2019 9th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!

[Budnicks]

Nice qualifier picks Ski & Nick

 

[Budnicks]

F/C's John Force gets his 150th

f-bombed & excited
& he'll get fined, but I don't think he cares

that's probably a record that will stand for ever
there is a couple sportsman racers with 100+
but 150 Wally's as a pro, won't be touched

T/F Austin Prock of JFR get's his very 1st, it was sort of fitting
even if my pick/Driver, Torrence didn't get the win

my p/s pick Bo Butner went out 1st round

that interview with Salinas (Scrappers T/F) was pretty telling too,
self made guy, from nothing

F/C Tasca's explosion was crazy, rocker caused it
ignited the fuel in the intake & KABOOM

 

[super-bee_ski]

F/C's John Force gets his 150th

f-bombed & excited
& he'll get fined, but I don't think he cares

that's probably a record that will stand for ever
there is a couple sportsman racers with 100+
but 150 Wally's as a pro, won't be touched

T/F Austin Prock of JFR get's his very 1st, it was sort of fitting
even if my pick/Driver, Torrence didn't get the win

my p/s pick Bo Butner went out 1st round

that interview with Salinas (Scrappers T/F) was pretty telling too,
self made guy, from nothing

F/C Tasca's explosion was crazy, rocker caused it
ignited the fuel in the intake & KABOOM

I'm impressed with that Scrappers team!

 

[Budnicks]

I'm impressed with that Scrappers team!

me too

Allen Johnson AJR parts & him advising/helping
may have a s---load to do with that too
but they came a long way in such a short time
rare to be so competitive is such a short timeframe

 

[super-bee_ski]

me too

Allen Johnson AJR parts & him advising/helping
may have a s---load to do with that too
but they came a long way in such a short time
rare to be so competitive is such a short timeframe

EXACERRY!
Holy cow I was saying the same thing... (thinking)
Crazy huh?
That is Old School team ideaology.
My cousin, now living in Fla was "tuned in" to this team months ago...
Torrence/CapCo is still the #1 team to beat.
Again, No Tony Schumacher!
Can anyone explain this?

 

[Budnicks]

The Zoo Brainerd, Minn. picks

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Robert Hight

P/S Greg Anderson

no bikes IIRC

Good Luck Everyone

 

[alsant]

Steve Torrence
John Force
Greg Anderson

Good luck guys!!!

 

[ocdart]

It's late here on the left coast, but it's still Tuesday for half the country.
Here is your Tuesday-before-the-event reminder about the 17th race of the 2019 season, the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock are competing at this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Nitro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 16th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:30PM EDT (12:30PM PDT).
The Luas Oil Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car and 20 Pro Stock entries but that is always subject to change. Keep checking the NHRA.com website for an updated entry list to make sure your picks are competing at this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
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[super-bee_ski]

Brainerd, Minnesota:
Top Fuel: Steve Torrance
Funny Car: Bob Tasca III
Pro stock: Gregg Anderson

 

[Nick2317]

Minn Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Greg Anderson

 

[64BEL]

For Brainerd I'll go with

TF Mike Salinas
FC Tommy Johnson Jr
PS Greg Anderson

Good luck everyone!

 

[super-bee_ski]

For Brainerd I'll go with

TF Mike Salinas
FC Tommy Johnson Jr
PS Greg Anderson

Good luck everyone!

Yeah, I keep forgetting about that Salinas team...good pick

 

[ocdart]

Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 16th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 32nd annual Magic Dry Absorbant NHRA Northwest Nationals.

Congratulations to 'Nick2317' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the NHRA Northwest Nationals with a nice total of 99.5 points. His Top Fuel and Pro Stock picks both lost in the final round of elimination and his Funny Car Pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations.
'ohnnycuda' (FABO) grabbed the event runner-up spot with 93.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Mike Salinas, 3.694 during qualifying
Speed - Shawn Reed329.50 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Bob Tasca III, 3.871 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 331.28 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.539 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 210.97 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 16th event of the 2019 season:
1750.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
1679.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
1655.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1628.4 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
1532.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1382.0 -Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
1368.5 - ocdart (FABO) -1
1226.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
1201.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
1200.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
1188.0 - memike (FABO) -1
1156.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
1084.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
1067.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
1045.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
1030.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
686.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 17th race of the 2019 season, the 38th annual NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals, is August 15th-18th at Brainerd International Raceways in Brainerd, Minnesota, and is the final event before the U.S. Nationals.
Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock only are competing at this event.

