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2020 10th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!

ocdart said:
There hasn't been very much orderly about 2020 but I'll do my best to keep this game in order...
First things first, so here are the game standings following completion (finally) of the weather-delayed Mopar Express Lane Midwest Nationals:

Congratulations to both 'Duster79' (FABO) and 'R413' (FBBO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2020 Mopar Express Lane Midwest Nationals, the 8th event of the 2020 "pandemic-crazed" NHRA season, with very nice point totals of 171.0 points each. Their Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks both won their class and their Top Fuel and Funny Car picks both went to the final round of eliminations before losing.
'cuda20' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 141.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Leah Pruett, 3.676 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Tony Schumacher, 332.92 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Tommy Johnson Jr., 3.884 while winning the final round of eliminations
Speed - Matt Hagan, 333.00 while losing the final round of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.502 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Erica Enders, 211.69 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.767 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.50 during Round 3 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 8th event of the 2020 season:

876.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in the game standings
869.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
813.5 - R413 (FBBO) +3
791.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +4
790.5 - stroked340 (FABO) -2
761.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2
750.5 - memike (FABO) -2
742.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
741.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -2
712.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
676.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
570.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
557.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) +1
538.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
343.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change

I'll give y'all a little time to digest this info and then post results from the AAA Texas FallNationals in the next couple of days.
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yea ha I went up 2+,
only 115pt down & the last event is 1.5 points value

Houston next then last race in Las Vegas 3 straight weeks of racing
 
Here's your "Tuesday before the race" reminder for the 2020 Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil this coming weekend at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, TX.
Please post your picks if you haven't done so already.
The NHRA website currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Cars, 20 Pro Stock and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries.
Mother Nature may not be our friend this weekend. The current weather forecast calls for a high temps of 86F on Friday with up to a 72% chance of light rain between 11AM to 5PM. The Saturday forecast shows a high temp of 85F and a 50% chance of light rain for about an hour around 1PM. The Sunday forecast is 86F for a high temp with both cloudy and sunny conditions throughout the day.
We still have two rounds of qualifying with the first round of Pro qualifying scheduled for 1:45PM EDT (10:45AM PDT) on Saturday.
Post those picks before the first round of Pro qualifying!

Please double check the current event entry list for your driver picks at Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals Presented By Pennzoil* to verify your picks are competing in this event.
 
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Sorry for being so late posting results. Things are just about as out of order with this game as 2020 has been for all of us.
We had a "blind squirrel" moment at qualifying for the AAA Texas FallNationals as 'ocdart' somehow managed not to overthink his picks and came away with the 'Top Qualifier' title with a very nice total of 31.0 bonus points by picking the #1 qualifiers in Top Fuel, Funny Car Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock. Got lucky.
'alsant' (FBBO) and 'Budnicks' (FABO) shared the #2 qualifier spot with 29.5 bonus points each. More great picks!

We hade 15 players for the 8th event of the 2020 NHRA "Pick 'Em game season and 14 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There was one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There was one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations and another in the semi-final round of eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups during eliminations
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup
 
congrats to the blind squirrel @ocdart , good picks

& @alsant too

Yea ha :bananadance:, I'm making points at the end of the season
about freaken' time :lol:

----------------------------------------------------

MoPar Houston next Oct. 23rd-25th

T/F Steve Torrence
(holding a slight lead, less than 2 rds)

F/C Ron Capps
(he's due, way overdue, I think they need a hot track)

P/S Jason Line
(he's overdue too, last active season 2nd to last race)

P/SM Matt Smith
(Mr. 200+)

rolling the dice

good luck everyone :bananaweed:
 
Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the AAA Texas FallNationals, the 9th event of the 2020 "pandemic-crazed" NHRA season, with a very nice point total of 148.5 points. His Top Fuel pick won the class. Both his Funny Car and Pro Stock picks lost in the final round of eliminations and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the second round of eliminations.
'alsant' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 144.5 points. He picked the class winner in Top Fuel. His Funny Car pick lost in the finals, his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-final round and his Pro Stock pick lost in the second round.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.662 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 328.78 while winning the event

Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.860 during qualifying
Speed - J.R. Todd, 331.36 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Deric Kramer, 6.541 during qualifying
Speed - Deric Kramer, 210.37 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.808 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.71 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 9th event of the 2020 season (the points from the uncompleted 8th event of the season are also included):

1014.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in the game standings
1013.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
957.0 - R413 (FBBO) no change
939.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
929.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
884.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +3
881.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
878.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
856.5 - alsant (FBBO) +1
830.5 - memike (FABO) -3
772.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
665.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
630.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
629.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
391.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change


The 10th race of the 2020 season, the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil, are scheduled for October 23-25 at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, TX.
As of now there are 15 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 20 Pro Stock and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries
Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist10.aspx for an updated entry list to verify your pick is racing. Also check to see if there are any "surprise" names on the entry lists.

Professional class qualifying is currently scheduled to start at 1:45PM EDT (10:45AM PDT) on Saturday, October 24th


Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
for Houston Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Jason Line
PSM Eddie kraweic
 
ocdart said:
Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the AAA Texas FallNationals, the 9th event of the 2020 "pandemic-crazed" NHRA season, with a very nice point total of 148.5 points. His Top Fuel pick won the class. Both his Funny Car and Pro Stock picks lost in the final round of eliminations and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the second round of eliminations.
'alsant' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 144.5 points. He picked the class winner in Top Fuel. His Funny Car pick lost in the finals, his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-final round and his Pro Stock pick lost in the second round.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.662 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 328.78 while winning the event

Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.860 during qualifying
Speed - J.R. Todd, 331.36 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Deric Kramer, 6.541 during qualifying
Speed - Deric Kramer, 210.37 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.808 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.71 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 9th event of the 2020 season (the points from the uncompleted 8th event of the season are also included):

1014.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in the game standings
1013.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
957.0 - R413 (FBBO) no change
939.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
929.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
884.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +3
881.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
878.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
856.5 - alsant (FBBO) +1
830.5 - memike (FABO) -3
772.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
665.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
630.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
629.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
391.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change


The 10th race of the 2020 season, the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil, are scheduled for October 23-25 at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, TX.
As of now there are 15 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 20 Pro Stock and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries
Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist10.aspx for an updated entry list to verify your pick is racing. Also check to see if there are any "surprise" names on the entry lists.

