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

[alsant]

No where to go Bel but you won ! Nice job !

 

[ocdart]

Here is your Tuesday-before-the-event reminder about the 18th race of the 2019 season and the last race of the "regular season" before points reset, the 65th annual NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle are all competing at this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Nitro 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 Lucas Oil Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 21 Top Fuel, 19 Funny Car, 21 Pro Stock and 20 Pro Stock Motorcycle 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.

Another reminder...Round wins are worth 15 points at this race.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[Nick2317]

Indy Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC matt Hagan
PS Greg Anderson
PSM Eddie Krawiec

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats to Bel, nice Brainerd picks

 

[Budnicks]

Indy

T/F Steve Torrence
(until someone can beat him & him not beat himself)

F/C Robert Hight
(albeit I wanted to pick Ron Capps, just don't know)

P/S Greg Anderson
(he's got a hot hand of late, well except Brainerd)

P/SM Andrew Hines
(he has better parts than Eddie Kraweic it seems, it'll be a Harely,
{unless some Buell pulls it off, like Matt Smith running 200+}
I don't see Suzuki winning much anymore, ever, the rules are stacked on Harley's side)

I only hope, none of them choke,
or go out early like Brainerd or Seattle picks

you never know DSR pulled off the Fuel double win last time, FINALLY

Good luck everyone

 

[alsant]

Torrence Steve
Hight
Butner
Hines

Good luck all!!!!

 

[64BEL]

For Indy:

Mike Salinas TF
Tommy Johnson Jr FC
Bo Butner PS
Andrew Hines PSM

Good luck everyone!

 

[ocdart]

Hey Ski, need your U.S. Nationals picks posted. Don't miss out.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Holy Cow!

Top Fuel: Steve Torrence

Funny Car: Bob Tasca III

Pro Stock: Erica Enders

Pro Bike: Eddie Kraweic

 

[ocdart]

NHRA U.S. Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 79F, 56% relative humidity, 29.15", 2,943' adj. altitude, 99F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.670; Antron Brown @ 328.06
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.875; Robert Hight @ 331.94
PS: Jason Line, 6.570; Bo Butner @ 209.95
PSM: Andrew Hines, 6.864; Matt Smith @ 197.02

Q2
Weather: 73F, 69% Relative humidity, 29.27", 2,413' adj. altitude, 85F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.670; Billy Torrence @ 330.55
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.861; John Force @ 332.67
PS: Jason Line, 6.570 @ 210.01
PSM: Angelle Sampey, 6.816; Matt Smith @ 197.97

Q3
Weather: 76F, 66% Relative humidity, 29.27", 2,740' adj. altitude, 87F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.645; Billy Torrence @ 333.33
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.861; John Force @ 332.67
PS: Bo Butner, 6.559; Jason Line @ 210.64
PSM: Angelle Sampey, 6.816; Matt Smith @ 197.97

Q4
Weather: 77F, 69% Relative humidity, 29.12", 2,996' adj. altitude, 103F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.645; Billy Torrence @ 333.33
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.861; John Force @ 332.67
PS: Bo Butner, 6.559; Jason Line @ 210.64
PSM: Angelle Sampey, 6.816; Matt Smith @ 197.97

Q5
Weather: 77F, 71% Relative humidity, 29.10", 3,005' adj. altitude, 91F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.645; Billy Torrence @ 333.33
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.861; John Force @ 332.67
PS: Bo Butner, 6.559; Jason Line @ 210.64
PSM: Angelle Sampey, 6.816; Matt Smith @ 197.97




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[ocdart]

Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 18th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 65th annual U.S Nationals.

Congratulations to 'memike' (FABO) for schooling us all by winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the NHRA U.S. Nationals with a total of 220.0 points. He was helped with E.T. bonus points in Funny Car and Speed bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock. Both his Top Fuel and Funny Car picks won their respective classes. Both his Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the semi-final round of eliminations.
'71dartswinger' (FABO) took the event runner-up spot with 159.5 points.​

'super-bee_ski' was the highest FBBO finisher with 129.0 points.



