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2021 11th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Burn Some NITRO!!!

Where did the season go?
Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the upcoming Dodge// SRT NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV. This is the next-to-last event of the 2021 season.
NHRA.com currently shows there will be
20 Top Fuel
19 Funny Car
18 Pro Stock
18 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Make sure to check to verify your driver picks are scheduled to compete and post your picks before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, October 29 at 6:00pm EDT (3:00pm PDT).
There will also be two additional Pro Qualifying sessions on Saturday.
I tried to find more information on NHRA's COVID-19 protocol but no luck. Matt Hagan is currently shown as the driver of his Funny Car per the current NHRA.com entry list.

The television schedule for the Dodge// SRT Nationals Nationals is:
* Qualifying Show 1: Friday, October 29 at 7pm EDT (4pm PDT) on Fox Sports 1 [re-air on Saturday at 1am EDT and Sunday at 3pm EDT on Fox Sports 2]

* Qualifying Show 2: Sunday, October 31 at 4pm EDT (1pm PDT) on Fox Sports 1 (re-air on Sunday at 10pm EDT on Fox Sports 2]
* Eliminations, Sunday, October 31: 5-8pm EDT (2pm-5pm PDT) on Fox Sports 1. There are multiple re-airs scheduled - check NHRA.com.


The current weather forecast is for 76F and sunny for Friday Q1 qualifying, 70F high temp and sunny for Saturday Q2 qualifying, and 75F high temp and sunny for Saturday Q3 qualifying. Sunday eliminations are forecast to be at 72F for the beginning and going up to a high temp of 78F, sunny all day.
 
Las Vegas (Go Raiders)

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Ron Capps

P/S Greg Anderson

P/SM Matt Smith

good luck everyone
 
Vegas Ill go with

TF Steve torrence
FC Hagan
PS Enders
PSM Matt smith
 
2021 Dodge// SRT NHRA Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: n/a
TF - Brittany Force, 3.693 @ 333.41
FC - Alexis DeJoria, 3.896; Bob Tasca III @ 329.34
PS - Kyle Koretsky, 6.667; Matt Hartford @ 205.51
PSM - Steve Johnson, 6.848; Matt Smith @ 197.83


Q2
Weather: n/a
TF - Brittany Force, 3.693 @ 333.41
FC - Alexis DeJoria, 3.896; Bob Tasca III @ 329.34
PS - Kyle Koretsky, 6.664; Matt Hartford @ 205.51
PSM - Steve Johnson, 6.848; Matt Smith @ 197.83


Q3
Weather: n/a
TF - Brittany Force, 3.668 @ 333.41
FC - Alexis DeJoria, 3.896; Bob Tasca III @ 329.75
PS - Greg Anderson, 6.655; Matt Hartford @ 205.51
PSM - Matt Smith, 6.839 @ 198.23





 
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Congratulations to 'johnnycuda' (FABO) for winning the 'Top Qualifier' title for the Dodge SRT// NHRA Nationals with an outstanding almost-perfect total of 31.5 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifiers in Top Fuel, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #2 qualifier in Funny Car.
'cuda20' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up qualifier spot with 30.5 bonus points.
'Budnicks' is the top FBBO qualifier with 28.0 bonus points.
Great picks all!

We have 14 players this week and 12 different driver combos made up of:
* 3 different Top Fuel drivers with no head-to-head matchup in the opening round of eliminations. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the semi-final round of eliminations if both drivers survive the first two rounds.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with one head-to-head matchup in the opening round of eliminations between #8 qualifier Ron Capps (8 picks) and #9 qualifier Tim Wilkerson (1 pick). There is also a possibility of one head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with no head-to-head matchups in the opening round of eliminations. Theis is a possibility of a head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive the opening round.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no head-to head matchups in the opening round of eliminations. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if all drivers survive Round 1.

Good luck all!
 
Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" crown for the 2021 Dodge// SRT NHRA Nationals, the 19th event of the 2021 season and 6th event of the playoffs, with very nice totals of 148.0 points each. They each picked the class winner in Top Fuel, their Funny Car pick lost in the final round of eliminations, their Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-finals, and their Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. They were both helped by both ET and Speed bonus points in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Duster79' (FABO) grabbed the race runner-up spot with 143.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.668 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 333.43 during qualifying

Funny Car

E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.884 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Ron Capps, 332.10 during Round 2 of eliminations

Pro Stock:
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.648 while losing in Round 1 of eliminations on a hole shot
Speed - Greg Anderson, 205.85 while losing in Round 1 of eliminations on a hole shot


Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.825 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Smith, 198.90 during Round 2 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 19th event of the 2021 season:

2745.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in season point standings
2717.5 - Nick2317 (FABO) no change
2672.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
2630.5 - ocdart (FABO) +3
2610.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1

2593.0 - alsant (FBBO) +3
2590.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
2573.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +2
2565.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
2511.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +2
2510.5 - memike (FABO) no change

2501.0 - shittyslant6 (FABO) -7
2488.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
2281.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change


The final event of the playoffs, and the final race of the 2021 season, the Auto Club NHRA Finals is scheduled for November 11-14, at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, CA.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. The first of 3 Pro Qualifying sessions is scheduled to begin at 6:00PM EST (3:00PM PST) on Friday, November 12. There will also be two additional rounds of Pro Qualifying on Saturday, November 13.

NHRA.com shows there are currently 16 Top Fuel, 20 Funny Car, 12 Pro Stock and 13 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries for this race event but that is always subject to change.

Post your picks and good luck!
 
Nice work, guys! Fun to see Steve Johnson get back on track. I'll be routing for him to win it all next week.
 
yea ha, I did well last event
hopefully I can make up some more
pts & a 1/2 next event

unfortunately many people like most of the same picks
I choose

Pomona World Finals

T/F Steve Torrence
(unless he doesn't qualify, for some odd reason, Britney will do well
but get beat in later rounds she sucks on the tree)

F/C Ron Capps
my favorite F/C driver
(I want to pick JFR, R Hight or J Force, but reluctant)

P/S Greg Anderson
(I was thinking of a couple of others, even on KB team, young guns
but I think Greg wants it bad, as long as he doesn't sleep on the tree/s)

P/SM Matt Smith
(I think the Suzuki's have a great chance too, Johnson, Angel or Karen
but the V-twin/S&S has rules & weight advantages, I do think Suzuki's
will be more prevalent next season, more riders on them too)

Good luck everyone
 
Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the upcoming NHRA Finals in Pomona, CA. This will be the final event of the 2021 NHRA season.
NHRA.com currently shows there will be
17 Top Fuel
20 Funny Car
17 Pro Stock
15 Pro Stock Motorcycle


Make sure to check to verify your driver picks are scheduled to compete and post your picks before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, November 12 at 6:00m EST (3:00pm PST).
There will also be two additional Pro Qualifying sessions on Saturday.

The television schedule for the Finals is:
* Qualifying: Sunday, November 14 at 2pm EST (11am PDT) on Fox Sports 1 [re-air on Monday, November 15 at 2am EST on Fox Sports 2]
* Eliminations, Sunday, November 14: 4-7pm EST (1-4pm PST) on Fox Sports 1. There are multiple re-airs scheduled - check NHRA.com.


The current weather forecast is for 91F and sunny for Friday qualifying, 90F high temp and sunny for Saturday qualifying, and 88F high temp and sunny for Sunday eliminations.
 
Ill go with
TF steve torrence
FC matt hagan
ps erica enders
psm matt smith
 
Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" crown for the 2021 Dodge// SRT NHRA Nationals, the 19th event of the 2021 season and 6th event of the playoffs, with very nice totals of 148.0 points each. They each picked the class winner in Top Fuel, their Funny Car pick lost in the final round of eliminations, their Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-finals, and their Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. They were both helped by both ET and Speed bonus points in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Duster79' (FABO) grabbed the race runner-up spot with 143.5 points.



