2023 13th Annual FABO/FBBO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - It's NITRO Burnin' Time!!!

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'Yunick13' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 14th event of the 2023 NHRA season, the 41st annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals with an outstanding total of 22.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel and the #3 qualifiers in both Funny Car and Pro Stock. Way to go!
'TT5.9mag' (FABO) was right behind with 21.5 bonus points.
The top FBBO qualifier was 'Outlawd' with 21.0 bonus points.

More great picks!

We have 15 players again this week and 13 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the semi-final round if the drivers survive that far.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 hed-to-head matchup. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if all drivers survive Round 1.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. 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!

 

[Budnicks]

Good qualifiers @Outlawd

I had 1 winner P/S
& 1 runner up F/C
& 1 out in the semis T/F

my race picks were better than the qualifiers for damn sure

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'memike' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) for sharing the 41st annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with very nice totals of 110.5 points each.
Their shared professional class picks in Funny Car and Pro Stock won their respective classes. Their shared Top Fuel pick lost in the second round of eliminations. They DID NOT earn any ET or Speed bonus points because they did not post new picks this week; their picks were carried over from previous weeks.
'Budnicks' was the top FBBO player with 98.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Mike Salinas, 3.654 while winning Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Mike Salinas, 338.26 while winning Round 2 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.881 while winning Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Ron Capps, 333.08 while winning Round 2 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Deric Kramer, 6.546 while winning Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Hartford, 209.04 while losing Round 2 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 14th event of the 2023 season:

1309.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in the game point standings
1174.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1164.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
1150.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2
1121.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) no change
1118.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -2
1107.5 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
1083.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
1064.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
1064.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change
988.5 - memike (FABO) +2
961.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +3
950.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -2
918.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) -2
907.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1

The 15th race of the 2023 season, and the last race of the regular season is the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, scheduled for August 30-September 4.
The first of five Pro qualifying sessions will start at 5:45PM EDT (2:45PM PDT) on Friday, September 1. Get your picks posted!

The nhra.com website currently shows the following professional class entry counts:
19 Top Fuel
21 Funny Car
17 Pro Stock
17 Pro Stock Motorcycle

GOOD LUCK!

 

[Budnicks]

Yea ha' for me
up +2 spots, my guys raced better than they qualified

thanks @ocdart

 

[alsant]

Way to go Bud

 

[64BEL]

Way to go, Bud!

 

[Budnicks]

Indy next, should be interesting
I'm mulling over if I want to change anyone...

a while to think about it

 

[Budnicks]

Way to go Bud

Way to go, Bud!

Thanks guys...

 

[ocdart]

New colors for Ron Capps FC at the upcoming U.S. Nationals...

Ron Capps to going to pay tribute to "The Snake" with new colors on his Funny Car

Ron Capps to pay tribute to "the Snake" with Hot Wheels throwback livery in Indy

Looking GOOD!!!

 

[Budnicks]

New colors for Ron Capps FC at the upcoming U.S. Nationals...

Ron Capps to going to pay tribute to "The Snake" with new colors on his Funny Car




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Ron Capps to pay tribute to "the Snake" with Hot Wheels throwback livery in Indy

Looking GOOD!!!

I like it

too bad it's not 'a Dodge' at least (been no Plymouth for a long time)
It truly saddened me, when he went/switched over to the Toyota $$$

 

[ocdart]

Almost forgot!
Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder of the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals with Q1 (of 5 qualifying rounds) starting Friday at 5:45pm EDT (2:45pm PDT).
nhra.com currently shows the following car counts for the professional classes:

19 Top Fuel
19 Funny Car
18 Pro Stock
19 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Good luck!

 

[Outlawd]

U.S. Nationals

TF=Leah Pruett
FC=Matt Hagan
PS=Erica Enders
PSM=Hector Arana Jr

Good luck everyone!

 

[Nick2317]

For the Nats I got

TF Torrence
FC Hagan
PS Enders
PSM Matt Smith

 

[ocdart]

Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 81F, 47% relative humidity, barometer 30.11", adjusted altitude 2,753', track temp 108F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.708; Mike Salinas @ 335.32
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.864; Alexis DeJoria @ 331.77
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.569 @ 209.23
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.746; Matt Smith @ 199.79

Q2
Weather: 88F, 50% relative humidity, barometer 30.07", adjusted altitude 3,417', track temp 125F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.708; Mike Salinas @ 335.32
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.864; Alexis DeJoria @ 331.77
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.569 @ 209.23
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.746; Matt Smith @ 199.79

Q3
Weather: 88F, 51% relative humidity, barometer 30.03", adjusted altitude 3,480', track temp 123F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.708; Mike Salinas @ 335.32
FC: Robert Hight, 3.853; Alexis DeJoria @ 331.77
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.569 @ 209.23
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.746; Hector Arana Jr. @ 199.82

Q4
Weather: 85F, 64% relative humidity, barometer 30.04", adjusted altitude 3,416', track temp 118F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.708; Mike Salinas @ 335.32
FC: Robert Hight, 3.853; Alexis DeJoria @ 331.77
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.569 @ 209.23
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.746; Hector Arana Jr. @ 199.82

Q5
Weather: 89F, 51% relative humidity, barometer 29.97", adjusted altitude 3,684', track temp 125F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.708; Mike Salinas @ 335.32
FC: Robert Hight, 3.853; Alexis DeJoria @ 331.77
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.569 @ 209.23
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.746; Hector Arana Jr. @ 200.05

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 15th event of the 2023 NHRA season, the 69th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals with an outstanding total of 30.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #5 qualifier in Pro Stock. Way to go!
'cuda20' (FABO) was right behind with 29.5 bonus points.

More great picks!

We had 15 players again this week and 15 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The was a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations if all drivers survive Round 1.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchup. There was also a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if all drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There was a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The earliest possibility for a head-to-head matchup would be the semifinal round of eliminations.

Results to be posted soon.

 

[64BEL]

Nice picks, Bud!

 

[alsant]

Nice

 

[ocdart]

I'm not sure how this happened but 'ocdart' (FABO) came out on top for the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals with 183.0 points.
The U.S. Nationals and the Finals are "points-and-a-half" for round wins.
'Nick2317' (FBBO) was right behind with 177.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Doug Kalitta, 3.692 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Doug Kalitta, 336.49 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.853 during qualifying
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 332.43 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Matt Hartford, 6.569 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Hartford, 209.23 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.749 during qualifying
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 200.29 during Round 1 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 15th event of the 2023 season:

1428.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in the game point standings
1347.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
1305.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
1288.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) +1
1273.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -3
1262.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
1261.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
1250.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -2
1200.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
1166.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change
1138.5 - memike (FABO) no change
1081.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
1025.5 - 64BEL (FBBO +2
1017.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
986.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -2


I will post the reset point total early next week. The point differences are much closer and the competition during the "Countdown" will be tough.


The 16th race of the 2023 season, and the opening race of the "Countdown", is the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, PA, scheduled for September 14-17.
The first Pro qualifying sessions will start at 2:00PM EDT (11:00AM PDT) on Friday, September 15. Get your picks posted!
The nhra.com website currently shows the following professional class entry counts:
16 Top Fuel
16 Funny Car
20 Pro Stock
14 Pro Stock Motorcycle

GOOD LUCK!

 

[64BEL]

Nice going oc and Nick!

 

[Budnicks]

congrats @ocdart & @Nick2317

I was a contender for a while, up +1