2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!
Congratulations to 'Duster79' (FABO) for grabbing the 2018 NHRA Toyota Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a very nice total of 150.0 points. He picked the class winner in Top Fuel, his Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the finals, and his Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. His point total was also helped by picking up Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'cuda20' (FABO) got the event runner-up spot with 121.0 points.
'Nick2317' was the highest finishing FBBO player with 120.0 points.
Our visiting player, 'gtxracer' (FBBO) scored 109.0 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.699 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 333.33 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Tommy Johnson Jr., 3.879 during qualifying
Speed - john Force, 330.55 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.628 during qualifyingRound 1 of eliminations
Speed - Chris McGaha, 207.91 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Hector Arana Jr., 6.845 during qualifying
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 196.44 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 23rd event of the 2018 season, the 5th event of the Countdown:
2590.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change in the game standings
2582.5 - Duster 79 (FABO) no change
2527.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
2500.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
2486.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
2478.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
2447.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2402.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +4
2285.5 - memike (FABO) -1
2381.0 - aslant (FBBO) +1
2378.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -2
2357.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO) -2
2339.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
2230.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
We have a weekend off to get ready for the 24th and final event of the 2018 season. The next event is the 55th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals, November 8-11, at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, November 9th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EST (121:45PM PST).
The Auto Club Finals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 18 Top Fuel, 19 Funny Car, 18 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!