2019 9th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 3rd NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 50th annual Gatornationals.
Congratulations to both 'alsant' (FBBO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 50th annual Amalie Oil Gatornationals. They both had an outstanding total of 164.5 points. Their picks were class winners in both Funny Car and Pro Stock, their Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the final round of eliminations and their Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. They were both helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Funny Car.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 163.0 points. Both his Funny Car and Pro Stock picks were class winners, and both his Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the second round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus points in Both Top Fuel and Funny Car, Speed bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick also grabbed National Record bonus points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.680 during qualifying and and Steve Torrence, 3.680 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Antron Brown, 330.23 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.868 during qualifying
Speed - John Force, 331.94 during qualifying, and Robert Hight, 331.94 during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock
E.T. - Rodger Brogdon, 6.490 during qualifying
Speed - Greg Anderson, 213.40 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Andrew Hines, 6.720 (new National Record) during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 201.76 (new National Record) during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 3rd event of the 2019 season:
383.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change in standings
295.5- cuda20 (FABO) +2
284.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +2
256.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +7
254.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) -2
238.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
237.0 - ocdart (FABO) +7
222.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)
200.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
185.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
179.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -4
173.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -4
171.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) -1
170.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
152.0 - memike (FABO) no change
131.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
118.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) -1
The 4th race of the 2019 season, the silliness that is the 10th annual Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, is April 5-7, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, April 5 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:30PM EDT (12:30 PM PDT).
The Four-Wide Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 10 Top Fuel, 13 Funny Car, 13 Pro Stock and 12 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries but that is always subject to change. Keep checking the NHRA.com website for an updated entry list to make sure your picks are competing at this event.
I will post a reminder about the special scoring that is used for all Four-Wide events the Tuesday before the event.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!