2021 11th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Burn Some NITRO!!!
Congratulations to new player 'shittyslant6' (FABO) for doing his very best Josh Hart imitation and being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals, the opening event of the 2021 season, with a very nice point total of 158.5 points with class wins in both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle. His Funny Car pick lost in the semi-finals and his Top Fuel pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus points in Top Fuel and Pro Stock, and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 156.5 points. Both his Pro Stock and Pro Stock picks scored class wins and both his Top Fuel and Funny Car picks lost in the second round of eliminations. He was also helped by ET bonus points in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.699 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 331.94 while losing during Round 1 of eliminations
Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.895 during qualifying
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 330.47 during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.525 during qualifying
Speed - Greg Anderson, 211.36 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Angelle Sampey, 6.742 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.89 during Round 1 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 1st event of the 2021 season:
158.5 - shittyslant6 (FABO)
156.5 - Budnicks (FBBO)
138.0 - stroked340 (FABO)
138.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)
121.0 - Duster79 (FABO)
108.5 - alsant (FBBO)
99.0 - Back in Time (FABO)
99.0 - memike (FABO)
87.5 - cuda20 (FABO)
87.0 - ocdart (FABO)
85.0 - johnnycuda (FABO)
70.0 - 64BEL (FBBO)
59.5 - SSG Karg (FABO)
The 2nd race of the 2021 season, the 61st annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, is scheduled for April 9-11, at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, CA.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. The event schedule is not yet available on nhra.com.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!