2019 9th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!
OK, I made you wait long enough. So, if you've already made your picks for the NHRA AAA Finals let's see if anybody wants to change them... Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 39th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil in Las Vegas, the 23rd event of the 2019 season and the 5th event of the six-race Countdown:
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'memike' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the Dodge Nationals with an outstanding total of 199.5 points each. They both picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle. Their Pro Stock pick went to the final round of eliminations before losing, and their Funny car pick lost in the semi-final round. They were both helped with ET bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Speed bonus points in both Top Fuel and Funny Car - and the new National Speed Record bonus points in Top Fuel. 'Budnicks' (FBBO) took the event runner-up spot with 135.5 points. Great scores all.
Here's where the E.T. and Speed bonus points went if you picked the correct drivers:
Top Fuel E.T. - Leah Pritchett, 3.654 during qualifying Speed - Brittany Force, 338.17 during qualifying (New National Record)
Funny Car E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.835 during qualifying Speed - Jack Beckman, 335.90 during qualifying
Pro Stock E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.584 during qualifying Speed - Chris McGaha, 208.78 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.840 during qualifying Speed - Matt Smith, 198.64 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 5th event of the 2019 Countdown:
2533.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +2 change in standings 2498.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -1 2457.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1 2454.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -2 2434.0 - memike (FABO) +5 2393.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2 2384.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1 2366.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) -3 2363.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change 2356.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -3 2339.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +3 2337.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change 2301.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) -2 2283.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1 2278.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change 2182.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change 1829.0 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change
The 24th race of the 2019 season and the final race of the Countdown, the AAA NHRA Finals, is November 14-17 at AAA Raceway at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, Nevada. Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle are competing at this event. As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, November 15th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:00PM EST (12:00 Noon PST). The AAA Finals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel. 19 Funny Car, 19 Pro Stock and 19 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries. 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, if you haven't already, and GOOD LUCK!
