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

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Tuesday-before-the-event reminder for the upcoming Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA! The final event of the "Western Swing".
Pro Qualifying starts at 5:300PM EDT (2:30PM PDT) Friday, August 7.
Your picks must be posted to this game thread before the start of Pro Qualifying. Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock will compete at this event. Pro Stock Motorcycle returns to competition in two weeks at Brainerd, MN.
The NHRA website currently shows 17 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car and 16 Pro Stock entries for the Northwest Nationals, but this could still possibly change.

Please continue to check to verify your picks are racing at each event. We still have two players with a "locked in" Pro Stock pick of Rodger Brogdon. He recently sold his entire Pro Stock operation to Elite Motorsports and will not be competing the remainder of the season.
Also, Jeg Coughlin Jr. will be competing in an Elite Motorsports entry in Pro Stock at the Northwest Nationals.

You can find the current event entry list at
http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist16.aspx

The extended weather forecast for the Seattle area shows temps from 78-82F with a 20% chance of some rain on Saturday and 30% on Sunday.

Good Luck!

 

[Budnicks]

Kent Wash. Race NHRA NW Nat.'s

T/F - Antron Brown
{we'll see, BUT my dragster picks have been bad lately, I still think Dixon will do well too}

F/C - "Freaken' Fast" Jack Beckman
{Sweep ?, man 3.92 @ Sonoma DAMN !!, I want to pick Capps, J. Force may step up too, oh well}

P/S - Greg Anderson
{The NHRA all Camaro show, I wish Mopar & AJ or V could step it up, probably be Gray's...LOL}

No Bikes @ the event

Good luck to all...

 

[Gpuller]

Did I miss the points standings after Sonoma?

TF Schumacher
FC Fast Jack
PS Greg Anderson

Good Luck all!

 

[64BEL]

Here are my Seattle picks:

TF: Antron Brown
FC: Fast Jack
PS: Chris McGaha

I want to pick Tim Wilkerson - Seattle has been good to him over the years. But I have to go with the hot hand of Jimmy Prock and the Western Swing sweep for Jack. I'm hoping Magaha has it dialed in now, and can repeat.

Good luck guys!

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

TF Antron Brown
FC Matt Hagan
PS Greg Anderson

 

[ocdart]

Did I miss the points standings after Sonoma?

Patience, grasshopper.
No, you didn't miss them. Last weekend was extremely busy with a combination of my wife's birthday on Saturday, our monthly Inland Mopars Car Club meeting and annual summer picnic on Sunday, and friends from Australia in town all at the same time. I needed to play 'tour guide' in addition to the Saturday and Sunday activities. I didn't see any NHRA qualifying on Saturday or the NASCAR race on Sunday. I recorded the NHRA eliminations on Sunday and finally finished watching them Monday night.
Our Australian friends are flying back to Oz tonight so I'll get the updated NHRA game standings posted late tonight.

 

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the Sonoma Nationals in the midst of the bay-area orchards.
Congratulations to 'alsant' (FBBO) for being the top picker this week with 163.5 points. He picked the class winners in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, his Pro Stock pick went to the semis before losing, and his Top Fuel pick went one round of eliminations. He was also helped with E.T. bonus points in Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and also with the National E.T. Record bonus points in Funny Car. Outstanding!
'Gpuller' (FBBO) is event runner-up (again) with a very nice total of 150.5 points with a class winner picks in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle. His Top Fuel pick went to the semis before losing, but his Pro Stock pick was eliminated in the opening round of eliminations. 'Gpuller' was also helped by the same bonus points as 'alsant'.
'Duster79' was the top FABO picker with 139.0 points.

