2016 6th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Get Ready To Make Your Picks!!!

[Budnicks]

Effective immediately, yesterday {or wed.?}

New NHRA rules in FC,
max 32* of header pipe lay back angle,
as apposed to the recent 45* lay back angle
& a 2.750" max diameter pipe, with-in 8" of the body exit
with no step down pipes style pipe...

IMO & all the FC teams, it will now effect recent ET's & Mph...


to paraphrase;
1) NHRA's reasoning was the cars were getting unsafe & squirrelly to handle
with the new swept back pipe angles...

2) They also said it'd help the less funded teams keep up, in aspects of R&D...

Yeah right, I highly doubt that...
what about the teams that have already spent the $2000 ?
on the 45* swept. headers ?
NHRA just made them junk & worthless, waste of $$$$...

Sounds a bit like our failing nanny state govt. agencies running NHRA now...

 

[ocdart]

37th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1 - If you saw the live TV coverage of Q1 then you saw not only thunder on the track, but thunder over the track as well - and lightning too
Weather: 92F, 24% relative humidity, barometer 24.27", adjusted altitude 9,775', track temp 96F

TF: Steve Torrence, 3.787 @ 323.43
FC: John Force, 3.959; Del Worsham @ 317.94
PS: Alex Laughlin, 6.990; Shane Gray and Drew Skillman @ 197.80
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 7.177 @ 186.72


Q2
Weather: 79F, 43% relative humidity, barometer 24.26", adjusted altitude 9,069', track temp 75F

TF: Steve Torrence, 3.776 @ 325.14
FC: Courtney Force, 3.917; Del Worsham @ 322.34
PS: Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.963; Alex Laughlin @ 198.93
PSM: Andrew Hines, 7.161; Eddie Krawiec @ 186.72


Q3
Weather: 94F, 17% relative humidity, barometer 24.21", adjusted altitude 9,860', track temp 107F

TF: Steve Torrence, 3.776 @ 325.14
FC: Courtney Force, 3.917; Del Worsham @ 322.34
PS: Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.963; Alex Laughlin @ 198.93
PSM: Andrew Hines, 7.161; Angelle Sampey @ 187.31

 

[ocdart]

Congrats to '71dartswinger' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title this week a very nice total of 28.5 bonus points. '71dartswinger' picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #6 qualifier in Pro Stock. Way to go!
'super-bee_ski' (FBBO) was just behind with 27.5 points.
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 17 players for the 14th event of the 2016 NHRA "Pick 'Em game season and 17 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Doug Kalitta (2 picks) and #9 qualifier Tony Schumacher (1 pick) and a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if they all survive the opening round.
* 8 different Funny Car drivers with two Round 1 head-to-head matchups. One between #6 qualifier Jack Beckman (4 picks) and #11 qualifier Ron Capps (5 picks), and the other between #7 qualifier Matt Hagan (3 picks) and #10 qualifier Tim Wilkerson (1 pick). There is also a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #7 qualifier Drew Skillman (1 pick) and #10 qualifier Allen Johnson (3 picks). There is also a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the second round of eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with a possible head-to-head matchup in the second round of eliminations.

Good luck all!!!

 

[64BEL]

Nice pickin' Ski.
So am I SOL with my FC pick if Wilk doesn't race today because of his incident yesterday? Looks like he isn't going to run today - I think because he doesn't know why it turns right into the wall at the starting line at the hit of the throttle. What a bummer for my favorite racer.

 

[ocdart]

Nice pickin' Ski.
So am I SOL with my FC pick if Wilk doesn't race today because of his incident yesterday?

Yeah, afraid so. The same as if he lost in Round 1 of eliminations.
I seem to remember putting in a provision in past years to allow a pick change in case of an emergency medical issue with a driver, but I don't remember ever allowing a driver pick change because of a mechanical issue. I went back and looked through the complete 2015 NHRA "Pick 'Em" game thread and didn't see anything allowing for a driver change because of a mechanical issue, failure or accident.
Sorry.

 

[Budnicks]

Nice picken' Ski

 

[Budnicks]

Hope my guys race better than qualifying

 

[alsant]

Nice ski!!!

 

[ocdart]

I thought the live coverage was a little better this event. But I also agree with 'Back in Time', the announcers need to do a better job of explaining a lot of the details better to "first time" watchers. They could also fill time with some more detailed/technical information for the experienced fan.

Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 14th event of the 2016 NHRA season.

Congratulations to '71dartswinger' (FABO) for being the "Top Eliminations Picker" with a nice event total of 143.5 points. His Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks all made their class finals but lost there. His Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 131.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.776 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 325.14 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.917 during qualifying
Speed - Del Worsham, 322.34 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Alex Laughlin, 6.926 during qualifying
Speed - Alex Laughlin, 199.02 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Andrew Hines, 7.134 while winning the event during the final round of eliminations
Speed - Andrew Hines, 188.33 while winning the event during the final round of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 14th event of the 2016 season:

1651.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in the point standing position
1541.0 - 6PK2goDemon (FABO) +1
1540.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
1509.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1502.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +2
1487.0 - ocdart (FABO) -1
1485.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
1482.5 - 71dartswinger +1
1464.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
1436.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
1422.5 - Gpuller (FBBO) -3
1371.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
1342.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
1331.5 - memike (FABO) -2
1150.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
868.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no charge
616.0 - jimw (FBBO) no change

Next week is the middle event of the Western Swing, the 15th race of the 2016 season is the 29th Annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals, July 29-31 in Sonoma, CA. These two events on consecutive weekends have got to drive the crew chiefs nuts as they drop from the 5860' elevation of Bandimere to 15' above sea level at Sonoma Raceway.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, July 29 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 7:30PM EDT (4:30 PM PDT) with an hour of live TV coverage on Fox national network (not cable).
The NHRA Sonoma Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 16 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 16 Pro Stock and 26 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are always subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist15.aspx for an updated entry list.

As before for any players with previous "locked-in" picks that changed their picks for the Bandimere race, if you didn't indicate that your new picks were to be "locked-in" then I've returned you to your previous "locked-in" picks for the Sonoma Nationals and beyond. Let me know if this is not what you intended.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[64BEL]

Nice job Bud!
Nice to see AJ in the winners circle again.

 

[alsant]

Nice job Bud !!!

 

[Gpuller]

Nice job Bud!

Oh this race hurt...

 

[super-bee_ski]

Congrads Bud!

 

[Budnicks]

Thanks guys, a blind squirrel can even find a nut every so often...LOL

 

[Budnicks]

My picks For Sonoma

TF Antron Brown
FC Ron Capps
PS Jason Line
PSM Eddie Kraweic

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

TF Antron Brown
FC Matt Hagan
PS Gren Anderson
PSM Eddie Kraweic

 

[ocdart]

Tuesday before the event reminder about the upcoming race at Sonoma with qualifying starting Friday.
All details in post #329.
Post 'em!

 

[64BEL]

Here are my Sonoma picks:

TF Tony Schumacher
FC Tommy Johnson Jr
PS Jason Line
PSM Andrew Hines

Good Luck all!

 

[Budnicks]

I forgot to say good luck everyone...LOL

 

[alsant]

Antron Brown
Ron Capps
Jason Line
Eddie Kreiwic