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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.645 during qualifiying
Speed - Billy Torrence, 333.33 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - John Force, 3.858 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - John Force, 332.67 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Bo Butner, 6.559 during qualifying
Speed - Jason Line, 210.64 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Angelle Sampey, 6.816 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 197.25 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 18th event of the 2019 season (before the points reset):

1911.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
1850.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1830.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change
1782.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
1712.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1548.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1481.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
1446.5 - memike (FABO) +3
1404.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) -1
1366.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1
1353.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
1341.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
1259.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
1254.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
1248.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
1176.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
866.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 19th race of the 2019 season and the first race of the playoffs, the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Presented By Pennzoil, is September 12th-15th at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pennsylvania.
Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle are competing at all events for the balance of the season.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, September 13th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 2:00PM EDT (11:00AM PDT).
The Mopar Express Lane Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel. 17 Funny Car, 13 Pro Stock and 15 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!

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats to Ski, nice picks buddy

I'm surprised I didn't go down

but had a bad weekend for my picks
almost everyone out early

only one that did 1/2 way well was P/SM Andrew Hines

lots of tire smoking in the right lane

 

[ocdart]

I'll post new point totals with the reset points sometime over the weekend

 

[super-bee_ski]

Congrats to Ski, nice picks buddy

I'm surprised I didn't go down

but had a bad weekend for my picks
almost everyone out early

only one that did 1/2 way well was P/SM Andrew Hines

lots of tire smoking in the right lane

I have no clue as to:
1. How I received "Points"
2. How this Game works....

 

[64BEL]

Nice work, ski!

 

[ocdart]

As promised, following are the standings showing new 'reset' points.

PLEASE NOTE:
* The "pick carry over" is not in effect for the end-of-season 6-event "Countdown". You MUST either post picks for each event or "lock" your picks if you feel you may forget to post new event picks or you want to guard against your computer going down for any reason. Of course, you can always override your "locked" picks for any event or change your "locked" picks at any time.
* If your picks are currently "locked" then they will continue to be "locked". If your picks are not "locked" or they are "carry over" picks from previous events, then you MUST post picks for the next event and each following event in order to stay in the "Countdown" for the remainder of the 2019 NHRA season. Of course, you can post new picks for the first event of the "Countdown" and "lock" them.
* If you override your "locked" picks for a single event, your picks will revert back to the "locked" picks for the next event unless you post otherwise
* Now that we're heading into the "Countdown", I WILL NOT BE SENDING ANY REMINDERS TO POST PICKS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2019 NHRA SEASON. To use a classic drag racing saying, "If you snooze, you lose"!
*If your picks are not "locked" and you fail to post picks for any event during the "Countdown", then you will be "parked" for the rest of the 2019 NHRA season with the points you have earned up to that time.

Here's how we currently stand going into the "Countdown":

2000.0 - cuda20 (FABO)
1970.0 - Back in Time (FABO)
1960.0 - alsant (FBBO)
1950.0 - Budnicks (FBBO)
1940.0 - Duster79 (FABO)
1930.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)
1920.0 - ocdart (FABO)
1910.0 - memike (FABO)
1900.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO)
1890.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO)
1880.0 - johnnycuda (FABO)
1870.0 - MomsDuster (FABO)
1860.0 - stroked340 (FABO)
1855.5 - 64BEL (FBBO)
1849.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO)
1839.0 - SSG Karg (FABO)
1829.0 - Nitro Will (FABO)

Before the point reset, the difference from 1st to 17th was 1044.5 points, now it's only 171.0.

GOOD LUCK ALL!
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[alsant]

Let’s get it done FBBO!!!

 

[Budnicks]

hey I'm only 50 pts back now

there' still a slim chance

good luck everyone

 

[64BEL]

Soooo....you're saying I have a chance, huh?

Not likely!! LOL

Good luck you guys who really have a chance!!

 

[Budnicks]

Soooo....you're saying I have a chance, huh?

Not likely!! LOL

Good luck you guys who really have a chance!!