2016 7th annual NASCAR "Pick 'Em" Game - Here We Go Racing Again!!!

[ocdart]

Ok guys and gals, time to get going with our 2016 NASCAR "Pick 'Em" game.......

First off, an apology. I blew it this year and didn't pay close attention to the dates and missed out on getting this thread going in time for the Sprint Unlimited bonus event this year. Sorry I missed it because it's always a fun event to get the game going.

We're going with the same rules as the past three years and they again will stay the same all year including bonus points.

1- Pick 2 Drivers each race! (place divided by 2)
ex. 3rd and 9th place =12/2=6----your score for race

2- Bonus pick winning driver. (-5)
ex. your score (6) -5 = 1 score with bonus

3- Bonus pick 2nd place driver. (-3)
ex. your score (6) -3 = 3 score with bonus

4- Picks must be in by drop of green flag.
ex. the sticks with green material waving in air, if no pick avg is 43

5- No picks for 3 straight races and will be sent to pits for the remainder of the season.
ex. out of Competition - lost your team sponsor

6- You may make your picks permanent for the entire season so you don't run the risk of getting the dreaded 43-point race result by forgetting to post your weekly picks. Just let me know in your initial pick post that you want your picks to be permanent for the year. Of course, you can always make a change to your permanent picks if one, or both, of your drivers gets sick, injured or loses his ride.


Let me know who is in so I can get your names on my Excel spreadsheet. It's gonna be another great year!!!

Please make your picks by driver name or car number and driver name. Driver name will always take precedence over car number.
If you make your pick by car number only you're going to be locked in to that car number no matter who the driver is; and if you pick a car number not in that weeks race, you'll end up with '43' (last place) as your score for that car.
..............If you have any questions just ask............


Here's the 2016 Sprint Cup schedule:

02/21 Daytona 500
02/28 Atlanta Motor Speedway
03/06 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
03/13 Phoenix International Raceway
03/20 Auto Club Speedway (Fontana)
04/03 Martinsville Speedway
04/09 Texas Motor Speedway
04/17 Bristol Motor Speedway
04/24 Richmond International Raceway
05/01 Talladega Superspeedway
05/07 Kansas Speedway
05/15 Dover International Speedway
05/21 Sprint Showdown & All-Star Race (Charlotte Motor Speedway)
05/29 Charlotte Motor Speedway
06/05 Pocono Raceway
06/12 Michigan International Speedway
06/26 Sonoma Raceway
07/02 Daytona International Speedway
07/09 Kentucky Speedway
07/17 New Hampshire Motor Speedway
07/24 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
07/31 Pocono Raceway
08/07 Watkins Glen International
08/20 Bristol Motor Speedway
08/28 Michigan International Speedway
09/04 Darlington Raceway
09/10 Richmond International Raceway
09/18 Chicagoland Speedway
09/25 New Hampshire Motor Speedway
10/02 Dover International Speedway
10/08 Charlotte Motor Speedway
10/16 Kansas Speedway
10/23 Talladega Superspeedway
10/30 Martinsville Speedway
11/06 Texas Motor Speedway
11/13 Phoenix International Raceway
11/20 Homestead-Miami Speedway

 

[Budnicks]

I'm in

I'll "Lock In" a couple picks, to help you out some maybe,
I'm not sure who else will play here @ FBBO

Defending my Championship for FBBO from last year...LOL

Joey Logano & Kurt Busch for now...

Good luck, whom ever decides to play...

Thanks again for all your time/work ocdart

 

[WP29440SE]

Ill take the 88 and the 2 for daytona next sunday.

 

[ocdart]

Ill take the 88 and the 2 for daytona next sunday.

Alright! Welcome to the game.
A new FBBO player to give Budnicks a run.
Don't forget to make Pole picks for the rest of the races each week.

 

[Budnicks]

Thanks ocdart , I'll take Dale jr. "Locked in" for pole picks, for now

good luck to the new blood...

 

[Dennis H]

Commercial: Most important part of car? Only Danica chose steering wheel. To put boyfriend in wall?

 

[ocdart]

Outstanding race finish!
Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO), Dart_doctorSr' (FABO), DFootCuda (FABO) and 'Mopar Momma' (FABO) for correctly picking the Daytona 500 race winner #11 Denny Hamlin! Each picked up -5 bonus points.
Congrats also to 'paulyv.100' (FABO) for picking up -3 bonus points for correctly picking the race 2nd-place finisher #78 Martin Truex Jr..

Here are the game standings following the 2016 Daytona 500:

Mopar Momma (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 11 31 1 11 -5 1.0
Dart_doctorSr (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 20 11 14 1 -5 2.5
kazooom (FABO) 0.0 P20 4 19 4 5 4.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 2 11 20 1 -5 5.5
moparfan68 (FABO) 0.0 LP4 L18 L41 3 10 6.5
paulyv.100 (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 78 1 2 17 -3 6.5
Budnicks (FBBO) 0.0 LP88 L22 L41 6 10 8.0
daredevil (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 19 5 5 13 9.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 0.0 P88 4 48 4 16 10.0
memike (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) L2 L20 20 6 13.0
cuda20 (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 88 11 36 1 -5 13.5
ocdart (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 18 88 3 36 19.5
Back in Time (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 88 22 36 6 21.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 0.0 LP24 -1 L20 L24 14 37 24.5
71dartswinger (FABO) 0.0 LP48 L48 88 16 36 26.0
MoparDaddy (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 48 88 26.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 0.0 P22 2 88 20 36 28.0
WP29440SE (FBBO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 88 2 36 20 28.0
Snake (FABO) 0.0 (no Pole pick) 88 24 36 37 36.5
stroked340 (FABO) (no Pole pick) 88 24 36 37 36.5

Don't forget to get your picks for Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 from Atlanta Motor Speedway posted before the green flag drops at approximately 1:16PM EST (10:16AM PST) on Sunday, February 28.

