2017 8th Annual FABO NASCAR "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Go Racing Again!!!

[ocdart]

Congratulations to '71dartswinger' ((FABO), 'alsant' (FBBO), 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'cuda20' (FABO), 'DFootCuda' (FABO), 'kazooom' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO), 'pauly v.100' (FABO), and 'riverdawg' (FBBO) for picking the race winner, #78 Martin Truex Jr., and picking up -5 bonus points! Nobody picked the race runner-up, #41 Kurt Busch, so no bonus points for the runner-up for the 2nd week in a row.
'Back in Time' and 'riverdawg' share the low net score of the week honors with -2.5 points each.

#18 Kyle Busch won Stage 1 with #4 Kevin Harvick coming in second. #11 Denny Hamlin won Stage 2 with #4 Kevin Harvick coming in second again.
STOP THE PRESSES! We have a new game leader!

Here are the game standings following the 2017 Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway:
cuda20 (FABO) 177.5 P18 L78 L18 S1-2 1 10 -5 194.0
pauly v.100 (FABO) 189.0 P20 78 42 1 39 -5 204.0
kazooom (FABO) 227.0 LP42 L18 78 S1-2 10 1 -5 225.5
alsant (FBBO) 233.0 LP78 -1 L78 L42 1 39 -5 247.0
71dartswinger (FABO) 284.0 LP24 78 42 1 39 -5 299.0
Back in Time (FABO) 303.5 P18 78 4 S1-1 S2-1 1 8 -5 301.0
ocdart (FABO) 319.0 LP42 L42 L78 39 1 -5 334.0
DFootCuda (FABO) (no Pole pick) 78 48 1 11 -5 342.5
Budnicks (FBBO) 338.5 LP24 L4 L18 S1-3 S2-1 8 10 343.5
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 349.5 LP24 L24 L4 S1-1 S2-1 4 8 353.5
memike (FABO) 361.0 (no Pole pick) L2 L22 13 21 378.0
riverdawg (FBBO) 405.5 LP24 L78 L24 1 4 -5 403.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 396.0 LP18 L4 L48 S1-1 S2-1 8 11 403.5
73AbodEE (FABO) 400.0 L22 L42 L21 39 3 421.0
Gamedog (FABO) 883.0 (no Pole pick) no pick no pick 40 40 923.0

The next race is the First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 29th.

Don't forget to post your race picks before the green flag drops at approximately 3:15PM EDT (12:15PM PDT) on Sunday, October 29th.

 

[alsant]

We got it Riverdawg !!!!

 

[Riverdawg]

Yes we did. Good pick in'.

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 73AbodEE (FABO) for being the only player to correctly pick #2 Joey Logano to win the Martinsville Pole.
He earned -1 bonus point.

 

[Budnicks]

Nice picks last week aslant

 

[Budnicks]

I'm staying at or below middle of the pack,
pretty good for not hardly ever watching an races
I rarely see the qualifying even...

I'm 1/2 surprised my locked in picks all did so well...

oh well always next year,
I won't be anywhere near the lead this season...

Good luck in the rest of the few races guys...

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to game leader 'cuda20' (FABO) for hitting the FABO NASCAR "Pick 'em" exacta by correctly picking both the race winner, #18 Kyle Busch, and the runner-up, #78 Martin Truex Jr., and picking up a total of -8 bonus points!
Congratulation also to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'DFootCuda' (FABO) for also picking the race winner and earning -5 bonus points.
And congrats to '71dartswinger' (FABO), 'alsant' (FBBO), 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO), 'pauly v.100' (FABO) and 'riverdawg' (FBBO) for also picking the race runner-up and earning -3 bonus points.
'cuda20' had the low net score of the week honors with -8.5 points each.

#2 Brad Keselowski won Stage 1 with #18 Kyle Busch coming in second. Stage 2 had the same results.