 

[alsant]

Nice job Nick !!!
It’s getting real tight in this game !!

 

[Budnicks]

good picks last event Nick

 

[ocdart]

NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 84F, 44% relative humidity, 28.46", 3,986' adj. altitude, 123F track temp
TF: Billy Torrence, 3.799; Steve Torrence @ 325.92
FC: John Force, 3.993 @ 321.19
PS: Jason Line, 6.613; Deric Kramer @ 207.98

Q2

Weather: 82F, 54% relative humidity, 28.45", 3,990' adj. altitude, 108F track temp
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.738; Mike Salinas @ 329.58
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.829 @ 328.46
PS: Jason Line, 6.606; Deric Kramer @ 207.98

Q3
Weather: 83F, 50% relative humidity, 28.44", 4,070' adj. altitude
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.738; Mike Salinas @ 329.58
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.829 @ 328.46
PS: Jason Line, 6.606; Deric Kramer @ 207.98

Q4
Weather: 86F, 45% relative humidity, 28.41", 4,239' adj. altitude, 117F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.722; Mike Salinas @ 329.58
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.829 @ 328.46
PS: Jason Line, 6.606; Deric Kramer @ 207.98

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[ocdart]

Correction!
Congratulations to 'Nick2317' (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 2019 NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals with a very nice total of 20.0 bonus points. 'Nick2317' (FBBO) picked the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #1 qualifier in Funny Car and the #8 qualifier in Pro Stock. Way to go!
'Back in Time' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up qualifying spot with 18.0 bonus points.
More great picks! ​

We have 17 players this week and only 12 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of two Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Greg Anderson (11 picks) and #9 qualifier Alex Laughlin (1 pick). There is a possibility of one Round 2 head-to-head matchup.

 

[64BEL]

Nice qualifying, Nick.

I was going to pick Jason Line since it's his home track, but seems like he's been invisible this year, so I went with the other Minnesotan. Just my luck. We'll see what happens in eliminations.

 

[Budnicks]

Nick's hot in qualifying points

 

[ocdart]

Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 17th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 38th annual Lucas Oil Nationals.

Let's just say the game results from this event weren't quite as stellar as usual.
Congratulations to '64BEL' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals with a total of 82.5 points. He was helped with Speed bonus points in Top Fuel. Both his Top Fuel and Funny Car picks lost in the finals, and his Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations.
'stroked340' (FABO) took the event runner-up spot with 70.0 points with picks that have been carried over for the past eight race events because he hasn't posted any new picks for eight races.
And 'Nitro Will' (FABO) grabbed the event 3rd place spot with 60.0 points with picks that have been carried over for the past ten race events for the same reason.
Like I said...not as stellar as usual


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Billy Torrence, 3.685 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Brittany Force, 332.75 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.876 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Jack Beckman, 329.75 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jason Line, 6.583 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Chris McGaha, 209.30 during Round 2 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 17th event of the 2019 season:

1788.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
1713.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
1708.0 - alsant (FBBO) -1
1667.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
1590.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1432.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1407.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
1283.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
1237.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
1238.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
1226.5 - memike (FABO) no change
1213.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
1149.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
1088.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
1088.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
746.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 18th race of the 2019 season, the Chevrolet Performance NHRA U.S. Nationals, is August 28th-September 2nd at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the final event of the "regular season".
Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle are competing at this event.
Also, it will be "Points-and-A-Half" for elimination rounds at this event. Each elimination round win will earn 15 points.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 30th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 8:15PM EDT (5:15PM PDT).
The U.S. Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 21 Top Fuel. 17 Funny Car, 17 Pro Stock and 20 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries. Keep checking the NHRA.com website for an updated entry list to make sure your picks are competing at this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!