Professional class qualifying is currently scheduled to start at 1:45PM EDT (10:45AM PDT) on Saturday, October 24th


Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
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Nice job @alsant
 
Here are my picks for this weekend:

TF Doug Kalitta
FC Tommy Johnson Jr
PS Matt Hartford
PSM Jerry Savoie

Goodluck Everyone!
 
Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals qualifying results:

Q1
Weather: no report available on nhra.com
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.672; Tony Schumacher @ 330.07
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.907, J.R. Todd @ 328.62
PS: Alex Laughlin, 6.549; Greg Anderson @212.23
PSM: Ryan Oehler, 6.808, Angie Smith @ 198.23

Q2
Weather: no report available on nhra.com
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.672; Tony Schumacher @ 330.07
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.884, J.R. Todd @ 328.62
PS: Alex Laughlin, 6.506, Greg Anderson @212.23
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.729 @ 199.88
 
Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for winning the Covid-delayed, and very out-of-season, 2020 Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals 'Top Qualifier' title with an almost perfect total of 31.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #2 qualifiers in both Funny Car and Pro Stock. Way to go!
'alsant' (FBBO), 'cuda20' (FABO), 'Duster79' (FABO) and 'R413' (FBBO) shared the #2 qualifier spot with 30.5 bonus points each.
More great picks!

We have 15 players for the 10th event of the 2020 NHRA "Pick 'Em game season and 13 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There could be two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations if all four drivers survive the opening round of competition.
* Only 3 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The first possibility of a head-to-head matchup would be in the semi-final round of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #7 qualifier Jason Line (3 picks) and #10 qualifier Chris McGaha (1 pick). There could be two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations as all picks are in the bottom half of the bracket.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There could be one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations.

Good luck all in eliminations!

 
good picks again @alsant

good picks @R413 too

my picks are going to win though :poke:
if they don't go out 1st rd.
 
THIS POST IS BOTH A POINTS STANDING UPDATE AND YOUR 'TUESDAY BEFORE THE EVENT' REMINDER

(10/29/20) CORRECTED POST AND POINT STANDINGS

Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" at the Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals, the 10th event of the 2020 "pandemic-crazed" NHRA season, with a very nice point total of 138.5 points. His Funny Car pick won the class, his Top Fuel pick lost in the final round of eliminations. His Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-final round and his Pro Stock pick went out in the second round of eliminations. He also picked up both ET and Speed bonus points with his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick.
"stroked 340" (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 136.0 points. His Top Fuel pick lost in the final round of eliminations and his Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. His point total was helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle and Speed bonus points in both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

The top FBBO player was 'R413' with 120.5 points


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Tony Schumacher, 3.669 while winning the final round of eliminations
Speed - Billy Torrence, 331.61 during Round 2 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Alexis DeJoria, 3.874 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - J.R. Todd, 333.49 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Alex Laughlin, 6.505 during qualifying
Speed - Greg Anderson, 212.23 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.729 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.68 during Round 2 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 10th event of the 2020 season:

1135.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in position standings
1133.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1077.5 - R413 (FBBO) no change
1075.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
1068.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1002.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
992.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
977.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
962.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
900.5 - memike (FABO) no change
890.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
745.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +2
745.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
710.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
439.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change


The FINAL event of the 2020 season, the Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil, are scheduled for October 30-November 1 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV.
As of now there are 16 Top Fuel, 18 Funny Car, 21 Pro Stock and 17 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries
Keep checking https://www.nhra.com/schedule/2020/...hra-finals-presented-pennzoil#tab-competitors for an updated entry list to verify your pick is racing. Also check to see if there are any "surprise" names on the entry lists.

Professional class qualifying is currently scheduled to start at 3:00PM EDT (12:00 Noon PDT) on Saturday, October 31st.

Oh yeah, TRICK OR TREAT! The round win points for this event will be 'points-and-a-half' (15 points per round win).

Good luck all!
 
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For the FINALS Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Jason Line
PSM Eddie Kraweic
 
Well, barring a miracle, looks like we're going to lose to FABO again. And the worst I can hope for is second from last thanks to TT5.9mag dropping out.
What the heck, why stop the pain now? Here's my finals picks:

TF: Doug Kalitta
FC: Tommy Johnson Jr
PS: Jason Line (one last time)
PSM: Steve Johnson

Good luck Everyone. R413 - I hope you can somehow pull it out!
 
64BEL said:
And the worst I can hope for is second from last thanks to TT5.9mag dropping out.
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TT5.9mag didn't drop out. He just never changed his 'locked in' picks...his 'locked in' pick in Top Fuel is Brittany Force and in Funny Car is Robert Hight.
He hasn't picked up a single point in either Top Fuel or Funny Car since the 2nd event of the season. Loyal to JFR to a fault.
 
Las Vegas Finals

TF Steve Torrence

FC Ron Capp

PS Jason Line

PSM Matt Smith

good luck everyone
 
Last race vegas picks
D Kalitta
J Beckman
A Stanfield
S Pollacheck
 
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