Here are the game standings following the 2017 First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway:
cuda20 (FABO) 194.0 P78 L78 L18 S1-1 S2-1 2 1 -3 -5 185.5
pauly v.100 (FABO) 204.0 P78 78 42 2 37 -3 220.5
kazooom (FABO) 225.5 P11 11 24 7 27 242.5
alsant (FBBO) 247.0 LP78 L78 L42 2 37 -3 263.5
Back in Time (FABO) 301.0 P78 78 24 2 27 -3 312.5
71dartswinger (FABO) 299.0 P48 78 42 2 37 -3 315.5
Budnicks (FBBO) 343.5 LP24 L4 L18 S1-1 S2-1 5 1 -5 339.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 342.5 P18 18 48 S1-1 S2-1 1 12 -5 342.0
ocdart (FABO) 334.0 LP42 L42 L78 37 2 -3 350.5
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 353.5 LP24 L24 L4 27 5 369.5
memike (FABO) 378.0 P2 L2 L22 S1-2 S2-2 4 24 388.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 403.5 LP18 L4 L48 5 12 412.0
riverdawg (FBBO) 403.0 LP24 L78 L24 2 27 -3 414.5
73AbodEE (FABO) 421.0 L22 -1 L42 L21 37 8 442.5
Gamedog (FABO) 923.0 (no Pole pick) (no pick 2) (no pick 2) 40 40 963.0

The next race is the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 5th.

Don't forget to post your race picks before the green flag drops at approximately 3:15PM EST (12:15PM PST) on Sunday, November 5th.

 

[Riverdawg]

Good picking all.

 

[ocdart]

This week it's #41 Kurt Busch laughing at all of us!
No Pole Pick bonus points at Texas.

 

[Riverdawg]

That's who I picked..... awww I didn't post the reply.

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to game leader 'cuda20' (FABO) for hitting the FABO NASCAR "Pick 'em" exacta for the second week in a row by correctly picking both the race winner, #4 Kevin Harvick, and the runner-up, #78 Martin Truex Jr., and picking up a total of -8 bonus points!
Congratulation also to 'Budnicks' (FBBO), 'Dart_Doctor' (FABO) and 'fishmens67' (FABO) for also picking the race winner and earning -5 bonus points.
And congrats to '71dartswinger' (FABO), 'alsant' (FBBO), 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'kazooom' (FABO), 'memike' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO) and 'riverdawg' (FBBO) for also picking the race runner-up and earning -3 bonus points.
'cuda20' had the low net score of the week honors with -10.5 points each.

#4 Kevin Harvick won Stage 1 with #78 Martin Truex Jr. coming in second. #42 Kyle Larson won Stage 2 with #4 Kevin Harvick coming in second.


Here are the game standings following the 2017 AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway:
cuda20 (FABO) 185.5 P21 L78 4 S1-3 S2-1 2 1 -5 -3 175.0
pauly v.100 (FABO) 220.5 P78 78 42 2 37 -3 237.0
kazooom (FABO) 242.5 P4 78 48 S1-1 2 27 -3 253.0
alsant (FBBO) 263.5 LP78 L78 L42 S1-1 S2-2 2 37 -3 277.0
Back in Time (FABO) 312.5 P78 78 41 S1-1 2 9 -3 314.0
71dartswinger (FABO) 315.5 P18 78 42 S1-1 S2-2 2 37 -3 329.0
Budnicks (FBBO) 339.5 LP24 L4 L18 S1-2 S2-1 1 19 -5 341.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 342.0 (no Pole pick) 21 18 6 19 354.5
ocdart (FABO) 350.5 LP42 L42 L78 S1-1 S2-2 37 2 -3 364.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 369.5 LP24 L24 L4 S1-2 S2-1 8 1 -5 366.0
memike (FABO) 388.0 P21 21 78 S1-2 6 2 -3 387.0
riverdawg (FBBO) 414.5 LP24 L78 L24 S1-1 2 8 -3 415.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 412.0 LP18 L4 L48 S1-2 S2-1 1 27 -5 418.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 442.5 L22 L42 L21 S2-2 37 6 462.0

The next race is the Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway on November 12th.

Don't forget to post your race picks before the green flag drops at approximately 2:45PM EST (11:45PM PST) on Sunday, November 12th.

 

[Riverdawg]

Good job all.

 

[ocdart]

...and the laughing continues. This week it's #21 Ryan Blaney laughing at all of us!
No Pole Pick bonus points at Phoenix.

 

[Riverdawg]

Ocdart, please put me down for #4 Harvick and #78 Truex jr for the race this week. Thanks and good luck all.

 

[Budnicks]

Thank goodness I'm not at the bottom
but I'm 154 pt's behind the leader, no chance in hell,
might as well {Locked in Picks} let em' ride

I may change for the next race {Last ?},
or who's still in
we'll see how they do in Phoenix 1st...
I'm pretty sure I'll pick a different qualifier anyhow...

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'pauly v.100' (FABO) and 'Dart_Doctor' (FABO) for correctly picking the race runner-up, #24 Chase Elliott and picking up -3 bonus points!
Nobody picked the race winner, #20 Matt Kenseth and the -5 bonus points.
'pauly v.100' (FABO) had the low net score of the week honors with -0.5 points.

