2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!

Here are the results and point standings following completion of the wild and wacky Arizona Nationals, the second event of the 2018 NHRA season.

How wacky was it?
Well, 'SSG Karg' (FABO), 'memike' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) shared the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the Arizona Nationals with a mediocre point total of 67.0 points each - and 'SSG Karg' only had one pick that was eliminated in the first round of eliminations! 'SSG Karg' picked the class winner in Top Fuel, his Funny Car pick lost in the 2nd round of eliminations and his Pro Stock pick lost in the first round of eliminations. 'memike' and 'ocdart' had the same picks. Both of their Top Fuel and Funny Car picks lost in the opening round of eliminations and their Pro Stock pick lost in the final round of eliminations. What saved them were ET bonus points and the bonus points associated with a new National Speed Record by their Top Fuel pick.
'64BEL' was the top FBBO picker with 47.5 points. Both of his Top Fuel and Pro Stock picks lost in the opening round of eliminations and his Funny Car pick lost in the 2nd round of eliminations. He was also helped by the ET and new National Speed Record bonus points of his Top Fuel pick.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Tony Schumacher, 3.649 during qualifying
Speed - Tony Schumacher, 336.57 (new National Record) during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.826 during qualifying
Speed - Courtney Force, 337.16 while winning in the final round of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Deric Kramer, 6.522 during qualifying
Speed - Chris McGaha, 211.93 during Round 2 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 2nd event of the 2018 season:

156.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change is game standings
155.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
155.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
151.5 - ocdart (FABO) +3
149.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
142.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
135.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -2
132.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
115.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
112.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
106.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
105.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
67.0 - memike (FABO)
54.5 - johnnycuda (FABO)


The 3rd race of the 2018 season, the 49th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, is March 15-18, at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, FL.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, March 16 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 1:15PM EDT (10:15 AM PDT).
The Gatornationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 13 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, 12 Pro Stock entries and 11 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist03.aspx for an updated entry list.
Don't forget to post your Pro Stock Motorcycle pick for the initial event of the 2018 season where PSM will run.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!