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

[64BEL]

I'll let my Vegas pics ride for TF and FC. I'm clueless for Pro Mod, so I'll just pick a Mopar.

TF Clay Millican
FC Tim Wilkerson
PM Peter Farber

Good Luck Everyone!

 

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were doing pro mod now?

Just for the events where neither Pro Stock or Pro Stock Motorcycle are competing.

 

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Haven't seen Pro Mod class picks from 'super-bee_ski'.
I'm sending a PM reminder.

 

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32nd annual Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 77F, 64% relative humidity, barometer 29.70, adjusted altitude 2,271', track temp 94F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.738; Steve Torrence @ 324.51
FC: John Force, 3.888; Tim Wilkerson @320.81
PM: Jose Gonzalez, 5.746; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 257.68

Q2
Weather: 77F, 72% relative humidity, barometer 29.68, adjusted altitude 2,312', track temp 96F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.661 @ 332.18
FC: John Force, 3.888; J.R. Todd @326.08
PM: Jose Gonzalez, 5.746; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 257.68​

Q3
Weather: 78F, 80% relative humidity, barometer 29.52, adjusted altitude 2,706', track temp 91F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.661 @ 332.18
FC: John Force, 3.888; J.R. Todd @326.08
PM: Jose Gonzalez, 5.731; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 258.42​

Q4
Weather: 83F, 69% relative humidity, barometer 29.45, adjusted altitude 3,139', track temp 102F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.661 @ 332.18
FC: John Force, 3.888; J.R. Todd @326.08
PM: Jose Gonzalez, 5.731; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 258.42​

 

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 5th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals.

Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals with a very nice total of 127.5 points. He was helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel. He picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and his Pro Mod pick went to the semi-finals before losing.
'Back in Time' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 104.5 points. He was also helped with ET and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.​

'Budnicks' was the top FBBO player with 74.0 points.

Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.661 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 332.18 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - John Force, 3.858 while winning in Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - John Force, 326.71 while winning in Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Mod
E.T. - Steve Jackson, 5.675 while winning the final round of eliminations
Speed - Erica Ender-Stevens, 260.11 while losing in Round 2 of eliminations

Here are the game point standings after the 5th event of the 2019 season:
520.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change in standings
510.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
500.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
432.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
402.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
382.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
374.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
372.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) +2
361.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) +2
343.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +4
337.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -3
336.5 - memike (FABO) +3
328.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
328.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -5
277.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -2
226.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) +1
221.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1

The 6th race of the 2019 season, the 10th annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, is April 26-28 at zMAX Dragway Park in Concord, North Carolina.
Pro Stock is not competing at this event, but Pro Stock Motorcycle is returning to competition.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, April 26th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:00PM EDT (1:00 PM PDT).
The Four-Wide Nationals entry list is posted on
NHRA.com and currently shows 12 Top Fuel, 14 Funny Car and 13 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.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

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Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the last of the 4-wide silliness for 2019, the 10th annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway Park in Concord, NC.
Professional classes at the Four-Wides start Friday, April 26th. Current forecast calling for a high temp of 69F on Friday with light rain from 7-11AM turning into thunderstorms until 2PM and then rain until 4PM. Saturday forecast is a high temp of 73F, and Sunday forecast shows a high temp of 80F.
The current entry list shows:
16 Top Fuel - still no sign of a Tony Schumacher entry
19 Funny Car
19 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Pro Stock will not be racing at this event or the next. Pro Stock will return at the Virginia NHRA Nationals mid-May.

Interesting thing I noticed on the nhra.com entry list for Top Fuel is that Leah Pritchett's entry is again listed as "DSR Top Fuel Team" rather than a sponsor name.

Get your picks posted!

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

TF Antron Brown
FC Matt Hagan
PSM Jerry Savoie

 

[alsant]

Doug Kaletta
Robert Hight
Andrew Hines

Thanks for the heads up Bud!

Good luck all!

 

[Budnicks]

Concord NC, zMax 4 wide race

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Robert Hight

P/SM Matt Smith

good luck everyone

 

[64BEL]

I'll take

TF Mike Salinas
FC Tim Wilkerson
PSM Hector Jr

Glad we're not picking Pro Mod again. I'm totally clueless on that.

Good luck all!

 

[super-bee_ski]

New Hamster:

Top Fuel:Clay Millican

Funny Car:Bob Tasca III

Pro Stock:Bo Butner

Pro Bike:Matt Smith

 

[Budnicks]

New Hamster:

Top Fuel:Clay Millican

Funny Car:Bob Tasca III

Pro Stock:Bo Butner

Pro Bike:Matt Smith

Mark-ski
it's zMax Raceway Concord NC
& there's no P/S cars running

P/SM bikes are

if that makes any differences on your picks

good luck

 

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10th annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals qualifying leaders:

There were only 3 funny cars that attempted to qualify in the official Q1 before it was cancelled due to high winds.
Following is the remaining three rounds of qualifying.