#42 Kyle Larson won Stage 1 with #11 Denny Hamlin coming in second. #11 Denny Hamlin won Stage 2 with #20 Matt Kenseth coming in second.


Here are the game standings following the 2017 Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway:
cuda20 (FABO) 175.0 P24 4 21 5 17 188.0
pauly v.100 (FABO) 237.0 P78 78 24 3 2 -3 236.5
kazooom (FABO) 253.0 P18 42 11 S1-3 S2-2 40 35 285.5
alsant (FBBO) 277.0 LP78 L78 L42 S1-2 3 40 296.5
Back in Time (FABO) 314.0 P78 4 18 5 7 320.0
Budnicks (FBBO) LP24 L4 L18 5 7 347.5
71dartswinger (FABO) 329.0 P18 78 42 S1-2 3 40 348.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 354.5 P4 4 2 5 16 365.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 366.0 LP24 L24 L4 2 5 -3 366.5
ocdart (FABO) 364.0 LP42 L78 L11 S1-1 S2-2 3 35 380.0
memike (FABO) 387.0 (no Pole pick) LP2 21 16 17 403.5
riverdawg (FBBO) 415.5 LP24 L78 4 3 5 419.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 418.0 LP18 L4 L48 5 39 440.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 462.0 L22 L42 L21 S1-2 40 17 488.5

The final race of the 2017 NASCAR season is the Ford Eco-Boost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19th.

Don't forget to post your race picks before the green flag drops at approximately 2:45PM EST (11:45PM PST) on Sunday, November 19th.

 

[Riverdawg]

Thanks for the update ocdart.
#78 and #11 for the finale. #24 for the pole. Good luck to all next week.

 

[ocdart]

No laughing this week.
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for picking Homestead Pole winner #11 Denny Hamlin and the -1 bonus point that goes with the winning pick.

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'Cuda20' (FABO) for being the 2017 NASCAR "Pick 'Em" game champion! He ran away with the title winning by 50 points. Outstanding!
By the way, 'Cuda20' also won the 2017 NHRA "Pick 'Em" game. Way to go "Mr. DoubleUp"!

Congratulations to both 'cuda20' (FABO) and 'Back in Time' (FABO) for correctly hitting the "Pick 'Em" game exacta by correctly picking both the race runner-up, #78 Martin Truex Jr. and picking -5 bonus points and race runner-up, #18 Kyle Busch and picking up -3 bonus points!

'Back in Time' (FABO) had the low net score of the week honors with -8.5 points.

#42 Kyle Larson won Stage 1 with #2 Brad Keselowski coming in second. #42 Kyle Larson also won Stage 2 with #78 Martin Truex Jr. coming in second.


Here are the final game standings following the 2017 Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
cuda20 (FABO) 188.0 P78 L78 L18 S2-1 1 2 -5 -3 178.5
pauly v.100 (FABO) 236.5 P42 78 42 S1-2 S2-3 1 3 -5 228.5
alsant (FBBO) 296.5 LP78 L78 L42 S1-2 S2-3 1 3 -5 288.5
kazooom (FABO) 285.5 P4 2 L4 S1-1 7 4 290.0
Back in Time (FABO) 320.0 P11 -1 78 18 S2-1 1 2 -5 -3 311.5
71dartswinger (FABO) 348.5 P42 78 4 S2-1 1 4 -5 345.0
Budnicks (FBBO) 347.5 LP24 L4 L18 4 2 -3 347.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 365.0 (no Pole pick) 20 18 8 2 -3 367.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 366.5 LP24 L24 L4 8 4 372.5
ocdart (FABO) 380.0 P18 L78 L11 S2-1 1 9 -5 379.0
memike (FABO) 403.5 (no Pole pick) LP2 78 S1-1 S2-1 7 1 -5 400.5
riverdawg (FBBO) 419.5 LP24 L78 11 S2-1 1 9 -5 418.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 440.0 LP18 L4 L48 4 27 455.5
73AbodEE (FABO) 488.5 L22 L42 L21 S1-2 S2-2 3 29 500.5

The next race will be NEXT YEAR. Look for the 2019 NASCAR "Pick 'Em" game details sometime in January 2018.

Happy Holidays!

 

[Riverdawg]

Been a fun season. I was watching NBCsn for a while with the post race coverage and saw the our CEO on the stage behind Martin at one point. Ocdart thanks for all the work you do keeping this game up. It's fun to be a part of it. Congrats to everyone for a great season.