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

Congratulations to 'DFootCuda' (FABO), 'pauly v.100' (FABO) and riverdawg (FBBO) who all correctly picked the Kansas race winner, #78 Martin Truex Jr. Each picked up -5 bonus points.
Congrats also to '73AbodEE' (FABO, 'Budnicks' (FBBO), 'memike' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) who correctly picked the race runner-up, #2 Brad Keselowski. Each picked up -3 bonus points.

pauly v.100 had the low net score for the week with
-3.5 points
Stage 1 winner was #18 Kyle Busch, runner-up was #78 Martin Truex Jr.
Stage 2 winner was #21 Ryan Blaney, runner up was #42 Kyle Larson

Here are the game standings following the 2017 Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway:
pauly v.100 (FABO) 25.0 P42 78 42 S1-1 S2-1 1 6 -5 21.5

memike (FABO) 58.5 (no Pole pick) L2 L22 2 37 -3 75.0
aslant (FBBO) 64.0 (no Pole pick) 42 L41 S2-1 6 19 75.5
73AbodEE (FABO) 60.5 LP22 L2 L22 2 37 -3 77.0
Budnicks (FBBO) 77.5 LP4 L22 L2 37 2 -3 94.0

cuda20 (FABO) 75.5 P22 22 18 S1-2 37 5 94.5
kazooom (FABO) 84.0 P18 4 48 3 24 97.5
Back in Time (FABO) 92.0 P18 14 48 9 24 108.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 113.5 (no Pole pick) 22 78 S1-1 37 1 -5 126.5

ocdart (FABO) 127.5 P18 2 42 S2-1 2 6 -3 127.5
71dartswinger (FABO) 121.5 LP24 42 24 S2-1 6 29 138.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 125.5 LP24 L24 L4 29 3 141.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 130.5 (no Pole pick) L48 L4 24 3 144.0
riverdawg (FBBO) 157.0 LP22 L78 L88 S1-1 1 20 -5 161.5


The next race is the Monster Energy All-Star race next Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. Watch for the rules for the All-Star race in an upcoming post.
 
Just like the past five years, we're going to treat the 2017 NASCAR All-Star Race next Saturday (May 20) just like a normal weekend NASCAR race but with more bonus point opportunity.

All picks for the Monster Energy Open and the Monster Energy All-Star race events must be posted Friday, May 19th, before the television coverage of Qualifying starts on Fox Sports 1.


Here's the weekend schedule:

* Qualifying, a three-lap run with no speed limit on pit road will be televised on Friday night. As always there will be a -1 bonus point if you pick the Qualifying winner.
* The Monster Energy Open, a qualifying race for all drivers not automatically eligible to drive in the All-Star race. There will be three segments to the Monster Energy Open: 20, 20, and 10 laps, with each stage winner advancing to the All-Star race. Another driver will advance to the All-Star race based on the fan vote.


* There are four stages in this year's Monster Energy All-Star Race -- a 20-lap opening stage, a 20-lap second stage, a 20-lap third stage and a 10-lap final dash to the finish. The three winners of the 20-lap stages, as long as they're still on the lead lap after the third stage, are locked into the final 10-lap sprint, which will only include 10 drivers. The seven drivers who join the three stage winners will be decided by the average finish in the first three stages. Once the ten drivers eligible for the final stage are announced, they'll do an additional pit stop and the order of the drivers exiting pit road will determine the starting order for the final 10-lap stage, which offers a $1-million prize.
Confused yet?


So, how are points going to work? Pick two drivers as always - driver picks are for the Friday night qualifying and Saturday All Star Race only, you are not picking drivers for the Monster Energy Open.
All game scoring will be based on All Star Race qualifying and finish position only.
But you can pick a driver that is driving in the Saturday Monster Energy Open if you think they will be one of the three drivers from either the Monster Energy Open, or will be the fan vote winner, and advance to the Saturday All Star Race.
If your driver wins the final 10-lap segment of the All Star Race you'll get a -5 bonus, 2nd-place driver pick will get a -3 point bonus. Also, the driver pick winning each 20-lap segment of the All Star Race will get a -1 point bonus. If the same driver pick wins multiple 20-lap segments they'll get a -1 point bonus for each.

