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 Jegs Route 66 NHRA Nationals, the ninth event of the 2018 NHRA season.
Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for winning "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a very nice point total of 115.5 points. His Funny Car and Pro Stock picks lost in their respective class final round; his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the second round of eliminations and his Top Fuel pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus points in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock, and by Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'Back in Time' (FABO) was the runner-up with 103.5 points.
'super-bee_ski' was the top FBBO scorer with 100.0 points
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.677 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 333.53 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.917 during qualifying
Speed - Courtney Force, 327.66 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.546 during qualifying
Speed - Tanner Gray, 211.13 during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.784 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 200.89 during Round 2 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 9th event of the 2018 season:
713.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change in the game standings
700.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
675.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
674.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +4
663.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
652.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
638.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2
635.5 - alsant (FBBO) -4
620.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -2
592.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
570.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
556.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
516.5 - memike (FABO) no change
500.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
No rest because this was the first of four consecutive weekends of NHRA events.
The 10th race of the 2018 season, the Virginia NHRA Nationals, is June 8-10, at Virginia Motorsports Park in North Dinwiddie, Virginia.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, June 8 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 2:45PM EDT (11:45AM PDT).
The Virginia Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 18 Funny Car, 17 Pro Stock and 21 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist10.aspx for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!