Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 9th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 22nd annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals.

Congratulations to 'Duster79' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 22nd annual Route 66 Nationals with an outstanding total of 150.5 points. He was helped with Speed bonus points in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock. 'Duster79' picked the class winners in Top Fuel and Funny Car. His Pro Stock pick went to the semi-finals before losing and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the second round of eliminations.
'Nick2317' (FBBO) was the event runner-up spot with 142.0 points.


Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:

Top Fuel
E.T. - Mike Salinas, 3.693 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 329.34 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.880 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 334.24 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Deric Kramer, 6.532 while winning the final round of eliminations
Speed - Greg Anderson, 212.39 while losing durin Round 3 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.798 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.00 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 9th event of the 2019 season:

1028.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
961.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
914.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
911.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
815.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
753.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
725.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) +2
706.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +3
686.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
679.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) -3
679.0 - memike (FABO) +1
662.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -2
624.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
617.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
562.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
497.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
386.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 10th race of the 2019 season, the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties, is June 7th-9th at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka Kansas, and is the second of four consecutive weekends of racing.
Top Fuel and Funny Car are competing at this event.
Neither Pro Stock nor Pro Stock Motorcycle are competing. We will add both Pro Mod and Factory Stock Showdown classes to our "Pick 'Em" game for this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, June 7th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Factory Stock Showdown qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:15PM EDT (1:15PM PDT).
The Route 66 Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 14 Top Fuel, 15 Funny Car, 25 Pro Mod and 23 Factory Stock Showdown 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!​