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 5th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals.
Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals with a very nice total of 127.5 points. He was helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel. He picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and his Pro Mod pick went to the semi-finals before losing.
'Back in Time' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 104.5 points. He was also helped with ET and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'Budnicks' was the top FBBO player with 74.0 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.661 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 332.18 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - John Force, 3.858 while winning in Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - John Force, 326.71 while winning in Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Mod
E.T. - Steve Jackson, 5.675 while winning the final round of eliminations
Speed - Erica Ender-Stevens, 260.11 while losing in Round 2 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 5th event of the 2019 season:
520.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change in standings
510.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
500.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
432.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
402.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
382.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
374.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
372.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) +2
361.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) +2
343.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +4
337.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -3
336.5 - memike (FABO) +3
328.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
328.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -5
277.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -2
226.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) +1
221.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
The 6th race of the 2019 season, the 10th annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, is April 26-28 at zMAX Dragway Park in Concord, North Carolina.
Pro Stock is not competing at this event, but Pro Stock Motorcycle is returning to competition.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, April 26th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:00PM EDT (1:00 PM PDT).
The Four-Wide Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 12 Top Fuel, 14 Funny Car and 13 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.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!