Q1
Weather: 65F, 42% relative humidity, barometer 29.11, adjusted altitude 1,823', track temp 72F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.687 @ 327.43
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.891 @321.42
PSM: Karen Stoffer, 6.864; Angie Smith @ 196.13


Q2
Weather: 77F, 25% relative humidity, barometer 29.23, adjusted altitude 2,330', track temp 110F
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.687 @ 327.43
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.891 @321.42
PSM: Karen Stoffer, 6.793; Matt Smith @ 199.23


Q3
Weather: 77F, 25% relative humidity, barometer 29.23, adjusted altitude 2,330', track temp 110F
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.687; Leah Pritchett @ 329.67
FC: Robert Hight, 3.883; John Force @329.42
PSM: Karen Stoffer, 6.793; Matt Smith @ 200.32

 

[Budnicks]

most of the qualifying I saw
was a smoke fest or shake fest, piss pour showing
not many getting down the track successfully
only a couple per class,
when the track was ripe for good runs session 2 afternoon/night
wind died, good track temp etc.
the morning session 1 'was bad' wind/head wind
& called off pretty quick
(didn't see the bikes run)

 

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Congratulations to 'Garry in AZ' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 10th annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with a very nice total of 22.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel, and the #4 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Way to go!
'alsant' (FBBO) was the #2 qualifier spot with 21.5 bonus points.
More great picks!
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 17 players this week and 16 different driver combos made up of:
* 6 different Top Fuel drivers with Round 1 head-to-head matchups between #1 qualifier Mike Salinas (2 picks) and #9 qualifier Clay Millican (2 picks) in Quad 1; and #2 qualifier Antron Brown (2 picks) and #7 qualifier Brittany Force (1 pick) in Quad 3.
* 8 different Funny Car drivers with Round 1 head-to-head matchups between #1 qualifier Robert Hight (4 picks), #8 qualifier J.R. Todd (4 picks), and #9 qualifier Bob Tasca III (1 pick) in Quad 1; #7 qualifier Tim Wilkerson (1 pick) and #10 qualifier Ron Capps (1 pick) in Quad 3; and #3 qualifier John Force (1 pick) and #6 qualifier Matt Hagan (4 picks) in Quad 4.
* 6 different Pro Mod drivers picked this week with Round 1 head-to-head matchups between #2 qualifier Hector Arana Jr. (3 picks) and #7 qualifier Matt Smith (3 picks); and #3 qualifier Andrew Hines (2 picks) and #6 qualifier Jerry Savoie (1 pick).

Good luck all! ​

 

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 6th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 10th annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO), 2nd week in a row, for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 10th annual NGK Spark Plugs Four-Wide Nationals with a nice total of 100.0 points. He was helped with ET bonus points in Funny Car.
'Duster79' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 82.5 points.
'alsant' was the top FBBO player with 81.5 points.

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Mike Salinas, 3.687 during qualifying
Speed - Leah Pritchett, 329.67 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.883 during qualifying
Speed - John Force, 329.42 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Karen Stoffer, 6.793 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.32 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 6th event of the 2019 season:

608.0 - cuda20 (FABO +1 change in standings
601.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
575.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
506.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
466.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
465.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
444.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) +1
436.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) +1
414.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
412.0 - memike (FABO) +2
403.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -4
391.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
381.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
350.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
316.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
292.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
236.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) -1


The 7th race of the 2019 season, the 40th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals, is May 3-5 at Atlanta Dragway Park in Commerce, Georgia.
Pro Stock is not competing at this event, but Pro Stock Motorcycle will again be in competition.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, May 3rd in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:00PM EDT (1:00 PM PDT).
The Southern Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 17 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car and 18 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.
Pat Dakin is again shown on the Top Fuel entry list. But who will be in the driver's seat? Pat Dakin or Spencer Massey like he was at the just-completed Four-Wides?

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[Budnicks]

nice qualifying picks
& FBBO race points for that race too @alsant

 

[Budnicks]

Atlanta

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Robert Hight

P/SM Eddie Kraweic
(I hate to do it, but Matt Smith has become an asshole,
even if he's posted more 200mph runs & Harleys have done well)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

 

[64BEL]

Nice showing alsant!!

 

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Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the 40th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway Park in Commerce, GA.
Professional classes at the Souther Nationals start Friday, May 3rd.
This may be an 'iffy' event due to forecasted weather. Current forecast calling for a high temp of 80F on Friday with thunderstorms from 9AM to 2PM followed by light rain until 5PM, and then more thunderstorms through midnight. The Saturday forecast is for a high temp of 77F with thunderstorms from noon to 2PM followed by light rain until 8PM and then a short period of thunderstorms. The Sunday forecast shows a high temp of 79F with light rain from 5AM to 6PM. This very easily could see the final eliminations run on Monday - if they can get qualifying in.
The current entry list shows:
18 Top Fuel
17 Funny Car
17 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Pro Stock will again not be racing at this event. Pro Stock will return at the Virginia NHRA Nationals mid-May.

Interesting thing I noticed on the nhra.com entry list for Top Fuel is that Leah Pritchett's entry is again listed as "DSR Top Fuel Team" rather than a sponsor name.

Get your picks posted! But make sure your driver is entered to race at the Southern Nationals - there's a big name that's skipping this event for business reasons.