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

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" crown for the 2021 Dodge// SRT NHRA Nationals, the 19th event of the 2021 season and 6th event of the playoffs, with very nice totals of 148.0 points each. They each picked the class winner in Top Fuel, their Funny Car pick lost in the final round of eliminations, their Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-finals, and their Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. They were both helped by both ET and Speed bonus points in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Duster79' (FABO) grabbed the race runner-up spot with 143.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.668 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 333.43 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.884 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Ron Capps, 332.10 during Round 2 of eliminations

Pro Stock:
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.648 while losing in Round 1 of eliminations on a hole shot
Speed - Greg Anderson, 205.85 while losing in Round 1 of eliminations on a hole shot

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.825 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Smith, 198.90 during Round 2 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 19th event of the 2021 season:

2745.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in season point standings
2717.5 - Nick2317 (FABO) no change
2672.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
2630.5 - ocdart (FABO) +3
2610.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
2593.0 - alsant (FBBO) +3
2590.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
2573.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +2
2565.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
2511.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +2
2510.5 - memike (FABO) no change
2501.0 - shittyslant6 (FABO) -7
2488.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
2281.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change


The final event of the playoffs, and the final race of the 2021 season, the Auto Club NHRA Finals is scheduled for November 11-14, at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, CA.
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 EST (3:00PM PST) on Friday, November 12. There will also be two additional rounds of Pro Qualifying on Saturday, November 13.

NHRA.com shows there are currently 16 Top Fuel, 20 Funny Car, 12 Pro Stock and 13 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries for this race event but that is always subject to change.

Post your picks and good luck!