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 NHRA Southern Nationals Powered by Mello Yello , the seventh event of the 2018 NHRA season.
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding point total of 132.5 points. He picked the class winner in Funny Car, his Top Fuel and Pro Stock picks lost in the semi-finals and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the second round of eliminations.
'alsant' (FBBO) was the runner-up with 125.5 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.758 during qualifying
Speed - Clay Millican, 331.12 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.932 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 327.59 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.586 during qualifying, and
Vincent Nobile, 6.586 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Greg Anderson, 210.11 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Hector Arana Jr., 6.806 during qualifying
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 198.76 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 6th event of the 2018 season:
589.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change in the game standings
563.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
544.0 - alsant (FBBO) +1
512.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +2
505.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +5
500.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
494.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
484.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
470.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
465.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -7
431.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +2
420.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
390.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -2
386.5 - memike (FABO) no change
Now we get a weekend off before the 8th race of the 2018 season, the 30th annual Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties, is May 18-20, at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, May 18 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:30PM EDT (1:30 PM PDT).
The Heartland Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 17 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car and 14 Pro Stock entries, but the counts are subject to change. Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist08.aspx for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!