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Weather may be an issue for the Kansas Nationals...
I just checked the Topeka-area weather forecast on MSN.com and it's looking a little "iffy" for the Kansas Nationals:
Friday - 64F high with 40% chance of rain
Saturday - 70F high with 60% chance of rain
Sunday - 74F high with 90% chance of thunderstorms
Monday - 78F high with 90% chance of rain
It may be a good thing there's an open weekend before the next scheduled event in Englishtown.
No picks from either Gpuller or super-bee_ski for Topeka? Please let me know if I missed something.
I'm using "carryover" picks from the Atlanta race for Topeka. They'll get round win points, but no event bonus points.
Congrats to bobtile (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 2015 NHRA Kansas Nationals with an outstanding total of 22.5 bonus points. bobtile picked the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel and Funny Car and the #4 qualifier in Pro Stock. alsant (FBBO) was the runner-up with 20.0 bonus points.
6pk2goDemon was the top FABO qualifier with 19.5 bonus points.
Great picks all!
24 players again this week and 22 different driver combos made up of:
* 7 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #5 qualifier Shawn Langdon (1 pick) and #12 qualifier Doug Kalitta (4 picks). There is also a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Matt Haga (7 picks) and #9 qualifier Robert Hight (3 picks). There is a possibility on one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 7 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week but no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of three head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations.
Can you believe it? We're already 1/3 through the 2015 NHRA season!
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the Kansas Nationals in
Topeka, KS.
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for this event with an outstanding point total of 122.0 points. He picked the class winner in Funny Car and both his Top Fuel and Pro Stock picks went to the finals before losing. His point total was aided by picking up event speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'memike' (FABO) was the event runner-up a very nice total of 118.5 points with class winner picks in Funny Car and Pro Stock. His Top Fuel pick lost in the 2nd round of eliminations. He also picked up event ET and speed bonus points in Pro Stock.
The top FBBO player this week is 'bobtile' with 92.5 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Richie Crampton, 3.710 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Larry Dixon, 329.91 during Round 2 of eliminations
Funny Car
E.T. - Chad Head, 3.967 during qualifying
Speed - Courtney Force, 325.06, a new National Record, during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.515 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 211.43 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 8th event of the 2015 season:
726.0 - bobtile (FBBO) +2 spots in the game standings
703.5 - aslant (FBBO) -1
697.0 - OldmanRick (FABO) +2
693.0 - IEduster (FABO) no change
677.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -3
675.0 - bvt69dart (FABO) no change
639.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
635.0 - memike (FABO) +4
626.5 - 6pk2goDemon (FABO) +1
617.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
613.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -3
604.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +3
580.0 - Gpuller (FBBO) -2
564.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
548.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -2
548.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
513.0 - socaldart (FABO) +2
494.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +2
487.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -2
476.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
435.5 - ocdart (FABO) +2
431.5 - 67cudafb (FABO) -4
420.0 - tqfastfish (FABO) -1
340.5 - YoungGun74 (FABO) no change
The 9th race of the 2015 season, the 46th annual Toyota NHRA SummerNationals, is June 4-7, at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, June 5 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EDT (12:45PM PDT).
The SummerNationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 18 Top Fuel, 15 Funny Car, 16 Pro Stock and 17 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are subject to change.
Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist09.aspx for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!