where he will be the Assistant Crew Chief on Dave Connelly's Top Fuel car.
Looks like Bob Vandergriff is serious with his 2-car team. Larry Dixon's car will now be tuned by Joe Barlam and Mike Guger.
Top Fuel is getting really interesting!

Oh yeah, Shawn Langdon and Alan Johnson Racing is not currently entered to the Gatornationals coming up in less than two weeks.

(03/04/15) And now Shawn Langdon and AJR is entered to the Gators. Sponsor shows as AJR. I hope he's close to signing a sponsor or this could get very expensive for him.
Still no formal announcement on a sponsor for Brittany Force's TF ride - shows as "TBA" on NHRA.com.
I wonder if John Force and Alan Johnson are going to arm wrestle for a single sponsor on the starting line at the Gators...

 

[64BEL]

Hmm....wonder what will become of AJR.

 

[Budnicks]

No AJR for the Gators, hummm
that sucks a$$

I'm going with

T/F Tony Schumacher {as much as I hate to}

F/C Ron Capps {he's overdue}

P/S Jason Line {Cheby but looking good so far}

P/SM Matt Smith {Tricky Ricky' son}

good luck all