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Antron Brown, 3.707 during qualifying
Speed - Dave Connolly, 329.10 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.921 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Hagan, 325.77, during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Chris McGaha, 6.499 during qualifying
Speed - Shane Gray, 213.00 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Eddie Krawiec, 6.787 during qualifying
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 198.79, during qualifying

Here are the game point standings after the 15th event of the 2015 season:
1442.0 - alsant (FBBO) +1 in the game standings
1424.5 - OldmanRick (FABO) -1
1366.5 - IEduster (FABO) no change
1356.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
1288.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1287.0 - Gpuller (FBBO) +4
1279.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
1278.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
1252.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
1248.0 - 64BEL(FBBO) -3
1236.0 - 6pk2goDemon (FABO) no change
1194.0 - bobtile (FBBO) +2
1175.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +3
1175.0 - memike (FABO) -1
1167.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +5
1153.0 - bvt69dart (FABO) -4
1138.5 - ocdart (FABO) -2
1132.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
1132.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
1127.0 - 67cudafb (FABO) -3
1027.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
991.0 - socaldart (FABO) no change
883.5 - tqfastfish (FABO) no change
715.5 - YoungGun74 (FABO) no change


The 16th race of the 2015 season and the final race of the Western Swing, the 28th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals, is August 7-9 at Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 7 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 5:30PM EDT (2:30PM PDT).
The Northwest Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 17 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, and 16 Pro Stock entries. Pro Stock Motorcycle does not compete at this event, but will return at Brainerd in two weeks. As always, the class counts are subject to change.
PLEASE keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist16.aspx for an updated entry list.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[64BEL]

Woohoo - a new #1! Nice job aslant and GP!

 

[alsant]

+4 !! Way to go Reid!!! And nick up 5!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Seattle Washington

-Top Fuel: Don Schumacher

-Funny Car: Ron Capps

-Pro Stock: Jason Line

 

[Budnicks]

Woohoo - a new #1! Nice job aslant and GP!

:iamwithstupid: yeah what he said :headbang:

my picks didn't qual/race all that well....

congrats guys

- - - Updated - - -

Seattle Washington

-Top Fuel: Don Schumacher

-Funny Car: Ron Capps

-Pro Stock: Jason Line

I'd assume you me Tony Schumacher,
not Don "he hasn't raced for decades now"
unless you mean the whole DSR team
{Don his dad's team, those odds are really good there}

sorry Ski...LOL

 

[Gpuller]

Patience, grasshopper.
No, you didn't miss them. Last weekend was extremely busy with a combination of my wife's birthday on Saturday, our monthly Inland Mopars Car Club meeting and annual summer picnic on Sunday, and friends from Australia in town all at the same time. I needed to play 'tour guide' in addition to the Saturday and Sunday activities. I didn't see any NHRA qualifying on Saturday or the NASCAR race on Sunday. I recorded the NHRA eliminations on Sunday and finally finished watching them Monday night.
Our Australian friends are flying back to Oz tonight so I'll get the updated NHRA game standings posted late tonight.

Sorry, didn't know if I missed a page. LOL I hear you on being busy, thanks for all you do!


Congrats Al for being top picker!

 

[alsant]

TF- Larry Dixon
FC- Jack Beckman
PS- Greg Anderson

 

[ocdart]

Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 77F, 43% relative humidity, barometer 29.58", adjusted altitude 2148', track temp 116F

TF: Richie Crampton, 3.849; Spencer Massey @ 317.05
FC: Matt Hagan, 4.085; Tim Wilkerson @ 299.13
PS: Jonathan Gray, 6.521; Bo Butner @ 212.39


Q2
Weather: 80F, 37% relative humidity, barometer 29.52", adjusted altitude 2455', track temp 107F

TF: Dave Connolly, 3.751 @ 327.19
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.997 @ 314.17
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.501; Greg Anderson @ 212.76

NOTE: Only 14 Funny Cars have made a qualifying attempt through Q2



Q3
Weather: 74F, 56% relative humidity, barometer 29.53", adjusted altitude 2135', track temp 102F

TF: Dave Connolly, 3.751 @ 327.19
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.997 @ 314.17
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.501; Shane Gray @ 212.90

NOTE: There is now a full 16-car Funny Car field - with the 16th qualifier in with a 13.56-second ET



Q4
Weather: 75F, 53% relative humidity, barometer 29.54", adjusted altitude 2193', track temp 98F

TF: Richie Crampton, 3.727; Spencer Massey @ 328.30
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.912 @ 322.88
PS: Chris McGaha & Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.501; Shane Gray @ 212.90

 

[Budnicks]

Could be some great #'s tonight...

