2025 16th Annual FABO NASCAR "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready?

[ocdart]

Congratulations to all who correctly picked #5 Kyle Larson as the race winner of the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway: 'alsant' (FABO), 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'cuda20' (FABO), 'fishmens67' (FABO), 'MeMikieJr' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO), 'Sublime one' (FABO) and 'Yunick13' (FABO) picked up -5 bonus points each.
Congrats also to both '44070dart' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for correctly picking the race runner-up, #20 Christopher Bell, and getting -3 bonus points each.

'ocdart' (FABO) had the low net score honors for the week with -11.5 points.

#5 Kyle Larson was the race leader at the end of both Stages 1 and 2. #9 Chase Elliott was in 2nd at the end of both Stages.

Here are the game standings following the 2025 AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway:
cuda20 (FABO) 32.0 P24 5 (S1-2)(S2-2) 24 1 -5 24 35.5
alsant (FABO) 58.5 LP20 L24 L5 (S1-2)(S2-2) 24 1 -5 62.0
Yunick13 (FABO) 66.5 LP20 L11 5 (S1-2)(S2-2) 36 1 -5 76.0
MeMikieJr (FABO) 94.5 P54 5 (S1-1)(S2-2) 1 -5 8 90.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 98.5 LP5 -1 L24 L5 (S1-2)(S2-2) 24 1 -5 101.0
Sublime one (FABO) 118.5 LP22 L22 L5 (S1-2)(S2-2) 9 1 -5 114.5
memike (FABO) 125.0 P54 12 48 3 5 129.0
ocdart (FABO) 152.5 P5 -1 5 (S1-2)(S2-2) 20 1 -5 2 -3 141.0
44070dart (FABO) 142.0 P17 L20 45 2 -3 17 148.5
Back in Time (FABO) 143.0 P5 -1 5 (S1-2)(S2-2) 11 1 -5 36 151.5
Riverdawg (FBBO) 147.0 LP3 L9 (S1-1)(S2-1) 15 33 169.0
Unconventional (FABO) 172.0 P2 1 22 18 9 185.5

As a reminder here's a quick explanation of what the above numbers represent:
(your score before the race) (your Pole pick car #) (Pole winner bonus point) (race pick car #) (Stage bonus points) (race pick car #) (Stage bonus points) (race pick finish position) (race pick finish position) (race winner/runner-up bonus points) (your score after the race)
Please let me know if I show either your Pole or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.

The next NASCAR event is the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race scheduled for Sunday (May 18). It will be like a normal weekend NASCAR race but with less bonus point availability due to the simpler format of the 2025 All-Star event.

All picks for the All-Star Open and the All-Star race events must be posted before 5:00PM EDT (2:00PM PDT) Sunday, May 18, before the television coverage of both races starts on Fox Sports 1.

Here's the weekend schedule:
* No game bonus point for qualifying at this event

* Sunday, May 18 5:30PM EDT (2:30PM PDT) the NASCAR All-Star Open, a 100-lap qualifying race for all drivers not automatically eligible to drive in the All-Star race. There will be a "competition break" on or around lap 40. The top 2 race finishers will transfer to the All-Star race. A fan vote winner will also advance to the All-Star race. No bonus points will be awarded for the All-Star Open.

* The 2025 All-Star Race is scheduled to be a 250-lap race with two "competition breaks", one on or around lap 100, and the other possibly between laps 200 - 220.

So, how are points going to work? Pick two drivers as always - driver picks can be from both the All-Star Open and the already-qualified drivers for the All-Star Race. You are picking drivers for only the All-Star Race, not the All-Star Open.
All game scoring will be based on All Star Race stage and finish position only.
But you can pick a driver that is driving in the All-Star Open if you think they will be one of the three drivers from either the All-Star Open stage winners, or will be the fan vote winner, and advance to the All Star Race.
Pick any driver that is driving in the All-Star Open and double any bonus points earned by that driver. You could get -10 points for an event win, -6 points for an event runner-up, -2 points for leading at the the "competition breaks" of the All-Star Race.
Not interested in any driver except for those already locked in, you say? Any of the drivers racing in the All-Star Open could easily win either the All-Star Open or the Fan Vote on Friday night. Pick a non-qualified driver and possibly earn double bonus points.
So, do you feel lucky? Well, do you?

