2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!
I was thinking of postin the season-end results in a two-part package like I did last year so both the NRA Finals event winner and the 2018 NHRA "Pick 'Em" game winner could both get their share of glory, but when the game leader wins the final event it takes the suspense away!
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the 2018 NHRA Finals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 251.5 points. He picked the class winners in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle pick went to the final round of eliminations before losing. About the only thing 'Back in Time' didn't get at this event were either ET and Speed bonus points.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 232.0 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Leah Pritchett, 3.631 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 333.58 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.848 during qualifying
Speed - Ron Capps, 331.53 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.510 during qualifying
Speed - Greg Anderson, 212.33 while losing during Round 2 of eliminations
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Mike Smith, 6.754 during qualifying
Speed - Mike Smith, 201.22 (New National Record) while winning Round 4 of eliminations and the event
...CONGRATULATIONS to 'Back in Time' for winning the 2018 FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em'" game with a great total of 2
Here are the game point standings after the NHRA Finals, the 24th and final event of the 2018 NHRA season:
2842.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change in the game standings
2772.0 - Duster 79 (FABO) no change
2759.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
2731.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
2691.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
2629.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
2582.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2572.0 - alsant (FBBO) +2
2538.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
2505.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO) +2
2475.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
2455.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +1
2390.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +1
2385.5 - memike (FABO) -5
Here are the final class leaders:
Top Fuel
769.0 - Budnicks (FBBO)
734.0 - stroked340 (FABO)
719.5 - Back in Time (FABO)
Funny Car
628.5 - Back in Time (FABO)
623.5 - ocdart (FABO)
592.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO)
Pro Stock
817.5 - Duster79 (FABO)
739.0 - cuda20 (FABO)
648.5 - ocdart (FABO)
Pro Stock Motorcycle
504.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO), alsant (FBBO), cuda20 (FABO), johnnycuda (FABO) and stroked340 (FABO)
499.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)
445.0 - Duster79 (FABO)
So now we have 3 months to rest up and get more done on our Mopars each weekend.
The 2019 NHRA season kicks off with the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, Feb. 7-10, right back at Auto Club Raceway at The Fairplex in Pomona, CA.
I've already got my ticket for Friday qualifying and I'm more than ready for that first "nitro fix" of 2019.
See you there!
Watch for the 2019 game notice post sometime in January.
Thanks for playing and Happy Holidays all!
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Thanks for all you do Ken. I for one appreciate it more than I can say.