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 10th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.

Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 159.5 points. He was helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in both Funny Car. 'Back in Time' picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. Both his Pro Mod and Factory Stock Showdown picks went to the semi-finals before losing.
'cuda20' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 159.0 points.
'alsant' was the top FBBO finisher with 131.5 points


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.690 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Brittany Force, 332.67 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.895 during Round 4 of eliminations
Speed - Robert Hight, 330.88 during both Round 1 and Round 4 of eliminations

Pro Mod
E.T. - Steve Jackson, 5.742 during Round 3 of eliminations
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens 260.11 while losing during Round 2 of eliminations

Factory Stock Showdown
E.T. - Stephen Bell, 7.908 during Round 4 of eliminations
Speed - Bo Butner III, 176.01 during qualifying


There were some discrepancies between the class ladders posted on nhra.com for Pro Mod and Factory Stock Showdown after qualifying to what the elimination ladders showed. All corrections were done and the points below are correct.

Here are the game point standings after the 10th event of the 2019 season:

1182.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
1121.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1043.0 - aslant (FBBO) +1
1031.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
922.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
883.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
865.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
788.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) +2
762.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
777.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
769.0 - memike (FABO) no change
726.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
719.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +1
684.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
608.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
592.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
406.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 11th race of the 2019 season, the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, is June 14th-16th at Bristol Dragway in Bristok, Tennessee, and is the sthird of four consecutive weekends of racing.
Again, Top Fuel and Funny Car are competing at this event.
Neither Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle, nor Factory Stock Showdown are competing at this event. We will add only Pro Mod class 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. Pro Mod qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EDT (12:45PM PDT).
The Thunder Valley Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 15 Funny Car and 27 Pro Mod 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!