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

[ocdart]

Congratulations to both 'Back in Time' (FABO) and '6pk2goDemon' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Eliminations Pickers" title for the AAA Texas FallNationals with an outstanding event total of 163.0 points each. They each picked the Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle class winner, their Funny Car pick lost in the final round of eliminations, and their Pro Stock pick lost in the 2nd round of eliminations. They were both helped by E.T. bonus points in Top Fuel and Pro Stock, and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'71dartswinger' (FABO) was the event runner-up (second week in a row) with 148.5 points.
'alsant' was the top FBBO finisher (second week in a row) with 134.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Antron Brown, 3.682 during qualifying
Speed - Antron Brown, 330.55 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.839 during qualifying
Speed - Jack Beckman, 333.66 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jason Line, 6.568 during qualifying
Speed - Alex Laughlin, 210.73 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Jerry Savoie, 6.805 during qualifying
Speed - Jerry Savoie, 197.31 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 4th event of the "Countdown" - still a lot of position changes but not as many as the prior event:

2455.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change in the point standing positions
2415.5 - 6pk2goDemon (FABO) +2
2415.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
2412.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -2
2381.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
2364.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +4
2340.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
2328.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -2
2320.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
2318.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
2275.5 - Gpuller (FBBO) no change
2269.5 - memike (FABO) no change
2229.0 - ocdart (FABO) +1
2208.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1
2201.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
2163.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no charge

The next event is the 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals, Oct. 27-30, at The Strip in Las Vegas, NV. As always, your picks must be posted before the start of Pro Qualifying that is scheduled to start at 2:45PM EDT (11:45AM PDT) on Friday, Oct. 28. The entry list on NHRA.com currently shows 17 Top Fuel, 23 Funny Car, 15 Pro Stock and 18 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries but those are always subject to change by race day.
If you made any changes to your 'locked-in' picks this week and didn't specify the changes as new locked-in picks, then you'll reverted back to your previous 'locked' picks for the Toyota Nationals and beyond.
Post your picks and good luck!

 

[64BEL]

Nice going alsant - bring this puppy home for FBBO!

 

[Budnicks]

Nice race results for aslant too, way to represent FBBO

 

[Gpuller]

Great job Al!

 

[ocdart]

Silly Season is starting early!

Competitionplus.com had some Pro Stock news this morning for the 2017 NHRA season:
1. Marathon Oil renewed their sponsorship with Allen Johnson for 2017
2. Shane Gray has lost interest and won't be driving next year...but his son, 17-year old Tanner Gray will be in the seat

 

[Budnicks]

Silly Season is starting early!

Competitionplus.com had some Pro Stock news this morning for the 2017 NHRA season:
1. Marathon Oil renewed their sponsorship with Allen Johnson for 2017
2. Shane Gray has lost interest and won't be driving next year...but his son, 17-year old Tanner Gray will be in the seat

Good for AJ

I hope Johnny Grays young son does well too,
I wonder if Shane will go over to Pro-Mod like his bros. did...

Thanks ocdart I haven't read my Comp. newsletter yet...

 

[Gpuller]

Great to hear for AJ. Maybe Mopar will be knocking on his door...they best be on their knees. LOL

 

[Budnicks]

I'll be the 1st to post early for Las Vegas

T/F Antron Brown

F/C Ron Capps

P/S Jason Line

P/SM Eddie Kraweic

good luck everyone

 

[ocdart]

Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder about the upcoming NHRA Toyota Nationals event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV, with qualifying starting Friday.
Current event entry list on NHRA.com shows 19 Top Fuel, 24 Funny Car, 18 Pro Stock and 29 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries.
Pro Qualifying starts at 2:45PM EDT (11:45AM PDT).
Early start to Qualifying so make sure you get your picks posted in time.
Choose well and post up your picks!

 

[64BEL]

I'll take....
TF Antron Brown
FC Ron Capps
PS Drew Skillman
PSM Andrew Hines

Good luck all!

