2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!

[64BEL]

Sorry to hear it, Nick. Take Care.

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'Duster79' (FABO) for grabbing the 2018 NHRA Toyota Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a very nice total of 150.0 points. He picked the class winner in Top Fuel, his Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the finals, and his Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. His point total was also helped by picking up Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'cuda20' (FABO) got the event runner-up spot with 121.0 points.
'Nick2317' was the highest finishing FBBO player with 120.0 points.
Our visiting player, 'gtxracer' (FBBO) scored 109.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.699 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 333.33 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Tommy Johnson Jr., 3.879 during qualifying
Speed - john Force, 330.55 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.628 during qualifyingRound 1 of eliminations
Speed - Chris McGaha, 207.91 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Hector Arana Jr., 6.845 during qualifying
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 196.44 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 23rd event of the 2018 season, the 5th event of the Countdown:
2590.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change in the game standings
2582.5 - Duster 79 (FABO) no change
2527.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
2500.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
2486.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
2478.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
2447.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2402.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +4
2285.5 - memike (FABO) -1
2381.0 - aslant (FBBO) +1
2378.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -2
2357.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO) -2
2339.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
2230.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change


We have a weekend off to get ready for the 24th and final event of the 2018 season. The next event is the 55th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals, November 8-11, at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, November 9th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EST (121:45PM PST).
The Auto Club Finals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 18 Top Fuel, 19 Funny Car, 18 Pro Stock and 19 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are always subject to change. Keep checking NHRA.com for an updated entry list.

Get your picks posted and good luck!

 

[alsant]

Up 4 Bell ! Way to go !

 

[Budnicks]

Nice picks Nick & BEL...
to our visitor gtxracer too

good job fellas

 

[Budnicks]

points & a 1/2 next event
depends on who picks who it could be close finishes

go FBBO

good luck guys

Nov. 11th seems so far away

 

[64BEL]

Bud and Nick - let's see one of you guys bring this thing home!

 

[Budnicks]

Bud and Nick - let's see one of you guys bring this thing home!

problem is everyone or most anyone on the top
picks all the same cars/drivers
that's why they are there
it's extremely hard to gain any points
or to actually separate yourself,
you have to throw a 'wild card' in & 'roll the dice'
it's a gamble

makes for an interesting end of season now

I was mid pack a while ago
I changed the picks up in the "count down"/playoffs
I went with some different than my normal favorite picks

so far so good

 

[ocdart]

Hard to believe we're already at the final event of the 2018 season.
This is your last 'Tuesday-before-the-event' reminder of 2018. The Auto Club Finals starts Friday, November 9, the final event of the Countdown and the final event of the 2018 NHRA season.
The event entry list currently shows 18 Top Fuel, 20 Funny Car, 20 Pro Stock and 21 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries.
Make your choices carefully. This event provides 15 points per elimination round win so a lot of position changing is likely.
The extended weather forecast shows a high temp of 77F on Friday, 75F on Saturday and 76F on Sunday with not even a hint of rain (that's what you typically get in early November in SoCal).

Post your picks and good luck!

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Tanner Gray
PSM Matt Smith

 

[gtxracer]

Here goes nothing...

T/F: Clay Millican
F/C: J R Todd
P/S: Erica Enders
PS/M: Hector Arana Jr

 

[Budnicks]

Finals Pomona

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Robert Hight

P/S Tanner Grey

P/SM Matt Smith

let em' ride

good luck everyone

 

[super-bee_ski]

Pomona"

Top Fuel: Brittany Force
Funny Car:Robert Height
Pro Stock:Bo Butner
Pro Bike:Matt Smith

 

[alsant]

Steve Torrence
Robert height
Tanner Gray
Eddie Kreiwic

Good luck guys! Been a great season thanks O C!