As always, finishing positions from the All Star Race for your driver picks will be averaged. But not all current drivers will be starting the 70-lap All-Star race and some may get knocked out due to accidents or mechanical problems during the three 20-lap segments.
Only 19 drivers will start the All-Star race event, including the Fan Vote Winner and the three stage winners from the Monster Energy Open preliminary race.
Any driver pick not starting the final 10-lap segment will have their final position counted as an 11th-place finish, one more than the final segment starting car count. If you pick a driver that doesn't make it out of the Monster Energy Open, you'll also get an 11th-place finish.


No picks at all will be counted as 19 points since only 19 cars will be starting the All-Star Race stages.

Whew! Too much thinking! I've got a headache again - and it's worse than the headache I got with thinking about this race last year.


Here's the list of drivers guaranteed entry to the All-Star Race. They'll be joined by the Fan Vote Winner and the three stage winners of the Monster Energy Open:

#1 Jamie McMurray
#2 Brad Keselowski
#4 Kevin Harvick
#5 Kasey Kahne
#11 Denny Hamlin

#18 Kyle Busch
#20 Matt Kenseth
#22 Joey Logano
#31 Ryan Newman

#37 Chris Buescher
#41 Kurt Busch

#42 Kyle Larson
#48 Jimmie Johnson
#78 Martin Truex Jr.
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.



Pick any driver not on the above list and double any bonus points earned by that driver. You could get -10 points for an event win, -6 points for an event runner-up, -2 points for any 20-lap segment wins and -2 points for qualifying for the All-Star Race Pole.
Not interested in any driver except for those already locked in, you say? How about #3 Austin Dillon, #10 Danica Patrick, #21 Ryan Blaney? Any of them or any other non-qualified NASCAR driver could easily win either the Monster Energy Open or the Fan Vote on Friday night. Pick a non-qualified driver and possibly earn double bonus points.
So, do you feel lucky? Well, do you?


Vote for your favorite driver if he's not already in the set field and try to get him in via the Sprint Fan Vote.

And of you just want to keep your already "locked in" picks...that's OK too.


Good luck all! Let me know if you have any questions.
 
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All-star picks

Keselowski
Lagano

{Knowing my luck in NASCAR JJ will probably win, like he normally does}

Dale Jr. "if we need a Pole pick", there is qualifying, if not needed, ignore it...

this is confusing, too much information &
not clear, my head hurts now, it is what it is...
 
I just read that the upcoming Coca-Cola 600 race will have 4 stages rather than the usual 3.
Even more bonus points!
 
Damn missed the race last week and Truex Jr. wins it in the Auto-Owners car again, sweet.

All-star picks. Martin Truex and Denny Hamlin
 
Congratulations to current game leader 'pauly v.100' (FABO) and 'kazooom' (FABO) for correctly picking the 2017 All-Star race Pole winner, #42 Kyle Larson. Each picked up -1 bonus point.
 
Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO) for being the only player who correctly picked the 2017 All-Star Race winner, #18 Kyle Busch and runner-up, #42 Kyle Larson. 'cuda20' picked up a total of -8 bonus points from those picks. He also picked up -1 bonus point for Kyle Larson winning both the 1st and 2nd race segments. 'cuda20' had the low net score of the week with -8.5 points.
Congrats also to '71dartswinger' (FABO), 'alsant' (FBBO), 'DFootCuda' (FABO), 'kazooom' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO) and 'pauly v.100' (FABO) for also picking the race runner-up and picking up -3 bonus points.
Stage 1 winner was #42 Kyle Larson
Stage 2 winner was #42 Kyle Larson
Stage 3 winner was #48 Jimmie Johnson

