2023 13th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - It's NITRO Burnin' Time!!!
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 4th event of the 2023 season, the 13th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, with a very nice total of 114.5 points.
His Top Fuel pick won the 1st and 2nd round Quads and came in third in the Final Quad. His Funny Car pick won all three Quads. His Pro Stock pick won the 1st and 2nd round Quads and came in second in the Final Quad. He was also helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel, and with Speed bonus points in Pro Stock.
'cuda20' (FABO), 'Duster79' (FABO) and 'Nick2317' FBBO shared the runner-up spot with 87.0 points each.
Here's where the ET and Speed bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.697 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 335.73 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Cruz Pedregon, 3.910 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 330.23 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Matt Hartford, 6.599 during qualifying
Speed - Troy Coughln Jr., 207.59 during Round 1 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 4th event of the 2023 season:
320.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1 change in standings
311.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
308.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
286.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) -3
284.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +3
274.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) no change
256.0 - memike (FABO) +3
252.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) -1
246.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -4
229.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +2
221.0 - ocdart (FABO) -2
213.0 - alsant (FBBO) +1
210.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) -2
185.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
173.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
The 5th race of the 2023 season (and the LAST of the silliness that are the back-to-back four-wide events), the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, is scheduled for April 28-30, at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 4:00pm EDT (1:00pm PDT) on Friday, April 28.
nhra.com currently shows the following entry counts:
16 Top Fuel
16 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock
17 Pro Stock Motorcycle
Those counts can always change so please keep checking to make sure your driver selections are competing in this event.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!