 

[ocdart]

Hey guys, I'm going to be out of town all weekend so there won't be any qualifying round updates posted.
I'll do my best to get the final results posted ASAP next week.​

 

[ocdart]

Finally getting to the final results for the 2018 NHRA season...thank for your patience.

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'johnnycuda' (FABO) for sharing the Top Qualifier title for the 2018 NHRA Finals with very nice totals of 27.0 bonus points each. 'Budnicks' picked the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #5 qualifier in Funny Car and the #6 pick in Pro Stock. 'johnnycuda' picked the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #5 qualifiers in both Funny Car and Pro Stock.
'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) shared the runner-up spot with 26.5 bonus points each.
Our game visitor, 'gtxracer' (FBBO), played again this week and had a qualifying total of 27.5 bonus points. Watch out for this guy for the 2019 season!

Way to go!!

We had 14 players for the Finalsthis week to start the Countdown with 13 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups and a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There was a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 if all four drivers won their opening round of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There was a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 if all four drivers won their opening round of eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock motorcycle drivers picked this week with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups and a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.

Final elimination results soon...
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[ocdart]

I was thinking of posting the season-end results in a two-part package like I did last year so both the NHRA Finals event winner and the 2018 NHRA "Pick 'Em" game winner could both get their share of glory, but when the game leader wins the final event it takes the suspense away!

Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the 2018 NHRA Finals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 251.5 points. He picked the class winners in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle pick went to the final round of eliminations before losing. About the only thing 'Back in Time' didn't get at this event were either ET and Speed bonus points.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 232.0 points.

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Leah Pritchett, 3.631 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 333.58 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.848 during qualifying
Speed - Ron Capps, 331.53 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.510 during qualifying
Speed - Greg Anderson, 212.33 while losing during Round 2 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Mike Smith, 6.754 during qualifying
Speed - Mike Smith, 201.22 (New National Record) while winning Round 4 of eliminations and the event


...CONGRATULATIONS to 'Back in Time' for winning the 2018 FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em'" game with a great total of 2


Here are the game point standings after the NHRA Finals, the 24th and final event of the 2018 NHRA season:
2842.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change in the game standings
2772.0 - Duster 79 (FABO) no change
2759.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
2731.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
2691.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
2629.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change​

2582.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2572.0 - alsant (FBBO) +2
2538.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
2505.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO) +2
2475.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
2455.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +1
2390.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +1
2385.5 - memike (FABO) -5


Here are the final class leaders:

Top Fuel
769.0 - Budnicks (FBBO)
734.0 - stroked340 (FABO)
719.5 - Back in Time (FABO)

Funny Car
628.5 - Back in Time (FABO)
623.5 - ocdart (FABO)
592.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO)

Pro Stock
817.5 - Duster79 (FABO)
739.0 - cuda20 (FABO)
648.5 - ocdart (FABO)

Pro Stock Motorcycle
504.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO), alsant (FBBO), cuda20 (FABO), johnnycuda (FABO) and stroked340 (FABO)
499.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)
445.0 - Duster79 (FABO)


So now we have 3 months to rest up and get more done on our Mopars each weekend.
The 2019 NHRA season kicks off with the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, Feb. 7-10, right back at Auto Club Raceway at The Fairplex in Pomona, CA.
I've already got my ticket for Friday qualifying and I'm more than ready for that first "nitro fix" of 2019.
See you there!
Watch for the 2019 game notice post sometime in January.

Thanks for playing and Happy Holidays all!

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[alsant]

Congrats to “Back in time “ and a lot of thanks to Ocdart!!!!!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Congratulations to ALL
Budnicks!
WAY TO GO!

 

[Nick2317]

Dammit ..atleast I got top 5 .....sometime I will have to go with the sensible picks instead of picking my buddy every race .....But anyways thanks to OC and everyone else for playing looking forward to next season already

 

[64BEL]

Congrats, you guys! I don't know if I'll play next year or not. I just find it unwatchable anymore. The TV people are so bad. I didn't even finish watching the last race.