Here are the game standings following the 2017 All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
pauly v.100 (FABO) 21.5 P42 -1 78 42 S1-1 S2-1 12 2 -3 1 6 -3 22.5

alsant (FBBO) 75.5 P2 42 48 S1-1 S2-1 S3-1 2 3 -3 85.5
memike (FABO) 75.0 P22 L2 L22 9 8 83.5
73AbodEE (FABO) 60.5 LP22 L2 L22 2 37 -3 77.0
cuda20 (FABO) 94.5 P4 42 18 S1-1 S2-1 2 1 -5 -3 86.0

kazooom (FABO) 97.5 P42 -1 42 24 S1-1 S2-1 2 7 -3 96.0
Budnicks (FBBO) 94.0 P88 L22 L2 8 9 102.5
Back in Time (FABO) 108.5 P4 78 2 12 9 119.0
DFootCuda (FABO) 126.5 (no Pole pick) 2 42 S1-1 S2-1 9 2 -3 127.0

ocdart (FABO) 127.5 P48 24 42 S1-1 S2-1 7 2 -3 127.0
71dartswinger (FABO) 138.0 P78 42 48 S1-1 S2-1 S3-1 2 3 -3 135.5
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 141.5 LP24 L24 L4 7 6 148.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 144.0 (no Pole pick) L48 L4 S3-1 3 6 148.5

riverdawg (FBBO) 161.5 LP22 L78 11 12 10 172.5

Don't forget to get your picks for the Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, posted before the green flag drops at approximately 6:14PM EDT (3:14PM PDT) on Sunday, May 28.
 
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Hey guys, qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600 is tomorrow, Thursday, at 7:15PM EDT (4:15PM PDT)!
Don't miss out.
 
let's try #42 for the pole and #78 and 22 for the race, this race only. Please and thanks. Good luck all!!!
 
Great job aslant

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Coke 600


I'm sticking with all my previous "locked in picks"
Kesolowski & Logano for the races
Harvick for the Pole, PLEASE
 
Congratulations to Budnicks (FBBO) for correctly picking the 2017 Coca-Cola 600 Pole winner, #4 Kevin Harvick and picking up -1 bonus point.
 
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Coca-Cola 600 Stage 1 winner was #18 Kyle Busch, runner-up was #78 Martin Truex Jr.;
Stage 2 winner was #78 Martin Truex Jr., runner-up was #48 Jimmie Johnson;
Stage 3 winner was #11 Denny Hamlin, runner-up was #18 Kyle Busch
 
Congratulations to #3 Austin Dillon for his first NASCAR Monster Energy Cup win! It was great to see the #3 back in Victory Circle.
Nobody picked the Coca-Cola 600 race winner, #3 Austin Dillon, so Congrats to 'cuda20' (FABO) for being the only one to correctly pick the race runner-up, #18 Kyle Bush, and pick up -3 bonus points.

Game leader 'pauly v.100' (FABO) had the low net score for the week with -3.5 points
See post #97 for the Stage winners.

Here are the game standings following the 2017 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
pauly v.100 (FABO) 22.5 P42 78 14 S1-1 S2-2 3 14 28.0

cuda20 (FABO) 86.0 (no Pole pick) 42 18 S1-2 S3-1 33 2 -3 97.5
alsant (FBBO) 85.5 P42 42 78 S1-1 S2-2 33 3 100.5
73AbodEE (FABO) 77.0 LP22 L2 L22 39 21 107.0
memike (FABO) 83.5 (no Pole pick) L2 L22 39 21 113.5
kazooom (FABO) 96.0 P78 24 20 38 4 117.0
Budnicks (FBBO) 102.5 LP4 -1 L22 L2 21 39 131.5

Back in Time (FABO) 119.0 P78 78 42 S1-1 S2-2 3 33 134.0
DFootCuda (FABO) 127.0 (no Pole pick) 48 42 S2-1 17 33 151.0
71dartswinger (FABO) 135.5 P48 42 48 S2-1 33 17 159.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 148.5 P2 L48 L4 17 8 161.0
ocdart (FABO) 127.0 P78 2 42 39 33 163.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 148.0 LP24 L24 L4 38 8 171.0
riverdawg (FBBO) 172.5 P42 L78 22 S1-1 S2-2 3 21 181.5


The next race is the AAA 400 Drive For Autism next Sunday at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 3:50PM EDT (12:50PM PDT) on Friday, June 2. Post your qualifying pick before then.
Don't forget to post your race picks before the green flag drops at approximately 1:14PM EDT (10:14AM PDT) on Sunday, June 4.
I will be at my Inland Mopars Car Club monthly meeting so the scheduled green flag time of 1:14PM EDT is the cutoff time for posting race picks or any changes.
Good luck!

 
For the race, Truex (keep locked) and Chase Elliot( this race). I'll keep my pole pick
 
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