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 CatSpot Northwest Nationals, the 16th event of the 2018 NHRA season and the last of three consecutive weekends of racing on the Western Swing.
Congratulations to game leaders 'stroked340' (FABO) and Duster79 (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title, each with an outstanding point total of 107.5. But they took different roads to get their. 'stroked340' picked the Top Fuel class winner, and his Pro Stock pick lost in the quarter finals. 'Duster79' picked the Pro Stock class winner, and his Top Fuel pick lost in the quarter finals. They both picked the Funny Car class winner.
'super-bee_ski' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 100.5 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.723 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 331.61 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.913 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 327.82 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.501 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 212.66 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 16th event of the 2018 season:
1405.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no position change in the game standings
1346.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1315.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
1298.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
1286.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
1265.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1242.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +2
1229.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
1224.0 - aslant (FBBO) -1
1190.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
1172.0 - memike (FABO) +1
1170.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
1160.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
937.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
And now we get a weekend off!
The 17th race of the season, the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals is August 16-19, at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 17 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 12:40PM EDT (9:40AM PDT).
The Lucas Oil Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 14 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 14 Pro Stock and 13 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are suret to change. Keep checking
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!