If your driver wins the All Star Race you'll get a -5 bonus, 2nd-place driver pick will get a -3 point bonus. Also, the driver pick leading at the "competition breaks" of the All Star Race will get a -1 point bonus.
As always, finishing positions from the All Star Race for your driver picks will be averaged. But not all current drivers will be starting the 200-lap All-Star race.
Only 22 drivers will start the All-Star race event, including the Fan Vote Winner and the top two finishers from the All-Star Open preliminary race.
If you pick a driver that doesn't make it out of the All-Star Open, you'll get an 22nd-place finish for that driver.

No picks at all will be counted as 22 points since only 22 cars will be starting the All-Star Race.

The 19 drivers guaranteed entry to the All-Star Race are:
* #20 Christopher Bell
* #21 Josh Berry
* #12 Ryan Blaney
* #48 Alex Bowman
* #19 Chase Briscoe
* #17 Chris Buescher
* #8 Kyle Busch
* #24 William Byron
* #1 Ross Chastain
* #2 Austin Cindric
* #3 Austin Dillon
* #9 Chase Elliott
* #11 Denny Hamlin
* #6 Brad Keselowski
* #5 Kyle Larson
* #22 Joey Logano
* #45 Tyler Reddick
* #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
* #99 Daniel Suarez

They'll be joined by the Fan Vote Winner and the top two finishers of the All-Star Open.
Good luck!

 

[ocdart]

I just read that Harrison Burton has a guaranteed entry to the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race and will be in the #51 Morton Buildings Ford from Rick Ware Racing.
Cody Ware, the usual driver of the #51 Ford will be in the #15 Ford this weekend and have to race his way in via the All-Star Open.

The now 20 drivers guaranteed entry to the All-Star Race are:
* #20 Christopher Bell
* #21 Josh Berry
* #12 Ryan Blaney
* #48 Alex Bowman
* #19 Chase Briscoe
* #17 Chris Buescher
* #51 Harrison Burton
* #8 Kyle Busch
* #24 William Byron
* #1 Ross Chastain
* #2 Austin Cindric
* #3 Austin Dillon
* #9 Chase Elliott
* #11 Denny Hamlin
* #6 Brad Keselowski
* #5 Kyle Larson
* #22 Joey Logano
* #45 Tyler Reddick
* #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
* #99 Daniel Suarez

They'll be joined by the Fan Vote Winner and the top two finishers of the All-Star Open.

 

[unconventional]

Good grief! I'm last over here too

 

[ocdart]

(05/20/25) Game points corrected per driver picks change by 'MeMikieJr' (FABO) shown in Post #421...

Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO) and 'Yunick13' (FABO) for correctly picking the NASCAR All-Star Race winner, #20 Christopher Bell, and grabbing -5 bonus points each.

Congrats also to 'memike' (FABO), 'MeMikieJr' (FABO) and 'Sublime one' (FABO) for correctly picking the race runner-up, #22 Joey Logano , and earning -3 bonus points each.

'Yunick13' (FABO) had the low net score honor for the week with -5.5 points

#22 Joey Logano was the race leader at the end of both the scheduled 100 Lap Caution and the Promotors Caution later in the race. #20 Christopher Bell was in 2nd at both Caution breaks.

Here are the game standings following the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway:
cuda20 (FABO) 35.5 24 12 6 16 46.5
Yunick13 (FABO) 76.0 20 L24 (S1-2)(S2-2) 1 -5 6 70.5
alsant (FABO) 62.0 L24 L5 6 21 75.5
MeMikieJr (FABO) 90.0 45 1 7 3 95.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 101.0 L24 9 6 5 108.5
Sublime one (FABO) 114.5 L22 L5 (S1-2)(S2-2) 2 -3 21 119.0
memike (FABO) 129.0 12 22 (S1-1)(S2-2) 16 2 -3 131.0
ocdart (FABO) 141.0 20 24 (S1-1)(S2-1) 1 -5 6 137.5
Back in Time (FABO) 151.5 5 20 (S1-1)(S2-1) 21 1 -5 155.5
44070dart (FABO) 148.5 8 6 8 22 163.5
Riverdawg (FBBO) 169.0 L9 L23 5 23 183.0
Unconventional (FABO) 185.5 11 22 (S1-2)(S2-2) 12 2 -3 185.5

As a reminder here's a quick explanation of what the above numbers represent:
(your score before the race) race pick car # (Stage bonus points) (race pick car #) (Stage bonus points) (race pick finish position) (race pick finish position) (race winner/runner-up bonus points) (your score after the race)
Please let me know if I show either your Pole or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.

