2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!
First, after getting the results straight after watching the TV coverage replay, there were some changes in the qualifying results. I corrected the post with the qualifying results.
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the Toyota Sonoma Nationals, the 15th event of the 2018 NHRA season and the second of three consecutive weekends of racing on the Western Swing.
Congratulations to game leader 'stroked340' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a point total of 119.0. His Funny Car pick lost in the final round of eliminations, his Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks both lost in the semi-finals, and his Top Fuel pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock.
'Duster79' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 115.0 points.
'Budnicks' was the highest scoring FBBO player again this week with 106.0 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.697 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Tony Schumacher, 330.88 during Round 1 of eliminations
Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.910 during qualifying
Speed - Courtney Force, 326.16 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Jason Line, 6.505 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Greg Anderson, 212.43 while losing during the semi-final round of eliminations
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Eddie Krawiec, 6.757 during qualifying
Speed - Hector Arana Jr.. 200.35 during Round 1 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 15th event of the 2018 season:
1298.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no position change in the game standings
1239.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
1227.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
1226.5 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
1197.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
1187.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -2
1170.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
1165.0 - aslant (FBBO) +1
1164.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
1097.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
1094.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +1
1079.5 - memike (FABO) +1
1059.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -2
848.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
Still no rest! The last of three (3) consecutive weekends of racing and a bunch of highway miles for the race teams.
The 16th race of the season, the 31st annual CatSpot NHRA Northwest Nationals is August 3-5, at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 3 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 6:30PM EDT (3:30PM PDT).
The Northwest Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 16 Top Fuel, 18 Funny Car and 16 Pro Stock entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking
Toyota NHRA Northwest Nationals for an updated entry list.
Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!