2021 11th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Burn Some NITRO!!!
This is your two-Tuesdays before the race event reminder that we get a weekend off this week!
Congratulations to 'Nick2317' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" crown for the 2021 NHRA Midwest Nationals, the 16th event of the 2021 season and third event of the playoffs, with a truly outstanding total of 141.0 points. His picked all three class winners!
'Duster79' (FABO) was the race runner-up with 120.5 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.641 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Leah Pruett, 338.85 while losing during Round 3 of eliminations
Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.854 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Ron Capps, 333.82 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.529 during qualifying
Speed - Chris McGaha and Cristian Cuadra, 210.60 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle did not compete at this event
Here are the game point standings after the 16th event of the 2021 season:
2383.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in season point standings
2337.5 - Nick2317 (FABO) +2
2282.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
2280.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
2278.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
2274.5 - shittyslant6 (FABO) +2
2260.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -4
2251.0 - alsant (FBBO) -1
2232.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +2
2230.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2221.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -2
2188.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
2174.0 - memike (FABO) no change
2049.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
And a weekend of rest because the 4th event of the playoffs, and 17th race of the 2021 season, the Texas NHRA FallNationals is scheduled for October 7-10, at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. The first of 4 Pro Qualifying sessions is scheduled to begin at 3:00PM EDT (Noon PDT) on Friday, October 8. There will also be two additional rounds of Pro Qualifying on Saturday, October 9.
NHRA.com shows there are currently 18 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car (including a driver we haven't seen in awhile), 18 Pro Stock and 17 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries for this race event but that is always subject to change.
Post your picks and good luck!