2025 15th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - I Can't Wait!!!

[Outlawd]

Not a big fan of 4 wides but I guess its better than no racing.

TF=Doug Kalitta
FC=Fast Jack
PS=Erica Enders

Good luck everyone!

 

[GTXDAN]

I'm not a lover of it either. I went to ZMax a couple of years ago and was not impressed. You can't see all of the cars because of the wall down the middle of the track. The bleachers need to be higher to see better. With 4 cars on the track you can't see all the action. If 1 is running away and 2 are having a pedal fest and number 4 blew up you can't keep up with it all. TV is the only way to watch it really.

 

[64BEL]

We went to the first 4 wide at Z-Max in 2010. It was interesting and fun to be there, but I prefer 2 wide. Seems to be a lot of screwups on the starting line with the 4 wide races. On a side note, the gold medal USA Bobsledders were at that race in 2010. That was cool.

 

[ocdart]

@Nick2317, qualifying for the NHRA Las Vegas Four-Wides starts at 3pm EDT (Noon PDT) TOMORROW (04/11/25).
Please post your event picks (Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock) before qualifying starts to be eligible for all event bonus points. If your picks are not posted before the start of qualifying, I will use your picks from the most recent completed event but you will not be eligible for any bonus points.

 

[ocdart]

@Nick2317, less than 3 hours to the scheduled start of qualifying for the NHRA Las Vegas Four-Wides TODAY.
Please post your event picks (Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock) before qualifying starts to be eligible for all event bonus points.

 

[Budnicks]

I'll stick with my locked in picks, still Thank you


Good luck everyone

 

[Budnicks]

I'm not a lover of it either. I went to ZMax a couple of years ago and was not impressed. You can't see all of the cars because of the wall down the middle of the track. The bleachers need to be higher to see better. With 4 cars on the track you can't see all the action. If 1 is running away and 2 are having a pedal fest and number 4 blew up you can't keep up with it all. TV is the only way to watch it really.

We went to the first 4 wide at Z-Max in 2010. It was interesting and fun to be there, but I prefer 2 wide. Seems to be a lot of screwups on the starting line with the 4 wide races. On a side note, the gold medal USA Bobsledders were at that race in 2010. That was cool.

Yeah I like it still, but would be much better
if they had like a 32+ car fields, like back in the hay day

but NOW NHRA, can hardly get 16 of each, regularly in the Pro-Classes today

I don't remember the specific tracks where they did 4 wide back then
Ontario & OCR maybe (?) probably not right...

32 & 64 F/Cs
& the cackle-fests were epic

& 32 F/Cs, Portland
owe what a time to be into drag racing,
I went to a bunch of them here on the west coast before I could drive, with stepdad Bob (Pontiac S/H)
A couple hundred after I could drive too, after 74' it started tapering off, by 77' it was a lot different

 

[ocdart]

First run of Pro qualifying at 3:03pm EDT at the Las Vegas Four-Wides.

 

[Nick2317]

Looks like i forgot about the race ...sorry

if I can still
TF Force
FC Hagan
PS Enders

 

[ocdart]

2025 15th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals qualifying leaders (per nhra.com event 'Detailed Results'):

Q1
Weather: 90F, 9% relative humidity, barometer 29.91", adjusted altitude 4,475', track temp. n/a
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.840 @ 320.81
FC: Spencer Hyde, 3.965; Austin Prock @ 325.22
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.637; Matt Hartford @ 206.16

Q2
Weather: 94F, 8% relative humidity, barometer 29.81", adjusted altitude 4,797', track temp. 139F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.840 @ 320.81
FC: Paul Lee, 3.940 @ 326.08
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.637; Matt Hartford @ 206.16

Q3
Weather: 87F, 11% relative humidity, barometer 29.73", adjusted altitude 4,516', track temp. n/a
TF: Brittany Force, 3.778 @ 327.98
FC: Paul Lee, 3.940 @ 326.08
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.631; Deric Kramer @ 206.48

Q4
Weather: 91F, 9% relative humidity, barometer 29.68", adjusted altitude 4,765', track temp. n/a
TF: Doug Kalitta, 3.730; Brittany Force @ 333.16
FC: Paul Lee, 3.940 @ 326.08
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.614; Deric Kramer and Cristian Cuadra @ 206.48

 

[ocdart]

Looks like i forgot about the race ...sorry

if I can still
TF Force
FC Hagan
PS Enders

Accepted because your only change from the previous event was Top Fuel and your picks were posted before Top Fuel qualifying began.
May I suggest you post some 'locked' picks and then change them for individual race events as necessary. Any individual race picks will revert back to your 'locked' picks but at least you'll be eligible for all event bonus points should you forget to post.