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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.668 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 333.43 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.884 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Ron Capps, 332.10 during Round 2 of eliminations


Pro Stock:
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.648 while losing in Round 1 of eliminations on a hole shot
Speed - Greg Anderson, 205.85 while losing in Round 1 of eliminations on a hole shot


Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.825 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Smith, 198.90 during Round 2 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 19th event of the 2021 season:

2745.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in season point standings
2717.5 - Nick2317 (FABO) no change
2672.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
2630.5 - ocdart (FABO) +3
2610.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1

2593.0 - alsant (FBBO) +3
2590.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
2573.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +2
2565.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
2511.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +2
2510.5 - memike (FABO) no change

2501.0 - shittyslant6 (FABO) -7
2488.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
2281.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change



The final event of the playoffs, and the final race of the 2021 season, the Auto Club NHRA Finals is scheduled for November 11-14, at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, CA.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. The first of 3 Pro Qualifying sessions is scheduled to begin at 6:00PM EST (3:00PM PST) on Friday, November 12. There will also be two additional rounds of Pro Qualifying on Saturday, November 13.


NHRA.com shows there are currently 16 Top Fuel, 20 Funny Car, 12 Pro Stock and 13 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries for this race event but that is always subject to change.

Post your picks and good luck!
congrats to our gamer @ocdart for his picks last event too :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Last race of 2021, I'm picking my favorites of each class regardless of how they are doing.
TF Doug Kalitta
FC Matt Hagan (would be Tommy Johnson Jr if the Don would give him a chance)
PS Erica Enders
PSM steady Eddie Krawiec

Good Luck All, its been fun playing along with you guys even though you all kicked my ***....
 
I don't know why but today I checked to see how former Pro Stock driver Tanner Gray is doing in NASCAR.
NASCAR.com shows that after his 3rd year of driving in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for David Gilliland Racing, Tanner finished the 2021 season in 18th place out of 92 drivers. He finished with 323 points for the 2021 season, 3711 points behind Truck Series champion Ben Rhodes. Tanner had 0 wins, 1 top 5 finish, 2 top 10 finishes, 6 DNFs, and led a total of 9 laps over the 2021 season.
 
2021 NHRA Finals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 85F, 19% relative humidity, barometer 30.03", adjusted altitude 3,024', track temp 103F
TF - Mike Salinas, 3.694; Billy Torrance @ 330.47
FC - Robert Hight, 3.894 @ 330.55
PS - Greg Anderson, 6.566 @210.21
PSM - Matt Smith, 6.779 @ 201.19

Q2
Weather: 85F, 17% relative humidity, barometer 30.07", adjusted altitude 2,959', track temp 106F
TF - Mike Salinas, 3.694; Billy Torrance @ 330.47
FC - Robert Hight, 3.894 @ 330.55
PS - Greg Anderson, 6.558 @210.21
PSM - Matt Smith, 6.779 @ 201.19

Q3
Weather: 84F, 18% relative humidity, barometer 30.01", adjusted altitude 3,011', track temp 93F
TF - Mike Salinas, 3.676; Billy Torrance @ 330.47
FC - Robert Hight, 3.886 @ 330.55
PS - Greg Anderson, 6.558 @210.21
PSM - Karen Stoffer, 6.751; Matt Smith @ 201.25


 
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Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for sharing the 'Top Qualifier' title for the NHRA Finals with outstanding totals of 30.5 bonus points each. They each picked the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock and the #2 qualifiers in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
The runner-up qualifier spot is shared by 'alsant' (FBBO), 'duster79' (FABO), shittyslant6' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO), all with 28.0 bonus points.
Great picks all!

We have 14 players this week and 12 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no head-to-head matchup in the opening round of eliminations. There is a possibility of a head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive the Round 1.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with one head-to-head matchup in the opening round of eliminations between #8 qualifier J.R. Todd (1 pick) and #9 qualifier Bob Tasca III (1 pick). There is also a possibility of a head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with no head-to-head matchups in the opening round of eliminations. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the semi-final round if the drivers survive until then.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no head-to head matchups in the opening round of eliminations. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations if all drivers survive Round 1.

Good luck all!



 
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