Please post your picks for the next race and let me know if you want to "lock" them in for future weeks. I will put an "L" before either your Pole pick or your race picks to show they've been "locked".
As always, you can always make different picks each week. Your "locked" picks will always be there should you forget to post your race picks, your computer malfunctions or the site should go down temporarily.

Don't forget to get your picks for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, posted before the green flag drops at approximately 6:15 PM EDT (3:15 PM PDT) on Sunday, May 25.
There is one practice session scheduled before Cup qualifying. Your Pole Pick for the Coca-Cola 600 will need to be posted before qualifying starts at 2:40 PM EDT (11:40 AM PDT) on Saturday, May 24.

 

[ocdart]

Nobody picked the race winner, #1 Ross Chastain, so no race winner -5 bonus points awarded this week.

Congratulations to ''alsant' (FABO), 'cuda20' (FABO), 'fishmens67' (FABO), memike' (FABO), 'MeMikieJr' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO) and 'Yunick13' (FABO) for correctly picking the race runner-up, #24 William Byron. Each earned -3 bonus points.

'ocdart' (FABO) had the low net score honor for the week with -4.0 points

#24 William Byron was the race leader at the end of each of the 3 Stages.
#45 Tyler Reddick was in 2nd at the end of Stage 1.
#11 Denny Hamlin was in 2nd at the end of both Stage 2 and Stage 3

Here are the game standings following the 2025 NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
cuda20 (FABO) 46.5 (no Pole pick) 24 11 (S1-2)(S2-3)(S3-3) 2 -3 16 44.5
Yunick13 (FABO) 70.5 P24 5 L24 (S1-2)(S2-2)(S3-2) 37 2 -3 81.0
alsant (FABO) 75.5 LP20 L24 L5 (S1-2)(S2-2)(S3-2) 2 -3 37 86.0
MeMikieJr (FABO) 95.0 P24 24 11 (S1-2)(S2-3)(S3-3) 2 -3 16 93.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 108.5 LP5 L24 L5 (S1-2)(S2-2)(S3-2) 2 -3 37 117.0
ocdart (FABO) 137.5 P54 20 24 (S1-2)(S2-2)(S3-2) 8 2 -3 133.5
memike (FABO) 131.0 P54 54 24 (S1-2)(S2-2)(S3-2) 24 2 -3 135.0
Sublime one (FABO) 119.0 LP22 L22 L5 17 37 146.0
Back in Time (FABO) 155.5 P45 4 20 (S1-1) 26 8 171.5
44070dart (FABO) 163.5 LP9 45 L22 (S1-1) 26 17 184.0
Unconventional (FABO) 185.5 P20 22 11 (S2-1)(S3-1) 17 16 200.0
Riverdawg (FBBO) 183.0 LP3 L9 L23 6 35 203.5

As a reminder here's a quick explanation of what the above numbers represent:
(your score before the race) race pick car # (Stage bonus points) (race pick car #) (Stage bonus points) (race pick finish position) (race pick finish position) (race winner/runner-up bonus points) (your score after the race)
Please let me know if I show either your Pole or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.

Please post your picks for the next race and let me know if you want to "lock" them in for future weeks. I will put an "L" before either your Pole pick or your race picks to show they've been "locked".
As always, you can always make different picks each week. Your "locked" picks will always be there should you forget to post your race picks, your computer malfunctions or the site should go down temporarily.

Don't forget to get your picks for the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee, posted before the green flag drops at approximately 7:15 PM EDT (4:15 PM PDT) on Sunday, June 1.
There is one practice session scheduled before Cup qualifying. Your Pole Pick for the Coca-Cola 600 will need to be posted before qualifying starts at 5:40 PM EDT (2:40 AM PDT) on Saturday, May 31.