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'GTXDAN' (FBBO), 'stroked340' (FABO) and 'Yunick13' (FABO) for sharing the 2025 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Qualifier title with outstanding totals of 23.5 bonus points each. Each of them correctly picked the #1 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock, and the #2 qualifier in Funny Car.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was right behind with 22.5 bonus points.

More great picks!

We have 15 players again this week and 12 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 Quad containing 3 drivers: Doug Kalitta (6 picks), Justin Ashley (3 picks) and Clay Millican (1 pick). Only 1 of those drivers is guaranteed to move on to Round 2 since only 2 of the 4 drivers in the Quad move on. Two of the Round 1 Quad have 1 picked driver, and the fourth Round 1 Quad does not contain any picked drivers.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with two Round 1 Quads containing 2 drivers, one Round 1 Quad contains 1 picked driver, and the fourth Round 1 Quad does not contain any picked drivers.
* 3 different Pro Stock drivers with two Round 1 Quads containing only 1 picked driver each. One picked driver did not qualify for eliminations.
Good luck all!

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to both 'alsant (FBBO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) - obviously another "blind squirrel" episode for 'ocdart' - for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2025 15th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with very nice totals of 101.5 points each. They each picked the class winners in both Funny Car and Pro Stock, and their Top Fuel pick finished in the runner-up spot in the final round of eliminations.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was right behind with 100.5 points.
Way to go!

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Doug Kalitta, 3.730 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 333.16 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Paul Lee, 3.940 during qualifying
Speed - Paul Lee, 326.08 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.612 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Mason McGaha, 206.51 during Round 1 of eliminations

Here are the game point standings after the 4th event of the 2025 season:
462.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change in the point standings
443.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
431.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
425.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change
423.0 - GTXDAN (FBBO) no change
414.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
343.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
322.0 - Yunick13 (FABO) +3
321.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
295.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
289.0 - memike (FABO) -1
262.5 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
251.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) -1
173.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
168.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change

We get a bit of a break before the 15th annual American Rebel Light NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, NC, scheduled for April 25-27.

As of this morning, nhra.com currently shows the following entries:
18 Top Fuel
17 Funny Car
21 Pro Stock
15 Pro Stock Motorcycles

As always, please check to verify your picks are participating before posting your picks.
GOOD LUCK!

 

[Budnicks]

Way to go @GTXDAN & @ocdart
great picks, qualifying & eliminations

I'm 19 pts down in 2nd now, runners up a bit...

 

[Budnicks]

Glad to see Tony Stewart win one in T/F

even if I didn't pick him, Las Vegas is/has been good to him
he won his 1st T/A Dragster (Inj. Fuel) race/1st Wally in the 4 wide there too (IIRC)
a couple years back 2023 (?)

 

[alsant]

Guess I didn’t do well?

 

[64BEL]

Guess I didn’t do well?

No change? Hmm...

Congrats Dan, Bud, oc, and alsant!

I think I need a new TF pick.

 

[GTXDAN]

Man it's getting to be a crap shoot any more in TF and FC. Scrappers has Jasmine running pretty good now in TF, and Blake A (Jim Head racing) is running good too in FC. Used to be you had the heavy hitters and then everybody else, but now things seem to be a little closer overall.
You could have thrown a blanket over the Pro Stock final with KB TITAN for the win.

 

[GTXDAN]

Bad news today as the Scrappers team announced they are parking the car for the next 4 races due to lack of sponsorship. Said they hope to be back in June. They are 5th in points and the only team to get through the first round at every race.

 

[ocdart]

Bad news today as the Scrappers team announced they are parking the car for the next 4 races due to lack of sponsorship. Said they hope to be back in June. They are 5th in points and the only team to get through the first round at every race.

That's a shame. Jasmine was doing so well.