2024 14th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - It's NITRO Burnin' Time Again!!!

[Budnicks]

Congrats @GTXDAN & @64BEL qualifiers

 

[Budnicks]

Is Bob Tasca going to race today. NHRA is playing tough guy check this out.

He got a different manifold & nozzels from Steve Torrence
he was good to go
he qualified 1st

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'alsant' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2024 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Concord, NC, with an outstanding total of 136.5 points. His Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won all three rounds of eliminations. His Pro Stock pick also made it to the final round of eliminationswas a class winner. He was also helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'64BEL' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with another outstanding total of 135.0 points. His Top Fuel, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won all three rounds of eliminations. His Funny Car pick lost in the first round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus Pro Stock and ET and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
The top FABO player was 'stroked340' with 130.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Doug Kalitta, 3.691 during qualifying
Speed - Doug Kalitta, 337.92 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - John Force, 3.820 during qualifying
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 338.34 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.500 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders, 211.56 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.671 during qualifying
Speed - Gaige Herrera, 203.34 during Round 1 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 5th event of the 2024 season:
524.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +3 change in the point standings
521.5 - memike (FABO) -1
511.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) -1
507.0 - alsant (FBBO) +4
493.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
472.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) +1
471.5 - ocdart (FABO) -2
469.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -5
468.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +3
452.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +3
448.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -2
448.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +3
434.5 - GTXDAN (FBBO) -3
409.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) -3
391.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
314.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO) no change

Now we get three weeks off to reset our minds after the four-wide foolishness (JMO) and get ready to finish the 2024 season with traditional two-lane competition.
The next race event on the 2024 season will be the Gerber Collision and Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by Peak Performance at Route 66 Raceway in Elwood, IL, scheduled for May 17-19. nhra.com currently shows the following entries but these counts may change:

* 20 Top Fuel
* 18 Funny Car
* 16 Pro Stock
* 15 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Please check to verify your picks are participating before posting your picks.


GOOD LUCK!

 

[Budnicks]

Damn down -5

I sucked ***...

 

[Budnicks]

congrats to @alsant & @64BEL great picks

 

[alsant]

Nice job Bel !!

 

[GTXDAN]

He got a different manifold & nozzels from Steve Torrence
he was good to go
he qualified 1st

Old Bob wasn't quite telling the whole story in that interview. He said whatever Wilson manifolds did when they flowed the manifolds changed their color. Come to find out they blasted the finish off of the manifolds which is a definite alteration of the manifold. I wonder how much this is going to cost him (NHRA fine), and how many points he will lose. Now he's got to buy all new manifolds to replace however many they took.

 

[64BEL]

You aren't going down, alsant, you're soaring up! Nice work!

 

[alsant]

Dead cat bounce ! Thanks

 

[Budnicks]

Dead cat bounce ! Thanks

 

[Budnicks]

Old Bob wasn't quite telling the whole story in that interview. He said whatever Wilson manifolds did when they flowed the manifolds changed their color. Come to find out they blasted the finish off of the manifolds which is a definite alteration of the manifold. I wonder how much this is going to cost him (NHRA fine), and how many points he will lose. Now he's got to buy all new manifolds to replace however many they took.

He knew they improved the manifolds flow too
he claimed it was after repairs,
it probably was repairs from coughing blowers right & left, cracks etc.
but they can improve the manifold too while, they in there
roughness or coating or wtf-ever

The thing is though, the truth
the manifold port runners are so damn short
anything in that area is lil' to no help at 8,500rpm
'they are electronically limited to now'
now if they could still run 10,000+rpm, it's make a big difference
I'll bet, that the improvement was somewhere else inside the manifold,
& they ain't talking, telling the whole story, NHRA
or Bob Taska III telling why they ran so well...

Strange part is they did as well with the Torrence barrowed manifold too
so maybe they (team Torrence) have the same deal/mods previously done,
just still has the coating on it, not blasted for welding repairs

The old adage in racing is still, you ain't trying
if you ain't cheating or trying to cheat,
stretch the rules or vaguely written value 'of the rules', a lil'
it's so much a spec class now
nobody stands out above the rest
except maybe Jimmy Prock, Austin Prock's JFR CC & daddy

Dale Armstrong Kenny Bernstein's long time Crew Chief
& Austin Coil with & before working for John Force also,
were notorious for that types of stuff, stretch the meaning or interpretation
of the "rules", if there's a grey area they would exploit it
or make you look somewhere else with a 'green towel' laid over something
redirection of your eyes, stuff they were doing wasn't under that towel...

 

[ocdart]

Right on time, here's your Gerber Collision and Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals"Tuesday Before the Event" reminder.

Please post your picks before qualifying starts so you will be eligible for all event bonus points.