 

[Budnicks]

I think I may need to add a Toyota to my picks...

 

[Riverdawg]

Hi, I've seen the going on for a couple years. I forgot to look into it this year. Can I still play? I'll take 88 and Martin Truex Jr for the Atlanta race. #14 for the Pole. Thanks, Riverdawg.

 

[Budnicks]

Hi, I've seen the going on for a couple years. I forgot to look into it this year. Can I still play? I'll take 88 and Martin Truex Jr for the Atlanta race. #14 for the Pole. Thanks, Riverdawg.

Welcome to the fray/mix, we need more FBBO players, more the better...

I'm pretty sure ocdart will say yes & welcome too...

 

[Riverdawg]

Thanks Budnicks. Hope I can keep up with you.

 

[Budnicks]

Let me change one of my "locked in Picks"

Joey Logano
Kyle Busch {Instead of Kurt}
needed a Toyota, so much Toyota success...

Dale jr. Pole

good luck everyone

 

[ocdart]

Stewart-Haas Racing Switching To Ford For 2017 NASCAR Season!

Here's the story...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mot...-ford-alliance-will-be-significant/ar-BBpWad8

- - - Updated - - -

Hi, I've seen the going on for a couple years. I forgot to look into it this year. Can I still play? I'll take 88 and Martin Truex Jr for the Atlanta race. #14 for the Pole. Thanks, Riverdawg.

You're in...starting with 40 points following Daytona.
Thanks for joining and hope you enjoy the game and have fun!
We have a NHRA "Pick 'Em" game too if you're a drag racing fan.

 

[Budnicks]

I saw that too ocdart Thanks for sharing

going away from the Hendricks stuff I guess, Haas cut some killer deal too, I'm sure
it's good for Ford IMO, Stewart-Haas too...
Will Penske & Roushe still be the major players still in the Ford Camp...
I kind of wonder now ?

Ford, They have all that extra $$$, after they pulled out of
NHRA/Drag-racing to spread around now too...LOL

 

[WP29440SE]

Lets have 22 on the pole and hamlin/kyle bush for the race

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to DFootCuda (FABO) and fishmens67 (FABO) for correctly picking #18 Kyle Busch to win the Pole at Atlanta.
Both earned -1 bonus points for their savvy picking.

Scratch that earlier post! Kyle's car failed postrace inspection and his qualifying time was disallowed by NASCAR.
#41 Kurt Busch now the Atlanta Pole winner.

So...congratulations to 73AbodEE for correctly picking #41 Kurt Busch as the Atlanta Pole winner. He gets the -1 bonus point.

 

[ocdart]

Another exciting race finish! I kinda like the low-drag aero package.
Congratulations to 'mopardaddy' (FABO), 'Snake' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) - looks like they were all checking the same crystal ball - for hitting the "Pick 'Em" exacta and correctly picking both race winner #48 Jimmie Johnson (-5 bonus points) and race runner-up #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (-3 bonus points). They each had the low-net scores of the week with -6.5 points. Outstanding!
Congrats also to '71dartswinger' (FABO) and 'fishmens67' (FABO) for also picking the race winner and -5 bonus points, and to 'Riverdawg' (FBBO) for correctly picking the race runner-up and -3 bonus points.

Here are the game standings following the Atlanta race:

fishmens67 (FABO) 10.0 P18 4 48 6 1 -5 8.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 5.5 P18 18 19 3 5 9.5
kazooom (FABO) 4.5 (no Pole pick) 4 19 6 5 10.0
moparfan68 (FABO) 6.5 LP4 L18 L41 3 4 10
Dart_doctorSr (FABO) 2.5 (no Pole pick) 22 4 12 6 11.5
Budnicks (FBBO) 8.0 LP88 L22 L18 12 3 15.5
cuda20 (FABO) 13.5 P22 41 4 4 6 18.5
mopardaddy (FABO) 26.0 (no Pole pick) L48 L88 1 2 -5 -3 19.5
Mopar Momma (FABO) 1.0 (no Pole pick) L11 L31 16 24 21.0
paulyv.100 (FABO) 6.5 P42 5 78 23 7 21.5
daredevil (FABO) 9.0 (no Pole pick) L19 L5 5 23 23.0
memike (FABO) 13.0 P2 L2 L20 9 12 23.5
71dartswinger (FABO) 26.0 LP48 L48 L24 1 8 -5 25.5
Snake (FABO) 36.5 P48 48 88 1 2 -5 -3 30.0
stroked340 (FABO) 36.5 P88 88 48 2 1 -3 -5 30.0
ocdart (FABO) 19.5 P22 4 11 6 16 30.5
Back in Time (FABO) 21.0 P2 11 41 16 4 31.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 28.0 P41 -1 22 78 12 7 36.5
WP29440SE (FBBO) 28.0 P22 11 18 16 3 37.5
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 24.5 LP24 L20 L2419 8 38.0
RiverDawg (FBBO) 40.0 P14 88 78 2 7 -3 41.5
fishmens68 Sr (FABO) 40.0 (no Pole pick) 18 22 3 12 47.5

Don't forget to get your picks for Kobalt 400 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway posted before the green flag drops at approximately 3:46PM EST (12:46AM PST) on Sunday, March 6.

 

[Budnicks]

Good job Riverdawg'

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to paulyv.100 (FABO) for correctly picking #41 Kurt Busch to win the Pole at Las Vegas.
He earned -1 bonus points for his good picking.

 

[WP29440SE]

I forgot my pole pick this week, so lets have the 19 / 11 this week to win