2017 7th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Get Ready To Make Your Picks!!!

[Budnicks]

Hey SBS -
Ya' better pick a different driver for Funny Car...Tanner's grandpa drove Funny Car a couple of years ago.

I mentioned it in a conversation with him too...
It's pretty late here 1:02 am
hopefully he see's it early tomorrow morning...

 

[ocdart]

not sure I can make it up in 2 races

Following NHRA's lead, the round win points for the Finals at Pomona are going to be 15 points each round instead of the usual 10.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Hey SBS -
Ya' better pick a different driver for Funny Car...Tanner's grandpa drove Funny Car a couple of years ago.

Ha Ha!
Tanner Gray!
Maybe I will KEEP him, even though he's NOT running?
I may do better !!!



Updated: John Force Funny Car

 

[super-bee_ski]

Thanks Budnicks...
Got it
PS: I came in at 0400hrs this morning,,,zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[ocdart]

Thanks Budnicks...
Got it
PS: I came in at 0400hrs this morning,,,zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

On my clock, that's "0dark00" hrs!

 

[super-bee_ski]

On my clock, that's "0dark00" hrs!

Yeah, OC
It's too early for "Us" old timers.....
Edwards AFB at 0400hrs is a ghastly and desolate spot in the desert!

 

[ocdart]

2017 Toyota Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 91F, 16% relative humidity, barometer 27.85", adjusted altitude 4,813', track temp 113F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.736; Brittany Force @ 327.51
FC: Ron Capps, 3.916; Cruz Pedregon @ 329.26
PS: Drew Skillman, 6.664; Chris McGaha @ 206.32
PSM: Andrew Hines, 6.959 @ 192.85


Q2
Weather: 85F, 19% relative humidity, barometer 27.81", adjusted altitude 4,512', track temp 106F
TF: Tony Schumacher, 3.673 @ 332.67
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.867; Courtney Force @ 331.77
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.663; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 206.42
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.936; Andrew Hines @ 193.82


Q3
Weather: 88F, 18% relative humidity, barometer 27.84", adjusted altitude 4,671', track temp 111F
TF: Tony Schumacher, 3.673 @ 332.67
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.867; Courtney Force @ 331.77
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.663; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 206.42
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.936; Andrew Hines @ 193.82


Q4
Weather: 87F, 19% relative humidity, barometer 27.78", adjusted altitude 4,700', track temp 102F
TF: Tony Schumacher, 3.673 @ 332.67
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.854 @ 335.57
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.663; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 206.42
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.936; Andrew Hines @ 193.82

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO), 2nd week in a row, and 'cuda20' (FABO) for sharing the Top Qualifier title of the 2017 NHRA Toyota Nationals with a very nice total of 28.0 bonus points each. They both picked the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock and the #6 qualifier in Funny Car. Way to go!
'johnnycuda' (FABO) was right behind in the runner-up spot with 27.5 bonus points.
More great picks!

We have 15 players for the FallNationals but only 11 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers. No Round 1 head-to-head matchup possibilities, but one possible head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers. Two Round 1 head-to-head matchups. One between #3 qualifier Robert Hight (2 picks) and #14 qualifier Tim Wilkerson (1 pick); and one between #6 qualifier Ron Capps (8 picks) and #11 qualifier John Force (1 pick). The winners of those races will face each other in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 3 different Pro Stock drivers and no possible head-to-head matchups until the semi-finals
* 3 different Pro Stock Motorcycle riders. Again, no possible head-to-head matchups until the semi-finals.

Good luck all!

 

[alsant]

Go Bud !!!

 

[Budnicks]

Yeah me...LOL

I have the DVR going I'm about to go & watch todays race...

good luck everyone

 

[ocdart]

Hey guys, the Toyota Nationals results are going to be a few days late.
The World Series TV coverage started right after the Las Vegas coverage and the game is only in the 8th inning right now.
I've got a friend coming over to visit after work tomorrow and Game 6 of the World Series will be on Tuesday and Game 7 (if necessary) will be on Wednesday. Games start just before I get home from work.
I'll get to the results as soon as I can.

 

[super-bee_ski]

No worries ocdart!
Thank you for doing a GREAT Job!

 

[64BEL]

Nice qualifying Bud!

 

[Budnicks]

Yeah thanks
My qual. picks were better than the race results
Capps & Torrance both went out early...

Hey guys, the Toyota Nationals results are going to be a few days late.
The World Series TV coverage started right after the Las Vegas coverage and the game is only in the 8th inning right now.
I've got a friend coming over to visit after work tomorrow and Game 6 of the World Series will be on Tuesday and Game 7 (if necessary) will be on Wednesday. Games start just before I get home from work.
I'll get to the results as soon as I can.

No biggy we have a couple weeks, till Pomona World Finals...
should be interesting in P/S, F/C & T/F at least mathematically...
P/SM is all but wrapped up, unless if Kraweic doesn't qualify
Pro Mod Troy Coughlin won the championship after Vegas

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to '71dartswinger' (FABO), memike (FABO) and Nick2317 (FBBO) for sharing the 2017 Toyota Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with very nice totals of 139.5 points. They all had the same picks: the class winners in Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, their Pro Stock pick lost in the final round of eliminations, and their Top Fuel pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. They each were helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Duster79' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 136.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Tony Schumacher, 3.6732 during qualifying
Speed - Tony Schumacher, 332.67 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.854 during qualifying
Speed - Jack Beckman, 335.57 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.663 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 206.42 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Eddie Krawiec, 6.935 during qualifying
Speed - Andrew Hines, 193.82 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 23rd event of the 2017 season, the fifth round of the 'Countdown:
2655.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in the game standings
2621.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
2617.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
2581.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
2566.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +2
2555.0 - ocdart (FABO) -2
2535.5 - memike (FABO) +3
2535.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +3
2522.0 - aslant (FBBO) -1
2521.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -4
2500.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
2497.5 - Gpuller (FBBO) -3
2432.0 - SSGKarg (FABO) no change
2420.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
2366.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change

We have a weekend off to get ready for the final event of the 2017 season, the Finals, is November 9-12 at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, November 10 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:00PM EST (12:00Noon PST).
The Finals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 18 Funny Car, 19 Pro Stock and 18 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are always subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist24.aspx for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and good luck!
The current television schedule shows Friday qualifying live coverage starting at 6:30PM EST (3:30PM PST), Saturday qualifying live coverage starting at 6:00PM EST Sunday (3:00 PST), both on FS1. Finals coverage starts at 4:00PM EST (1:00PM PST) on FS1.

 

[alsant]

Nice job Nick!

 

[Gpuller]

Congrats Nick!

Hey Bel...time we get serious about the championship. LOL

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats Nick

 

[Budnicks]

Well I didn't really make up any or lose any positions or points...
I guess it will come down to the World Finals
I may have to go over to FABO & see what they both pick...

Nick is catching up too

1.5 times point value in the Finals

ocdart do we get the same in the Pick Em' game ?
1.5x points value too ?

I don't think that was in or remember that last year,
I think it was new for this season 1st in NHRA
for the World Finals/Pomona

 

[64BEL]

Bud or Nick - will one of you just win this thing already?! I don't think an FBBO member has won it yet. I'm doing my best to beat Ski to the bottom.