The first of the scheduled four rounds of qualifying is scheduled to start at 2:30pm EDT (11:30am PDT) on Friday, May 17.

nhra.com currently shows the following number of entries:
* 22 Top Fuel
* 18 Funny Car
* 20 Pro Stock
* 19 Pro Stock Motorcycle
Those counts are always subject to change so make sure to check to make sure your driver picks are entered.
Please check nhra.com to make sure your picks are competing in this event.

The current weather forecast for Elwood, IL, and the Route 66 Nationals calls for
* Friday - mostly cloudy with a high of 76F and a chance of rain after 6pm EDT
* Saturday - mostly sunny with a high of 79F
* Sunday - sunny with a high of 82F

Television schedule for the Route 66 Nationals...
* Qualifying show 1: 7:30-9:00pm EDT (4:30-6:00pm PDT), Friday, May 17, on FS1
* Pro Stock All-Star Callout: 7:00-8:30pm EDT (4:00-5:30pm PDT), Saturday, May 18, on FS1
* Qualifying show 2: 1:00-2:00pm EDT (10:00-11:00am PDT), Sunday, May 19, on FS1
* Finals (Round 1): 4:00-5:00pm EDT (1:00-2:00pm PDT), Sunday, May 19 on FS1
* Finals: 10:00pm-midnight EDT (7:00-9:00pm PDT, Sunday, May 19 on FS1

All television coverage will also re-air at later times. Check www.nhra.com.

 

[GTXDAN]

Route 66

TF Doug Kalitta
FC Austin Prock
PS Jeg Coughlin Jr.
PSM Gaige Herrera

 

[Budnicks]

sticking with the 'locked in Picks', I had a bad week that week
S. Torrence, Prock, Jeggy, Herrera from last event
hopefully they race better & qualify better
than that 4 wide crap

Good Luck everyone

 

[alsant]

J Ashley
M Hagan
D Glenn
G Herrera

Good luck all !!

 

[Nick2317]

TF Kalitta
FC Hagan
PS Enders
PSM Herrera

 

[64BEL]

I'll keep my last picks locked. Good luck everyone!

 

[Outlawd]

Route 66

TF=Steve Torrence
FC=Matt Hagan
PS=Erica Enders
PSM=Angie Smith

Good luck everybody!

 

[ocdart]

2024 Gerber Collision and Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: n/a
TF: T.J. Zizzo, 3.735; Steve Torrence @ 336.65
FC: Austin Prock, 3.945 @ 326.24
PS: Erica Enders, 6.562; Troy Coughlin Jr. @ 210.01
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.731 @ 201.22

Q2
Weather: 76F, 49% relative humidity, barometer 29.74", adjusted altitude 2,575', track temp. 108F
TF: T.J. Zizzo, 3.735; Steve Torrence @ 336.65
FC: Austin Prock, 3.907 @ 332.43
PS: Erica Enders, 6.548; Troy Coughlin @ 210.01
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.708 @ 201.40

Q3
Weather: 80F, 57% relative humidity, barometer 29.85", adjusted altitude 2,820', track temp. 114F
TF: T.J. Zizzo, 3.735; Steve Torrence @ 336.65
FC: Austin Prock, 3.907 @ 332.43
PS: Erica Enders, 6.548; Troy Coughlin @ 210.01
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.708 @ 201.40

Q4
Weather: 84F, 48% relative humidity, barometer 29.83", adjusted altitude 3,077', track temp. 123F
TF: T.J. Zizzo, 3.735; Steve Torrence @ 336.65
FC: Austin Prock, 3.907 @ 332.43
PS: Erica Enders, 6.548; Troy Coughlin @ 210.01
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.708 @ 201.40

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'memike' (FABO) for winning the 2024 Gerber Glass and Collision (Carolina) NHRA Route 66 Nationals Top Qualifier title with an outstanding total of 30.5 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifiers in both Funny Car and Pro Stock, the #2 qualifiers in Pro Stock, and the #3 qualifier in Top Fuel.
'GTXDAN' (FBBO) was the runner up qualifier with 29.0 bonus points.
Way to go!
More great picks!
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We have 16 players again this week and 16 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #3 qualifier Doug Kalitta (5 picks) and #14 qualifier Justin Ashley (4 picks). The next possible head-to-head matchup would be in the final round of eliminations if both drivers survive that far.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #6 qualifier Ron Capps (1 pick) and #11 qualifier Matt Hagan (5 picks). There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in the semi-finals if all drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with the earliest possible head-to-head matchups in the semi-finals if all drivers survive.
* 3 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with thee earliest possible head-to-head matchup in the semi-finals if both drivers survive.
Good luck all!