 

[ocdart]

Congrats to 'Gpuller' (FBBO) and 'Back in Time' (FABO) for sharing the Top Qualifier title for the 2015 Northwest NHRA Nationals with an outstanding total of 22.0 bonus points. They both picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel and the #4 qualifier in Pro Stock.
'64bel' (FBBO) and 'alsant' (FBBO) share the runner-up spot with 20.5 bonus points.
Great picks all!

19 active players this week and 5 players with 'carry over' picks from the last event. Remember, the "pick carry over" feature is only in effect for the "regular season". It will not be in effect for the six-event "Countdown to the Championship" following the US Nationals.
19 different driver combos this week made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers. One Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #5 qualifier Larry Dixon (2 picks) and #12 qualifier Doug Kalitta (2 picks). There are no possibilities of any head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Ron Capps (1 pick) and #9 qualifier Matt Hagan (7 picks). There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 8 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #6 qualifier Allen Johnson (5 picks) and #11 qualifier Larry Morgan (1 pick). There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations.

Good luck all!

 

[alsant]

Way to go guys!!!

 

[64BEL]

GP and aslant are HOT HOT HOT!! Nice job guys!

 

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the Northwest Nationals:

Congratulations to '64BEL' (FBBO) for being the top picker this week with 100.5 points. He picked the class winner in Pro Stock, his Funny Car pick went to the semis before losing, and his Top Fuel pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. He was also helped with both E.T. and Speed bonus points in Funny Car and Pro Stock.
Great job!
'Gpuller' (FBBO), third event in a row, and 'Back in Time' (FABO)share the event runner-up honors, each with a nice total of 82.0 points. Their Top Fuel and Funny Car picks went to the semis before losing and their Pro Stock pick lost in the second round of eliminations. They were both helped by Funny Car E.T. and Speed bonus points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:

Top Fuel
E.T. - Richie Crampton, 3.727 during qualifying
Speed - Spencer Massey, 328.30 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.912 during qualifying (failed to back it up for a new National Record)
Speed - Jack Beckman, 322.88, during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Chris McGaha, 6.488 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Chris McGaha, 213.40 during Round 1 of eliminations

Here are the game point standings after the 16th event of the 2015 season:
1522.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change in the game standings
1472.5 - OldmanRick (FABO) no change
1431.0 - IEduster (FABO) no change
1390.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
1370.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1369.0 - Gpuller (FBBO) no change
1348.5 - Duster79 +1
1348.5 - 64BEL (FBBO)+2
1336.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -2
1311.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
1306.0 - 6pk2goDemon (FABO) no change
1225.0 - memike (FABO) +2
1223.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
1212.5 - cuda20 (FABO) +4
1207.0 - ocdart (FABO) +2
1207.0 - 67cudafb (FABO) +4
1204.0 - bobtile (FBBO) -5
1192.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -3
1178.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
1077.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
1173.0 - bvt69dart (FABO) -5
1071.0 - socaldart (FABO) no change
915.0 - tqfastfish (FABO) no change
745.5 - YoungGun74 (FABO) no change


Now we get a week off to rest up before the 17th race of the 2015 season, the 34th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, August 20-23 at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, MN.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 21 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:00PM CDT (1:00PM PDT).
The Lucas Oil Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 16 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, 15 Pro Stock and 14 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries. As always, the class counts are subject to change.
PLEASE keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist17.aspx for an updated entry list.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[alsant]

Nice job bel & G !! !!!!