 

[Gpuller]

TF Brown
FC Capps
PS Anderson
PSM Hines

 

[alsant]

Antron Brown
Ron Caps
Greg Anderson
Angel Sampey

Luck to all FBBO!!!

 

[ocdart]

Weather forecast for Las Vegas:

Friday - 76F, 40% chance of some rain
Saturday - 81F, 20% chance of some rain
Sunday - 79F, 20% chance of some rain

 

[Budnicks]

We just had a nice gully washer come thru here...
It's heading east, I'm a bit north thou,
but the band was down past Mammoth Mt.

We have rain in the forecast for the next 4 days
it's moving southeast too...

I hope they get it in or it dumps loses energy,
leaves the water here, before it gets to the desert...

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

TF Antron Brown
FC Matt Hagan
PS Jason Line
PSM Eddie Krawiec

 

[super-bee_ski]

Las Vegas NHRA Picks!
Las Vegas Rocks
(My bud is going, offered me a ticket but I can not get away)

TOP FUEL: Brittany Force

FUNNY CAR: Del Worsham

PRO STOCK: Vincent Nobile

PRO BIKE: Andrew Hines

 

[ocdart]

16th annual Toyota NHRA Nationals qualifying leaders

Q1
Weather: 75F, 50% relative humidity, barometer 27.78", adjusted altitude 4,173', Track temp 82F

TF: Steve Torrence, 3.728; Doug Kalitta @ 326.95
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.882 @ 326.95
PS: Shane Gray, 6.683; Vincent Nobile @ 205.69
PSM: Jerry Savoie, 6.904 @ 192.66


Q2
Weather: 75F, 51% relative humidity, barometer 27.74", adjusted altitude 4,309', Track temp 84F

TF: Leah Pritchett, 3.705; Doug Kalitta @ 326.95
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.872; John Force @ 331.94
PS: Drew Skillman, 6.681; Jason Line @ 205.82
PSM: Jerry Savoie, 6.904 @ 192.66


Q3
Weather: 77F, 45% relative humidity, barometer 27.89", adjusted altitude 4,176', Track temp 88F

TF: Leah Pritchett, 3.705; Doug Kalitta @ 326.95
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.872; John Force @ 331.94
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.677; Alex Laughlin @ 206.16
PSM: Jerry Savoie, 6.880 @ 193.96


Q4
Weather: 82F, 40% relative humidity, barometer 27.82", adjusted altitude 4,614', Track temp 110F

TF: Clay Millican, 3.689; Leah Pritchett @ 328.70
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.871; John Force @ 331.94
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.677; Alex Laughlin @ 206.16
PSM: Jerry Savoie, 6.880 @ 193.96

 

[ocdart]

Congrats to 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) - second week in a row for 'stroked340' - for being the best pickers this week and sharing the Top Qualifier title for the Toyota Nationals with a very nice total of 28.5 points. 'Back in Time' and 'stroked340' picked the #4 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock, and the #2 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle; 'ocdart' picked the #3 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #4 qualifier in Funny Car, the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock and the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Way to go!
'Gpuller' (FBBO) was right behind with 28.0 points.
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 16 players for the 23rd event of the 2016 NHRA "Pick 'Em" game season, and the fifth event of the Countdown. 16 players and 13 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if they all survive the opening round.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if they all survive the opening round.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the second round of eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the second round of eliminations.

Good luck all!!!

 

[Budnicks]

Good job Gpuller on qualifying picks

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats to Antron Brown for rapping up the T/F Championship

Ron Capps is damn close too, like some -86 Hagan & -113 Johson Jr. IIRC
it'd be great if Capps finally won a championship...

only really 3 P/S cars in the running, have a chance
Line, -19 Anderson & -94 Gray, really just Summit KB racing cars,
unless they don't qualify


P/SM 3 guy within 3 pts, Hines & Kraweic tied & -3 Savoie
it's going to be an interesting Pomona World Finals