2020 10th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!
Congratulations to both 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2020 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, the 7th event of the 2020 "pandemic-crazed" NHRA season, with outstanding point totals of 186.0 points each. Their Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks all won their class and their Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations.
'memike' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) shared the runner-up spot with 163.5 points. They both picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. Their Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the final round of eliminations, and their Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-finals.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.821 during qualifying
Speed - Antron Brown, 325.06 during Round 1 of eliminations
Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.898 during Round 3 of eliminations
Speed - Ron Capps, 329.99 during Round 3 of eliminations
Pro Stock
E.T. - Deric Kramer, 6.602 during qualifying
Speed - Deric Kramer, 208.78 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.814 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 196.98 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 7th event of the 2020 season:
735.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in the game standings
698.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
689.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +2
665.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +4
660.5 - memike (FABO) +2
642.5 - R413 (FBBO) -3
635.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
634.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +4
633.0 - ocdart (FABO) -5
606.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
574.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -3
511.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
502.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
495.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
298.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change
The 8th race of the 2020 season, the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals, are scheduled for October 2-4 at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, IL.
As of now there are 15 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 15 Pro Stock and 13 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries
Keep checking Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil* for an updated entry list to verify your pick is racing. Also check to see if there are any "surprise" names on the entry lists.
Professional class qualifying is currently scheduled to start at 12:30PM EDT (10:30AM PDT) on Saturday, October 3rd.
I WILL POST FURTHER UPDATES AS SOON AS ANY NEWS SHOWS UP ON nhra.com.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!