2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!
Congratulations to '64BEL' (FBBO) for winning the 2018 Dodge// Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a very nice total of 126.0 points. He picked the class winner in Top Fuel, the class runner-up in Funny Car, his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations and Pro Stock pick lost in the second round of eliminations.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 125.0 points.
'Back in Time' was the top FABO player finishing with 116.0 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.723 during qualifying
Speed - Clay Millican, 331.12 during Round 1 of eliminations
Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.907 during qualifying
Speed - John Force, 331.12 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Tanner Gray, 6.542 during qualifying
Speed - Drew Skillman, 211.06 during Round 3 of eliminations
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.814 during Round 3 of eliminations
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 198.88 during Round 1 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 19th event of the 2018 season, the opening event of the Countdown:
2104.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in the game standings
2070.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
2069.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
2056.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
2041.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +3
2034.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
2025.0 - SSG_Karg (FABO) -3
2018.5 - Nick2317 (FABO) -1
2005.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
2001.0 - memike (FABO) +2
1991.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +3
1990.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
1988.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -4
1284.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1
No rest because the 20th event of the 2018 season, the second event of the Countdown is next weekend, off before the 'Countdown' starts at the 19th race of the 2017 season, the 7th annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, September 21-23, at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, September 21 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:15PM EDT (1:15PM PDT).
The Midwest Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 20 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, 15 Pro Stock and 19 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are always subject to change. Keep checking NHRA.com for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and good luck!