 

[Riverdawg]

Hey ocdart, please Change my locked race picks to 11 and 45.

 

[ocdart]

Hey ocdart, please Change my locked race picks to 11 and 45.

Done

 

[ocdart]

#19 Chase Briscoe is on the Pole for the 2nd week in a row. No Pole Pick bonus award again this week.

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'GTXDAN' (FBBO), 'stroked340' (FABO) and 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) for sharing the 2025 NHRA New England Nationals Top Qualifier title with an outstanding total of 23.5 bonus points each. They each correctly picked the #1 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and the #2 qualifier in Pro Stock.
'johnnycuda' (FABO) was right behind with 23.0 bonus points.

More great picks!

We have 15 players again this week and 11 different driver combos made up of:
* 6 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #5 qualifier Brittany Force (2 picks) and #12 qualifier Clay Millican (1 pick). There is also a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if both drivers survive.
* 4 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Spencer Hyde (1 pick) and #9 qualifier Matt Hagan (1 pick). There is also a possibility of one head-to head matchup in Round 2 if both drivers survive.
* 3 different Pro Stock drivers. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup is the Semi-Final Round of eliminations if both riders survive until then.
Good luck all!

 

[alsant]

Way to go GTX !
Think the games are mixed up ?

 

[ocdart]

Nobody picked either the race winner, #12 Ryan Blaney, or the race runner-up, #77 Carson Hocevar, so no race winner -5 bonus points or runner-up -3 bonus points awarded this week.

Congratulations to ''alsant' (FABO), 'cuda20' (FABO), 'fishmens67' (FABO), memike' (FABO), 'MeMikieJr' (FABO), 'ocdart' (FABO) and 'Yunick13' (FABO) for correctly picking the race runner-up, #24 William Byron. Each earned -3 bonus points.

"Pick 'Em" game leader 'cuda20' (FABO) had the low net score honor for the week with 1.0 point.

#11 Denny Hamlin was the race leader at the end of Stage1, #45 Tyler Reddick was in 2nd place.
#12 Ryan Blaney was the race leader at the end of Stage 2, #24 William Byron was in 2nd place.

Here are the game standings following the 2025 NASCAR Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway:
cuda20 (FABO) 44.5 P24 24 11 (S1-2)(S2-1) 5 3 45.5
Yunick13 (FABO) 81.0 P5 20 L24 (S2-1) 10 5 87.5
alsant (FABO) 86.0 LP20 L24 L5 (S2-1) 5 8 91.5
MeMikieJr (FABO) 93.0 P5 1 11 (S1-2) 11 3 98.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 117.0 LP5 L24 9 (S2-1) 5 15 126.0
ocdart (FABO) 133.5 P45 20 24 (S2-1) 10 5 140.0
memike (FABO) 135.0 P45 45 20 (S1-1) 9 10 143.5
Sublime one (FABO) 146.0 LP22 L22 L5 4 8 152.0
Back in Time (FABO) 171.5 P5 5 22 8 4 177.5
44070dart (FABO) 184.0 P5 L9 L22 15 4 193.5
Unconventional (FABO) 200.0 P20 11 22 (S2-2) 3 4 201.5
Riverdawg (FBBO) 203.5 LP3 L11 L45 (S1-3) 3 9 206.5

As a reminder here's a quick explanation of what the above numbers represent:
(your score before the race) race pick car # (Stage bonus points) (race pick car #) (Stage bonus points) (race pick finish position) (race pick finish position) (race winner/runner-up bonus points) (your score after the race)
Please let me know if I show either your Pole or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.

Please post your picks for the next race and let me know if you want to "lock" them in for future weeks. I will put an "L" before either your Pole pick or your race picks to show they've been "locked".
As always, you can always make different picks each week. Your "locked" picks will always be there should you forget to post your race picks, your computer malfunctions or the site should go down temporarily.

Don't forget to get your picks for the Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, posted before the green flag drops at approximately 2:15 PM EDT (11:15 AM PDT) on Sunday, June 8.
There is one practice session scheduled before Cup qualifying. Your Pole Pick for the Firekeppers Casino 400 will need to be posted before qualifying starts at 10:40 AM EDT (7:40 AM PDT) on Saturday, June 7.