2021 11th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Burn Some NITRO!!!

Congratulations to 'Duster79' (FABO) and 'Outlawd' (FBBO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" crown for the 2021 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, the 18th event of the 2021 season and 5th event of the playoffs, with very nice totals of 90.0 points each. 'Duster79' picks all won two rounds of eliminations before losing. He was also helped by ET bonus points in Top Fuel and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle. 'Outlawd' picked the class winner in Pro Stock Motorcycle; his Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-finals and his Funny Car pick lost in Round 2 of eliminations. He was also helped by ET bonus points in Top Fuel.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) grabbed the race runner-up spot with 88.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.667 during qualifying
Speed - Justin Ashley, 334.48 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Alexa DeJpria, 3.904 during Round 3 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Hagan, 330.31 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Karen Stoffer, 6.760 while losing the Final Round of eliminations on a holeshot
Speed - Eddie Krawiec, 199.29 during Round 2 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 18th event of the 2021 season:

2635.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in season point standings
2589.5 - Nick2317 (FABO) no change
2524.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
2509.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
2501.0 - shittyslant6 (FABO) no change
2489.5 - cuda20 (FABO) +2
2482.5 - ocdart (FABO) -1
2481.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
2456.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
2430.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +2
2426.0 - memike (FABO) -1
2394.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
2392.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
2208.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change


The 6th event of the playoffs, and 19th race of the 2021 season, the Dodge// SRT NHRA Nationals is scheduled for October 29-31, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. The first of 3 Pro Qualifying sessions is scheduled to begin at 6:00PM EDT (3:00PM PDT) on Friday, October 29. There will also be two additional rounds of Pro Qualifying on Saturday, October 30.

NHRA.com shows there are currently 19 Top Fuel, 19 Funny Car, 18 Pro Stock and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries for this race event but that is always subject to change.

Post your picks and good luck!